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Julie McBrien: Making Her Mark

By Lacrosse Playground | April 11, 2013 |
Every team needs a leader and senior women’s lacrosse captain Julie McBrien has more than delivered on carrying that responsibility, both on and off the lacrosse field. This year’s team features a majority of underclassmen, including nine freshmen and eight sophomores, all of whom are lucky enough to have McBrien to look up to in the game and in the classroom. Read More...

Johns Hopkins Women’s Lacrosse to Compete as an Independent

By Lacrosse Playground | June 30, 2012 |
BALTIMORE, MD - Johns Hopkins Director of Athletics Tom Calder announced today that the University's women's lacrosse program, currently a member of the American Lacrosse Conference, (ALC), will begin competing as an independent beginning in the 2014 or 2015 season. The exact date of Hopkins' departure from the ALC will be determined later this summer. Read More...

Reversible Lifestyle Donates Uniforms To The True Lacrosse Women’s Team

By Lacrosse Playground | June 18, 2012 |
Reversible Lifestyle along with the Design team over at True Lacrosse have created a uniform for the women to wear at this year's Vail Tournament. The True Lacrosse Women's team will be wearing these uniforms as they look to capture a championship and represent the True Lacrosse brand. Read More...

Dutch National Team Outfit

By Lacrosse Playground | June 14, 2012 |
You are looking at the official uniform for the Dutch National team. The women will be wearing Under Armour unis. Although the colors of the Dutch flag are Red, White and Blue the players and fans wear Orange. Why? Orange is the color of the Dutch Royal Family dating back to Willem van Oranje (William of Orange). Stay tuned for more info on Nederland Lacrosse in the coming week as they prepare for EC12.

West Girls selected for the 2012 Under Armour Underclassmen Elite Stars Lacrosse Tournament

By Lacrosse Playground | June 14, 2012 |
Baltimore, Md. - Corrigan Sports Enterprises and Under Armour®, Inc. (NYSE: UA) announced today the roster of the West Girls who will represent their region at the 2012 Under Armour Underclassmen Elite Stars Lacrosse Tournament. The sport’s most prestigious underclassmen tournament will feature girls and boys teams from Baltimore, Long Island, Midwest, New England, New Jersey, Philadelphia, South, Upstate New York, Washington, D.C., and West and consist of players from the graduating classes of 2013-15. Read More...

Boissonnea​ult Net’s 200th Career Goal As Titans Fall To California

By Lacrosse Playground | March 9, 2012 |
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Four Titans scored on the day and the Titans kept on fighting, but the Detroit women's lacrosse team ended its California road trip with an 18-9 setback to California. Read More...

London, Meet STX

By Lacrosse Playground | March 8, 2012 |
As many of you know, I am transplanted across the pond for a couple of months. London is a lovely place, filled with history, adorable accents and crazily dangerous traffic. But, not much lax in the city itself. So when STX sent me a bunch of apparel from their new Spring collection, I jumped at the chance to introduce London to STX. I think they'll get along just fine. Read More...

Girls Lacrosse Sticks: The Vanishing Art of Stick Tuning

By Lacrosse Playground | March 7, 2012 |
Buying a new stick is like getting a new baseball mitt – it needs to be properly broken in before it can be used effectively. Most players and parents don’t realize this, and we see many “tennis racquets” –new or restrung sticks that haven’t been adjusted – in our training sessions. The pocket of a girls stick must be adjusted to make it easier to catch, cradle, and throw while also conforming to the rules. Read More...

Three HPU Panthers Named to All-NLC Preseason Team

By Lacrosse Playground | February 14, 2012 |
High Point University women's lacrosse players Grace Gaeng, Sara Kuhlman and Courtney McLaughlin were named to the 2012 Preseason All-NLC team. Gaeng was named NLC Player of the Year last season. Read More...

JMU Lacrosse Selects Tri-Captains for 2012 Season

By Lacrosse Playground | February 7, 2012 |
HARRISONBURG, Va., -- The James Madison lacrosse team has selected three players to serve as team tri-captains to lead the Dukes against a challenging 2012 schedule. Read More...

Lehigh Women Picked Third In Preseason Poll, Torcivia Defensive Player of the Year

By Lacrosse Playground | February 3, 2012 |
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh women’s lacrosse team was picked third in the Patriot League preseason poll announced Thursday while senior Leigh Ann Torcivia earned Defensive Player of the Year honors. Led by co-captains Torcivia and junior Julie McBrien, the Mountain Hawks are looking to make their sixth straight Patriot League Tournament in 2012. Read More...

Towson University Womens Sublimated Lacrosse Reversible

By Lacrosse Playground | January 6, 2012 |
Fit2Win produced sublimated reversibles adorned in a Towson Black/Yellow/White color scheme. These pinnies are made for women and will be available in select stores such as SportsHerWay as well as Laxworld.