For the first time in school history, the University of Utah will sponsor men’s lacrosse as an NCAA sport starting in 2018-2019, Utah director of athletics Chris Hill announced Friday.
Men’s lacrosse is the university’s first completely new NCAA sport since women’s soccer was added back in 1995. With the addition of men’s lacrosse, Utah will support a total of 20 NCAA sports – eight of those being men’s and 12 women’s.
“A lot of research and effort went into our decision to add men’s lacrosse,” said Hill. “With several great club sports expressing an interest in achieving NCAA status, a working committee was formed to determine the parameters for adding a new sport.