MCLA Week 1 Rankings: South Carolina Lacrosse Returns
Now that the MCLA season is here, the Varsity Club Lacrosse boys are breaking down their rankings every week. These rankings are separate from what we see in the MCLA Coaches’ Poll. Division I 1. South Carolina Pretty easy to rank the defending champ No.1 in a preseason poll, especially when it was their second […]
MCLA Players Playing in the NLL
Many MCLA and MDIA players have gone on to play professionally in the MLL and NLL. There are currently ten active players in the NLL who played in the MCLA for at least one season. While I understand that their junior box careers probably contributed a lot more to their professional box lacrosse success, I […]
UMLC-I Goes Through Hoosiers
Indiana was the class of the Upper Midwest Lacrosse Conference Division I membership last spring, advancing to the 2018 MCLA National Championships powered by Under Armour, and the Hoosiers are favored to repeat the feat, according to the preseason coaches poll released on Friday. Indiana (10-3), which put a square in top-ranked Chapman in the […]
St. Thomas Pulls Away from GVSU
Sam Turner notched a hat trick along with an assist and goalie Drew Bouman made 15 saves, leading top-seeded St. Thomas to a 14-5 victory over fifth-seeded Grand Valley State in the first Division II semifinal at the 2018 MCLA National Championships powered by Under Armour. The first game of the day ends in a […]
2016 MCLA National Tournament: Predicting The First Round
It’s finally time! After a long wait and some conference chaos, we’ve reached the 2016 MCLA National Tournament. Let’s get wild and make some picks!
One-Goal Thriller Ends in Grand Valley State’s First National Championship
In a back-and-forth game on a beautiful day in Orange County, Calif., the No. 1 Grand Valley State Lakers captured their first MCLA Division II national championship with a 12-11 win over No. 2 St. John’s. The Lakers and Johnnies both had appeared in but never won a championship game before today, with GVSU falling in the 2012 and 2008 finals and St. John’s dropping the 2007 final.
MCLA Complete Viewing Guide – Championship Games
Finally, the MCLA National Championship games are nigh. Tomorrow, May 17th, four universities will play in two games to decide the National Champions of the MCLA Division I and II. The Division II game starts at noon and the Division I game will begin immediately after at 3.
Lakers Avenge Loss in Semis, Hope for Same Versus St. John’s in Finals
Before an 11 game win streak that took Grand Valley State into the MCLA national tournament as the top seed, the Lakers started the 2014 season with two losses – first to St. John’s and then against St. Thomas. Yesterday GVSU avenged the St. Thomas loss with a 10-5 semifinal win, and Saturday they will have a chance to gain another rematch victory in the championship game against No. 2 St. John’s.
MCLA Fan Upset of the Week
There is something about college sports that keep the door open for upsets – the rivalries, the trash talk, the emotion. We pick the teams, you vote on the upsets. It’s the MCLA Fan Upset of the Week!
MCLA Fan Upset of the Week
Everyone loves a good upset, who will fall from grace this week in the MCLA?
Caption Contest!
Our readers supply us with fantastic photos, we publish them, and if you drop the best Photo Caption in the comments section of this post, we hook you up with sweet LAS gear from the Lacrosse Shop!
Daily Cheese: Keep Saluting Your Shorts!
Quick gallery of recent Salute Your Shorts contest submissions, plus news & notes as always!