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Rankings
The UVa Men’s team is preseason #3 in the nation.
The UVa Women’s team is preseason #4 in the nation.

(Source: Lacrosse Magazine via UVa Sports)

Schedule Notes
Men’s Lacrosse team has 2 upcoming home scrimmages:

Sat. Feb. 4 – vs. Navy (9:00 am)
Sat. Feb. 11 – vs. Georgetown (1:00 pm)

March 4th is a doubleheader with both UVa men’s and women’s teams facing Syracuse. The Women open the day at noon; the Men’s team follows with a game at 3pm.

Woodberry Forest School will host a clinic for Youth and Middle School lacrosse coaches on Sunday, Feburary 26th from 11am to 3pm. The cost is $15.00 including lunch; profits will benefit USLacrosse.

Presnters at the clinic include:

• Dennis Stewart: Team Offensive Skills and Drills
• Rodney Rullman: Coaching the Young Goalie
• Vito Perriello: Preventing and Treating Injuries for this Age Group
• Mike Caravana: Team Defense Skills and Drills

Woodberry Forest School is located on Route 15 just north of the town of Orange, VA. For more information, contact Michael Caravana, Head Coach, Woodberry Forrest School at 540.672.6004.

The Y Lacrosse League will hold an informational meeting for parents on Thursday, March, 2 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the County Office Building on McIntire Road (the old Lane High School). A free skills clinic will be held at the STAB Upper field on Friday, March 10th at 4 p.m. Practices for the 2006 season will start the next week. The coaches meeting will be Tuesday, March 28th at 7 p.m. at the Y.

The 2006 season will kick off with the first game played on Sunday, April 9th. There will be no games on Easter Sunday, April 16th. The Y Lacrosse League also plans on sending a U11 and a U13 CAYLC team to tournaments in Greensboro the weekend of June 10th, and to Cockeysville, Maryland the weekend of June 17th.

For more information contact the YMCA at 434.974.9622, or Bob Crist at 434.817.8547.

Update: The League’s brochure/registration form is available online here

The Boy’s Middle School Lacrosse League, which is open to any male applicant who is currently in the 6th, 7th, or 8th grade, will begin practice on February 20, 2006. Applications are due by February 10, and will be available on the cville-lax web site soon. All players must be members of USLacrosse.

League play will begin with a “Kick-off Jamboree” on March 12; regular season games from March 19 â?? mid-May. There will be no games on April 16 (Easter Sunday). League play-offs and championship game will be held the week of May 8 or May 15, 2006 (depending upon the make-up games required).

For more information, contact:
Lynda Tubridy (Buford, Burley, Henley, Jouett, and Walker)
434.975.0645, email: tubbymama@aol.com

or

Mary Gray (Lexington, STAB, Sutherland, Walton and the Charlottesville Catholic School)
434.974.1796, email: mrc6r@virginia.edu