Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Growth of College LAX

It's been four years since lacrosse came on the scene for Charles County's public schools, and the sport has been experiencing phenomenal growth locally and nationally. At the high school level, participation has more than doubled in the past decade. LaxPower has been documenting growth, which can be viewed here, and if you want to stay on top of who's the newest college to be launching a team, check out The Growth Blog here.
For instance, Elon College is the latest to announce the addition of women's lacrosse and Post University and  Monmouth University the latest to announce the addition of men's lacrosse teams.

"Since the early to mid '90s, the number of schools sponsoring women's lacrosse has grown sharply and has surpassed the number for men.  For men's lacrosse, the bulk of the growth has occurred in Division III, while for women's lacrosse, all three divisions (though especially Division III until the last few years) have enjoyed very positive growth rates." Source: http://www.laxpower.com/common/participation08.php

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