Jen Adams, Kyle Harrison, Kevin Boland to Appear at US Lacrosse IA National Championships

BALTIMORE — Some of the world's best lacrosse players will be in Texas for the upcoming US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates National Championships. Jen Adams, Kyle Harrison and Kevin Boland will appear at a meet and greet clinic on Saturday, May 13 from 11 a.m. to 12 noon at Tom Kimbrough Stadium in Murphy, Texas. This free clinic will provide the opportunity for attendees to meet the players, watch a demonstration and get autographs.

The three championship games for the 2006 US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates National Championships, sponsored by Lax World, Sports Her Way and STX, will follow: Men's Division B (1 p.m.), Women's (4:30 p.m.), Men’s Division A (7:30 p.m.). Daylong tickets for the championship round are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Advance tickets can be purchased online here or by contacting Tom Fitzsimmons at 214.533.9547 or e-mailing him at tfitz@seimetalforms.com.

Adams led Australia to the 2005 IFWLA World Cup championship by scoring a tournament high 47 points in eight games, including a four-goal, three-assist performance in a 14-7 victory over the U.S. in the championship game. She helped the University of Maryland to four consecutive NCAA championships from 1998 to 2001 and is the all-time leading scorer in NCAA history with 445 career points.

Harrison will play for the U.S. team this summer in the ILF World Championship in Canada. He led Johns Hopkins to the NCAA championship last year when he was named the recipient of the Tewaaraton Trophy as the nation’s outstanding collegiate player. He also plays for the New Jersey Pride in Major League Lacrosse (MLL), a men's professional league.

Boland was a three-time All-American midfielder at Johns Hopkins from 2002 to 2004 and was drafted this year by the Chicago Machine in the MLL Expansion Draft after spending the 2005 season with the Baltimore Bayhawks.

The US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates National Championship, featuring 44 teams in three classifications—Men's Division A (16), Men's Division B (12) and Women's Division (16)—begins May 9 at the Russell Creek Athletic Complex in Plano, Texas. All rounds will be played at Russell Creek until the championship games on May 13 at Kimbrough Stadium. The Women's Division and Men's Division A championship will be aired on a tape-delayed basis on CSTV on May 29.

The intercollegiate associates are primarily non-varsity teams that compete in a more formal structure than traditional college club teams, with many of the elite teams playing national schedules. There are 188 teams competing in the two men's divisions this spring and 176 women's teams. UC-Santa Barbara has won the last two Men's Division A titles, the University of San Diego won the inaugural Men's Division B championship last year and Cal Poly has won five consecutive women's championships.

US Lacrosse, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the national governing body for men's and women's lacrosse. To learn more about the organization, please visit its Web site at www.uslacrosse.org.

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