Lapomarda grew up in the Dallas suburb of Prosper, Texas, the younger of two children born to Larry Lapomarda and Adriana Lazo.[3] She is of Italian and Mexican descent and holds American, Italian and Mexican citizenship.[4][5] Her sister, Katie, played college soccer at San Diego.[3] Lapomarda began playing soccer at age three.[4] She played prep soccer at Prosper High School and club soccer for Solar SC. She won the USSDA under-16/17 national championship in 2019, with her club team led by her future Texas teammates Lexi Missimo and Trinity Byars.[3][6]
College career
Lapomarda played five seasons for the Texas Longhorns, making a program-record 102 appearances (97 starts) and scoring 4 goals between 2020 and 2024.[3][5] In her senior season, she contributed to a program-record stretch of more than six games without conceding a goal. She then helped Texas win the 2023 Big Ten tournament, being named to the all-tournament team after assisting Trinity Byars in a 1–0 semifinal win over Texas Tech and defeating BYU 3–1 in the final.[3][7] In her fifth season, she was given freedom to contribute more offensively and doubled her career scoring output with two goals and five assists.[3][8] She also helped lead Texas to victory in the 2024 SEC tournament (in their first season in the conference), scoring a golden goal in a 2–1 semifinal win against Arkansas to advance to the final, where they beat South Carolina 1–0.[9][10]
Club career
Serie B club Parma announced on January 18, 2025, that the club had signed Lapomarda to her first professional deal.[1] After making one appearance as the Gialloblu secured promotion to Serie A,[11] Lapomarda moved to hometown USL Super League club Dallas Trinity on July 21.[12]
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