SPARKS, Md. – After leading their respective teams to the top seeds at the national championships, Virginia Tech’s Aidan Smith and St. Thomas’ Cabe Maskevich have been named the USA Lacrosse MCLA Players of the Month for April.

Smith has been the face of Virginia Tech’s surge to the top of the polls, helping the Hokies’ to a 5-0 record in April with three Top 10 victories. The Potomac Falls, Va., product scored 16 goals and along with four assists.

SPARKS, Md. — After a two-year pause due to the global pandemic, the USA Lacrosse Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) National Championship returns to the field this week to put a welcome exclamation point on the 2022 women’s club lacrosse season.

As USA Lacrosse joins with the rest of the lacrosse community in the recognition of April as Celebrate Diversity Month, we're taking a closer look at how increased diversity in lacrosse has opened the door to players, coaches, and program leaders from all walks of life. By spotlighting a variety of different people involved in lacrosse, our hope is to showcase the progress that our sport has made as well as its potential to powerfully impact the next generation of players. Below, we hear from wheelchair lacrosse player Caroline Roberts. 
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In some sports discussions, ACEs are a good thing. They can describe a golf hole-in-one, a winning tennis serve, or the baseball team’s best pitcher.

But in the world of youth sports, ACEs are also harsh predictors of potentially adverse and lifelong health and well-being challenges. 

SPARKS, Md.  — The undefeated Boston College Club has received the number one seed in the Division I bracket of the 2022 USA Lacrosse Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) National Championships while Utah Valley University earned the No. 1 seed in the Division II bracket.

As USA Lacrosse joins with the rest of the lacrosse community in the recognition of April as Celebrate Diversity Month, we're taking a closer look at how increased diversity in lacrosse has opened the door to players, coaches, and program leaders from all walks of life. Throughout April, we are spotlighting a variety of different people involved in lacrosse with the hope of showcasing not only the progress that our sport has made, but also its potential to powerfully impact the next generation of players. 
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There are many reasons to play sports, including a wide range of physical, emotional, and social benefits. But harassment and abuse, on any level and in any form, can not be part of the equation.

Harassment and abuse can be expressed in five forms which may occur in combination or in isolation. These include psychological abuse, physical abuse, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and neglect.

The following article is part of a content partnership with TrueSport, a positive youth sports movement powered by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). TrueSport has partnered with more than 20 sport NGBs to promote a positive culture of youth sport with expert content and programming.

Have you ever wanted to yell at a referee during your young athlete’s big game? Maybe you thought the ref made a bad call or has been favoring the other team for the whole game. But as a parent, how you interact with the referee can make a big impact on your athlete.

USA Lacrosse and the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) have announced four training dates for the College Player Officials Academy (CPOA), a joint venture between the two organizations designed to recruit and train current lacrosse players to become the next generation of women’s game officials. 

Peter Bidstrup has been the head boys’ lacrosse coach at The Governor’s Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts since 1996. Over the last decade, the “Red Dogs” have a record of 153-15 while winning or sharing 8 Independent School League championships. His daughter, Brett, plays lacrosse at Williams College, and son, Larsen, plays at Harvard.