After an eight month suspension, the ASU Men’s Lacrosse Club has been officially reinstated to active status as of October 7th, 2009. The Lacrosse Club has worked closely with Arizona State University administration and staff to get back in good standing with the University’s Sport Club Program. The Club remains on probation, but, this will not limit any of Club’s on-field activities, including the 2010 regular season and post season play.
(From a StatePress.com article) When you think of men’s lacrosse, the first thing that should come to your mind is the East Coast. Duke University. Johns Hopkins University. These schools are known for their elite lacrosse teams. But why doesn’t Arizona State University ever come to mind when the topic of lacrosse is brought up?
I’ve lived on the East Coast for part of my life, and having observed the players from both Duke and ASU, I can 
truthfully say that the two teams work equally as hard. I think it’s about time we start giving our own lacrosse team a lot more recognition.
Emmett Mitchell, the booster representative for the ASU men’s lacrosse team, said the team received $7,000 for the 2010 season. The money for the lacrosse program comes from the Undergraduate Student Government budget, is given to the Sport Club Association, and is further allocated to the team. At first, I was satisfied with the answer, but with further investigation, I learned that $7,000, while being a lot of money, simply isn’t enough.
Even after the $7,000, each player still needs to pay an additional $2,350 to cover personal equipment, like sticks, shoes, etc. — an amount more than a third of in-state tuition costs alone. And even further, assuming the team makes full playoff participation, they will also need to run fundraisers in order to get the extra $2,000 to compete.
That’s a ton of money.
If ASU wants to compete with the big-name schools on the East Coast, we need to compete with them from all angles. And lacrosse happens to be one of those angles where people automatically assume the East Coast dominates the sport. But we must supply our lacrosse team with more money and more resources so that they can more easily jump up to being an NCAA sport.
Let’s not kid ourselves — lacrosse is not a western sport. But when our lacrosse team succeeds, it will put ASU’s name in the mainstream media more frequently and spark interest in players all around the country to check out our program. Then we can begin heavy recruiting, and before we know it, the domino effect will take place and our lacrosse team will be known even in the East Coast.
“I would hope at least the students could support the team by attending games,” Mitchell said. “They have an exciting schedule for 2010 which is posted on their Web site.”
One of these many exciting dates is March 3, when the team will be playing at home against the University of Michigan, the undefeated national champions for the past two years.
I hope all of you will outwardly express your support for our men’s lacrosse team by any means possible. Whether it’s simply attending games or buying merchandise from the team’s online store, getting the word out is key. I especially encourage every student who wants to see this team succeed to go to his or her representatives in USG or SCA and ask what they can do to increase funding for the team.
Until then, I hope to see many students supporting our lacrosse team at their first home game on Feb. 18 against the University of San Diego.
http://www.statepress.com/node/9205
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TEAM
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DATE
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TIME
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OPPONENT
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FIELD
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SCORE
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Sat. Feb 6
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1PM
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Grand Canyon
(scrimmage) |
@ GCU
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-
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Sat Feb 13
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1PM
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UCLA
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@ UCLA
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-
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Sun Feb 14
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12PM
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Whittier
(scrimmage) |
@ Whittier
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-
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Fri Feb 19
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7PM
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SDSU*
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ASU
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-
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Sat Feb 27
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1PM
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USD*
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ASU
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-
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Wed Mar 3
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7PM
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Michigan
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ASU
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-
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Sun Mar 7
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1PM
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Elizabethtown
(scrimmage) |
ASU
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-
|
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Sat Mar 13
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1PM
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Colorado St.
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ASU
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-
|
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Mon Mar 15
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7PM
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Minn-Duluth
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ASU
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-
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Fri Mar 19
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7PM
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Chico St.
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ASU
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-
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Mon Mar 22
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7PM
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California
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ASU
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-
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Thurs Mar 25
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5PM
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UCSB
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ASU
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-
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Sat Apr 3
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1PM
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Oregon
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Portland
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-
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Sun Apr 4
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TBD
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Simon Fraser
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Portland
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-
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Sun Apr 10
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TBD
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UCSD*
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ASU
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-
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Sun Apr 17
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TBD
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Arizona
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Arizona
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-
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Sat Apr 24
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1PM
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UNLV*
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UNLV
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-
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APR 29 – May 1
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SLC Tournament
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TBD
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MAY 11 – 15
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MCLA National Tournament
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Denver, CO
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