Freshman midfielder Summer Abdalla fights for a loose ball during the game against Virginia Commonwealth University at the CMU Soccer/Lacrosse Complex, Sunday, March 13, 2016.
While most Central Michigan athletic teams play in the Mid-American Conference, one program is playing out of the MAC.
The Central Michigan lacrosse team, part of the nine-member Atlantic Sun Conference, begins conference play on Wednesday. Lacrosse is the only CMU athletic program that is not a member of the MAC since the conference does not sponsor lacrosse.
CMU is predicted to finish eighth in the A-Sun, according to the preseason coaches poll.