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By Nicole Goulet

Posted on Thursday, November 15th, 2001, 12:00 am

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The University of Maine women’s lacrosse team is in the midst of joining the Eastern Club Women’s Lacrosse Association. The ECWLA consists of colleges and universities in the eastern part of the United States and includes the University of Vermont, Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, Brandeis, Brown, Fordham, Army, Rhode Island, the University of Connecticut, New York University and soon, UMaine. The schools are divided into northern and southern divisions. This will be the league’s first year. UMaine will join the ECWLA in hopes of working up to a higher league in the future.

Currently, the team is searching for a coach to help regulate, support and guide the team to a fun, successful season this coming spring. Any faculty member, staff member or student interested in taking the position can call Sadie Faulkner at 866-0802 for information.

The women’s lacrosse team has had a promising beginning, defeating Vermont and Northeastern in the team’s pre-season preparation for the spring.

After finishing the intramural season as undefeated UMaine campus champions, Beta Theta Pi played in the Nirsa Regional Flag Football tournament at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. There were seven regions in the country represented with the winner of each region going to nationals in New Orleans.

Beta Theta Pi won the round robin division by defeating Syracuse University, 31-20, and Binghampton University, 26-7.

Beta Theta Pi continued on to beat Western Connecticut in the first round, 20-13.

The team then took the quarterfinals by beating Cornell, 20-13, with a touchdown pass with eight seconds left. In the semifinal round, the team from Akron University qualified for its four straight national tournament by beating Beta Theta Pi, 31-12.

Intramural Update: In the sorority waterpolo division, Gamma Sigma Sigma beat Chi Omega, 10-4. In the fraternity division, Sigma Alpha Epsilon defeated Theta Pi, 9-3.