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WCLL begins its 21th year of competition in the WCLA

About the Women's Collegiate Lacrosse League

        Welcome to the Women's Collegiate Lacrosse League (WCLL), an intercollegiate club lacrosse organization, divided into two divisions, that represents 47 universities and colleges that stretch a geographic region from as far east as New York and west to Missouri. The WCLL, the largest club league in the continental United States, is beginning our 21th year of competition and we look forward to serving the many student-athletes in our conference. In the WCLL's long tenure, we have experienced the growth of womens' club lacrosse, whether watching a university club program transform into an NCAA scholarship opportunity or just witnessing a smaller club team enjoy the fruits of friendship, while competing in a shared experience. The WCLL's historical landscape is scattered with a number of successes and we're hopeful the trend will continue in 2015. We believe in our mission and fully support US Lacrosse and all that they represent. Our basic mission is simple:
     WCLL Mission Statement
         The mission of the Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (WCLL) is to develop the athletic opportunities of its participants, nourish the educational challenges of scholastic life and enhance the collegiate experience. We should strive to provide our student-athletes with a positive and creative outlet for their athletic hopes and serve our membership because we believe that fellowship and sportsmanship have value. 
    If you are interested in learning more about our WCLL or the Womens' College Lacrosse Association (WCLA), our national organization, please contact WCLL League President League President Gary Neft at 1.800.240.0178 or garylax@aol.com

WCLL BOARD CONTACTS

WCLL BOARD MEMBERS

GARY NEFT

COMMISSIONER- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Phone: 412-287-5985

CHRIS CARTER

VICE-COMMISSIONER - DIVISION 1 RANKINGS 

UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO

Phone: 419-283-2098

TOWBEY KASSA

WEBMASTER - DIVISION 2 RANKINGS

OAKLAND UNIVERSITY

Phone: 248-379-5153

GREG NORMAND

WCLA REPRESENTATIVE - MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Phone: 248-425-2849

JIM CATANZARO

D2 ALL CONFERENCE AWARDS- LAKE FOREST COLLEGE

Phone: 847-735-6137

SAM MICILI

AT-LARGE - OAKLAND UNIVERSITY

Phone: 248-930-4050

OFFICIAL ASSIGNERS

 

LESLIE PORTEOUS

HEAD ASSIGNOR- INDIANA, ST. LOUIS ASSIGNOR

Phone: 317-403-7884

SCOTT MCPEAKE

MICHIGAN ASSIGNOR

Phone: 810-869-4344

MARGARET CARLSON

ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA ASSIGNOR

Phone: 630-862-5036

SANDI STECH

OHIO, KENTUCKY ASSIGNOR

Phone: 440-479-7127

M.J. MELLOTT

PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, WEST VIRGINIA ASSIGNOR

Phone: 412-865-9043

WCLA BOARD MEMBERS

GLEN SHURTLEFF

WCLA PRESIDENT

Phone: 801-598-6535

WCLL D1 2015 TEAM CONTACT LIST

Team
Position
Name
Email
Phone
Central Michigan President Brooke Poutious pouti1ba@cmich.edu 616-272-6352
  Head Coach Brittany Berry berry1bm@cmich.edu 586-747-0172
  Team Email   womenslacrossecmu@hotmail.com  
  Vice President Karleena Kelly kelle5kl@cmich.edu 517-749-3272
  Treasurer Gina Fuga fuga1gm@cmich.edu 586-850-0813
  Assistant Coach Megan Dexter dexte1ml@cmich.edu 989-621-9144
         
Duquesne University President Megan Mallay malloym1@duq.edu 585-217-2079
  Vice President Cydney Graves gravesc@duq.edu 716-783-5376
  Team Email   duqclublax@duq.edu  
         
Indiana University President Alaina Turchi aturchi@indiana.edu 317-612-4673
  Vice President Maddie Yott myott@indiana.edu 317-691-0704
  Treasurer Shelby Barron scbarron@indiana.edu 317-410-8644
  Head Coach / Co-VP Alison Tepper abtepper@indiana.edu 484-919-7574
  Team Email   iuwlax@gmail.com  
         
Marquette University Head Coach Casey Schaak cmschaak@gmail.com 317-258-7801
  President Holly Stumpf holly.stumpf@marquette.edu 914-843-9130
  Vice President Hanigan Racelis hanigan.racelis@marquette.edu 708-813-8133
  Treasurer Sydney Barovsky sydney.basrovsky@marquette.edu 425-890-0820
  Secretary Caitlin McAndrews caitlin.mcandrew@marwuette.edu 224-456-3200
  Team Email   marquetteclublax@outlook.com  
         
