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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:110%;" |BYU Cougars Lacrosse
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| '''Head Coach''' || Jason Lamb
14th Year, 179-60
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| '''Home Field''' || South Field
Capacity: 2,178
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| colspan="2" | '''Division'''
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* [[Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association]]
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| colspan="2" | '''Conference Affiliation'''
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*[http://www.rmlax.com/ Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference]
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| colspan="2" | '''Team Records'''
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* All-Time: 187-64
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| colspan="2" | '''National Championships (3)
*1997, 2000, 2007
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| colspan="2" | '''Conference Championships (6)'''
*1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007
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The [[Brigham Young University]] Men's [[lacrosse]] team competes in the [[Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association]] (MCLA) and in the [http://www.rmlax.com/ Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference] (RMLC). The MCLA is a club lacrosse league and it's teams receive no funding from their representative colleges or the [[NCAA]]. This means that no scholarships are awarded to its athletes; most athletes have to pay team dues to play on the team. Despite the lack of recruiting ability, the BYU Lacrosse team has fared well in the MCLA; they have had consecutive winning seasons since 1996.
The team is notable for their high turnover rate of athletes from year to year and the large percentage of freshmen on the team. This is due to many of the players serving missions for [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]], which creates many vacant positions for incoming freshmen classes.
The BYU Cougars lacrosse team defeated the [[Oregon Ducks]] to become the MCLA National Champions in 2007 and look to defend their title in 2008.
==History==
The BYU Lacrosse team was founded in 1975; however, significant records of the team only date back to 1995 when Jason Lamb began his tenure as head coach.
The BYU Lacrosse team had four wins and five losses (4-5) in their first season under Coach Lamb, accounting for their only losing season on record. The Cougars went 13-3 in his second season and have not had a losing season since. The team’s worst record since 1995 came in 2006 when they went 12-8, although during the 2006 national tournament they advanced to the Final Four.{{cite web
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During the 2007 season, the national championship game was to be rescheduled to a Sunday due to a conflict with a game for the [[United States women's national soccer team]]. The BYU Cougars—predominately an [[LDS]] team—refused to play on Sunday; the MCLA agreed to reschedule the tournament for the following week.
The Cougars won the national championship in 1997, 2000, and 2007. The Cougars have won the RMLC championship six times in the past 14 years, capturing the title in 1997-1999, 2001, 2005, and 2007.
==Season-by-season Record (since 1995)==
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! Season
! Head Coach
! Overall Record
! Postseason
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| 1995
| Jason Lamb
| 4-5
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| 1996
| Jason Lamb
| 13-3
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|1997
|Jason Lamb
|15-2
|RMLC & MCLA Champions
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|1998
|Jason Lamb
|13-4
|RMLC Champions
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|1999
|Jason Lamb
|15-3
|RMLC Champions
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|2000
|Jason Lamb
|15-5
|MCLA National Champions
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|2001
|Jason Lamb
|15-5
|RMLC Champions
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|2002
|Jason Lamb
|17-6
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|2003
|Jason Lamb
|13-6
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|2004
|Jason Lamb
|13-6
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|2005
|Jason Lamb
|14-5
|RMLC Champions
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|2006
|Jason Lamb
|12-8
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|2007
|Jason Lamb
|20-2
|RMLC and MCLA National Champions
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==Honors and Awards==
===All-Americans===
*2007-Mark Davis - First Team
*2007-Justin Hier - First Team
*2007-Tyler Monteath - First Team
*2007-Ted Ferrin - Second Team
*2007-Zach Davis - Second Team
*2007-Jordan Harris - Second Team
*2007-Murphy Smith - Second Team
*2007-Christian Kikumoto - Honorable Mention
*2007-Jason Lamb - Sam Sadtler Service Award
*2006-Marshall Kay - First Team
*2006-Tyler Monteath - First Team
*2006-Jordan Harris - Second Team
*2006-Daniel Cole - Second Team
*2005-Cameron Archibald-First Team
*2005-Mark Tschagenny-First Team
*2005-Mark Davis-Third Team
*2005-Brian Kubesh-Honorable Mention
*2004-Mark Tschagenny-First Team
*2004-Taylor Cotterell-First Team
*2004-Jordan Peel-First Team
*2004-Justin Hier-Third Team
*2003-Jimmy Young-First Team
*2003-Mark Tschagenny-Second Team
*2003-Jordan Peel-Second Team
*2003-Jordan Archibald-Third Team
*2003-Morris Poole-Honorable Mention
*2003-Tyler Storer-Honorable Mention
*2002-Jordan Archibald-First Team
*2002-Aaron Quiggle-First Team
*2002-Rex Hardy-Second Team
*2002-David Rueckert-Second Team
*2002-Jimmy Young-Honorable Mention
*2002-Ryan Andrus-Academic
*2002-Glen Makechnie-Academic
*2001-Rex Hardy-First Team
*2001-Steve Austin-First Team
*2001-Aaron Quiggle-First Team
*2001-Troy Taylor-Second Team
*2001-Jimmy Young-Third Team
*2001-Clinton Felsted-Honorable Mention
*2000-Rex Hardy-First Team
*2000-Steve Austin-First Team
*2000-Marc Hemeon-First Team
*2000-Stuart Hunt-First Team
*2000-Dave Johnson-First Team
*2000-Jordan Archibald-Academic
*2000-Tommy Hawes-Academic
*2000-Dan Murdock-Academic
*1999-Jared Archibald-First Team
*1999-Matt Davis-First Team
*1999-Clinton Felsted-First Team
*1999-Stuart Hunt-First Team
*1999-Dave Johnson-First Team
*1999-Jon Lee-First Team
*1999-Dan Murdock-First Team
==See also==
*[http://www.lds.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Website]
*[http://www.byu.edu Brigham Young University Website]
==References==
8 comments:
You guys maintained a professional tone, and it sounds like an encyclopedia article. However, there were some grammatical errors. That you should work on such as its vs. it's.
Your summary at the very beginning should be a bit more broad you mention too many specifics for it to be a summary
I'd agree with the summary bit. Use what you have as you body, and then extract a summary from that.
Nice article it seems like you have a lot of information.
Good article and lots of information about the team. The summary is good except the last half seems to specific for a summary. Maybe create another section for BYU's recruiting situation?
I like everything about this article; however, I did notice that the summary does start to get a little too specific near the end. Maybe try to broaden it or make another section or two. Other than that the article looks great.
Awesome job on this one. I like all the statistics that you guys list. My only suggestion would be to find more than one award that could apply to your topic.
I admire the effort that you put into the formatting of your article. Well done.
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