Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference

Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference (GRLC)

Association	MCLA
Division	Division I, II
Members	27
Sports fielded	College lacrosse (men's: 27; women's: 0)
Region	Midwest and Great Lakes
Headquarters	St. Louis, Missouri
Commissioner	Matt Gardiner
Website	http://mcla.us/GRLC/

The Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference (GRLC) is a conference in the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA). The GRLC incorporates teams in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin and is divided into two divisions, Division I and Division II.

History

The conference was formed in 2002 after teams on the southwestern edge of the conference footprint separated from the Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association (CCLA to form the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference.^[1]

Teams

GRLC Teams are split into two Divisions with the top programs and larger schools in Division I and smaller schools and programs in Division II. For the 2012 season the conference is composed of 12 members in Division I and 15 members in Division II.

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Team Nickname	Primary conference
Division I
University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, Arkansas	1871	Public	19,849	Razorbacks	SEC (Division I)
University of Illinois	Champaign, Illinois	1867	Public	42,326	Fighting Illini	Big Ten (Division I)
Illinois State University	Normal, Illinois	1857	Public	20,104	Redbirds	Missouri Valley (Division I)
Indiana University	Bloomington, Indiana	1820	Public	38,599	Hoosiers	Big Ten (Division I)
University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	1847	Public	30,409	Hawkeyes	Big Ten (Division I)
University of Kansas	Lawrence, Kansas	1865	Public	30,102	Jayhawks	Big 12 (Division I)
Kansas State University	Manhattan, Kansas	1863	Public	23,520	Wildcats	Big 12 (Division I)
Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	1809	Public	20,126	RedHawks	Mid-American (Division I)
University of Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	1839	Public	32,000	Tigers	SEC (Division I)
University of Nebraska	Lincoln, Nebraska	1869	Public	23,000	Cornhuskers	Big Ten (Division I)
Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana	1869	Public	39,697	Boilermakers	Big Ten (Division I)
University of Wisconsin	Madison, Wisconsin	1848	Public	42,000	Badgers	Big Ten (Division I)
Division II
Cornell College*	Mount Vernon, Iowa	1853	Private/Methodist	1,200	Rams	IIAC (Division III)
Creighton University	Omaha, Nebraska	1878	Private/Catholic (Jesuit)	4,133	Bluejays	Big East Conference (Division I)
DePaul University	Chicago, Illinois	1898	Private/Catholic (Vincentian)	16,199	Blue Demons	Big East (D-I)
Dordt College	Sioux Center, Iowa	1955	Private/Christian Reformed	1,350	Defenders	Great Plains (NAIA)
Harding University	Searcy, Arkansas	1924	Private/Church of Christ	6,108	Bisons	Gulf South Conference (Division II)
Judson University	Elgin, Illinois	1963	Private/Baptist	1,231	Eagles	Chicagoland (NAIA)
Lindenwood University – Belleville	Belleville, Illinois	2003	Private/Presbyterian	2,364	Lynx	Independent (USCAA)
Missouri Baptist University	St. Louis, Missouri	1828	Private/Evangelical	2,800	Spartans	American Midwest Conference (NAIA)
Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T)	Rolla, Missouri	1870	Public	6,815	Miners	Great Lakes Valley (Division II)
Missouri State University	Springfield, Missouri	1905	Public	21,000	Bears	Missouri Valley (Division I)
Saint Louis University	St. Louis, Missouri	1818	Private/Catholic (Jesuit)	12,733	Billikens	A-10 (Division I)
Wabash College	Crawfordsville, Indiana	1832	Private/nonsectarian	875 (All Male)	Little Giants	NCAC (Division III)
Washington University in St. Louis	St. Louis, Missouri	1853	Private/nonsectarian	13,527	Bears	University Athletic Association (Division III)
Wheaton College	Wheaton, Illinois	1860	Private/Evangelical	2,890	Thunder	CCIW (Division III)

* Denotes an associate member.

Former members

Institution	Location	Team Nickname	Years	New Conference	New Classification
Augustana College	Rock Island, Illinois	Vikings	2002-2011	Independent	NCAA Division III
Lindenwood University	St. Charles, Missouri	Lions	2003-2011	ECAC II	NCAA Division II
Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, Illinois	Huskies	2002-2005	Chicago Division	GLLL
Northwestern College	Orange City, Iowa	Red Raiders	2006-2009	ceased operations in 2009	N/A
Rockhurst University	Kansas City, Missouri	Hawks	2008-2010	WILA	NCAA Division II
University of Memphis	Memphis, Tennessee	Tigers	2005-2011	Independent in 2011	NCLL Deep South Conference
University of Mississippi	Oxford, Mississippi	Rebels	2008-2009	SELC	MCLA Division I
University of Nebraska at Omaha	Omaha, Nebraska	Mavericks	2005-2010	ceased operations in 2010	N/A
University of South Dakota	Vermillion, South Dakota	Coyotes	2002-2010	ceased operations in 2010	N/A
Western Illinois University	Macomb, Illinois	Leathernecks	2002-2007	Chicago Division	GLLL
Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology	Terre Haute, Indiana	Fightin' Engineers	2006-2008	ceased operations in 2008	N/A

References

↑ "About the CCLA". CCLA. Retrieved January 30, 2012.

External links

Conferences in the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association

Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference Lone Star Alliance Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League Pioneer Collegiate Lacrosse League Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference Southwestern Lacrosse Conference Upper Midwest Lacrosse League Western Collegiate Lacrosse League

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