TEMPE, Ariz. – Not yet officially competing until the 2017-18 season, Arizona State's newest team – women's lacrosse – is not wasting any time during their 'bonus year' this season.
On top of practicing, training and scrimmaging similar to a team in-season, the Sun Devils also see the importance of giving back to their new community, both on and off campus.
One group especially important to the team is the Native American community, as they volunteered in their second event the local Native American community last weekend – the Pow Wow at ASU.
The Native American community is important to the team and the sport of lacrosse as it has its origins in a tribal game called stickball, which originated with eastern Woodlands and Plains Indians tribes in what is now the eastern United States and Canada.
Outside of Native American events, the team has also volunteered this year at the Children's Hospital, Fantasy Flight, Feed My Starving Children, the Friendship Village Retirement Community, Feed the Hunger, as well as the Healing Field and Halloween Carnival with the City of Tempe, among other opportunities.
ASU women's lacrosse officially starts competition as the Sun Devils' 26th Division I sport in fall 2017 as part of the newly created Pac-12 conference for lacrosse. Cal, USC, Stanford, Oregon, and Colorado also sponsor lacrosse and currently compete in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) until next year when the six-team Pac-12 will offer its first conference championship.
On top of practicing, training and scrimmaging similar to a team in-season, the Sun Devils also see the importance of giving back to their new community, both on and off campus.
One group especially important to the team is the Native American community, as they volunteered in their second event the local Native American community last weekend – the Pow Wow at ASU.
The Native American community is important to the team and the sport of lacrosse as it has its origins in a tribal game called stickball, which originated with eastern Woodlands and Plains Indians tribes in what is now the eastern United States and Canada.
@SunDevilWLax working hard. ?? these ???????????? #dedication #SunDevil4Life #WeServe #CommunityService #nativeamericanheritagemonth pic.twitter.com/SxBWdX6J8E
— Courtney Connor (@CourtneyMConnor) November 5, 2016
Outside of Native American events, the team has also volunteered this year at the Children's Hospital, Fantasy Flight, Feed My Starving Children, the Friendship Village Retirement Community, Feed the Hunger, as well as the Healing Field and Halloween Carnival with the City of Tempe, among other opportunities.
Great work being done in the community with #FantasyFlight @SunDevilWLax #serviceexcellence #MakeADifference #sundevils pic.twitter.com/zmADyBV6G4
— Courtney Connor (@CourtneyMConnor) December 2, 2016
ASU women's lacrosse officially starts competition as the Sun Devils' 26th Division I sport in fall 2017 as part of the newly created Pac-12 conference for lacrosse. Cal, USC, Stanford, Oregon, and Colorado also sponsor lacrosse and currently compete in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) until next year when the six-team Pac-12 will offer its first conference championship.