ROUND ROCK, Texas -- A long Thursday in Round Rock, punctuated by a severe weather disruption of over five hours, finished with most of the top seeds eventually earning their way into Friday’s semifinals of the USA Lacrosse WCLA Championship Tournament.

Thursday’s quarterfinal games began at 1 p.m. local time before being suspended about an hour later due to lightning strikes in the area. An initial 30-minute delay was extended throughout the afternoon due to ongoing weather disruptions until the games resumed at 7:30 p.m. 

Round Rock, Texas -- There was very little drama on day one of the 2022 WCLA Division II Championship Tournament, with most of the favored teams comfortably advancing into Thursday’s quarterfinal round. The average margin of victory among the seven games played was 11 goals.

Round Rock, Texas – With just a couple of exceptions, the higher seeds mostly ruled the day in Wednesday’s first round of play at the 2022 USA Lacrosse WCLA Championship Tournament. 

The top two seeds, No. 1 Boston College Club and No. 2 Georgia, both advanced with relatively easy victories. BC’s Meghan Chase scored six goals and Katie Duttenhofer added five to keep the Eagles (13-0) undefeated with a 17-7 win over No. 16 Delaware Club.

Round Rock, Texas - Thirty-eight players were named as WCLA Division II first and second team All-Americans on Wednesday during ceremonies at the WCLA Championship Tournament. The awards also included the national positional players of the year as well as the national coach of the year.
 

Round Rock, Texas - Thirty-eight players were named as WCLA Division I first and second team All-Americans on Wednesday during ceremonies at the WCLA Championship Tournament. The awards also included the national positional players of the year as well as the national coach of the year.

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.