The Lake Forest College Women's Lacrosse Schedule features contests against four division I schools, and the team that finished second in the WCLL Division II in 2010!
Head Coach Jim Catanzaro announced the 2011 schedule for the first-year Forester Women's Lacrosse team. Coach "Cat" described the schedule as, "challenging, and competitive from top to bottom."
The Foresters will open the season, just three days after returning from Spring Break against Wheaton College at 7pm. The Thunder had a weather shortened season in 2010, only playing one of their five scheduled games.
After Wheaton, the Foresters turn around and play Augustana College. The Augustana team is in its last year as a club program, before moving up to NCAA Division III in 2012. Augustana was 5-5 in 2010, scoring wins over Loyola, Marquette, Butler, and twice over Knox College.
The Foresters then return to Farwell Field for their first home contest of their new program. The Foresters will take fellow North Shore institution Northwestern University. The Wildcats participate in the WCLL Division I West Conference. Coach Cat,"It will be a great opportunity to play a very good program. Northwestern's Club team often recieves a boost in talent after their Division I program makes cuts. Our men's program has developed a nice rivalry with the NWU Club Team, and I think it will be a great relationship with them for the future."
The Foresters will then attend the Marquette University playdate on April 2nd. The Foresters will play three games on the playdate against Marquette, Aquinas (MI), and Ripon College. "This will be an interesting day. Aquinas was 18-1 last year. Their only loss was against Oakland University in the championship game. Aquinas has a great coaching staff, and operates as a "virtual varsity" program. We will also be playing Ripon, who is in their first year as a program. This will be a great opportunity to see where we fit in the food chain of club lacrosse. The Ripon game will give us a chance to see how we stack up against another Midwest Conference school who is just starting out. The game against Aquinas will let us know how well we can compete on a national level."
The Foresters will follow up the three game playdate with a double header date at home on the following day. The Foresters will entertain DePaul University and Knox College. "This will give us a second opportunity in two days to play a Midwest Conference school in Knox. Knox has had a club lacrosse program for the past 6 years. They will have had an opportunity to have played a few years and have worked out some of the kinks of a club team. I think that our girls will be looking forward to this game. In addition, DePaul was 8-3 last year (15-5 over two years)competing at the Division I Club Level. They are a very talented team, and one that will give us a great challenge."
The next weekend, the Foresters host a single game at home vs. St. Mary's University. The Foresters finish up the regular season with a double header against divisional foes University of Chicago and Loyola University.
"I think that this is a very balanced and competitive schedule. I feel that we will have a lot of opportunities to create success, but there also be some major challenges during the course of the season. We will have some tough weekends with five or six games. We will have to be in great shape, and stay healthy in order to give ourselves a great chance to compete in every game," closed Coach Catanzaro.
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