Kalamazoo College officials announced Wednesday that Emilia Ward has been appointed head coach of the first women's varsity lacrosse team in the College's history. Women's lacrosse will continue to compete as a club sport in 2012-13 before taking the field as a varsity sport in the spring of the 2013-14 academic year.
Women's lacrosse will be the first new varsity sport at Kalamazoo College since 1991, when women's golf was added. A men's varsity lacrosse program is scheduled to take the field in spring 2015. Both teams will play on Kalamazoo College's newly renovated athletics fields due to open this fall.
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Kalamazoo College (D3 MI) Adds Men's and Women's Lacrosse
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
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MLL Eyeing South Florida Franchise
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
On the surface, the Major League Lacrosse (MLL) All-Star Game at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton on Saturday, June 30 will serve as a showcase of top players from franchises throughout other parts of the country.
But on closer and deeper scrutiny, the attraction at 7:30 p.m. at the Owls' new football stadium could be a prelude to another pro sports team in South Florida.
While it is not being officially called a "test market" event, the MLL will be monitoring the game to determine whether Boca Raton will receive an expansion franchise to start play in 2014.
According to insidelacrosse.com, the southeast United States is being strongly looked at by MLL, and cities topping the list of franchise possibilities include Boca Raton, Atlanta and Dallas.
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Recapping 2012's Inaugural Year Programs
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Midland University
NAIA (W)
Nebraska
W - 2012 Record: 3-9
ASA College
Juco (M)
New York
M - 2012 Record: 6-9
Newberry College
Division 3 (W)
South Carolina
W - 2012 Record: 2-10
University of Michigan
Division 1 (M)
Michigan
M - 2012 Record: 1-13
Huntingdon College
Division 3 (M)
Alabama
M - 2012 Record: 5-10
St. Joseph's College
Division 3 (W)
New York
W - 2012 Record: 9-9
University of Tampa
Division 2 (M)
Florida
M - 2012 Record: 11-5
SUNYIT
Division 3 (M/W)
New York
M - 2012 Record: 2-12
W - 2012 Record: 4-10
Otterbeing College
Division 3 (W)
Ohio
W - 2012 Record: 5-11
St. Leo University
Division 2 (W)
Florida
W - 2012 Record: 5-9
Alma College
Division 3 (M/W)
Michigan
M - 2012 Record: 1-15
W - 2012 Record: 5-8
San Diego St. University
Division 1 (W)
California
W - 2012 Record: 5-10
Coker College
Division 2 (M)
South Carolina
M - 2012 Record: 2-14
Roberts Wesleyan College
Division 2 (M/W)
Pennsylvania
M - 2012 Record: 5-7
W - 2012 Record: 5-8
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Division 3 (W)
Massachussetts
W - 2012 Record: 2-13
Grand Valley State University
Division 2 (W)
Michigan
W - 2012 Record: 10-7
Catawba College
Division 2 (W)
North Carolina
W - 2012 Record: 2-11
Salem State University
Division 3 (W)
Massachusetts
W - 2012 Record: 8-6
Florida Tech
Division 2 (M)
Florida
M - 2012 Record: 2-10
Albright College
Division 3 (M/W)
Pennsylvania
M - 2012 Record: 16-3
W - 2012 Record: 4-13
Augustana College
Division 3 (M/W)
Illinois
M - 2012 Record: 8-6
W - 2012 Record: 15-3
Rhodes College
Division 3 (M)
Tennessee
M - 2012 Record: 2-10
Piedmont College
Division 3 (M)
Georgia
M - 2012 Record: 5-7
College of St. Rose
Division 2 (M)
New York
M - 2012 Record: 7-6
Emmanuel College
Division 3 (M/W)
Massachusetts
M - 2012 Record: 7-9
W - 2012 Record: 5-10
Rosemont College
Division 3 (M)
Pennsylvania
M - 2012 Record: 0-14
Is Lacrosse on the Cusp of a Division I Sponsorship Explosion?
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
John Paul huddled with his players after they had just defeated Michigan State in last year's club lacrosse regular-season finale. Paul, a University of Michigan alum and former athletics administrator who over 14 years built arguably the most successful club lacrosse program in the nation, had an announcement to make. The Wolverines were making the jump to Division I, beginning with the 2012 season.
Shocked silence.
Fast-forward 12 months, and the shock lingers. The team, which lost one game in 59 while capturing three consecutive club lacrosse national championships between 2008 and 2010, tasted victory only once this season, but its Division I presence has nonetheless sent reverberations throughout collegiate lacrosse. No BCS school had launched a varsity men's lacrosse program since Notre Dame did so in 1981. "A lot of people are calling us the biggest story in the game in 30 years," Paul says, "which is nice of them to put a little bit more pressure on our backs."
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Augsburg College (DIII MN) Adds Women's Lacrosse
Monday, June 04, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College is continuing its tradition of being a pioneer in women's athletics by creating a varsity women's lacrosse team, to begin play in the 2013-14 school year.
Augsburg will be the first college or university in Minnesota to sponsor a varsity women's lacrosse program. Augsburg continues to lead the field in adding athletic opportunities for women; in 1995, Augsburg was the first college or university in the Midwest to sponsor a varsity women's ice hockey team.
“I am proud that Augsburg is once again willing to be the leader in bringing a varsity women's program to Minnesota,” said Augsburg Athletic Director Jeff Swenson. “As we were pioneers in 1995 when we were the first Midwestern school to have a varsity women's hockey program, we continue to be committed to be a strong leader for women's athletics.”
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