Minnesota Release 2017 Schedule

Published: Nov 20, 2016

General News
Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association
Minnesota Golden Gophers

MINNEAPOLIS -- The University of Minnesota's men's lacrosse team will be competing in a new league in 2017 and the Gophers will have a strong schedule to announce their arrival.

Minnesota will play in the Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association (CCLA) in '17 after previously being a founding member of the Upper Midwest Lacrosse Conference (UMLC). As such, they will have six new conference opponents on the schedule, headlined by five-time CCLA champion Michigan State.

The non-conference slate features a blend of former and local rivals along with several national powers. The early-March sojourn to Colorado to face the Buffaloes and Colorado State is the premier non-league encounters, but Indiana and Boston College also have MCLA tournament aspirations.

With the demise of UMLC Division I last year, the Gophers operated essentially as an independet, posting an 8-5 record, which included a one-goal road loss to eventual national runner-up Cal Poly.

2017 Minnesota Men's Lacrosse Schedule

Date	Opponent	Time
Feb. 3	MSU-MANKATO	8 p.m.
Feb. 10	IOWA STATE	8 p.m.
Feb. 11	WESTERN MICHIGAN *	1 p.m.
Feb. 12	KANSAS	11 a.m.
Feb. 18	WINONA STATE	1 p.m.
Feb. 24	at Michigan State *	2:45 p.m.
Feb. 25	vs. Oakland (at East Lansing, Mich.) *	TBA
Feb. 26	vs. Indiana (at East Lansing, Mich.)	10 a.m.
March 3	at Colorado	7 p.m.
March 5	at Colorado State	1 p.m.
March 31	CENTRAL MICHIGAN *	7 p.m.
April 2	IOWA	1 p.m.
April 8	vs. Boston College (at Buffalo, N.Y.)	2 p.m.
April 9	at Pittsburgh *	1 p.m.
April 15	ST. THOMAS	3 p.m.
April 16	DAVENPORT *	1 p.m.
April 28-29	CCLA Tournament (at TBA)
May 8-13	MCLA National Championships powered by Under Armour