The High Point Panthers women's lacrosse team is a NCAA Division I college lacrosse team representing High Point University as part of the Big South Conference. They play their home games at Vert Stadium in High Point, North Carolina.
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History
In September 2008, High Point athletics director Craig Keilitz announced the formation of a women's lacrosse team. A nationwide search was conducted for its first head coach, and Lyndsey Boswell was hired the following summer. Boswell was a 2005 graduate of Pfeiffer, where she was a two-time IWLCA All-American and was the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference player of the year in 2004. Boswell also set program records in goals, assists, and points. She was an assistant coach at Pfeiffer from 2005-06, before landing her first head coaching job at St. Andrews in 2007. From 2007-09, she coached the Knights to an increasing number of wins each year, culminating in 11 in 2009. In June 2009, Boswell became head coach at High Point, and after a year and a half of recruiting, the Panthers' first Division I season was in spring 2011. Through the 2017 season, Boswell has led the team to a 91-43 record, including a 32-4 mark in the Big South.
The program has had a successful existence, having reached the conference tournament championship game in either the National Lacrosse Conference or the Big South Conference every year except for 2015. The team won a conference tournament in 2011 and a regular-season championship in 2012 in the National Lacrosse Conference before the league folded.
In 2013 the Big South Conference began sponsoring women's lacrosse and was also granted an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. The Panthers joined the new league and have won the conference tournament in 2013, 2014, and 2017. In 2013, after an 8-8 regular season, High Point won the Big South tournament title, but lost 18-7 to Loyola (MD) in the NCAA tournament. In 2014, for the second straight year, the Panthers scheduled four eventual tournament teams. While they lost all four, the stiff competition prepared them well for the Big South, where they swept the rest of the teams en route to another NCAA tournament appearance, an 18-4 loss to Notre Dame.
2015 was a rebuilding year for the Panthers, who won just one game on the road en route to an 8-10 record. The team finished fourth in the Big South Conference and lost to Winthrop in the conference tournament semifinal. In 2016, the Panthers finished 13-6, with a quality 15-9 win over No. 21 James Madison, but again ran into Winthrop in the conference tournament championship, losing 10-7.
2017 saw the Panthers get off to a rough start, falling to eventual NCAA Tournament teams North Carolina, Elon, and James Madison. However, the Panthers regained their footing by winning their last six nonconference games. Led by five players who scored 38+ goals, the Panthers swept through the Big South regular season and captured the conference tournament championship, outscoring every opponent by 7+ goals. The program garnered its first NCAA tournament win (and the first in High Point Panthers history) by defeating Towson, 21-15. The team then faced top-seeded Maryland, where it lost 21-6, ending a team record 16-game win streak.
The team partners with the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation, which is "an organization created to encourage NCAA athletic programs to sponsor pediatric brain tumor patients". Each April since 2013, the team has held a charity 5K to raise money for the foundation.
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Individual awards
Big South Offensive Player of the Year
- Mackenzie Carroll - 2014
- Samantha Brown - 2017
Big South Defensive Player of the Year
- Jasmine Jordan - 2013, 2014
- Christina Del Sesto - 2017
Big South Coach of the Year
- Lyndsey Boswell - 2014, 2016, 2017
Big South Scholar Athlete of the Year
- Jasmine Jordan - 2014
Big South Tournament MVP
- Jasmine Jordan - 2013
- Christina Del Sesto - 2017
Individual career records
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Individual single-season records
Seasons
Postseason Results
The Panthers have appeared in 3 NCAA tournaments. Their record is 1-3.
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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