Women's Lacrosse | 5/21/2019 2:00:00 PM

FLUSHING, N.Y. (May 21, 2019) – The Queens College Athletics and Recreation Department has announced that as of Tuesday (May 21), the department will no longer sponsor women's lacrosse as a varsity program at the college campus.

The decision to eliminate women's lacrosse will reduce the number of athletic programs at Queens College to sixteen total teams.  Queens College remains committed to the core values of the NCAA Division II brand as well as the East Coast Conference and the City University of New York system.

"This decision," stated Interim Director of Athletics Rob Twible, "is being made after pain-staking deliberation. The reality of the situation is that this department is striving to compete at the highest level along with all of our counterparts in Division II and the East Coast Conference. The determination made by the staff in this department is that we can re-structure our available resources to best ensure the overall competitiveness of our athletic programs and allow our student-athletes that chance to compete at a heightened level in the future."

Queens College will provide affected student-athletes with full permission to contact any other schools for the purposes of transferring. Members of the athletics administration are available to discuss transfer information as well as provide academic advisement to affected student-athletes. Staff from Queens College's Counseling Services will also be available for additional assistance.