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New club sport brings more options to Tech students

A new sport has come to Louisiana Tech.

Though not yet a varsity sport, lacrosse is the new game Tech has to offer.

Tech is in Division II of the Lone Star Alliance (LSA) in the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA). The LSA is composed of 22 teams throughout Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. Other notable schools in Division II are: Southeastern Louisiana, the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Rice and Baylor. Division I has: Texas Tech, Texas, LSU and so on.

John Watts, head coach for Tech, said the process of getting lacrosse to Tech started about seven months ago, while rumors have swirled for quite some time.