QUINCY, Ill. – Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Marty Bell has announced the addition of two varsity sports to the Quincy University Athletic Department. Men's and women's lacrosse will begin varsity competition during the 2019-2020 school year. Lacrosse will be Quincy University's 18th and 19th varsity sports that participate in NCAA competition.
The NCAA currently has 67 men's lacrosse teams and 107 women's lacrosse teams that currently compete in the NCAA Division II competition. The men's lacrosse team will participate in the Great Lakes Valley Conference which currently has six teams competing in the conference. The women's lacrosse team will also compete in the GLVC which will begin its women's lacrosse portion of the conference in the near future.
Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Marty Bell stated about the addition of the programs to Quincy University, "We are excited about the addition of men's and women's lacrosse. The benefits of bringing new athletes to QU from different markets will diversify our student body and allow QU to extend its academic offerings to prospective students from new regions of the country. We have a state of the art facility and the infrastructure to make lacrosse successful both on and off the field. These program additions complement the university's growth initiatives which will be vital to the long-term sustainability of QU."
The Quincy University Athletic Department will now begin the search process for both head coaching positions which will begin their positions in the June of 2018.
