Iowa Releases Spring Schedule

[bste_lax]

Iowa's web site is updated with its spring schedule.

A little write up is on their site:

http://www.uiowa.edu/~hawklax/120105.html

[beckner11]

Thats a pretty big roster considering Iowa is known for its farms, not its lacrosse!!!

[CyLaxKeeper00]

...those iowa kids probably thought their crosse was an old fashioned fishing pole.

[bste_lax]

The sport is growing. The amount of [insert small farm town], Iowa people know what lacrosse is compared to my freshmen year in 2001 when people would ask if I was going to catch butterfiles.

They also got a nice influx of Chicago kids this year.

[culax]

The Iowa website proclaims:

"The Bubble will be rockin' February 18th"

Creighton is looking forward to its first trip to the Bubble. Is it tough to see the ball with the white roof and white walls?

[LaxRef]

The Iowa website proclaims:

"The Bubble will be rockin' February 18th"

Creighton is looking forward to its first trip to the Bubble. Is it tough to see the ball with the white roof and white walls?

Per NCAA Rule 1, the coaches may agree to switch to a yellow, orange, or lime-green ball. Green balls are illegal under NFHS rules.

[bste_lax]

Creighton is looking forward to its first trip to the Bubble. Is it tough to see the ball with the white roof and white walls?

It takes getting used to but after throwing the ball around, it's not that bad.

Also depends on what time you play at. Different times (sun brightness) play with the background.

The most "annoying" thing is when the lights are on, the lights are right at stick level when throwing. You also get used to it but we had one goalie my freshmen year who hated it.

Overall, its fun to play in the Bubble and the new field turf I heard is ten times better than the old astro stuff that used to be there when I played. I saw the old stuff tear two ACLs and give many people shin splints and played havoc on my ankles.

[davewiley]

We used to make an annual trip to the Bubble for a women's tournament, and yes the lighting took some getting used to, but it always was a great day of lacrosse for players and fans. It sounds like the women's team hasn't been able to get scheduled in the Bubble since the field turf went in. Are the requirements to get the Bubble different now? Just curious.

Dave Wiley
KU Women's Coach

[hurstlax 39]

The biggest thing working against the girl's team is the fact that they don't have and haven't had a "coach" or at least someone willing to take charge for a few years now. but they do get their assigned practice times its just harder to get the turf on the weekends

So while they can get the bubble if they ask early they are not organized early enough to use it.

Also there are a lot of rec/club teams trying to get time in there and some nights there are 3 teams sharing 100 yards of indoor turf!!!





"if your still amazed by what you did yesterday then you haven't accomplished anything today"

[Ehethcoat]

Matt- the writeup on the front page of Iowa's site is correct, except KU plays them at Illinois, not Kansas State. The schedule is right for that game though.

Eric

[Rob Graff]

Matt:

You are not kidding about the influx of nice IL talent. Barrington kids, New Trier kids - those kids will have been really well coached!

Rob

[bste_lax]

Matt- the writeup on the front page of Iowa's site is correct, except KU plays them at Illinois, not Kansas State. The schedule is right for that game though.

Eric

Thanks for pointing out the correction, the change was made.

[beckner11]

Matt- it also still says that the playoffs are in the East Stadium at Kansas State but that has changed to Benedictine University located in Lisle, IL.

[bste_lax]

Matt- it also still says that the playoffs are in the East Stadium at Kansas State but that has changed to Benedictine University located in Lisle, IL.

D*mn you people!!! J/K. I did that write up back in December before the change in venue. I will change it yet again later.

[defense_wins_championship]

I'm sure it might have been thought of at one time or another but I would recommend using different color balls in that bubble. I know laxref kind of mentioned it earlier, but I think it's a good idea. The indoor facility at Central Michigan has white walls on both sides, so we decided to go with yellow balls in order to see better. I thought it worked out much better, in addition to tying in with our school colors (as it would for Iowa). It might be something to try out at one of the first practices. Good luck this season.