Lacrosse team loses first game in Florida

Despite a strong start, the No. 20 Grand Valley State women´s lacrosse team dropped its first game at No. 9 Florida Southern, 17-12, in Lakeland, Fla.

The Lakers raced out to a 4-0 lead before FSC managed to trim the lead to 4-2. GVSU took a 7-6 lead into the break, but the Moccasins netted two quick tallies to start the second half to take an 8-7 advantage.

GVSU’s Victoria Devine and Carolyn Kraus each found the twine within 30 seconds of each other, and the match remained tight until Florida Southern ripped off a string of seven unanswered goals to charge ahead for the victory.

World University team finishes fifth in Spain

After dropping its first two games in the 2015 Winter World University Games, Team USA’s women´s ice hockey squad finished with a strong showing in Grenada, Spain.

The team, which features GVSU club players Kendra Myers and Corey Robison, topped Team Spain 9-1 in the final game of the Group A Preliminary Round.

A day later, Team USA won again, coming back to top Team Kazakhstan 3-2 in an overtime thriller. On Friday, Team USA took on Team Spain in a rematch and rolled again, this time to a 9-0 victory. Myers tallied an assist in the rout.

National champs restock with nine new faces

Fresh off back-to-back national championship titles, the Grand Valley State women´s soccer team has begun to reload.

Earlier this week, head coach Jeff Hosler announced the signing of nine student athletes for the 2015 campaign Lindsay Ebeling (Stevensville, Mich.), Mackenzie Fox (Zeeland, Mich.), Madison Ham (Lake Orion, Mich.), Tara Lierman (Holt, Mich.), Emily Maresh (Novi, Mich.), Macy Miller (Cincinnati, Ohio), Aunika Ortiz (Los Angeles, Calif.), Hannah Phommavongsa (Delton, Mich.) and Samantha Riga (Plymouth, Mich.) all signed National Letters of Intent.

All nine freshmen will join the Lakers on their hunt for another NCAA Championship next season.