- Midwest Lacrosse Conference
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The Midwest Lacrosse Conference (MLC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III lacrosse-only college athletic conference composed of schools located in the Midwestern United States. All schools are members of other conferences in other sports and formed the MLC until such time as their existing conferences add lacrosse. In fact, because the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association will officially add lacrosse beginning with the 2012-13 season, their members will be playing their last season in the MLC during 2011-12. This will effectively shift the conference further west.
Founding members Adrian College, Albion College, Carthage College, Fontbonne University, Milwaukee School of Engineering, College of Mount St. Joseph and Trine University ratified bylaws on June 2, 2009.[1] The NCAA recognition of the new conference went into effect September 1, 2009 and conference play began on February 13, 2010. Many of the MLC members also field women's lacrosse as part of the Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference, which began in the 2010-11 academic year. And the MLC conference champion will gain an automatic qualifying (AQ) bid to the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship beginning in the 2011-12 academic year. Dan Harris, Director of Athletics at MSOE, is the first commissioner of the conference. Adrian has won the conference's first two titles, and recently competed in the NCAA Division III tournament, losing a first-round game in overtime. It was the first appearance in the national tournament by an MLC team.[2]
Member schools
Institution City State Team Name Affiliation Enrollment Home Conference Adrian College* Adrian Michigan Bulldogs Private/Methodist 1,400 MIAA Albion College* Albion Michigan Britons Private/Methodist 1,805 MIAA Augustana College (Illinois)** Rock Island Illinois Vikings Private/Lutheran 2,500 CCIW Aurora University Aurora Illinois Spartans Private/Non-sectarian 4,400 Northern Benedictine University** Lisle Illinois Eagles Private/Catholic 3,282 Northern Carthage College Kenosha Wisconsin Red Men Private/Lutheran 2,188 CCIW Concordia University Wisconsin Mequon Wisconsin Falcons Private/Lutheran 1,608 Northern Defiance College** Defiance Ohio Yellow Jackets Private/United Church of Christ 1,000 HCAC Elmhurst College** Elmhurst Illinois Bluejays Private/United Church of Christ 3,400 CCIW Fontbonne University St. Louis Missouri Griffins Private/Catholic 2,924 SLIAC Hanover College Hanover Indiana Panthers Private/Presbyterian 975 HCAC Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee Wisconsin Raiders Private/Non-sectarian 1,929 Northern College of Mount St. Joseph Cincinnati Ohio Lions Private/Catholic 1,334 HCAC Trine University* Angola Indiana Thunder Private/Non-sectarian 1,111 MIAA * 2011-12 season is last in the conference.
** Begins conference play in 2012-13 academic year.External links
References
- ^ LaxPower staff (2010-01-07). "Midwest Lacrosse Conference Ready for Inaugural Season". LaxPower.com. http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=16668. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
- ^ NCAA (2011-05-13). "Midwest Lacrosse Conference adds four". http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2011/may/midwest+lacrosse+conference+adds+four. Retrieved Jun 6, 2011.
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