About The CCLA - A Conference of the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association

The Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association (CCLA) consists of 6 Division I teams and 19 Division II teams, representing four states: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

CCLA Teams

School	Enroll	Head Coach	Players
Central Michigan ChippewasMount Pleasant, MI	0	Tim Lee	39
Michigan State SpartansEast Lansing, MI	46,000	Dwayne Hicks	40
Ohio University BobcatsAthens, OH	0	Joseph Perruzzi	0
Pittsburgh PanthersPittsburgh, PA	28,800	Sean Buzzard	32
Toledo RocketsToledo, OH	0	Mike McComish	30
Western Michigan BroncosKalamazoo, MI	25,000	Ryan Juntunen	36

School	Enroll	Head Coach	Players
Aquinas SaintsGrand Rapids, MI	2,300	Luke Griemsman	25
Butler BulldogsIndianapolis, IN	4,000	Kyle Mates	12
Calvin KnightsGrand Rapids, MI	3,967	Joel Kamstra	9
Carnegie Mellon TartansPittsburgh, PA	5,800	Andrew Dickson	1
Davenport PanthersGrand Rapids, MI	4,000	Bob Clarkson	35
Dayton FlyersDayton, OH	6,800	Charlie Mark	59
Ferris State BulldogsBig Rapids, MI	14,500	Mitch Kopczyk	0
Grove City WolverinesGrove City, PA	2,500	Andrew Stimmel	23
Grand Valley State LakersAllendale, MI	0	Timothy Murray	0
Hope Flying DutchmenHolland, MI	3,249	Michael Schanhals	28
Indiana Tech WarriorsFort Wayne, IN	0	Terry Nichter	35
John Carroll Blue StreaksUniversity Heights, OH	3,600	William Schmoldt	27
Northern Michigan WildcatsMarquette, MI	1,100	Kevin Sande	23
Northwood TimberwolvesMidland, MI	0	Jeff Schuster	0
Oakland GrizzliesRochester, MI	0	Timothy Gallagher	0
Siena Heights SaintsAdrian, MI	950	Ed Maloney	22
Taylor TrojansFort Wayne, IN	0		20
Michigan-Dearborn WolvesDearborn, MI	8,955	Jason Watts	0
Walsh CavaliersNorth Canton, OH	3,500	Ron Meiser	27

CCLA History

The Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association was founded in 1999 when the Big Ten Lacrosse League, which had been in existence since 1972, expanded to include teams that were not at traditional Big Ten schools. As one of the original six MCLA conferences, the CCLA initially represented a vast region of the Midwest. In 2002, in response to overwhelming growth and a huge geographical spread, the southern half of the conference split off to form the GRLC.

CCLA teams established national scheduling practices well before the MCLA was born and continue that tradition throughout the MCLA era, with conference teams routinely travelling across the country to play teams from coast to coast and everywhere in-between.

In recent years the CCLA has achieved unprecedented national success. In Division 1 in 2008 Michigan became the first MCLA team to finish a season undefeated on the way to the first national championship for a CCLA team. In 2009, the Wolverines repeated the feat. In Division 2, the CCLA has placed two teams in the 12 team field each of the past two years, with both teams making the semifinals each year. In 2008 Grand Valley State reached the championship game, and in 2009 Dayton played in the championship.

The CCLA consists of 10 Division 1 teams and 15 Division 2 teams, representing six states: Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

CCLA Documents (PDF)

By Laws

The Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) is a national organization of non-NCAA, college lacrosse programs. The MCLA currently operates with 200+ teams in two divisions, across ten conferences.

The Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association (CCLA) consists of 8 Division I teams and 19 Division II teams, representing four states: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.