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Join Lacrosse Reference’s 2021 NCAA Lacrosse Bracket Challenge

By Lacrosse Playground | May 10, 2021 |

The 2021 NCAA men’s and women’s lacrosse tournaments are set, and that means it’s time to fill out your bracket!… Read more

GoPro Uploads Awesome Lacrosse Clip

GoPro Uploads Awesome Lacrosse Clip

By Lacrosse Playground | October 7, 2014 |
High school lacrosse players enjoy a friendly pick-up game during the hot Florida summer. Read More...

Hammerheads Travel Teams Join Broward Barracudas

By Lacrosse Playground | August 12, 2014 |
The Broward Barracudas and the Ft. Lauderdale Hammerheads travel programs have agreed to join forces beginning with the upcoming travel season. Hammerheads founder and director, Jan Northrop, will join Pete Dunne and Shaun Bamforth as co-directors of the travel program. Brian Cost, former St. Andrews Assistant Coach and new Assistant Coach at University School, is also joining the Barracudas program and will serve as Director of Coaching. Additional Hammerhead coaches will also be joining the Barracuda coaching staff. Read More...
Breaking: Women's Lacrosse Players have to Wear Helmets in Florida

Breaking: Women’s Lacrosse Players have to Wear Helmets in Florida

By Lacrosse Playground | June 11, 2014 |
In its final meeting of the 2013-2014 school year, the Florida High School Athletic Association's Board of Directors voted to require helmets for girls lacrosse participants. Read More...

Florida Launch to play at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton

By Lacrosse Playground | January 30, 2014 |
Major League Lacrosse, the premier outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that the Florida Launch will call FAU Stadium its home for the 2014 season. The MLL's newest team will play all of its seven home games at the venue, bringing professional lacrosse back to FAU after two successful events in 2012 and 2013. Read More...

University of Tampa to Dedicate New 90,000 Square-Foot Field, Lacrosse Complex

By Lacrosse Playground | March 26, 2013 |
TAMPA, Fla. - The University of Tampa will dedicate the Naimoli Family Athletic and Intramural Complex on Kennedy Boulevard on Friday, April 5 at 7:25 p.m. The first men's lacrosse game on the new field will follow immediately at 8 p.m., versus Rollins College. The dedication will begin with a ribbon cutting at the front of the stadium. UT President Ronald L. Vaughn and other campus and community leaders will speak. Then, at 7:45 p.m., special guests, including lead donor Vince Naimoli, will be recognized with a special on-field dedication. The Spartans will then face off against the Rollins Tars at 8 p.m. Read More...

University of Tampa Men’s Lacrosse Beat Florida Southern in Opener, 12-7

By Lacrosse Playground | February 9, 2013 |
LAKELAND, Fla - The University of Tampa men's lacrosse team scored five second quarter goals, including three in a 40 second span, while the Spartans defense held the Moccasins to two second half goals, en route to a 12-7 win over Florida Southern Friday night at Bryant Stadium. With the win the Spartans improve to 1-0 overall and 1-0 in conference play, while the Moccasins fall to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in the DSC. Read More...
May 25, 2012; Stony Brook NY, USA; Syracuse Orange midfielder/attack Gabby Jaquith (20) loses the ball as Florida Gators goalie Mikey Meagher (5) defends the net during the first half of the 2012 NCAA Division 1 Womens Lacrosse Semifinals at LaValle Stadium. Syracuse won 14-13 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports

Lacrosse Magazine Names Division I Lacrosse Preseason Rankings for Men and Women

By Lacrosse Playground | January 31, 2013 |
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...

Stetson Lacrosse Hopes to Win Fans in 2013 Inaugural Season

By Lacrosse Playground | January 24, 2013 |
DELAND, Fla. – As one of the oldest team games played in America, it is only appropriate that the inaugural Stetson University women's lacrosse team will play its first match against a team of players representing some of the original founders of the sport. The first year Hatters program will play against the Haudenosaunee National Team, which represents the united Iroquois tribes of upstate New York, on Saturday evening as a part of the Champion Challenge at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista. Read More...
Game Times Announced For Moe’s Southwest Grill Classic

Game Times Announced For Moe’s Southwest Grill Classic

By Lacrosse Playground | January 17, 2013 |
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – NBC Sports Network has announced the game times for the upcoming 2013 Moe’s Southwest Grill Classic held at Everbank Field on February 17. One of the nation’s premiere men’s lacrosse events, the 2013 edition features Denver vs Penn State at 1:00 p.m. followed by Jacksonville vs Ohio State at 3:15 pm. Read More...

Sunshine State Conference Announces Plans to Sponsor Men’s Lacrosse Beginning in 2014

By Lacrosse Playground | December 7, 2012 |
ORLANDO, Fla. - The Sunshine State Conference (SSC) will begin sponsoring the sport of men's lacrosse effective with the Spring 2014 season. The addition of lacrosse will increase the number of sports sponsored by the SSC to 17. The move was recently approved by the Sunshine State Conference Presidents Council. League bylaws require that half of the conference's member institutions offer a particular sport before it may become a conference-sponsored sport. Read More...
Inside the Program, Florida Men's Lacrosse

Inside the Program, Florida Men’s Lacrosse

By Lacrosse Playground | December 5, 2012 |
A short-form documentary giving an all-access look inside the University of Florida Men's club Lacrosse 2012 fall ball season. The documentary briefly visits the history of the program, the importance of fall ball, and a feature on Head Coach Ryan Winters. The film then takes you into the preparation leading up to the annual Florida/FSU fall game and along with the team on gameday of the great state rivalry. Read More...