Missouri Western State University (D2) Adds Women's Lacrosse

ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western State University Board of Governors unanimously approved the addition of women's lacrosse as the 17th NCAA Division II varsity sport at the University during a telephone poll Tuesday morning. The team will become active in the 2020-21 academic year and begin competition in the spring of 2021. A press conference detailing the addition will be held at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, in the KCP&L Theater inside the Griffon Indoor Sports Complex.

Missouri Western will become the fourth NCAA Division II member in the state of Missouri to add the sport and the first from the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Missouri Western will be the only public DII member in the state of Missouri sponsoring women's lacrosse.

"What an incredible opportunity to be the first MIAA institution to sponsor women's lacrosse and be at the forefront of leading the rapid growth of the sport in this region," MWSU vice president of intercollegiate athletics Dr. Josh Looney said. "Between the recently-renovated Spratt Stadium and the Griffon Indoor Sports Complex, our state-of-the-art infrastructure will allow lacrosse student-athletes to experience championship success on and off the field at Missouri Western. We are excited to grow our student-athlete population beyond 400 students with this high-achieving group of athletes and lead an important University initiative that will continue to move MWSU forward."

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Grove City College (D3 PA) Adds Women's Lacrosse

GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Women's lacrosse will become the 23rd intercollegiate varsity sport at Grove City College in the 2021-22 academic year. The College will field its inaugural NCAA Division III varsity team beginning in the spring of 2022. The team will compete in the Presidents' Athletic Conference, which sponsored women's lacrosse for the first time in spring 2019.

"The Grove City College varsity athletics culture is a distinctive strength of our school. Our student athletes are outstanding young scholars and leaders. Adding women's lacrosse creates another opportunity to mold talented students into great citizens for Christ's kingdom and the common good," Grove City College President Paul J. McNulty '80 said.

"We are extremely excited about the potential for women's lacrosse at Grove City College as a varsity sport," Grove City College Athletic Director Todd Gibson said. "Women's lacrosse has a long history of success at the club level at Grove City, and we feel we have the building blocks to develop a varsity program that displays strong Christian character while striving to be the best college lacrosse program in the country."

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Eastern Michigan University Adds Women's Lacrosse, MAC to Sponsor

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University announced today, Nov. 6, that the EMU Department of Athletics will add women's lacrosse as a varsity sport. The program will play its inaugural season against NCAA Division I competition in the 2021-22 academic year.

 The announcement takes place at the same time the Mid-American Conference announced that it will be adding the sport as a conference championship beginning with the 2021 season. Eastern will be the fourth full-time MAC institution to sponsor the sport at the NCAA Division I level. Central Michigan added the sport in 2016, Kent State began playing in 2019, while Akron is set to field a team for the first time in 2020. Detroit Mercy and Youngstown State are also joining as MAC affiliate members.


"Women's lacrosse is growing at an incredible pace and we are excited to expand opportunities for Michigan high school women to participate in a Division I sport and the academic experiences that Eastern Michigan provides," said EMU Vice President/Director of Athletics Scott Wetherbee. "We are committed to providing more athletic and academic opportunities for women and we believe the sport is a strong fit for our athletic program. We are very excited about the addition and I am certain the team will contribute to our legacy of athletic success."

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