Rhode Island College (D3) Adds Men's Lacrosse

Providence, R.I.—Rhode Island College President Jack Warner announced today the addition of men's lacrosse as RIC's 24th intercollegiate sport. Additionally, the women's lacrosse program will also be elevated to include a full-time head coach.

President Warner said, "Adding men's lacrosse at the present time fits in very well with our overall strategic enrollment plan of enhancing our male enrollment, while at the same time, recognizing the importance of equitably enhancing the women's lacrosse program. These two initiatives are very important as we recruit from very successful interscholastic and community-based lacrosse programs in the state during a period when the Hope Scholarship program is playing a key role in supporting Rhode Islanders as they seek affordability in continuing their education. It is also our hope that more out of state students will continue to make Rhode Island College their first choice when it comes to selecting a college with new and diverse academic programming, an enhanced campus and within a state that has some of the best natural resources the region has to offer."

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Posted in: Division III,Rhode Island

Recapping 2025's Inaugural Year Programs

William Woods University

NAIA (M)
Missouri
M - 5-8

Geneva College
Division 3 (W)
Pennsylvania
W - 0-15

Pacific Lutheran University
Division 3 (W)
Washington
W 1-14

Lawrence University
Division 3 (M/W)
Wisconsin
M - 5-11
W - 1-12

Emory and Henry College
Division 2 (M)
Virginia
M - 0-14

University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
Division 3 (M/W)
Pennsylvania
M - 5-8

Northwood University
Division 2 (M/W)
Michigan
M - 5-9
W - 6-9

University of South Florida
Division 1 (W)
Florida
W - 13-5

Iona College
Division 1 (M)
New York
M - 2-13

Alfred State College
Division 3 (M/W)
New York
M - 9-6
W - 4-9

UNC Charlotte
Division 1 (W)
North Carolina
W - 6-10

Tiffin University
Division 2 (M)
Ohio
M - 3-9

University of Rhode Island
Division 1 (W)
Rhode Island
W - 8-8

Posted in: Division I,Division II,Division III,Florida,Michigan,Missouri,NAIA,New York,North Carolina,Ohio,Pennsylvania,Rhode Island,Virginia,Washington,Wisconsin

University of Rhode Island (D1) and Milwaukee School of Engineering (D3) Add Women's Lacrosse

KINGSTON, R.I. — December 2, 2021 — With the 50th anniversary of Title IX approaching, the Rhode Island Athletics Department has announced it will add women’s lacrosse as a varsity program. 

 Expected to begin competition in the Atlantic 10 during the 2024-25 season, women’s lacrosse will become the 19th varsity team and 11th women’s team at Rhode Island. It is the first varsity program to be added since women’s rowing in 1996, the year that sport became NCAA-affiliated.

The decision to add women’s lacrosse came after an internal feasibility study showed favorable economic impact along with Title IX Compliance stability for the University.

“The opportunity to provide more opportunities for our student-athletes is exciting and significant for the overall growth of the University,” Rhode Island Director of Athletics Thorr Bjorn said. “The Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was a vital piece of law that has had a profound impact on our society. We are proud to honor the 50th anniversary of Title IX by growing women’s athletics at Rhode Island.”

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MILWAUKEE – Thanks to a generous gift from Dr. Kathleen Ruehlow '72, MSOE Regent, MSOE is able to begin phase one of a multi-year plan to expand co-curricular offerings that include an expansion of arts programming and women's sports. In phase one, new offices for coaches and new women's locker rooms are being built in the Kern Center and Viets Field. This allows the Raiders athletics program to add five new women's teams to its roster: lacrosse, hockey, swim, golf, bowling, and to expand women's track and field offerings.

"We are very excited to be adding opportunities for female student athletes at MSOE. In addition to supporting the enrollment initiative, we are helping to grow the sports of women's lacrosse and women's hockey," said MSOE athletic director Brian Miller. "The University has also had a plethora of inquiries about a swim team. With many of our fellow engineering schools supporting swim very successfully, it was an easy decision to add to our offerings. The same goes for women's bowling as the sport is one of the quickest growing disciplines in D-III."

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Posted in: Division I,Division III,Rhode Island,Wisconsin

Monday Lax Links

-Upstate NY Schools Needs Donors For Lax Program

-More on Utah Possibly Adding Lacrosse

-Denver Winning Big Without Football

-Lacrosse Coaches Build Sport in Underserved Communities

-Lacrosse on the Rise in Tri-Cities Tennessee/Virginia.

-New Women's League, the WPLL Announced

-Suburban Coaches Push for Girls Lacrosse Programs

-Lacrosse Popularity Growing in RI

-Epoch Lacrosse Continues to Grow

Posted in: College,Colorado,Division I,Industry,New York,Pennsylvania,Professional,Rhode Island,Tennessee,Urban Growth,Utah,Virginia,WPLL,Youth

Life University (NAIA GA) Adds Women's Lacrosse

MARIETTA, Ga. – Life University Director of Athletics Jayme Pendergast announced the addition of Women's Lacrosse to the Running Eagles athletics department on Tuesday. The program will begin its inaugural season in the spring of 2019.

