{"681964":{"#nid":"681964","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Club Lacrosse Heads to Nationals","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s lacrosse team won its third consecutive SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference championship last week, coming into the weekend ranked No. 6 and emerging victorious.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team plays in the Men\u2019s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA), which includes 183 teams across 42 states and two countries.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech brought 33 players to the SELC championship in Jacksonville, Florida, making it one of the smaller rosters in the conference. Despite ups and downs throughout the season, Head Coach Ken Lovic noted the perseverance of the team and their ability to play at a high level when it mattered most.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAt times this season, it looked like maybe we were not going to maximize our talent and rise to the challenge of stronger competition,\u201d he said. \u201cThe question was whether we could match teams that were playing their best lacrosse, were talented, and extra motivated to defeat the Jackets. And the answer was a resounding yes.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2025 MCLA National Championships take place May 5 \u2013 10 in Round Rock, Texas. Check for updates at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mcla.us\/tournaments\/championships\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emcla.us\/tournaments\/championships\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s lacrosse team won its third consecutive SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference championship last week, coming into the weekend ranked No. 6 and emerging victorious.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s lacrosse team won its third consecutive SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference championship last week, coming into the weekend ranked No. 6 and emerging victorious. "}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2025-04-22 15:59:35","changed_gmt":"2025-04-22 16:24:37","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676905":{"id":"676905","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Men\u0027s Lacrosse","body":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Men\u0027s Lacrosse\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1745337798","gmt_created":"2025-04-22 16:03:18","changed":"1745337798","gmt_changed":"2025-04-22 16:03:18","alt":"Georgia Tech Men\u0027s Lacrosse","file":{"fid":"260752","name":"KGS_8812a.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/22\/KGS_8812a.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/04\/22\/KGS_8812a.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1782708,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/04\/22\/KGS_8812a.jpg?itok=faiS_YXN"}}},"media_ids":["676905"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.gtlacrosse.com\/landing\/index","title":"Men\u0027s Lacrosse"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}