Men's Lacrosse Team Profile

Program Facts

• First Season: 1898
• Home Field: Clothier Field
• All-Time Program Record: 588-638-11
• Championships:  1900, 1904, 1905 Intercollegiate National Champion; 1931, 1932 MASCAC Champion; 1950, 1951 Pennsylvania State Champion; 1965, 1966, 1967, 1982, 1984, 1985 MAC Champions
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  1984
• Best NCAA Finish: First Round
• All Time Goals Leader: Joe Valis ’83 (132)
• All Time Points Leader: Orville Wright ’54 (259)
• All Time Leader Coaching Wins:  Avery Blake Jr., 180
• All-Time All-Americans: 90

Did You Know? 

• Swarthmore men’s lacrosse won four Intercollegiate National Championships (1900, 1904, 1905, 1910) and two Pennsylvania State Championships (1950, 1951).
• Six former Swarthmore men’s lacrosse players are enshrined in the Men’s Lacrosse Hall of Fame – Norris C. Barnard, Avery Blake Sr., Henry Crawford Ford, Henry Baker, Philip Lamb, and Avery Blake Jr.
• Swarthmore men’s lacrosse players have won 90 All-America awards.  Avery Blake Jr. ’53 and Stafford Metz ’50 were both four-time All-Americans at Swarthmore.