"We are very excited to add Women's Lacrosse to our expanding athletic department," said Pendergast. "Lacrosse will bring a sport to LIFE's campus that is not only growing in the state of Georgia, but nationally. Lupo Family Field will serve as a beautiful facility for competition and I'm looking forward to adding such an exciting sport that is emerging in the NAIA." The sport is rapidly growing with 32 schools currently competing in the NAIA. While Women's Lacrosse is currently an invitational sport, it will transition to a national championship sport once a minimum 40 schools sponsor Women's Lacrosse programs.

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Friday Lax Links

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Gulf South Conference (DII) Adds Women's Lacrosse

Birmingham, AL—The increasing popularity of women's lacrosse has expanded into the Gulf South Conference, as the league officially announced that it will be adding the sport to its sponsorship list for 2015-16. The GSC Presidents agreed to move forward with the addition of women's lacrosse at its annual business meeting this past June and the addition was made official when the University of Montevallo and Young Harris College signed on as affiliate members last week.

 "Women's lacrosse has consistently been one of the fastest growing sports in the NCAA for a number of years and we are excited to provide championship and award opportunities for these student-athletes in the Gulf South Conference," GSC Commissioner Matt Wilson said. "Our Board of Directors believes this is a sport that makes sense for the GSC and I anticipate seeing more regional Division II programs in the next four or five years."

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Recapping 2014's Inaugural Year Programs

Point University
NAIA (M)
Georgia
M - 2014 Record: 3-10

Johnson & Wales University
Division 3 (M/W)
Rhode Island
M - 2014 Record: 4-13
W- 2014 Record: 8-9

University of Tampa
Division 2 (W)
Florida 

W - 2014 Record: 7-10

Missouri Valley College
NAIA (M/W)
Missouri
M - 2014 Record: 15-2
W- 2014 DNP

Northhampton Community College
NJCAA (M)
Pennsylvania
M - 2014 Record: 1-6

Lourdes University
NAIA (M/W)
Ohio
M - 2014 Record: 11-3
W- 2014 Record: 1-15

Georgetown College
NAIA (W) (Applying for NCAA DII)
Kentucky
W- 2014 Record: 2-3

University of Great Falls
NAIA (M)
Montana
M - 2014 Record: 1-5

Capital University
Division 3 (M/W)
Ohio
M - 2014 Record: 8-6
W- 2014 Record: 10-5

Brevard College
Division 2 (M/W)
North Carolina
M - 2014 Record: 3-10
W- 2014 Record: 0-13

Rockhurst University
Division 2 (M/W)
Missouri
M - 2014 Record: 1-8
W- 2014 Record: 0-10

Lynn University
Division 2 (M)
Florida
M - 2014 Record: 1-10

Rhodes College
Division 3 (W)
Tennessee
W- 2014 Record: 8-4


University of the District of Columbia
Division 2 (M/W)
D.C.
M - 2014 Record: 3-8
W- 2014 Record: 0-10

St. Ambrose University
NAIA (M)
Iowa
M - 2014 Record: 8-8

University of Richmond
Division 1 (M)
Virginia
M - 2014 Record: 6-11

Illinois Wesleyan University
Division 3 (M/W(2015))
Illinois
M - 2014 Record: 8-6

Saint Mary's College
Division 3 (W)
Indiana
W- 2014 Record: 2-13

Wingate University
Division 2 (W)
North Carolina
W- 2014 Record: 2-6

Caldwell College
Division 2 (W)
New Jersey
W- 2014 Record: 0-12

Stockton College
Division 3 (W)
New Jersey
W- 2014 Record: 10-5

Ursuline College
Division 2 (W)
Ohio
W- 2014 Record: 5-11

John Carroll University
Division 3 (M/W)
Ohio
M - 2014 Record: 13-4
W- 2014 Record:  DNP

Tusculum College
Division 2 (M/W)
Tennessee
M - 2014 Record: 5-8
W- 2014 Record: DNP

Kalamazoo College
Division 3 (M(2015)/W)
Michigan
W- 2014 Record: 5-10

George Fox University
Division 3 (W)
Oregon
W- 2014 Record: 6-6

Augsburg College
Division 3 (W)
Minnesota
W- 2014 Record: 6-7

Methodist University
Division 3 (M)
North Carolina
M - 2014 Record: 3-10

Elon University
Division 1 (W)
North Carolina
W- 2014 Record: 8-9

Post University
Division 2 (M)
Connecticut
M - 2014 Record: 4-11

Monmouth University
Division 1 (M)
New Jersey
M - 2014 Record: 0-10

Furman University
Division 1 (M/W)
South Carolina
M - 2014 Record: 1-12
W- 2014 Record:  DNP

