Posted: Aug 01, 2017

Top Five Flashback: Men's Lacrosse #2

NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University athletics resumes its summer series with a daily flashback to the top five moments of 2016-17 for each of its 19 varsity sports. Beginning with Memorial Day (Monday, May 29, 2017) and finishing with the final day of August, 95 moments (19 x 5) will be shared to relive the most exciting happenings of the most recent Seahawk season.

The news of Toppa Field at Freebody Park getting renovations with a new Field Turf surface excited not only its primary Seahawk tenants - football and softball - but also a sport that's adding a junior varsity program - Salve Regina men's lacrosse. Last season, in an effort to draw a larger student body attendance, head coach Patrick Cooney moved his team's final two home games to a campus field located at Lawrence Avenue.

The Seahawks responded with a 9-7 victory on Senior Day.

Salve Regina University
Salve Regina athletics sponsors 20 NCAA Division III varsity sports for men and women. The Seahawks compete in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC - baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, football, men's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis, women's track and field, women's volleyball), New England Hockey Conference (NEHC - women's ice hockey), New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA - sailing). Beginning in 2017-18, Salve Regina will also sponsor equestrian as a varsity sport, and adds junior varsity programs for baseball and men's lacrosse.