Lacrosse Playground

BALTIMORE, Feb. 13, 2013 — US Lacrosse President and CEO Steve Stenersen today issued comments on the proposed Maryland House of Delegates Bill 1123, which if passed by the Maryland General Assembly would legislate that girls’ lacrosse players in the state wear protective headgear as per specifications set forth by a state task force. Read More…

RICHMOND, Va. (Feb. 14, 2013) – Virginia Commonwealth University will add women’s lacrosse to its athletics lineup beginning with the 2015-16 season. The VCU Board of Visitors on Friday approved adding the sport to its intercollegiate athletics program, which currently sponsors 16 intercollegiate sport programs; eight men’s teams and eight women’s teams. The most recent Division I intercollegiate sport added to the VCU Athletics program was women’s soccer in 1995. Read More..

For those of you that haven’t seen the news, twitter, facebook, instagram or basically live under a rock, the east coast was slammed with Nemo, the blizzard. Can we first discuss why we are naming blizzards now? I’d love to meet the man or woman who has the job of choosing the names. This past weekend we planned to head down to University of Pennsylvania for a preseason tournament Friday night, play Saturday and return after the games. Read More…

Sophomore women’s lacrosse player Lauren Willcox had anything but a typical winter break as she spent the last week of her vacation time on a medical service trip to Cusco, Peru. From Jan. 4-12, Willcox joined a group of student members of the Lehigh University American Medical Student Association (LUAMSA) on a trip to gain clinical volunteer experience and learn about healthcare in another country. Read More…

After a disappointing season for Matt Barkley, he hopes to induce luck for the Women’s Lacrosse team. Throughout the year, Matt has performed similar acts with numerous teams at USC. For instance, he’s suited up with the Diving, Tennis, Volleyball, Soccer, and Water Polo teams to name a few. Read More…

Welcome to week 2 bloggers! Classes are underway, practice running according to schedule, and lifts are returning to normal. I have to say, it is great getting back into the swing of things. One tell tale sign of preseason in Boston is the weather. The latest weather report? Read More…

Women’s lacrosse teams have been creating a social media presence for a couple of years. It’s not imperative, but it is critical to expand your brand across the web. When you expose your team, program, and school, you increase the chance of nabbing the next big recruit or embedding your brand into the mind of an impressionable young player. Read More…

BALTIMORE, Jan. 31, 2013 — The Loyola men and Florida women claimed the No. 1 positions in Lacrosse Magazine’s 2013 NCAA Division I preseason rankings, released today. The release of the Top 20 rankings concludes a four-week countdown of daily profiles of the nation’s best teams. Read More…

BALTIMORE — US Lacrosse today announced the 18-player U.S. Women’s National Team that is set to compete in the 2013 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Cup, July 11-20 in Oshawa, Ontario. The U.S. women’s national team will look to defend its 2009 gold medal and earn its seventh overall world title. The team was selected from a 25-player U.S. women’s national training team roster, which was previously selected from a group of 38 players comprising the 2012-14 U.S. women’s national team. Read More…

DeBeer is the official sponsor of the US Women’s Lacrosse team. With the help of Stylin’ Strings, deBeer has been able to outfit the team with custom dyed heads and stringing. Watch the video to get a glimpse of the finished product. Read More…