Miami University President Macy Anderson ander107@miamioh.edu 703-964-6870
  Vice President Carly Cameron camerocl@miamioh.edu 614-946-4135
  Treasurer Lindsey Crowl crowlle@miamioh.edu 248-773-9490
  Head Coach Leland Jones jonesl11@miamioh.edu  
  Future Contact Clare Kennedy kennedc9@miamioh.edu 312-590-1875
  Team Email   miamilacrosse@gmail.com  
         
Michigan State University Head Coach Greg Normand gnormand7@att.net 248-425-2849
  Assistant Coach Brent Hiner brent.hiner@sbcglobal.net 616-745-0572
  President Helen Young helenyoungiii@gmail.com 616-856-0408
  Vice President Erica Diclemente dicleme6@msu.edu 248-930-6283
  Treasurer Mackenzie Meyer meyermac@msu.edu 517-402-0501
         
Notre Dame Co-President Grace Pettey gpettey@nd.edu 301-580-4752
  Co-President Bridget O'ttara bohara2@nd.edu 718-873-5341
  Vice President Emily Kearney ekearnez@nd.edu 860-830-2510
  Treasurer MaryKate Nawalaniec mnawalan@nd.edu 817-874-2395
  Team Email   ndwlax@nd.edu  
         
Northwestern University Co-President Tess Stender theresastender2016@u.northwesten.edu 952-334-3878
  Co-President Tara Wendell tarawedell2017@u.northwestern.edu 443-844-7730
  Vice President Erin Balasley erinbalasley2018@u.northwestern.edu 614-623-7799
  Treasurer Avery Hatfield averyhatfield2018@u.northwestern.edu 908-967-3235
         
Ohio University President Kieran Ford kf615311@ohio.edu 614-361-6459
  Treasure Halee Pittman hp474412@ohio.edu 330-421-9533
  Vice President Dana Rothenstein dr283911@ohio.edu 203-752-6591
         
Ohio State University President Erin Honebrink honebrink.2@osu.edu 513-728-1814
  Vice President Charlotte Davis davis.4831@osu.edu 703-966-7643
  Treasurer Ale Bliss bliss.57@osu.edu 216-904-6041
         
Purdue University President Christina Martini cmartini@purdue.edu 301-233-1527
  Vice President Bridget Philpott bphilpo@purdue.edu 703-270-8115
  Treasurer Taylor FienHage tfenhag@purdue.edu 630-441-6988
  Team Email   purduewlacrosse@yahoo.com  
         
University at Buffalo Head Coach Brenna Howell brennalhowell@gmail.com 315-945-3253
  President Danielle Endres deendres@buffalo.edu 585-752-3169
  Vice-President Caroline Perfetto cmperfet@buffalo.edu 716-698-1567
  Treasurer Jacklyn Deniston jacklynd@buffalo.edu 516-732-1305
         
         
University of Illinois President Amanda Levin illinoiswomenslacrosse@gmail.com 630-917-8171
  Treasurer Annie Stasaitis illinoiswomenslacrosse@gmail.com 773-616-3133
  Head Coach Colleen Savell illinoiswomenslacrosse@gmail.com 630-815-7393
  Assistant Coach Amanda Levin illinoiswomenslacrosse@gmail.com 630-917-8171
         
         
University of Louisville President Laura Patterson laura.patterson@louisvill.edu 410-940-9480
  Vice-President Savannah Walker sjwalk06@louisville.edu 502-548-4171
         
University of Kentucky Vice President Rachel Flynn rmfl224@g.uky.edu 774-278-1031
  President Charlotte Stewart charlotte.stewalt@uky.edu 916-716-2458
  Treasurer Jill Goettel jgoettel2@yahoo.com 315-345-4085
  Team Email   kentuckywomenslacrosse@gmail.com  
         
University of Michigan President Annie Bennett annebenn@umich.edu 678-770-6239
  Treasurer Maddie Freed madfreed@umich.edu 301-300-0470
  Head Coach David McKinnon gobluelax@gmail.com 734-709-4717
         
University Minnesota President Allie Thalhuber thalh008@umn.edu 612-817-0407
  Head Coach Heather Kerchner mnwomenslacrosse@gmail.com 612-702-2852
  Treasurer Baylee Miller mill6461@umn.edu 612-554-6703
  2016 President Kate Sheely sheel018@umn.edu 651-324-5280
         
University of Pittsburgh Head Coach Gary Neft garylax@aol.com 412-287-5985
  President Emily Szopinkski els138@pitt.edu 716-393-1652
         
University of Wisconsin Vice-President Rebecca Aronson rjaronsosn@wisc.edu 410-718-8365
  President Pilar Gonzalez pgonzalez3@wisc.edu 908-868-3543
  Team Email wisconsinwomenslax@gmail.com    
         
