WOMEN’S LACROSSE: KELLY AUSTIN TRANSFERS TO USC

WOMEN’S LACROSSE: KELLY AUSTIN TRANSFERS TO USC

–VIRGINIA’S KELLY AUSTIN, TOP WOMEN’S LACROSSE PLAYER, TRANSFERS TO USC

LOS ANGELES–Kelly Austin, who spent her 2010 freshman season playing on the Top 10-ranked Virginia women’s lacrosse team after an All-American high school career where she was named the nation’s top prep player, has transferred to USC and is enrolled for the current spring semester, new [...]

JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT 2011 LACROSSE NATIONAL CONVENTION

JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT 2011 LACROSSE NATIONAL CONVENTION

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BALTIMORE – Jackie Joyner-Kersee, six-time Olympic medalist and considered to be the “World’s Greatest Female Athlete,” will keynote the 2011 US Lacrosse National Convention, presented by Champion on Jan. 21 at 7:00 p.m. at the Baltimore Convention Center. The annual convention is the largest educational and networking opportunity for lacrosse [...]

WOMEN OF THE 2010 CLASS FOR NATIONAL LACROSSE HALL of FAME

WOMEN OF THE 2010 CLASS FOR NATIONAL LACROSSE HALL of FAME

BALTIMORE – The induction class for 2010 for the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame has been approved by the US Lacrosse Board of Directors. This year’s class will be inducted in a ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 30 at The Grand Lodge in Hunt Valley, Md.
The 2010 induction class includes Scott Bacigalupo, Michael Burnett, Harry McNamara “Mac” [...]

VIDEO: ‘THIS IS LACROSSE’

VIDEO:  ‘THIS IS LACROSSE’

Women’s lacrosse, sometimes shortened to wlax or lax, is a non-contact sport played with twelve players on each team. Originally played by the indigenous peoples of the Americas, the modern women’s game was introduced in 1890 at the St Leonards School inScotland. The rules of women’s lacrosse differ significantly from men’s field lacrosse.
The object of the game is to use a [...]