As someone who has covered college lacrosse for the better part of the past three decades, I have witnessed considerable change.
At the Division I level, the game has altered dramatically since I attended my first Final Four at Delaware in 1984. I’ve seen football schools such as Notre Dame and Ohio State develop into national powers. Both the Fighting Irish and Buckeyes, who never took lacrosse seriously until the 1990s, have been in the NCAA championship game over the last four years.
I’ve also watched many of the traditional powers suffer through prolonged periods of struggle.