Virginia State University (D2) Adds Lacrosse

ETTRICK, VA (April 5, 2022) - Virginia State University (VSU) Athletics continues to add to the institutions Greater Happens Here mantra with the addition of three (3) sports programs. The Trojans will add women's soccer, men and women's lacrosse to their list of sponsored sports effective immediately. Men's Soccer will be added in Spring 2023. VSU Athletics currently offers 17 athletic teams; eight for women, eight for men, and co-ed cheerleading. 

The Trojans anticipate beginning the inaugural Women's Soccer program along with Men and Women's Lacrosse programs in the Fall 2022, with competition against outside opponents beginning as early as Spring 2023. Virginia State University's Associate Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics, Peggy Davis, is actively moving through the search process for full-time head coaches to lead the new sports programs, with anticipated start dates in April and May. 

 The new NCAA regulation soccer field, which can also be used for lacrosse, is currently under construction and is slated to be complete by May 2022. The field will be located on the campus of Virginia State University adjacent to the VSU Multipurpose Center.

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Posted in: Division II,HBCU,Virginia

Lewis & Clark College (D3 OR) Add Women's Lacrosse

PALATINE HILL -- Women's lacrosse and men's soccer teams will soon take the field at Lewis & Clark as the college's 20th and 21st intercollegiate sports. In a notice to the campus community earlier today, Lewis & Clark President Wim Wiewel said he has approved establishment of a women's lacrosse team at the college. Lacrosse is one of the fastest-growing collegiate sports.  Wiewel also told faculty and staff that he is reinstating men's soccer, which was eliminated in 1990. The college already fields a women's soccer team. 

"Adding lacrosse and soccer is an investment in Lewis & Clark's future," Wiewel said. "Not only will it attract new students who otherwise might not have come here for college, but we know Lewis & Clark's student-athletes have always been among our most outstanding students."

"This is an exciting time for Lewis & Clark athletics," Director of Physical Education & Athletics Mark Pietrok said. "Our coaches have proven to be recruiters of high-achieving student-athletes. I look forward to welcoming more quality students to our campus to help them reach their potential both in the classroom and the fields while contributing to the vitality of our department and community".

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Posted in: Division III,Oregon