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Michigan Stadium boasts a capacity of 107,601 and was built for the Michigan football team in 1927; however, it did not host a varsity lacrosse game until 2012, when the Michigan men's lacrosse program played its first game there. The women's team played its first game at Michigan Stadium on March 20, 2014, losing to Winthrop, 14–12. [13]
The Mid-American Conference announced in late 2019 that women's lacrosse would be added as a sponsored sport for the 2021 season. At that time of the announcement, only two full members of the conference had women's lacrosse teams, with Central Michigan starting play in 2016 and Kent State in 2019.
The women's lacrosse team formerly competed in the Southern Conference, until the MAC began sponsoring that sport in 2020. [3] The school colors are maroon and gold, and the school, and its students and alumni are referred to as Chippewas which is sometimes shortened to Chips .
More than 160 athletes appear on The Journal News/lohud Girls Lacrosse Players to Watch list for the 2024 season.
The Women's Lacrosse League is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Premier Lacrosse League. [22] Courtney Ellis serves as the league's operations director through her role as the PLL's director of women's growth, while Rachel DeCecco serves as its sporting director through her role as the PLL's vice president of lacrosse. [21] [22]
Lacrosse was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual ...
Last appearance by round; Bids School Conference Years Last bid Last win QF SF F Title (#) 39 Maryland: Big Ten: 1983-87, 1990-2019, 2021- 2024: 2023
This is a list of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) women's lacrosse head coaches by number of career wins. Head coaches with a combined career record of at least 250 wins at the Division I , Division II , Division III , or historically equivalent level are included here.