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The Eastern Michigan Eagles, formerly known as the Normalites and the Hurons, are the athletic teams for Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. The Eagles compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level as members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
A map of NCAA Division I men's lacrosse teams A map of NCAA Division I women's lacrosse teams. The following is a list of the 78 schools who field men's lacrosse teams and the 133 schools who field women's lacrosse teams in NCAA Division I competition, plus two schools that have planned to begin fielding Division I women's lacrosse teams in 2026.
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. Akron had started scrimmaging in September 2019 and began formal competition the following February, while Eastern Michigan had announced plans in November 2019 to have a team ...
1920 - Eastern Michigan rejoined the MIAA, effective in the 1920–21 academic year. 1922 - Adrian left the MIAA, effective after the 1921–22 academic year. 1926 - Eastern Michigan left the MIAA for a second time, effective after the 1925–26 academic year. 1926 - Hope College joined the MIAA, effective in the 1926–27 academic year.
The first major expansion since the 1950s took place in the mid-1970s with the addition of Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University in 1972 and Ball State University and Northern Illinois University in 1973. NIU left after the 1985–86 season. The University of Akron joined the conference in 1992.
Eastern Michigan University (EMU, EMich, Eastern Michigan or simply Eastern) is a public research university in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1849 as the Michigan State Normal School, it was the fourth normal school (teachers' college) established in the United States and the first outside New England. In 1899, the Michigan ...
Prior to joining the NCAA, Michigan competed as a club-varsity program at the Division I level of the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) in the Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association (CCLA), where the Wolverines secured three MCLA national championships and won 11 consecutive conference titles. The team is coached by Kevin Conry.
The conference was known as the Upper Midwest Lacrosse League until 2011. UMLC Division II teams have dominated at the MCLA National Championships, winning 9 of the last 11 title games. [ 3 ] The University of St. Thomas, the 2019 champion, has won 6 titles since 2009.