Afternoon Lax Links with Terry Foy

First up, over at my (soon-to-be former) place of employ, an interview with Inside Lacrosse Managing Editor Terry Foy about Michigan’s entry into the world of D-1 Lacrosse:

As a John Paul proponent, I think he’s a viable long-term solution because he’s shown himself to be smart and adaptable to this point in his career as a college lacrosse coach. Without having faced the challenge of coaching against a DI schedule with a DI team, it’s impossible to say with any certainty how he and his staff will fare record-wise, and there’s an argument that their MCLA success isn’t the best predictor. However, it’s my opinion that winning lacrosse games is easier than taking an MCLA team at an FBS school to the varsity level in this fiscal and political climate, so if the skillset that allowed him to do that translates even halfway to on-field motivation and strategy, he’s more than capable of producing the type of results I laid out above.

That quote will surely satisfy a certain commenter who insists JP isn’t cut out for the job. Click through for much, much more (to the tune of 1500 words).

UDM women’s lax earned academic honors this spring from the IWLCA.

Surprise! lacrosse is one of the fastest-growing high school sports in America. And by “surprise” I meant “no surprise at all.”