McGill Men's Lacrosse

The McGill Men's Lacrosse team is a men's varsity sports team at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Originally the McGill Redmen, the name was temporarily changed in May 2019 after nearly 80% of students voted to change the name in a 2018 referendum held by McGill's student union.[1]

McGill Redmen Lacrosse
Current season, competition or edition:
2016
SportField lacrosse
CountryCanada
Official websiteMcGill Men's Lacrosse

McGill competes in the CUFLA East conference versus Bishop's University, Carleton University, Nipissing University, University of Ottawa, Trent University and Queen's University. The hybrid Canadian-box-American-field lacrosse program includes student-athletes recruited from across Canada and the US. The team plays home games in McGill's Percival Molson Memorial Stadium.

The team received the Harry Griffith's Award in 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2015, and won eight Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association CUFLA East conference titles in 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The team has achieved a winning record of 84-8-1 since 2011 versus Canadian opponents. McGill has twice won Canada's national championship, the Baggataway Cup, in 2012 and 2015.

Lacrosse was played to a limited extent at McGill in the late 1800s. The 15-man McGill Lacrosse Club of 1898 was led by President F.L. Thompson, Vice President, R.H. Craig, and Secretary Treasurer, A.J. Grant. [source: McGill Year Book, 1898). At some point, the sport was discontinued.

Competitive lacrosse was re-established at McGill in 2001. McGill freshman Sachin Anand organized a student lacrosse club. In 2002 the team gained Level-3 varsity club status at McGill, and joined CUFLA. In 2007 the team was elevated to a Level-2 varsity team by McGill Athletics.

As of 2003, the team was being coached by Tim Murdoch, a former NCAA Div-I lacrosse player at Princeton University. Murdoch was named as CUFLA's 'Coaching Staff of the Year' in 2008.

References
  1. Stevenson, Verity (13 November 2018). "McGill students vote to change Redmen sports teams' name". CBC News.
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