SMU Lacrosse 2019 Conference Tournament

[stc9]

SMU has secured the #1 seed for the North Division of the LSA. They will open their playoff run on April 14th @ 3pm against Texas St. The game will be played at SMU, I assume it will be played on the lacrosse field, but donΓÇÖt know for sure.

The following weekend (4/27 & 4/28) SMU will host the final four for both Division I & II


http://mcla.us/news/2019/04/a-m-smu-leads-lsa-i-bracket

[Water Pony]

SMU has secured the #1 seed for the North Division of the LSA. They will open their playoff run on April 14th @ 3pm against Texas St. The game will be played at SMU, I assume it will be played on the lacrosse field, but donΓÇÖt know for sure.

The following weekend (4/27 & 4/28) SMU will host the final four for both Division I & II


http://mcla.us/news/2019/04/a-m-smu-leads-lsa-i-bracket

With SMU hosting the Lone Star Alliance Conference Championship, we are an epic center for Texas Lacrosse with our beautiful field.

Good luck, Ponies!

[gostangs]

We Beat TX state. Playing UT at home on 27th. Come support the mustangs and also see why this is the sport we should take to D-1 immediately. It fits us like a glove.

[Water Pony]

We Beat TX state. Playing UT at home on 27th. Come support the mustangs and also see why this is the sport we should take to D-1 immediately. It fits us like a glove.

I agree that it would be fantastic for us to make lacrosse a varsity, D-1 sport. This sport does suit SMU and our student body. Lacrosse is a great spectator sport and we can recruit both scholarship and non-scholarship (highly desirable) student-athletes.

However, I don't expect we will create another men's sport. Remember, we would need to add another women's sport, as well. Economics will limit this goal.

[SMUPhil]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_lacrosse_programs

Would this really be the goal though? Not a single other D1 school in Texas, and the only ones west of the Mississippi (if I'm reading the list correctly) are University of Utah, U of Denver, and the Air Force Academy. A single school each in Florida (Jacksonville University) and Georgia (Mercer). All the other schools are in the mid-Atlantic, northeast, or midwest.

Is this preferred over a club-level sport where the athletes can compete against some more traditional and regional opponents?