MONTREAT, N.C. -- Montreat College is set to expand its athletic department with the addition of men's and women's lacrosse while reinstating men's and women's tennis and adding women's reserve soccer beginning fall 2014 Athletic Director Craig Jackson announced on Tuesday.
With the launch of the new programs and by reviving the tennis program, the number of Cavalier student-athletes will rise to over 325 at Montreat College.
"The addition of these sports is great news for Cavalier Athletics," said Athletic Director Craig Jackson. "We look forward to the addition of these programs and their ability to aid in attracting quality student-athletes who wish to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level."
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Montreat College (NAIA NC) Adds Lacrosse
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
US Lacrosse Releases 2012 Participation Report
Monday, April 22, 2013
BALTIMORE — A record total of 722,205 players competed on organized lacrosse teams in 2012, as reported in the annual US Lacrosse Participation Report released today. The growth rate from last year (683,730) was 5.5 percent, marking the ninth straight year of at least five percent growth.
More than half of the participants (389,275) compete at the youth level, representing a 7.8 percent growth rate from last year. Roughly 65 percent of the youth players are boys, but both genders have seen significant increases in participation in recent years. Over the last five years at the youth level, the number of boys playing has increased 62 percent and the number of girls playing has increased 61 percent.
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Could Montreal Be Next for the NLL?
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
MONTREAL — Pierre Filion remembers when thousands of fans watched lacrosse games in the mid-1970s at the Montreal Forum.
Despite those numbers, the Montreal Québécois team was short-lived, as was the more recent Montreal Express.
The National Lacrosse League returns to the Bell Centre Dec. 15 after a 10-year absence with an exhibition game featuring the Toronto Rock and Rochester Knighthawks.
“This game is the first step to the return of a pro team in Montreal,” said Filion, director of the Quebec Lacrosse Federation.
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Illinois Wesleyan University (DIII) Adds Lacrosse
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
“Lacrosse is the fastest-growing sport in the Midwest and is an emerging sport among College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin schools,” said IWU athletic director Dennie Bridges. “Offering lacrosse gives a significant number of high school students another reason to consider attending Illinois Wesleyan.”
Bridges said a search for a men’s lacrosse coach will begin immediately with a similar search for a women’s coach to begin next spring. Lacrosse home games will be at Tucci Stadium.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
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go, IL – Robert Morris University has announced the hiring of Drew Stevenson to coach the school’s first ever Men’s Lacrosse program. The program is scheduled to begin competition in the spring of 2013.
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Saturday, January 07, 2012
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University of Georgia A.D. Talks Lacrosse
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
QUESTION: This is a little off the beaten path, but has there been anything new in terms of starting any new sports, whether it’s lacrosse?
ANSWER: No. I think it all is a Title IX review. We have an annual review with our compliance of Title IX, and I’m sure if a time came to where we needed to add a sport, we would activate a committee to study that. But that’s not on our radar right now.
QUESTION: You get the question about men’s soccer, too.
ANSWER: I doubt very seriously it would be a men’s sport. It would have to be a female sport. The demographics here on this campus are 60 percent female and 40 percent male. That’s part of the Title IX prong there to try to mirror the demographics you have on campus. It wouldn’t make sense to add another men’s sport. It would just widen the campus further.
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Monday, December 05, 2011
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – Young Harris College President Cathy Cox recently announced the addition of men’s and women’s lacrosse as well as competitive cheerleading as intercollegiate sports beginning with the 2012-2013 academic year, following approval granted by the Young Harris College Board of Trustees at their semi-annual meeting in November in Atlanta.
“As we continue our four-year transformation at Young Harris College, we are pleased to expand our athletics offerings to include men's and women's lacrosse and competitive cheerleading,” said Young Harris College President Cathy Cox. “We are excited to now begin recruiting students who will kick off these programs with us next year.”
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Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Two men’s lacrosse scrimmages will be played this weekend with experimental rules that stakeholders hope will increase the pace of play.
On Saturday, UMBC will host Georgetown with the following experimental rules being implemented:
If a team is given the stall warning, it has 30 seconds to put a shot on target (goal/save/rebound/pipe). Current rules require the team to keep the ball in the attack area during a stall warning.
On Sunday, North Carolina and Ohio State will scrimmage in Towson, Maryland, with an experimental shot clock being used.
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Calvin College and Hope College (D3 MI) Add Men's and Women's Lacrosse
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
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