Cal Poly
Santa Clara
UC Berkeley
UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara
Arizona
Arizona State University
Grand Canyon
San Diego State
UCLA
Saint Mary's College
San Jose State
Sonoma State
Stanford
UC Davis B
UC Santa Cruz
Biola
Cal Poly B
CSU Fullerton
Cal State Northridge
Fullerton College
UCLA B
University of Southern California
Cal State San Marcos
Concordia
Northern Arizona
UC Irvine
UC San Diego
U San Diego
Chico State
University Nevada, Reno
SBCC
Moorpark College
Claremont Colleges

 
   

San Tan Valley, AZ - The return of the Northern Arizona University women's lacrosse club to full member status in the WWLL and the movement of some other teams into different places were the highlights of a WWLL Executive Committee meeting last night. In WWLL D1 a much needed balancing of conferences resulted in eliminating Central D1 and moving Cal Poly and UCSB to North D1. WCLA National Champion UCLA were moved into the uber competitive South D1 Conference. Referees covering those regular season games better start running now. 

UCSD has moved to South D2. This resulted in moving Cal State Fullerton and Fullerton College to Central D2 to keep an even number of teams in Central D2 and South D2. 

Here are the results for WWLL D1 team placements. 

North D1 South D1
Cal Poly SLO    Arizona
Santa Clara Arizona State
UC Berkeley Grand Canyon
UC Davis San Diego State      
UCSB UCLA
  USC


Here are the results for WWLL D2 team placements. 

North D2 Central D2 South D2
Chico State Biola Cal State San Marcos
San Jose State Cal Poly B Concordia
Sonoma State Cal State Fullerton Northern Arizona
Stanford Cal State Northridge UC Irvine
UC Davis B Fullerton College UC San Diego
UC Santa Cruz UCLA B U. San Diego


In addition the provisional membership category was reinstated so that Claremont, Nevada, Reno; Moorpark College, SBCC and St. Mary's could receive support making headway toward full membership in the WWLL.

Provisional  
Nevada, Reno  Moorpark    
Saint Mary's SBCC
  Claremont

This story was edited after placement of USC changed from Central D2 to Central D1 - 8/23/24.
This story was edited again after St. Mary's dropped to Provisional status - 12/13/24.

Posted on August 19 2024

UCLA celebrating their championship.  Photo by Nick Flynn.

Wichita, Kansas — Through the years, the UCLA Bruins have been one of the most consistently successful teams in the WCLA’s Division One ranks. The Bruins have won multiple league championships, had a plethora of players recognized as All-Americans, and qualified for the national tournament 15 times, ranking among the most appearances of any school.

It's therefore surprising that UCLA had never won the WCLA championship, coming closest in 2003 and 2011 with national runner-up finishes.

But that all changed Friday in Wichita, with No. 3 seed UCLA breaking away from No. 5 Northeastern for a 13-8 victory and their first USA Lacrosse WCLA national championship. The Bruins finished the year with a 17-1 overall record.

“We have great talent on this team and the ability to beat anybody when we have a full team effort,” said sophomore Talitha Cheng, named as the tournament’s outstanding attacker after tallying three goals in Friday’s victory.

Two goals in the first quarter from Cheng, also selected as a first team All-American this week, helped the Bruins to an early 4-1 lead.  Northeastern then answered with a three-goal run, including two scores by its own All-America midfielder Molly Burnes, and tied the game at 4-4 early in the second quarter.

But that’s when UCLA started its own game-changing scoring run, tallying five straight goals in less than three minutes to take the lead for good. The Bruins effectively shared the wealth, with five different players scoring goals. Repeated draw controls, including several from Cheng, helped fuel the run, with UCLA leading 9-7 at halftime.

“A lot of credit to Zoe Moskowitz who takes most of our draws,” Cheng said. “We have a system that we try to use, and I try to take the first step to be quick to the ball.”

The teams traded free position goals midway through the third quarter, but the second half belonged to the UCLA defense, which allowed just the one goal over the final 30 minutes and held the Huskies to their second lowest scoring total of the year.

“We did a little scouting and talked about marking their primary drivers,” said UCLA freshman Tyler Hawthorne, selected as the tournament’s most outstanding defender.  

Hawthorne is one of 10 members of an impactful Bruins’ freshman class.

“Some of us really had no idea what to expect when we joined this club program, but it’s a great environment and this team is amazing,” she said. “I couldn’t have asked for a better first year.”

Junior goalie Kate Ruiz, who finished with seven saves, serves as the anchor of the defense and was selected as the tournament’s most outstanding goalie.

“Kate is awesome and does a lot of talking back there to direct us as one unit,” Hawthorne said. “She gets a lot of credit.”

Ellie Morrall scored a game-high four goals to lead Northeastern and was named as the tournament’s most outstanding midfielder. The Huskies finished 12-4 overall while making the first championship game appearance.

Florida Club, which entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed, defeated No. 2 seed Georgia, 15-14, in the third place game.

Gatorade, Enovis, Lacrosse Specialties, and Powell Lacrosse serve as official event sponsors for the 2024 USA Lacrosse WCLA Championships, with local support provided by Wichita Wind Surge, Chick-Fil-A Wichita East, Visit Wichita, Chicken N Pickle of Wichita, Angelo's Italian Catering, Tanganyika Wildlife Park, and Butler Creative TV.

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News story is writen by Paul Ohanian of USA Lacrosse Magazine and was originally published there. Photo by Nick Flynn.

Posted on May 10 2024

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