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Lacrosse
Description
SFU Lacrosse, Representing Canada
Simon Fraser University (SFU) Lacrosse provides the Canadian student-athlete a unique opportunity to play at the top-level of collegiate club lacrosse, while they stay at home to attend a great institution. SFU Lacrosse offers 1) the only collegiate field lacrosse program in British Columbia , 2) the only opportunity to play for a Canadian collegiate field lacrosse team in a US league, and 3) the only opportunity to compete for a National title (American or Canadian) as a member of a Canadian collegiate field lacrosse team. SFU Lacrosse feels privileged and takes great pride in representing Canada as the sole Canadian member of the US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates (IA). The IA features over 275 teams from across the US , and represents the highest level in collegiate club lacrosse.
Team Historytop
The SFU Men's Field Lacrosse program was established in 1996 by team founder Mario Bianchin. The club competed in the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League (PNCLL) conference under a probationary status during that first year, compiling a 6-2 record. SFU became the only Canadian member of the PNCLL and United States Lacrosse Men’s Division Intercollegiate Associates (USL MDIA) when that probationary status was lifted in 1997. The program remains the only Canadian member of the USL MDIA, today, and continues to compete in the PNCLL, now one of nine regional USL MDIA conferences. Each season, one of Clan’s goals is to win the PNCLL, in order to gain an automatic bid to the Intercollegiate Associates (IA) National Championships, a championship that has grown from just 6 men’s teams in 1997, to 16 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams, today. Through hard work, SFU Lacrosse has made the National Championship field an impressive seven times. The program continues to succeed as one of the top collegiate field lacrosse clubs in North America, today.
Team Successtop
SFU Lacrosse continually offers its players the chance at conference titles, and more importantly, National titles. SFU Lacrosse has won a record six PNCLL conference championships, and competed at the MDIA National Championships, seven of the last eight years. Four out of those seven years (1997,1998,1999,2000), the Clan suffered lone season losses to eventual MDIA National Champions. In two other years (2001,2004), the Clan bowed out to eventual MDIA National Finalists.
