Lacrosse

8/14/2024 |  Indianapolis to Host Inaugural USA Lacrosse Experience (SportsTravel) USA Lacrosse will welcome the men’s and women’s national teams from Colombia, Great Britain and Puerto Rico to Indianapolis to compete against the U.S. teams during the international portion of the inaugural USA Lacrosse Experience from October 11–13.
The international competition will utilize the new sixes discipline that will be used in the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles. Sixes is a fast-paced version of the sport played on a smaller field with fewer players in a condensed game length and a 30-second shot clock. All games will be played at Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium.

7/19/2024 |  World Lacrosse Partners with Turning Stone Resort Casino (SportsTravel) Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, has joined the upcoming 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships as an official event partner and will host four games at the Mary C. Winder Community Center, the Oneida Indian Nation’s new 90,000-square-foot community center.
The September 20–29 world championship event will including 133 games played with 38 nationals teams. The Mary C. Winder Community Center will host games on September 24 between the Canada and Ireland women, the Netherlands and Haudenosaunee women, the Haudenosaunee versus England men and the USA and Canada men.

5/24/2024 |  Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse A Worthy Betting Favorite Entering Final Four (Sports Handle) For college sports junkies, Memorial Day weekend brings with it one of the most underrated and entertaining championships of the season. Men’s and women’s college lacrosse national champions will be crowned in the coming days, with the men competing Saturday and Monday in Philadelphia and the women competing Friday and Sunday in Cary, North Carolina.

4/12/2024 |  Lax.com Acquires Key Lacrosse Marketplace Competitor (SGB UPDATE) Lax.com expects to see a substantial expansion of its scope in the lacrosse marketplace, acquiring one of its chief competitors, Universal Lacrosse. The company said the acquisition combining the Lax.com and Universallacrosse.com sites makes Lax.com the largest e-commerce and team dealer dedicated strictly to the sport of lacrosse. Lax.com will also be acquiring Universal’s 10 retail stores.

1/25/2024 |  World Lacrosse Chooses Korea and Japan for Championship Events (SportsTravel) World Lacrosse will have three upcoming world championships in the Far East with the 2025 Men’s U20 Championship officially awarded to South Korea and the 2026 Women’s Championship and 2027 Men’s Championship awarded to Japan.
“We are thrilled to award these championships to Korea and Japan, two of our model members that are both ready to stage world-class events in incredible cities,” said World Lacrosse Chief Executive Officer Jim Scherr. “With our upcoming women’s U20 championship, we will have four championships in four years in Asia, which reflects how the game has grown at a breathtaking speed. I am excited for our global community to experience firsthand why the region is a new epicenter of lacrosse.”