Why are we going to that conference? Is the Big East falling apart?
Not that I particularly follow or even understand LaCrosse
Jerry
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Date: Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 3:22 PM
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LACROSSE
Gators set to join American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the addition of women's lacrosse as the conference's 22nd sport beginning in 2019. The six-team league will be comprised of current conference members Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina and Temple, as well as Florida and Vanderbilt as affiliate members.
The American will be the third conference that the Gators have competed in, after spending 2010-2014 in the American Lacrosse Conference and 2015-present in the Big East. Florida is currently riding a streak of seven consecutive conference championships dating back to 2011.
"The American Athletic Conference will be a great new challenge for this program," said Florida coach Amanda O'Leary. "We faced a high level of competition in the BIG EAST, and are thrilled to carry that over into The American. We're very excited to build on the tradition of success we've created in the past eight years."
The American becomes the 16th Division I conference to sponsor women's lacrosse.
Cincinnati, UConn, Temple, Florida and Vanderbilt are current members of the Big East Conference in women's lacrosse, while ECU begins its first season of intercollegiate competition in 2018 after the addition of women's lacrosse to its sports roster in March 2016.
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