Upper Midwest Lacrosse Conference

Upper Midwest Lacrosse Conference
Conference	MCLA
Founded	1992
Commissioner	Derek Daehn
Sports fielded	College lacrosse;
No. of teams	15
Region	Midwest
Official website	UMLC

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]

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. In 2003, it was announced that the conference would be split into two divisions for the 2004 season and onwards.^[2] 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.^[3] The University of St. Thomas, the 2019 champion, has won 6 titles since 2009.^[4]

Teams[edit]

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Tenure	Team Nickname
Division I
Indiana University Bloomington	Bloomington, Indiana	1820	Public	45,328	2018-Present	Hoosiers
Iowa State University	Ames, Iowa	1858	Public	30,708		Cyclones
Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	1855	Public	49,808		Spartans
Miami University	Oxford Ohio	1809	Public	19,752	2018-Present	Redhawks
Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana	1869	Public	49,639	2018-Present	Boilermakers
University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1851	Public	52,376		Golden Gophers
University of Nebraska	Lincoln, Nebraska	1869	Public	24,431	2018-Present	Cornhuskers
University of Illinois	Champaign, Illinois	1867	Public	56,607	2018-Present	Fighting Illini
Western Michigan University	Kalamazoo, Michican	1903	Public	16,434	2022-Present	Broncos
Division II
Grand Valley State University	Allendale, Michigan	1960	Public	22,406		Lakers
North Dakota State University	Fargo, North Dakota	1890	Public	12,461		Bison
Saint John's University	Collegeville, Minnesota	1857	Private/Catholic (men's university)	1,643		Johnnies
University of Dayton	Dayton, Ohio	1850	Private/Catholic	11,971		Flyers
University of Minnesota–Duluth	Duluth, Minnesota	1902	Public	9,884		Bulldogs
University of St. Thomas	St. Paul, Minnesota	1885	Private/Catholic	9,347		Tommies
Division III
Butler University	Indianapolis, Indiana	1855	Private	4,500	2022-Present	Bulldogs

Former Teams[edit]


Name	Location	Mascot	Tenure	Reason for departure
Augsburg University	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Auggies	2008-2011	Defunct in 2011
Bethel University	Arden Hills, Minnesota	Royals	unknown-2014	Defunct in 2014
Carleton College	Northfield, Minnesota	Knights	unknown-2013	Defunct in 2013
Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, Michigan		2004-2022	Moved to GLLL
Illinois State University	Normal, Illinois		2018-2022	Moved to GLLL
Marquette University	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		unknown-2012	Moved to NCAA Division I Independent
Minnesota State University, Mankato	Mankato, Minnesota		1992-2019	Defunct in 2019
Minnesota State University Moorhead	Moorhead, Minnesota	Drtagons	2003-2010	Defunct in 2010
North Dakota University	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Hawks	2007-2009	Defunct in 2009
St. Cloud State University	St. Cloud, Minnesota		1992-2018	Defunct in 2018
St. Olaf College	Northfield, Minnesota	Oles	unknown-2008	Moved to GLLL
University of Kansas	Lawrence, Kansas		2018-2021	Moved to LSA, Division I
University of Missouri	Columbia, Missouri		2018-2021	Moved to LSA, Division I
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	Blugolds	unknown-2011	Defunct in 2011
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, Wisconsin	Badgers	2010-2014	Defunct in 2014
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		2010-2010	Moved to GLLL
University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point	Stevens Point, Wisconsin	Pointers	1999-2010	Defunct in 2010
Winona State University	Winona, Minnesota	Warriors	2015-2016	Defunct in 2016

Conference Championships[edit]

Division I
Year	Champion	Runner-up
1995	Minnesota Duluth
1996	Minnesota Duluth
1997	Minnesota Duluth
1998	Minnesota Duluth
1999	Minnesota	Minnesota Duluth
2000	Minnesota State, Mankato
2001	Minnesota Duluth	Iowa State
2002	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota
2003	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota
2004	Minnesota Duluth	Wisconsin–Stevens Point
2005	Minnesota	Minnesota Duluth
2006	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota
2007	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota
2008	Minnesota Duluth	St. Cloud State
2009	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota
2010	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota
2011	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota
2012	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota
2013	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota
2014	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota
2015	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota
2016	Michigan State	Western Michigan
2017	Michigan State	Pittsburgh
2018	Indiana	Purdue
2019	Minnesota	Purdue
2020	No Championship due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2021	No Championship due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2022	Minnesota	Michigan State
2023	Michigan State	Minnesota
2024	Michigan State	Minnesota

Division I Championship Records
Team	Championships	Championship Years	Runner-up	Runner-up Years
Minnesota Duluth	18	1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015	1	2005
Michigan State	4	2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024	1	2022
Minnesota	3	2005, 2019, 2022	14	2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2023, 2024
Minnesota State, Mankato	1	2000
Iowa State			1	2001
Wisconsin Stevens' Point			1	2004
Western Michigan			1	2016
Pittsburgh			1	2017
Purdue			1	2019

Note: Bold text denotes MCLA National Champion
Note: Italic text denotes MCLA National Champion runner-up

Division II
Year	Champion	Runner-up
2004	St. Johns	St. Thomas
2005	St. Johns	St. Thomas
2006	St. Thomas	St. Johns
2007	St. Johns	St. Thomas
2008	St. Johns	St. Thomas
2009	St. Thomas	St. Johns
2010	St Thomas	St. Johns
2011	St. Johns	St. Thomas
2012	St. Thomas	St. Johns
2013	St. Thomas	St. Johns
2014	St. Johns	St. Thomas
2015	St. Thomas	North Dakota State
2016	St. Thomas	Minnesota Duluth
2017	St. Thomas	St. Johns
2018	St. Thomas	North Dakota State
2019	Minnesota Duluth	St. Thomas
2020	No Championship due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2021	No Championship due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2022	St. Thomas	Grand Valley State
2023	St. Thomas	Dayton
2024	St. Thomas	Grand Valley State

Division II Championship Records
Team	Championships	Championship Years	Runner-up	Runner-up Years
St. Thomas	12	2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024	7	2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2019
St. Johns	6	2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014	6	2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017
Minnesota Duluth	1	2019	1	2016
North Dakota State			2	2015, 2018
Grand Valley State			2	2022, 2024
Dayton			1	2023

Note: Bold text denotes MCLA National Champion
Note: Italic text denotes MCLA National Champion runner-up

References[edit]

^ "About the UMLC". MCLA. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ "USLIA.com - The US Lacrosse Men's Division Intercollegiate Associates". 2003-12-02. Archived from the original on 2 December 2003. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
^ "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.
^ "2019 MCLA National Championships: St. Thomas Wins DII Title". Lacrosse All Stars. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

External links[edit]

Website

[about-1] "About the UMLC". MCLA. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[2] "USLIA.com - The US Lacrosse Men's Division Intercollegiate Associates". 2003-12-02. Archived from the original on 2 December 2003. Retrieved 2022-07-28.

[3] "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.

[4] "2019 MCLA National Championships: St. Thomas Wins DII Title". Lacrosse All Stars. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

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