To discuss the 2016 college season and the state of women's lacrosse

College season starts way too early. 15 degrees this Saturday for most of the northeast games. NCAA wonders why attendance is down for both boys and girls lacrosse.

what do women's lax teams bring to the table for their colleges?

Championship weekend is already almost a month past graduation at most schools, can't keep the athletes there forever. Agree with the weather issues, but not much choice in the Northeast or Midwest - have to start early or they'll never get the games in. Need more Carrier Domes!

NU is building a beautiful indoor facility.

The same thing as every other athletic program/sport at that school with the exception of football and basketball (if/for the schools that make money on these programs). An enhancement of student athletes, and the benefits from developing/fostering student athletes that bring with them to a university the values of amateurism and collegence. The military Academies are huge on athletics for the proven fact that many futre leaders emrge though sport.

Let them start later and play 2-3 a week instead of these dragged out schedules

Hey lacrosse dad, your daughter is there to get an education right???? As it is, the top programs have way too much travel since so few programs are strong

Easier to do because they don't need a ton of seating

Have you been drinking?

I get their point ... saying that they r not building an indoor football stadium etc. They r building an amazing 250 million dollar facility though that will also allow indoor lax games and seating for maybe a couple thousand.

BOTC Top 20

1. North Carolina
2. Maryland
3. Northwestern
4. Syracuse
5. Penn State
6. Duke
7. Florida
8. Virginia
9. Boston College
10. Princeton
11. Stony Brook
12. Penn
13. Stanford
14. Hopkins
15. Notre Dame
16. James Madison
17. Southern Cal
18. Ohio State
19. Towson
20. Loyola

So is Stony Brook. Your tax $ at work.

Any thing being built a S.B. is because of the money that was given to them by that hedge fund guy

I get their point ... saying that they r not building an indoor football stadium etc. They r building an amazing 250 million dollar facility though that will also allow indoor lax games and seating for maybe a couple thousand. [/quote]

Exactly, read their press release it is a practice facility for football with a full size field and only in extreme circumstances will lacrosse play games indoors because the field is narrower than their outdoor lacrosse field and will only have portable seating for 1,000 spectators. Still great to have especially in the windy winters