Heart Of America Conference To Sports Men’s And Women’s Lacrosse in 2022-23

The Heart of America Athletic Conference has announced the addition of the sports of Men’s & Women’s Lacrosse as official conference championship sponsored sports beginning in the 2022-2023 academic year.

Both lacrosse seasons will be held in the regular season and postseason in the Heart in the spring of 2023.

The Heart’s Women’s Lacrosse teams will include Benedictine College (Atchison, Kan.), Clarke University (Dubuque, Iowa), Culver-Stockton College (Dubuque, Iowa), Missouri Valley College (Marshall, Mo.), William Penn University (Oskaloosa, Iowa) and St. Ambrose University (Dubuque, Iowa).

The men’s teams will include Benedictine College (Atchison, Kan.), Clarke University (Dubuque, Iowa), Missouri Valley College (Marshall, Mo.), William Penn University (Oskaloosa, Iowa), St. Ambrose University (Dubuque, Iowa) and Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Mount Vernon, Ohio).

Benedictine College women’s lacrosse just captured the 2022 NAIA Women’s Lacrosse National Championship on Saturday, May 7.

The NAIA recognizes women’s lacrosse as a NAIA National Championship sport and men’s lacrosse is currently recognized as a NAIA National Invitational sport.