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Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference
ConferenceMCLA
Founded1976
CommissionerJohn Robinette
Sports fielded
No. of teams14
HeadquartersDurango, Colorado
RegionMountain
Official websitehttp://mcla.us/RMLC/

The Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference (RMLC) is one of ten conferences in the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association. Currently the RMLC consists of 15 teams encompassing four Rocky Mountain states; Colorado, Utah, Montana, and Wyoming. It is divided into two divisions, Division I and Division II. Division II is separated further by region; Northwest and Southeast[1]

History

The RMLC, first known as the RMLA, was formed in 1976 with founding members Colorado State University, University of Colorado, Regis University, Air Force Academy, University of Denver, and Colorado School of Mines. In 1997, the Conference changed names to the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Lacrosse League (RMILL) and went to a club-only league as a member of the US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates (USLIA), which reorganized into the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) in 2006.

The RMLC has been the home conference of the MCLA Division I National Champions in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2012 and 2013 (Colorado State University);[2] in 1997, 2000, 2007, 2011 (Brigham Young University);[3] and in 2014 (University of Colorado). In Division II, Westminster College were National Champions in 2008,[4] and the University of Utah won in 2022.[5]

In 2017, Utah announced that they were going to elevate their program to play as an NCAA Division 1 Independent, turning them from a club team to an NCAA team.[6] After the 2018 season, they left the conference. In 2019, the RMLC announced that the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma would join the conference at the Division 1 level starting in the 2020 season.[7] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their first game in the conference had to be pushed back to 2021. In 2021, it was revealed that Oklahoma would leave the conference to go back to the Lone Star Alliance.[8] With the news, Oklahoma would leave the conference without playing a single game in the conference.

A game between Montana State and Colorado-Denver in 2017

Teams

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Team Nickname Primary conference
Division I
Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 1875 Private/The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 34,130 Cougars West Coast (Division I)
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado 1876 Public 29,952 Buffaloes Pac-12 (Division I)
Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 1870 Public 24,553 Rams Mountain West (Division I)
University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 1883 Public 51,090 Longhorns Big 12 (Division I)
Utah Valley University Orem, Utah 1941 Public 33,000 Wolverines Western (Division I)
Division II
United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, Colorado 1954 Public 4,000 Falcons Mountain West (Division I)
Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colorado 1873 Public 4,300 Orediggers Rocky Mountain (Division II)
Fort Lewis College Durango, Colorado 1911 Public 3,853 Skyhawks Rocky Mountain (Division II)
Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, Colorado 1965 Public 23,948 Roadrunners Rocky Mountain (Division II)
Montana State University Bozeman, Montana 1893 Public 14,153 Bobcats Big Sky (Division I)
Utah State University Logan, Utah 1888 Public 28,994 Aggies Mountain West (Division I)
University of Utah (Club) Salt Lake City, Utah Public 32,000 Utes PAC-12 (Division I)
University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming 1886 Public 14,000 Cowboys Mountain West (Division I)

Former teams

Institution Location Nickname Enrollment New Conference
Boise State University Boise, Idaho Broncos 25,540 PNCLL (MCLA)
University of Colorado-Denver Denver, Colorado Lynx 18,000 Defunct
Johnson & Wales University Denver, Colorado Wildcats 1,291 Defunct
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Lobos 26,278 Defunct
Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona Lumberjacks 29,569 SLC (MCLA)
University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Sooners 28,564 LSA (MCLA)
University of Northern Colorado Greeley, Colorado Bears 12,084 Defunct
Regis University Denver, Colorado Rangers 8,368 Defunct
University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Utes 32,818 ASUN (NCAA Division I)
Weber State University Ogden, Utah Wildcats 26,681 Defunct
Western Colorado University Gunnison, Colorado Mountaineers 3,034 Defunct
Westminster College Salt Lake City, Utah Griffins 2,887 RMAC (NCAA Division II)

Conference Championships

Division I
Year Champion Runner-up
1997 Brigham Young
1998 Brigham Young Colorado State
1999 Brigham Young Colorado State
2000 Colorado State Colorado
2001 Brigham Young Colorado State
2002 Colorado State Brigham Young
2003 Colorado State Brigham Young
2004 Colorado State Colorado
2005 Brigham Young Colorado State
2006 Colorado State Colorado
2007 Brigham Young Colorado State
2008 Brigham Young Colorado State
2009 Brigham Young Colorado
2010 Colorado State Brigham Young
2011 Colorado State Brigham Young
2012 Colorado State Brigham Young
2013 Colorado State Colorado
2014 Colorado Brigham Young
2015 Colorado Brigham Young
2016 Brigham Young Colorado
2017 Brigham Young Colorado
2018 Utah Colorado
2019 Colorado Utah Valley
2020 No Championship
2021 No Championship
2022 Brigham Young Colorado
Division I Championship Records
Team Championships Championship Years Runner-ups Runner-up Years
Brigham Young 11 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2022 7 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
Colorado State 9 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 6 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008
Colorado 3 2014, 2015, 2019 9 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022
Utah 1 2018
Utah Valley 1 2019
  • Note: Bold text denotes MCLA National Champion
  • Note: Italic text denotes MCLA National Champion runner-up
Division II
Year Champion Runner-up
1999 Utah Colorado School of Mines
2000 Utah Valley Northern Colorado
2001 Utah Valley Boise State
2002 Boise State Utah State
2003 Utah Valley Fort Lewis
2004 Fort Lewis Utah Valley
2005 Utah Valley Montana State
2006 Utah Valley Northern Colorado
2007 Westminster Northern Colorado
2008 Westminster Fort Lewis
2009 Northern Colorado Westminster
2010 Utah Valley Westminster
2011 Westminster Northern Colorado
2012 Westminster Fort Lewis
2013 Westminster Fort Lewis
2014 Montana State Northern Colorado
2015 Utah State Fort Lewis
2016 Montana State MSU Denver
2017 MSU Denver Montana State
2018 Montana State Colorado Denver
2019 Utah State Montana State
2020 No Championship
2021 No Championship
2022 Utah Montana State
Division II Championship Records
Team Championships Championship Years Runner-ups Runner-up Years
Utah Valley 6 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010 1 2004
Westminster 5 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013 2 2009, 2010
Montana State 3 2014, 2016, 2018 3 2017, 2019, 2022
Utah State 2 2015, 2019 1 2002
Boise State 1 2002 1 2001
Fort Lewis 1 2004 5 2003, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015
Northern Colorado 1 2009 5 2000, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014
MSU Denver 1 2017 1 2016
Utah 1 2022
Colorado School of Mines 1 1999
  • Note: Bold text denotes MCLA National Champion
  • Note: Italic text denotes MCLA National Champion runner-up

References

  1. ^ "About the RMLC". MCLA. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "CSU Lacrosse". CSUlacrosse.com.
  3. ^ "BYU Men's Lacrosse". lacrosse.byu.edu.
  4. ^ Westminster Lacrosse website, http://www.westminstergriffins.com/index.aspx?path=mlax
  5. ^ "Utah Rolls to Division II Title". Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  6. ^ "Utah adds Lacrosse as NCAA D1 Sport".
  7. ^ "Oklahoma, Texas Heading to RMLC".
  8. ^ "LSA adds Three New D-1 Programs".
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