Lacrosse
Walsh University has announced that it will launch a new men’s Lacrosse team for the spring 2010 season.
Though growing in popularity in Northeast Ohio, Lacrosse is considered an emerging sport by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes (NAIA).
Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing team sports in the United States. Youth participation in the sport has grown over 500% since 1999 to nearly 250,000. No sport has grown faster at the high school level over the last 10 years and there are now an estimated 200,000 high school players. Lacrosse is also the fastest-growing sport over the last six years at the NCAA level and there are more than 500 college club programs that compete at the college level
