Lacrosse

11/15/2024 |  Wichita to Host USA Lacrosse National Championship Event in 2025 (SportsTravel) The USA Lacrosse Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association national championship is returning for the second straight year to Wichita, Kansas from May 7–10, 2025, at the Scheels Stryker Sports Complex.
Nearly 150 non-varsity collegiate teams comprise the WCLA and compete under the USA Lacrosse umbrella. The annual Division I and Division II National Championships feature 16 Division I clubs and 12 Division II. Last year’s championship in Wichita produced a pair of first-time champions, with UCLA claiming the Division I title and Vermont winning the Division II championship.

11/15/2024 |  Women’s Lacrosse League launches amid sport’s continued growth (Gist Sports, The) On Wednesday, the men’s Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) launched the Women’s Lacrosse League (WLL), a new pro women’s league set to take the field in February 2025. PLL communications manager Grace Hamilton chatted with The GIST yesterday to shed light on the league’s decision to go pro on the women’s side.

8/14/2024 |  Indianapolis to Host Inaugural USA Lacrosse Experience (SportsTravel) USA Lacrosse will welcome the men’s and women’s national teams from Colombia, Great Britain and Puerto Rico to Indianapolis to compete against the U.S. teams during the international portion of the inaugural USA Lacrosse Experience from October 11–13.
The international competition will utilize the new sixes discipline that will be used in the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles. Sixes is a fast-paced version of the sport played on a smaller field with fewer players in a condensed game length and a 30-second shot clock. All games will be played at Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium.

7/19/2024 |  World Lacrosse Partners with Turning Stone Resort Casino (SportsTravel) Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, has joined the upcoming 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships as an official event partner and will host four games at the Mary C. Winder Community Center, the Oneida Indian Nation’s new 90,000-square-foot community center.
The September 20–29 world championship event will including 133 games played with 38 nationals teams. The Mary C. Winder Community Center will host games on September 24 between the Canada and Ireland women, the Netherlands and Haudenosaunee women, the Haudenosaunee versus England men and the USA and Canada men.

5/24/2024 |  Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse A Worthy Betting Favorite Entering Final Four (Sports Handle) For college sports junkies, Memorial Day weekend brings with it one of the most underrated and entertaining championships of the season. Men’s and women’s college lacrosse national champions will be crowned in the coming days, with the men competing Saturday and Monday in Philadelphia and the women competing Friday and Sunday in Cary, North Carolina.