La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Intercollegiate Athletics Department has announced the addition of women's lacrosse to its list of varsity teams starting in the fall of 2019. Women's lacrosse will become the 21st varsity sport and the 12th for women at UW-La Crosse.
UW-La Crosse Director of Athletics Kim Blum has also announced the hiring of Cassandra Berger as the Eagles' head women's lacrosse coach. Women's lacrosse will start varsity competition in 2019-20 with games being played in spring. Home games will be played on the UW-La Crosse soccer field at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex.
"Cassandra has great energy and a personality that will serve her well in starting a program," said Blum. "I've been very impressed with her initiative and work ethic."
Berger earned four letters in lacrosse at the University of Dubuque (Iowa), serving as team captain her senior season. She earned Dubuque's (Iowa) Coaches Award and was named to the Midwest Lacrosse Conference All-Academic Team. Berger earned her bachelor's degree with a triple major in accounting, human resource management and business administration from Dubuque (Iowa) in 2016 and is currently pursuing her master's degree in business administration.
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Lyon College (NAIA AR) Adds Men's Lacrosse
Sunday, December 09, 2018
BATESVILLE, Ark. – Lyon College President Dr. W. Joseph King announced the addition of men's lacrosse and introduced the team's new head coach, Monty Curtis, at a press conference Thursday, December 6.
The College will apply for membership in the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA), a league of eight college lacrosse conferences. Lyon will petition to join the MCLA's Lone Star Alliance (LSA), which consists of teams in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. The team would start competing in 2021 with potential for NAIA affiliation in the future.
The sport's new coach, Curtis, has more than two decades of experience in coaching lacrosse, and has helped to move a college team to national affiliation before. Curtis, a charter member of the Southwestern University lacrosse team, was a player, coach, and faculty adviser for the program in Georgetown, Texas. He coached the team to its first win, as well as its first Southwest Lacrosse Association (SWLA) Championship. The SWLA was the precursor to the LSA Conference. Curtis also served as league president during his tenure with the Southwest Lacrosse Association. Curtis left Southwestern with a 70-56 record.
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Culver-Stockton College (NAIA MO) Adds Women's Lacrosse
Monday, December 03, 2018
Culver-Stockton College Athletic Director Pat Atwell has named Caitlin Erickson the first head coach of the newly developed women's lacrosse program. The Wildcats are expected to begin competition during the 2020 spring season.
"We are very excited that Caitlin Erickson has agreed to be our inaugural women's lacrosse coach," said Atwell. "She has the connections in the St Louis area that should provide an outstanding recruiting base for her."
Erickson comes to Culver-Stockton after spending the last 17 months as the girl's program director at St. Louis LAX, which offers lacrosse leagues each summer, fall and winter season in the St. Louis area.
Erickson was previously the head coach of the women's lacrosse and field hockey teams at Lindenwood University in Belleville, Ill., from January of 2016 to June of 2018.
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