St. Andrews Request Removal from Conference Carolinas 2012 Men’s & Women’s Lacrosse Schedules

1/17/2012 12:00:00 AM

High Point, N.C.> Conference Carolinas announces that St. Andrews University will not play previously scheduled men’s and women’s lacrosse games for the upcoming 2012 season. St. Andrews, which is a former longstanding conference member and current 2012 scheduling partner, informed league officials late last week of the upcoming change.

St. Andrews will continue to schedule all upcoming 2012 conference baseball, softball, men’s golf, and women’s golf events through the 2012 season. The Knights, who were 23 year Conference Carolinas well-standing league members, announced this past fall their intention for NAIA membership starting in the 2012-13 academic year.

Conference Carolinas men’s & women’s lacrosse programs are currently renowned nationally. Both are considered a major hotbed for lacrosse in NCAA DII and help to continue growing the game in the South and across the United States. Mount Olive and Coker recently announced that they will continue to grow the sport, with both programs adding women’s teams for next year’s 2013 season. The Coker men are fielding their first team ever this 2012 spring, while Mount Olive men will take their first game in the 2013 season.

Conference Carolinas is a NCAA Division II athletic conference currently made up of 12 teams from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. These institutions consist of: Barton College, Belmont Abbey College, Coker College, Converse College, Erskine College, King College, Lees-McRae College, Limestone College, Mount Olive College, North Greenville University, Pfeiffer University, and Queens University of Charlotte.