Carol Cantele thought everything was lined up just right for her program’s first national championship.

It was the spring of 2010, and Gettysburg was hosting the NCAA Division III final four on campus. Cantele’s veteran squad was battle tested and peaking. Six games against top 10 teams had prepared the Bullets for the tough games of the postseason, and Gettysburg had easily dispatched its first two NCAA Tournament opponents, winning by 13 and 14 goals.

The USA Lacrosse Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) national championship event is returning for the second straight year to the 'Heart of the Country' in Wichita, Kansas, with all games to once again be played at the Stryker Sports Complex. Dates for the 2025 championship tournament are May 7-10.

It started, quite simply, with a random phone call.

Robert Russell, an active-duty military father of two, contacted Ronnie Morales to ask about the potential of facilitating a lacrosse clinic for kids in military families. Morales, the director of sport growth at USA Lacrosse, seemed to be the right person to call based on his job title.

Little did Russell know how right he was.

The 2025 USA Lacrosse Youth Nationals, a premier tournament for the nation’s top girls’ club lacrosse teams, will be held at Cedar Lane Regional Park in Bel Air, Md., from July 15-16, 2025. Top of the Bay Sports and USA Lacrosse will work in conjunction to administer this year’s tournament. It's the fifth straight year that Top of the Bay has been involved with the event.

SPARKS, Md. — USA Lacrosse has named the 44 players that will compete with the U.S. Women’s Senior National Team during the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Presidents Cup from Nov. 22-24 in Florida.

This will be the first training camp and competition for the U.S. women’s team since Acacia Walker-Weinstein was named the program’s head coach earlier this year. The U.S. team is building towards the 2026 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship that will be held in Japan.

SPARKS, Md. — USA Lacrosse is bringing expert education to Denver and Dallas next month with its Regional Academies for coaches and officials. These educational events are both being hosted Dec. 7-8, 2024, with registration still available for both sites.

The USA Lacrosse Academy in Denver will be held at the Sonesta Hotel. 

The fourth annual National Celebrate Lacrosse Week opens with a series of USA Lacrosse Pick Up & Play clinics this weekend. These free clinics are designed as a first-time introduction to the sport for youth players and USA Lacrosse works with programs around the country to help create pathways to play coming out of the clinics.

A total of 87 Pick Up & Play clinics, led by 67 organizations and spread across 27 states will be offered during this year’s National Celebrate Lacrosse Week.

INDIANAPOLIS — Tony Resch stood in the cage, his eyes fixed on the action before him.

A National Lacrosse Hall of Fame coach and a former All-American and gold medal-winning defenseman, Resch added adaptive goalie to a lifetime of lacrosse experiences as he fielded shots at an Able Athletics clinic Oct. 12 in Indianapolis.

“I gave up a lot of goals,” Resch said as he laughed. “I loved it. I’ll put it on my resume.”

SPARKS, Md. — Nearly 30 games from the 2024 Brogden Cup, an international event featuring top high school-aged players, will be streamed this weekend on GoLiveSports, a multi-sport streaming service.

The Brogden Cup will be played at USA Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md., from Oct. 25-27 and features the USA Select U16 and U18 boys’ and girls’ teams competing against their counterparts from the Haudenosaunee Nation and Team Ontario. Additional games including the Sekai Crosse Youth girls teams from Japan will also be included in the streaming packages.

Four weeks ago, Hurricane Helene brought devastating destruction to many parts of the Southeastern United States. The widespread damage was as severe in western North Carolina as just about anywhere, with the eye of the storm passing through Asheville on September 28. The region encountered once-in-a generation flooding, widespread water and power outages, downed trees, damaged structures, and extensive debris. It was an unprecedented disaster.

Unfortunately, the lacrosse community was not spared.