SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference

The SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference (SELC) is a lacrosse-only athletic conference affiliated with the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA). The SELC incorporates teams in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and is divided into two divisions, Division I and Division II. With 17 members, it is one of the largest of the MCLA's nine conferences. In 2021 several teams in the mid Atlantic region split off to create the Atlantic Lacrosse Conference.[1][2]

South Eastern Lacrosse Conference
ConferenceMCLA
Founded1988
CommissionerMike Dubbelde
Sports fielded
No. of teams17
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia
RegionSoutheast
Most recent
champion(s)
Georgia Tech
(Division 1) & Florida Atlantic
(Division 2)
Most titlesGeorgia Tech] (6x D1 Titles) & Elon (3x D2 Titles)
Official websitehttps://www.selc.org/

About

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The SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference (SELC) is a collegiate lacrosse club league based in the Southeastern United States. In 1988, the SELC was founded to provide for organized, regional college level lacrosse competition and to provide an outlet for high school players in the Southeast to play at the collegiate level. Since its inception, the SELC membership has expanded dramatically due to the explosive growth of high school and youth lacrosse in the Southeast.[3]

The SELC has provided consistent collegiate competition among the member teams, produced viable team/player recognition awards and stages a first-class championship event. Additionally, the league is seeing successful high school players from the typical lacrosse base of the eastern seaboard come south for educational opportunities which have improved the quality of play of these teams.

Teams

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Currently, 10 different teams are in the SELC Division I. All of the SELC DI teams are members of NCAA Division I. Currently the SELC DI league includes member schools from the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Six institutions make up the SELC Division II League. The league comprises various collegiate athletics levels.

Institution Location Founded Affiliation Enrollment Team
nickname
Primary
conference
Division I
North
University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1831 Public 38,316 Crimson Tide SEC (Division I)
University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 1785 Public 40,118 Bulldogs SEC (Division I)
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 1885 Public 43,844 Yellow Jackets ACC (Division I)
University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 1801 Public 35,471 Gamecocks SEC (Division I)
Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee 1873 Private/Non-sectarian 13,796 Commodores SEC (Division I)
South
Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 1856 Public 31,526 Tigers SEC (Division I)
University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida 1963 Public 70,406 Knights AAC (Division I)
University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 1853 Public 55,781 Gators SEC (Division I)
Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 1851 Public 45,130 Seminoles ACC (Division I)
University of South Florida Tampa, Florida 1956 Public 44,322 Bulls AAC (Division I)
Division II
North
University of North Florida Jacksonville, Florida 1969 Public 16,594 Ospreys ASUN (Division I)
Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, Georgia 1963 Public 42,983 Owls SoCon (Division I)
Georgia Southern University Statesboro, Georgia 1906 Public 27,091 Eagles Sun Belt (Division I)
South
Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida 1961 Public 30,155 Owls C-USA (Division I)
Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, Florida 1991 Public 15,929 Eagles ASUN (Division I)
University of Miami Miami, Florida 1925 Private 19,096 Hurricanes ACC (Division I)

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Championship history

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Division I Champions
Year Champion Runner-up
1988 Vanderbilt Auburn
1989 Vanderbilt Auburn
1990 Clemson Venderbilt
1991 Georgia
1992 Vanderbilt Tennessee
1993 Tennessee Venderbilt
1994 Tennessee Venderbilt
1995 Vanderbilt Emory
1996 South Carolina Emory
1997 Georgia Tech Auburn
1998 Georgia Auburn
1999 Tennessee Auburn
2000 Tennessee Virginia Tech
2001 Auburn Virginia Tech
2002 Auburn Virginia Tech
2003 Florida Virginia Tech
2004 Georgia Tech Florida
2005 Virginia Tech Florida State
2006 Florida State Virginia Tech
2007 Georgia Florida
2008 Georgia Virginia Tech
2009 Florida State Virginia Tech
2010 Florida Virginia Tech
2011 Florida State Clemson
2012 Virginia Tech Florida State
2013 Georgia Georgia Tech
2014 Virginia Tech Liberty
2015 Virginia Tech Georgia Tech
2016 Georgia Tech Liberty
2017 Georgia Tech Liberty
2018 Virginia Tech South Carolina
2019 South Carolina Georgia Tech
2020 No championship
2021 No championship
2022 South Carolina Georgia Tech
2023 Georgia Tech South Carolina
2024 Georgia Tech Florida
Division I Championship records
Team Championships Winning year Runner-up Runner-up years
Georgia Tech 6 1997, 2004, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2024 4 2013, 2015, 2019, 2022
Georgia 5 1991, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2013
Virginia Tech 5 2005, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018 8 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
Vanderbilt 4 1988, 1989, 1992, 1995 3 1990, 1993, 1994
Tennessee 4 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000 1 1992
Florida State 3 2006, 2009, 2011 2 2005, 2012
South Carolina 3 1996, 2019, 2022 1 2018, 2023
Auburn 2 2001, 2002 4 1988, 1989, 1998, 1999
Florida 2 2003, 2010 3 2004, 2007, 2024
Clemson 1 1990 1 2011
Emory 2 1995, 1996
Liberty 3 2014, 2016, 2017

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Note: Bold text indicates an MCLA National Championship winner.

Note: Italic text indicates an MCLA National Championship runner-up.

Division II Champions
Year Champion Runner-up
2003 Georgia South Florida
2004 East Carolina Florida
2005 Davidson College Central Florida
2006 Eckerd College Elon
2007 Emory UNC Charlotte
2008 Elon Emory
2009 Emory Elon
2010 Elon Kennesaw State
2011 Savannah College of Art and Design Elon
2012 Elon Kennesaw State
2013 Liberty Savannah College of Art and Design
2014 Reinhardt Kennesaw State
2015 Florida Gulf Coast Palm Beach Atlantic
2016 Reinhardt Kennesaw State
2017 Florida Gulf Coast Kennesaw State
2018 Kennesaw State Florida Gulf Coast
2019 North Florida Kennesaw State
2020 No Championship
2021 No Championship
2022 Kennesaw State Florida Gulf Coast
2023 Kennesaw State Florida Gulf Coast
2024 Florida Atlantic Kennesaw State
Division II Championship records
Team Championships Winning year Runner-up Runner-up years
Elon 3 2008, 2010, 2012 3 2006, 2009, 2011
Kennesaw State 3 2018, 2022, 2023 7 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2024
Emory 2 2007, 2009 1 2008
Reinhardt 2 2014, 2016
Florida Gulf Coast 2 2015, 2017 3 2018, 2022, 2023
Georgia 1 2003
East Carolina 1 2004
Davidson College 1 2005
Eckerd College 1 2006
Savannah College of Art and Design 1 2011 1 2013
Liberty 1 2013
North Florida 1 2019
Florida Atlantic 1 2024
South Florida 1 2003
Florida 1 2004
Central Florida 1 2005
UNC Charlotte 1 2007
Palm Beach Atlantic 1 2015

References

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  1. ^ "About the ALC - A Conference of the MCLA".
  2. ^ "MCLA Announces New Conference".
  3. ^ a b "History".
  4. ^ "Teams".
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