Upper Midwest Lacrosse Conference

The Upper Midwest Lacrosse Conference (UMLC) is a men's college club lacrosse conference in the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA). The UMLC includes teams in the midwest in two divisions - nine teams in Division I and six teams in Division II.[1]

Upper Midwest Lacrosse Conference
UMLC
Established1992
AssociationMCLA
Members15
Sports fielded
RegionMidwest
CommissionerDerek Daehn
WebsiteUMLC

The conference was established in 1992 when college teams in Minnesota that were playing a loose schedule of tournament weekends decided to organize into a league that had a specific schedule and end of the season tournament. In 2000, the UMLC was accepted into the US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates, which became the MCLA in 2006. The conference was known as the Upper Midwest Lacrosse League until 2011.

UMLC Division II teams have dominated at the MCLA National Championships, winning 9 of the last 11 title games.[2] The University of St. Thomas, the 2019 champion, has won 6 titles since 2009.[3]

Teams
Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment Team Nickname Primary conference
Division I
University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, Illinois 1867 Public 49,300 Fighting Illini Big Ten (Division I)
Illinois State University Normal, Illinois 1857 Public 20,800 Redbirds Missouri Valley (Division I / FCS)
Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 1820 Public 48,500 Hoosiers Big Ten (Division I)
Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1858 Public 30,400 Cyclones Big 12 (Division I)
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 1865 Public 28,100 Jayhawks Big 12 (Division I)
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 1851 Public 47,800 Golden Gophers Big Ten (Division I)
University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 1839 Public 30,900 Tigers SEC (Division I)
University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska 1869 Public 33,300 Cornhuskers Big Ten (Division I)
Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana 1869 Public 39,500 Boilermakers Big Ten (Division I)
Division II
University of Dayton Dayton, Ohio 1850 Private/Catholic 8,000 Flyers Atlantic 10 (Division I / FCS)
Grand Valley State University Allendale, Michigan 1960 Public 22,000 Lakers GLIAC (Division II)
University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, Minnesota 1902 Public 11,729 Bulldogs Northern Sun (Division II)
North Dakota State Fargo, North Dakota 1890 Public 11,984 Bison Summit League (Division I / FCS)
Saint John's University Collegeville, Minnesota 1857 Private/Catholic/all men 1,754 Johnnies MIAC (Division III)
University of St. Thomas St. Paul, Minnesota 1885 Private/Catholic 6,111 Tommies MIAC (Division III)

References
  1. "About the UMLC". MCLA. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. "D-II Championship Records". MCLA. Retrieved 24 June 2019. Grand Valley State (2014) and Dayton (2015) were not in the UMLC at the time of their titles.
  3. "2019 MCLA National Championships: St. Thomas Wins DII Title". Lacrosse All Stars. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
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