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PHOTO COURTESY OF VIRGINIA TECH ATHLETICS Mary Griffin made her first collegiate start last year against Brown. Days later, the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Months later, being back on the lacrosse field might have saved her life. Right Place. Right Time. Right Person Thu Feb 4 2021 | Brian Logue | College Three days after testing positive for COVID-19 and going into isolation, Mary Griffin found out she had cancer. On a Zoom call. Hours from home. At just 19 years old. A sophomore at Virginia Tech, Griffin was outside of her apartment in Blacksburg, Va., last fall when ...

Tuesday January 12th, 2021 10:00am (Photo Courtesy: IWLCA)  According to the NCAA Demographic Database archives, in 2019 there were 188 non-white head and assistant coaches in all three divisions of NCAA lacrosse. Though this seems like a large number for a growing sport, this is actually only 7% of the total number of head and assistant coaches, which is 2,626. Seeing that there is a need and opportunity to share coaching opportunities with a diverse set of candidates, the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) sought to create an opportunity for students of color to l...

Lacrosse program welcomes two transfers on Wednesday News Highlights: Lacrosse program welcomes two transfers on Wednesday Story links BLACKSBURG – Head coach John Sung on Wednesday announced the addition of two student athletes to the roster for 2021, Caroline Allen of Cornell and Ashley O’Byrne of Saint Joseph’s. Allen, a senior red shirt, spent four years at Cornell, where she was a team captain and integral to the Big Red’s success on the field. During the 2020 season, Allen, a forward / midfielder, led the squa...

Tue Jan 12 2021 | Kenny DeJohn | Fuel Virginia Tech is No. 20 in the Nike / US Lacrosse Division I Women's Top 20. (Photo by Peyton Williams) Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world: 1. It’s NCAA preview season. The 2021 spring season is (thankfully) fast approaching. It will be close to 11 full months between college lacrosse games by the time the season begins, and as always, we’ll have you covered on wall-to-wall coverage across the men’s and women’s games. We started our team-by-team previews on Monday, a series in which we’ll recognize each of the men...

Thu Jan 7 2021 | Press Release | College PHOTO COURTESY OF CINCINNATI ATHLETICS Cincinnati's Gina Oliver Thomas was the keynote speaker of the event, the first of its kind for the IWLCA. NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. — The IWLCA concluded its first-ever  Future Leaders of the Game: IWLCA Students of Color Coaching Symposium yesterday. The two-day event included a series of online seminars focusing on coaching lacrosse and preparing for a career in athletics interspersed with smaller group discussions and networking opportunities. 37 student-athletes representing NCAA Divisions I, II, II, and the N...