Sports Briefs: Dominican lacrosse teams earn promotions

Dominican University of California is making history as both the men’s and women’s lacrosse programs will make a leap to join the NCAA Division II ranks next season.

This will be the first NCAA Division II women’s lacrosse program and the second NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse program in California. Dominican’s other athletic programs were already competing at the NCAA Division II level.

“Both the men’s and women’s programs have been led by two exemplary leaders in coach [Samuel] Vogel-Seidenberg and coach [Joseph] Manna,” Dominican Athletics Director Amy Henkelman said. “Coach Vogel-Seidenberg had a clear vision for the men’s program and has done a great job of championing the sport and its development. I’m very excited for the future of both programs. The young men and women of both programs have done everything we asked of them and have been a great addition to the Dominican community, campus and department.”

The Dominican men’s lacrosse team has been participating at the club level as a member of the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association in the Western Collegiate Lacrosse League conference since 2015 while the women’s team spent its inaugural season in 2023 the Western Women’s Lacrosse League conference of the Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association. The two teams will play as independent programs, void of any conference.

“We are very excited to be back participating in the NCAA,” Vogel-Seidenberg said. “My goal when I got here was to change the culture and grow the support of the university so we could make the jump to the NCAA level. The players are excited to compete at a higher level and get a chance to put California lacrosse on the map.”

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