We got all our stats uploaded and ready for viewing! Just head over to our schedule and click a game that we have played and all the info will be there for your viewing pleasure.

We are also pleased to see the many new pictures of Vandals Lacrosse in our new gear courtesy of Brine and Harrow. Check us out on our Photos page

Finally, we are most pleased to say we have another gentlemen joining our ranks. Grant Willis from Ohio just joined the club this past week and we are thrilled to see more strength on our defensive end. Welcome to the family Grant!

We just got our schedule updated, make sure you check it out for all the updates.

Practices are also starting up next week. Starting Monday the 19th, we have practice three days a week starting at 7pm to 9pm on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday.

Mike Band takes on many names in Vandal lacrosse: founder, player and this season, coach.

Band took over for the men’s team this year after Ryan Hanavan took a job in Montana, but Band isn’t new to the club. As an undergrad in 2002, Band started the team. Last season, he helped coach the team while using his last year of eligibility. Now a graduate student in the College of Law, he is the second coach in the club’s history.

Band said the team is responding well to the coaching transition despite having played alongside him last year. “It’s a little weird and a change in dynamic,” Band said. “Trying to get some of these guys who you played with and joked around with, to suddenly do what you say because you’ve got coach in front of your name.” Band takes over at a time when the team is poised for playoff contention.

The men’s lacrosse team beat Boise State last year for the first time in club history. The win not only gave the Vandals legitimacy in conference play, but showed the team what needed to be done to be successful. “We just know how to have fun now,” defenseman Ben Lavigne said. “Everyone got a feeling of that after beating BSU.” Band said the win also brought the biggest freshman recruiting class the club’s ever had. He said the win was important in terms of motivating the program and drawing in new players like Ben Frey, Idaho’s defensive high school All-American.

“We don’t intend to lose to Boise State ever again,” Band said. “Now that we’ve got them checked off our list, it’s time to focus on some of the bigger bears.” The Vandals travel to Missoula for the second annual Missoula Lacrosse Shootout Oct. 4-5. The eight-team tournament will be the Vandals’ first fall ball competition of the season.

The upperclassmen said the fall tournaments are a great way to get to know the new faces of the team both on and off the field. Coming off the victory against their rival, the Vandals said they hope to build their recognition and become a playoff contender in the spring season. “I think the first couple years, we really were just starting to get our name out there,” Lavigne said. After the last season’s finish and the league awards, Lavigne said other teams are beginning to pay close attention. “They’re starting to know who we are, and I think they’re going to be a little bit scared of us this year,” Lavigne said.