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Hear from University of Florida Women’s Lacrosse Team’s Head Coach Amanda O’Leary as they prepare for thier second season.

(Source: gatorvision.tv)

∞01:35 pm, by floridalacrosse

New Lacrosse Team at Florida Tech

Coach Ryan McAleavey is a busy man. His timetable calls for Tech to begin practice in September and play a month and a half of a non-championship season capped by a tournament. The team’s first championship-season practice is set for Jan. 10, 2012 in preparation for its first official season of 16 games beginning in the spring of 2012.

McAleavey hopes to play in the Deep South Conference consisting of Sunshine State Conference schools Rollins, St. Leo, Florida Southern, and North Carolina schools Mars Hills, Wingate, Lenoir-Rhyne and Catabwa. However, if another SSC school — speculation is either Tampa or Lynn could add the sport — joins in, a five-team SSC lacrosse league could be formed. So far, while his recruits have come from the established programs in the Northeast, Midwest and Canada, the fact that the sport is being played on a high school varsity and club level in Brevard County, including across Babcock Street at Melbourne Central Catholic, can only help.

Florida Tech lacrosse coach Ryan McAleavey has faced plenty of obstacles in forming the school’s first lacrosse team for next year. He only has two scholarships to give. (Rik Jesse, FLORIDA TODAY)

“It’s going well,” he said. “We’ve got about 10 kids who are coming in. The rest are still on the fence. The reason why I believe it’s taking so long is I’m not going after kids who are just here to come to school, I’m going after players. I’m going after kids who also are being recruited by a lot of other schools.

“I want to be a very competitive program, so I’m going after kids who can play, who will be able to hold their own.”

Read Full Article Sticks and moans part of lacrosse’s growth at Florida Tech at FloridaToday.com

∞02:50 pm, by floridalacrosse ∩1

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Jacksonville University Lacrosse

from the official JU athletics webiste

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - On the heels of an impressive inaugural season, the JU men’s lacrosse team will head into 2011 with a challenging schedule and the goal of a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship in its first year of membership.

The Dolphins’ season will be highlighted with a game against Georgetown at EverBank Field in the ‘Sunshine Classic’ and showdowns with Denver and Air Force in the Denver Invitational Tournament.

The JU women’s lacrosse team announced the signing of six student-athletes for the class of 2015 to join the Dolphins next spring. The newcomers will join a Dolphin squad which reached the conference tournament semi-finals in its inaugural season.

The JU women’s lacrosse team will look to build on its inaugural season in 2011 with a schedule that includes tilts against Fresno State and Oregon in Eugene, Ore. and a home contest against Florida.

For more information on the Jacksonville Dolphins lacrosse programs, visit http://www.judolphins.com

∞02:40 pm, by floridalacrosse

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#10 Gator Lacrosse vs. #20 UCF Lacrosse

The University of Florida Gators will take on the University of Central Florida Knights kicking off a good weekend of college lacrosse.

To get more details about the game, visit the FloridaLacrosse.com Facebook Fan Page.
UCF Lacrosse is ranked #20 in the nation by the MCLA, with an 8-2 record and a 5 game winning streak.

∞09:32 pm, reblogged by floridalacrosse ∩1

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video and pictures are copyright of The Gainsville Sun and Gatorzone.com

In front of a record crowd of 2,114 at Donald R. Dizney Stadium on Saturday night, history was made as the University of Florida lacrosse team took the field against Jacksonville and came away with a 16-6 victory in the program’s inaugural game. Read full story on Gatorzone

Florida’s women’s lacrosse team seems to be poised for a strong season with a good foundation as the program features seven high school first-team All-Americans and is comprised almost entirely of freshmen. Twenty-three of the 29 players on the Florida team are from either Maryland or New York which poses us to add the question- will UF start recruiting more from florida high school lacrosse teams in the future? Lacrosse is still a predominatley northeast sport, but it’s grown immensely in Florida. Hopefully, good college programs in the state means more opportunity for local lacrosse players like Tampa, Orlando, and Miami.

The Gators will be on the road next week with games at La Salle on Tuesday (3:00 p.m.) and at No. 4 North Carolina next Sunday (1:00 p.m.). You can follow along online via Twitter by following www.twitter.com/GatorZoneLAX.

∞11:52 am, by floridalacrosse

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FSU Lacrosse vs UF Lacrosse opens for Orlando Titans

orlandolacrossestore:

The Seminoles will begin their 2010 season tonight (on January 29th) with an indoor lacrosse exhibition against the University of Florida in Orlando’s Amway Arena. The exhibition will be played as part of a double-header with the new Orlando Titans indoor lacrosse team.

Great tickets for Friday’s game between the Orlando Titans and Rochester Knighthawks are still available, and affordably priced ($20-35). To secure your seats now, call 407-601-6516 or visit ticketmaster.com.

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Televised Lacrosse Games for 2010

Perhaps it’s a sign of the wider availability of ESPNU and the continuing strong rise in the national popularity of lacrosse, either way- we’re just glad you can catch a game on TV. LaxPower has listed the televised lacrosse games for the 2010 Season.

See the current broadcast schedule on the TV Listings page. Now if we could just get some florida lacrosse teams on TV!

∞10:30 am, by floridalacrosse

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Live Webcast of Florida State vs Cal Poly this Tuesday

The FSU Seminoles’ first round game at the 2009 MCLA National Championship against the Cal Poly Mustangs will be available by Live Webcast on www.CollegeLAX.us. The Seminoles and Mustangs will play at 7 p.m. MT (9 p.m. Eastern) this coming Tuesday in Denver, Colorado.

For details, please visit www.CollegeLAX.us or go directly to their National Championship section: http://www.collegelax.us/2009/championships/www.CollegeLAX.us or go directly to their National Championship section: http://www.collegelax.us/2009/championships/

CollegeLAX will be providing live blog updates and commentary of all games at the 2009 MCLA National Championship. They will also be webcasting select games each day.

You can view the complete bracket for the MCLA National Championships here.

∞10:00 am, by floridalacrosse

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