{"id":12474,"date":"2025-06-19T09:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/?post_type=campus_story&#038;p=12474"},"modified":"2025-06-19T09:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:11:05","slug":"womens-lacrosse-program-to-be-affiliate-member-of-wiac","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/womens-lacrosse-program-to-be-affiliate-member-of-wiac\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s lacrosse program to be affiliate member of WIAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/06\/SUP_WIAC-lacrosse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/06\/SUP_WIAC-lacrosse-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Graphic of UW-Superior lacrosse WIAC participation\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/06\/SUP_WIAC-lacrosse-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/06\/SUP_WIAC-lacrosse-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/06\/SUP_WIAC-lacrosse-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/06\/SUP_WIAC-lacrosse-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/06\/SUP_WIAC-lacrosse.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The University of Wisconsin-Superior and Yellowjacket Athletics have announced the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwsyellowjackets.com\/sports\/wlax\">Yellowjacket women\u2019s lacrosse<\/a>\u00a0program has been approved as an affiliate member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC).<\/p>\n<p>UW-Superior, who is currently an affiliate member of the WIAC in men\u2019s and women\u2019s ice hockey and was a full conference member until joining the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) in 2015, will begin varsity women\u2019s lacrosse play during the 2026-27 year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to be joining the WIAC and offer a strong competitive home for our women\u2019s lacrosse program. Our membership aligns with our goal of providing our student-athletes with a competitive and rewarding experience,\u201d said UW-Superior Director of Athletics\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwsyellowjackets.com\/staff-directory\/nick-bursik\/46\">Nick Bursik<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The WIAC is currently in its fourth season of sponsoring women\u2019s lacrosse as a championship sport, and the circuit will begin receiving an automatic qualifier into the NCAA tournament in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to add another affiliate member in women\u2019s lacrosse,\u201d commented WIAC Commissioner Danielle Harris. \u201cUW-Superior will fit in very well with our current membership as women\u2019s lacrosse continues to expand in the Midwest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UW-Superior is currently searching for the women\u2019s lacrosse program\u2019s first head coach, with a candidate expected to be hired in the next several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the UW-Superior women\u2019s lacrosse program, contact Yellowjacket Athletics at 715-395-4619.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Written by UW-Superior<\/p>\n<p>Link to original story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwsuper.edu\/about\/news\/womens-lacrosse-program-to-be-affiliate-member-of-wiac\/\">https:\/\/www.uwsuper.edu\/about\/news\/womens-lacrosse-program-to-be-affiliate-member-of-wiac\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Wisconsin-Superior and Yellowjacket Athletics have announced the\u00a0Yellowjacket women\u2019s lacrosse\u00a0program has been approved as an affiliate member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC). UW-Superior, who is currently an affiliate member of the WIAC in men\u2019s and women\u2019s ice hockey and was a full conference member until joining the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":12477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","institution":[110],"story_category":[],"class_list":["post-12474","campus_story","type-campus_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","institution-uw-superior"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campus_story\/12474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campus_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/campus_story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"institution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/institution?post=12474"},{"taxonomy":"story_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story_category?post=12474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}