Last month, the MSU women’s lacrosse team hosted a clinic at the Spartan Green Turf Facility with JanieLax, a lacrosse community from Ontario, Canada. JanieLax aims to promote the idea that sports should be accessible and inclusive to everyone. 

The team had a fun day educating and playing alongside these young lacrosse girls! Despite the cold weather, they were able to make the most of the clinic – spending 5 hours doing drills, scrimmaging, and playing lacrosse games. 

Thank you JanieLax for bringing your club to our facility and reminding our team of the happiness and fun we all get from playing this sport. 

PHOTO CREDIT: June Partridge

The Midwest Women’s Lacrosse League (MWLL) has announced their inaugural post season award recipients and Michigan State University Women’s Lacrosse is proud to have four players nominated to the 2023 MWLL All League First Team. 

The four players include:

ALL LEAGUE FIRST TEAM 

Anna Grace Agro – Michigan State University – Attack
Natalie Anderson – University of Michigan – Attack
Danielle Colucci – Michigan State University – Attack
Grace Tuttle – University of Notre Dame – Attack
Julia Hepperle – Ohio State University – Midfield
Miranda Jacobson – University of Michigan – Midfield
Cassidy Yoder – Michigan State University – Midfield
Karsyn Broderick – Michigan State University – Defense
Kate Busse – Ohio State University – Defense
Dani Dacosta – University of Michigan – Defense
Ana Grogan – University of Minnesota – Defense
Charlotte Baer – University of Michigan – Goalie

ALL LEAGUE HONORABLE MENTION

Grace Bodian – Ohio State University – Attack
Claire Gallagher – University of Michigan – Attack
Katie Wheeler – University of Minnesota – Attack
Grace Capko – University of Notre Dame –  Midfield
Sutton Case – Ohio University – Midfield
Kara Janishefski – University of Notre Dame – Midfield
Jane Streicher – University of Notre Dame – Defense
Olivia Risser – University of Minnesota – Goalie

For the first time in 15 years, MSU Women’s Lacrosse is heading to Nationals. After a record breaking season, that saw the Spartans finish 12-3, the team has received a bid to the 2023 USA Lacrosse Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) National Championships.

Featuring 16 Division I and 12 Division II teams, the tournament fields are comprised of a combination of teams earning automatic qualifiers as league champions and teams earning at-large berths. The tournament will be held May 9-12 at the Princess Anne Athletic Complex and Sportsplex in Virginia Beach, Va.

In the first round of the tournament, MSU, number fifteen seed, is scheduled to play University of Georgia, number two seed on Tuesday, May 9th at 2:00 p.m. Go Green!

The Division I teams, seedings, and season records are listed below.

No. 1 Boston College Club (14-0) 
No. 2 University of Georgia (17-2) 
No. 3 University of Pittsburgh (7-2)   
No. 4 University of Michigan Club (11-6) 
No. 5 University of Utah (9-2) 
No. 6 Brigham Young University (9-5)    
No. 7 San Diego State University Club (12-3) 
No. 8 University of Florida Club (12-3) 
No. 9 Univ. of California, Los Angeles (9-4) 
No. 10 Northeastern University (7-4) 
No. 11 University of Texas (13-4) 
No. 12 University of Virginia Club (8-6) 
No. 13 Arizona State University Club (10-6)   
No. 14 University of Washington (7-2) 
No. 15 Michigan State University (12-3) 
No. 16 Florida State University (12-2)

Click here for the tournament program