Conference | MCLA |
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Founded | 1992 |
Commissioner | Derek Daehn |
Sports fielded | |
No. of teams | 15 |
Region | Midwest |
Official website | UMLC |
The Upper Midwest Lacrosse Conference (UMLC) is a men's college club lacrosse conference in the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA). The UMLC includes teams in the midwest in two divisions - nine teams in Division I and six teams in Division II.[1]
The conference was established in 1992 when college teams in Minnesota that were playing a loose schedule of tournament weekends decided to organize into a league that had a specific schedule and end of the season tournament. In 2000, the UMLC was accepted into the US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates, which became the MCLA in 2006. In 2003, it was announced that the conference would be split into two divisions for the 2004 season and onwards.[2] The conference was known as the Upper Midwest Lacrosse League until 2011.
UMLC Division II teams have dominated at the MCLA National Championships, winning 9 of the last 11 title games.[3] The University of St. Thomas, the 2019 champion, has won 6 titles since 2009.[4]
Teams
Former Teams
Conference Championships
Year | Champion | Runner-up |
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1995 | Minnesota Duluth | |
1996 | Minnesota Duluth | |
1997 | Minnesota Duluth | |
1998 | Minnesota Duluth | |
1999 | Minnesota | Minnesota Duluth |
2000 | Minnesota State, Mankato | |
2001 | Minnesota Duluth | Iowa State |
2002 | Minnesota Duluth | Minnesota |
2003 | Minnesota Duluth | Minnesota |
2004 | Minnesota Duluth | Wisconsin–Stevens Point |
2005 | Minnesota | Minnesota Duluth |
2006 | Minnesota Duluth | Minnesota |
2007 | Minnesota Duluth | Minnesota |
2008 | Minnesota Duluth | St. Cloud State |
2009 | Minnesota Duluth | Minnesota |
2010 | Minnesota Duluth | Minnesota |
2011 | Minnesota Duluth | Minnesota |
2012 | Minnesota Duluth | Minnesota |
2013 | Minnesota Duluth | Minnesota |
2014 | Minnesota Duluth | Minnesota |
2015 | Minnesota Duluth | Minnesota |
2016 | Michigan State | Western Michigan |
2017 | Michigan State | Pittsburgh |
2018 | Indiana | Purdue |
2019 | Minnesota | Purdue |
2020 | No Championship due to COVID-19 Pandemic | |
2021 | No Championship due to COVID-19 Pandemic | |
2022 | Minnesota | Michigan State |
2023 | Michigan State | Minnesota |
Team | Championships | Championship Years | Runner-up | Runner-up Years |
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Minnesota Duluth | 18 | 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 | 1 | 2005 |
Michigan State | 4 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023 | 1 | 2022 |
Minnesota | 3 | 2005, 2019, 2022 | 13 | 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2023 |
Minnesota State, Mankato | 1 | 2000 | ||
Iowa State | 1 | 2001 | ||
Wisconsin Stevens' Point | 1 | 2004 | ||
Western Michigan | 1 | 2016 | ||
Pittsburgh | 1 | 2017 | ||
Purdue | 1 | 2019 |
- Note: Bold text denotes MCLA National Champion
- Note: Italic text denotes MCLA National Champion runner-up
Year | Champion | Runner-up |
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2004 | St. Johns | St. Thomas |
2005 | St. Johns | St. Thomas |
2006 | St. Thomas | St. Johns |
2007 | St. Johns | St. Thomas |
2008 | St. Johns | St. Thomas |
2009 | St. Thomas | St. Johns |
2010 | St Thomas | St. Johns |
2011 | St. Johns | St. Thomas |
2012 | St. Thomas | St. Johns |
2013 | St. Thomas | St. Johns |
2014 | St. Johns | St. Thomas |
2015 | St. Thomas | North Dakota State |
2016 | St. Thomas | Minnesota Duluth |
2017 | St. Thomas | St. Johns |
2018 | St. Thomas | North Dakota State |
2019 | Minnesota Duluth | St. Thomas |
2020 | No Championship due to COVID-19 Pandemic | |
2021 | No Championship due to COVID-19 Pandemic | |
2022 | St. Thomas | Grand Valley State |
2023 | St. Thomas | Dayton |
Team | Championships | Championship Years | Runner-up | Runner-up Years |
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St. Thomas | 11 | 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023 | 7 | 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2019 |
St. Johns | 6 | 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014 | 6 | 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017 |
Minnesota Duluth | 1 | 2019 | 1 | 2016 |
North Dakota State | 2 | 2015, 2018 | ||
Grand Valley State | 1 | 2022 | ||
Dayton | 1 | 2023 |
- Note: Bold text denotes MCLA National Champion
- Note: Italic text denotes MCLA National Champion runner-up
References
- ↑ "About the UMLC". MCLA. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ↑ "USLIA.com - The US Lacrosse Men's Division Intercollegiate Associates". 2003-12-02. Archived from the original on 2 December 2003. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ↑ "D-II Championship Records". MCLA. Retrieved 24 June 2019. Grand Valley State (2014) and Dayton (2015) were not in the UMLC at the time of their titles.
- ↑ "2019 MCLA National Championships: St. Thomas Wins DII Title". Lacrosse All Stars. Retrieved 24 June 2019.