Boston University
Division 1 (M)
Massachussets
M - 2014 Record: 2-12

University of Colorado
Division 1 (W)
Colorado
W- 2014 Record:  11-8

Bryn Athyn College

Division 3 (W)
Pennsylvania
W- 2014 Record:  5-7

University of Pikeville
NAIA (W)
Kentucky
W- 2014 Record:  DNP

Albertus Magnus College
Division 3 (M/W)
Connecticut
M - 2014 Record: 3-10

W- 2014 Record:  1-10

University of Dubuque
Division 3 (M)
Iowa
M - 2014 Record: 0-12

University of Michigan

Division 1 (W)
Michigan
W- 2014 Record:  4-13

Posted in: Florida,Georgia,Illinois,Indiana,Iowa,Kentucky,Missouri,Montana,New Jersey,North Carolina,Ohio,Pennsylvania,Rhode Island,Tennessee,Virginia,Washington D.C.

Carroll University (D3 WI) Adds Lacrosse

(Waukesha, Wis.) - Carroll University will add men's and women's lacrosse for the start of the 2014-2015 academic year, announced Joe Baker, Director of Athletics. Pioneers lacrosse teams will begin competing in the spring of 2015, increasing the number of Carroll's National Collegiate Athletic Association-sponsored athletics programs from 20 to 22.

"Lacrosse is a quickly emerging sport in the Midwest and we are excited to add it to our existing intercollegiate sports," said Baker. "We have investigated the potential for athletic growth over the past few years and believe now is the right time to add men's and women's lacrosse. We are confident we will provide a quality athletic environment to current and future student-athletes."

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The Case For Lacrosse At UGA

Last Saturday, the University of Georgia club lacrosse team’s run in the SELC tournament came to a disappointing end. Despite this setback, the Bulldog laxers were able to post an impressive 13-3-1 record for the season*. The success of the club team’s 2012 campaign, coupled with the sport’s rapid expansion at the high school level throughout the state, has led me to believe that now is the time to make lacrosse the University of Georgia’s 20th varsity sport. I understand that there are issues with the athletic department funding another nonrevenue sport, and there is always the looming presence of Title IX with which to contend. However, those are discussions for another day. I only wish to write about the merits of the game.

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More on Michigan Going D1

11 years ago Michigan added Men's Soccer.  Now they are on the verge of a National Championship.  Will a Division 1 Men's Lacrosse team at Michigan be able to produce the same results in a decade?  Maybe quicker?  According to the Michigan Men's Soccer Coach Michigan approaches Non-Revenue sports differently than most big time athletic departments:

"A lot of people wanted to point the finger at gender equity. It's not gender equity, it's finances and it's decisions that athletic departments make on how they want to spend or not spend their money," Burns said. "There are a lot of programs that wish there were only two sports — football and spring football."

Recently Michigan A.D. Dave Brandon spoke with Inside Lacrosse about the potential transition.  Rumors are the official announcement could be as early as January:

Insidelacrosse.com -- The possibility of lacrosse becoming a varsity sport at the University of Michigan appears to be closer to becoming a reality. Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon, who spoke with IL Monday morning on the issue, has made unofficial comments regarding the potential of adding both a men's and women's lacrosse program, but did not officially comment as to when a decision will be made.

"We're highly interested in adding lacrosse as a varsity sport," Brandon said. "We're in the process of doing a review of how that would work and the costs associated and reaching out to donors to see what kind of support we have. We're in investigation mode. We very much would like to do it but we have to first prove it's a viable option."

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Lacrosse Magazine Overview of D3 Schools That Should Have Men's Lacrosse

So let me get this straight: the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) has the wherewithal to sponsor 12 women’s lacrosse programs and just one has the ability to also field a men’s team?

Granted, I’m not able to delve into the proportionality numbers of these institutions, but am I supposed to believe that a point hasn’t arisen where men’s lacrosse has been a viable option among these 11 schools – Bloomsburg, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Gannon, Indiana (Pa.), Kutztown, Lock Haven, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock, West Chester?

It’s not like we’re talking about Wyoming or Arkansas.

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Posted in: California,College,Division III,Massachusetts,New Jersey,New York,North Carolina,Pennsylvania,Rhode Island,Virginia,Washington

MCLA Player Scores 3 Goals For MLL's Outlaws

Are MCLA players the key to a successful westward MLL expansion?



Interview w/ Connor Martin

Martin is the 4th MCLA player to play in the MLL (G-Alex Smith - CSU/Denver, FOGO-Brekan Kohlitz - Michigan/Washington, G-Chris Bluse - Colorado/Chicago) and the first to actually get a point.

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