This past week I went looking for the BYU Women's lacrosse schedule for the spring season. I searched for a half hour and couldn't find it anywhere! I finally Facebooked a girl I've never met who was kind enough to email me the schedule. I was glad to have gotten it resolved (and I've posted it below), but it raises some concerns. Why does lacrosse have to be a club sport? I am not an expert, but some of the drawbacks to being a club sport seem to be 1) Title 9 Restrictions don't seem to apply (we keep an updated website for men's lacrosse but nothing for women!) 2) They don't have the BYU muscle to be able to change tournament schedules to avoid Sunday play, and 3) They charge All Sports Pass holders to watch their games, thereby reducing an already small crowd. 4) The players have to come up with a lot for their own fees, 5) the scholarships are comparatively few and far between, I could just go on and on. It seems silly to me that lacrosse, which is huge in the East and getting bigger and bigger out here each year, would still be treated like such a second class sport. If you've never seen a lacrosse game, I encourage you to make the time to go before we graduate. Or even after. They will be playing on April 21st! Here is the 2012 BYU women's lacrosse schedule. You'll have no trouble finding the men's schedule elsewhere.
Friday March 9th 5:00 pm BYU vs Westminster @ Westminster
Saturday March 24th 10:45am BYU vs Utah State @ Westminster
Saturday March 24th 4:00 pm BYU vs UNLV @ Utah
Friday March 30th 3:00pm BYU vs Arizona @ CU
Friday March 30th 6:00 pm BYU vs Colorado State @ CU
Saturday March 31st 9:30 am BYU vs Colorado @CU
Saturday March 31st 2:00 pm BYU vs Santa Clara @ CU
Thursday April 5th 6:00 pm BYU vs Utah @ Utah
Tuesday April 10th 5:00 pm BYU vs Utah Valley @UVU
Saturday April 21st Tournament @Westminster
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