The Southwestern Lacrosse Conference (SLC) is a
lacrosse
Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game w ...
-only athletic conference affiliated with the
Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association
The Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) is a national organization of non-NCAA men's college lacrosse programs. The MCLA oversees game play and conducts national championships for over 200 teams in ten conferences throughout the United ...
(MCLA). The conference incorporates teams from
California
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and
Arizona
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and is divided into three divisions, Division I, Division II, and Division III.
History
The SLC is formed from original members of the
Western Collegiate Lacrosse League
The Western Collegiate Lacrosse League (WCLL) is a conference that participates in the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA). The WCLL operates in California, Nevada, and Oregon and is split into two divisions, Division I and Division II. ...
which was the largest MCLA conference in the nation at the time. Because of rapid growth and teams spread out over a very large area, the members decided it was best to start a new conference and the SLC was born August 2008 with the blessing of the WCLL and MCLA.
Currently, the SLC has 11 Division I teams, 10 Division II teams and 2 Division III teams. The teams are members of the MCLA and the Division I and Division II conference tournament winners receive an automatic bid to the MCLA National Tournament.
The 2023 season saw the introduction of a Division III component to the conference, comprising community colleges and junior colleges. The 2025 season reorganized divisions 2 and 3 in an attempt to balance the skill level of the teams and establish a division 3 championship. Biola, Cal State Fullerton, UC Irvine, Claremont, and Long Beach State were moved down.
Teams
Former members
Championship Records
Division I
* ''Note: Bold text denotes MCLA National Champion''
* ''Note: Italic text denotes MCLA National Champion runner-up''
Division II
* ''Note: Bold text denotes MCLA National Champion''
* ''Note: Italic text denotes MCLA National Champion runner-up''
Division III
References
External links
SLC websiteOfficial MCLA website
{{MCLA Conferences
College lacrosse leagues in the United States
Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association