West Virginia University President Taylor Bugas tmbugas@mix.wvu.edu 443-614-5755
  Vice President Lauren Hatala lhatala@mix.wvu.edu 607-222-2215
  Team Email   wvuwomenslacrosse@gmail.com
 

MICHIGAN WINS FIRST NATIONAL WCLA DIVISION I CROWN

By Paul Ohanian
    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The Michigan Wolverines almost made their coach cry today. Fortunately, they were near tears of joy for David McKinnon after his Wolverines claimed their first US Lacrosse Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) national championship with an 11-8 win over Virginia Tech in the Division I final at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex Stadium. Michigan (19-1) used a 6-0 scoring run in the second half to rally for the victory.
   "I don’t cry a lot, but I feel like doing so right now," McKinnon said just moments after the Wolverines accepted their championship trophy. "I’m as proud as I’ve ever been and really happy for our girls."
   Trailing 7-5 midway through the second half, Michigan started its comeback when junior Ellen Manson scored her third goal of the game at 15:25. Three minutes later, Emma McGreggor scored on a free position to knot the score for the first time since it was 1-1. Another free position goal by Annie Bennett at 9:52 put the Wolverines in front for the first time, and Maddie Freed then converted a third free position at 8:08 to pad the lead.
   Manson eventually added two more tallies to cap the run, and finished with a game-high five goals. She was selected as the tournament’s most outstanding attacker.
   "Our attitude was just to chip away one goal at a time," Manson said.
   Fueled by upsets of No. 1 seed Santa Clara and No. 4 seed UCLA earlier in the tournament, the eighth-seeded Hokies entered the game as a confident bunch and played that way throughout the first half. Two goals each by senior Caitlin Lentz and sophomore Marisa Cole helped Tech build a 6-4 halftime lead. But the second half proved to be a struggle following Michigan’s defensive adjustment that included using All-American goalie Grace Collins a bit further from the cage.
   "We were trying to stop them from feeding from behind, so we decided we needed to apply more pressure," said Collins, who finished with six saves and was named the tournament’s most outstanding goalie.
   "Grace is athletic enough to be an eighth defender," McKinnon said. "We’re able to use her to break up passes and intercept passes from behind."
   Manson finished as the only Michigan player with multiple goals. Six others added one goal each for the Wolverines, including Bennett, who was selected as the tournament’s outstanding midfielder.
   Virginia Tech returned to the championship game for the second time overall and the first since winning the title in 2009. Following last year’s tournament appearance, the team considered hiring a coach and interviewed candidates last fall before deciding to maintain the status quo. Clearly, they proved once again that a self-run club with no paid coach can still find success in the WCLA ranks.
   "We decided that having a coach wasn’t for us," said player-coach and club president Brooke Cope. "When it’s self-run, the coaching is on all of us."
   This year’s team featured nine seniors who have played together for four years, including Taylor Scott, who was selected as the tournament’s most outstanding defender. Virginia Tech finished the year with an 18-4 record.
Saturday Scores
3th Place Game: UCLA 19, Texas 6
5th Place Game: Georgia 15, Colorado 7
7th Place Game: Pittsburgh 14, Santa Clara 11
9th Place Game: Penn State 12, Massachusetts 4
11th Place Game: Cal Poly 12, Delaware 11 (overtime)
13th Place Game: Towson 19, San Diego State 11
15th Place Game: Minnesota 17, Maryland 10
All-Tournament Team
Allison Pedro, Maryland
Sheila Hirsch, Minnesota
Haley Stone, San Diego State
Christina Antonini, Towson
Mara Gluck, Delaware
Amanda Rolander, Cal Poly
Mary Newton, Massachusetts
Erica Metheny, Penn State
Dana Kilsby, Santa Clara
Anna Studenmund, Pittsburgh
Sophie Mercuris, Colorado
Katie Ezell, Georgia
Madeline Beecherl, Texas
Katie Koller, UCLA
Emma Dudley, UCLA
Molly Tracy, UCLA
Sam Weinstein, Virginia Tech
Emylee Esteban, Virginia Tech
Taylor Scott, Virginia Tech
Gracie Collins, Michigan
Katie Mezwa, Michigan
Annie Bennett, Michigan
Keeper of Lacrosse Team Sportsmanship Award
Minnesota

The reigning 2014 WCLA National Division I champs hail from the University of Pittsburgh and the WCLL. The team is coached by veteran Gary Neff.

PITTSBURGH IS NATIONAL CHAMPS - The reigning WCLA National Division I champs hail from the University of Pittsburgh and the WCLL. The team is coached by veteran Gary Neff.


RAISING THE TROPHY - The WCLL landed its first national champion in WCLA history, when the Pitt Panthers won their first championship in May, 2014 at Virginia Beach, Virginia.