Santa Barbara, CA - Former UC Davis defender Erin Brown will coach the SBCC women's lacrosse club. Brown, who prepped at Monte Vista High School in Northern California and graduated from there in 2001, stepped up to the Vaquero coaching position in November. A late change in plans for practice time and location resulted in Diana Garcia being unable to free herself for afternoon practices so she stepped down. Brown, in graduate school at UCSB, will be able to make the early afternoon  SBCC team practices being held on the turf at UCSB in conjunction with the UCSB team practices.

"I’m excited to have the opportunity to coach this new lacrosse program at SBCC. We have players with a range of skill levels and I look forward to bringing them together to play as a team," said Brown after finding out she would be coach of the team.

Brown continued with thoughts about getting the team ready for the season opener but then concluded with the statement, "I anticipate a successful season."

While in college Brown played for the Aggie's NCAA team. UC Davis supports both an NCAA team competing in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) and a U.S. Lacrosse WDIA team competing in the Western Women's Lacrosse League (WWLL). SBCC and UCSB both compete in the WWLL. The UCSB 'A' Team is in WWLL DI while the UCSB 'B' Team and SBCC are in WWLL DII.

Santa Barbara, CA - The Santa Barbara Ci ty College women's lacrosse club was approved as a Full Member in the Western Women's Lacrosse League at the group's meeting held today at UCSB. Membership categories in the WWLL are Full, Provisional and Associate. SBCC will compete in Division Two of the WWLL in the South Region (South DII). Full member teams are eligible for play-offs and individual players are eligible for all-league selection. The news comes on the heels of the word released yesterday that former UCSB head coach Diana Garcia will coach the Vaqueros. Additional news is that UCSB was selected as the host institution for the WWLL Championships April 18 - 19. The Gauchos will host the 8 team WWLL DI championship and the 4 team WWLL DII championship. SBCC now has the goal of competing for a spot in the play-offs to play for the championship only 8 miles up the road from their campus in the first year as a Full Member of the WWLL.

Santa Barbara, CA - Contacts for the SBCC men's and women's lacrosse team have been posted on the Officers page. Mark Rius and Sura Hussain are putting together the contact list of interested players. SBCC men please e-mail Mark with your full name, e-mail address and cell phone number. SBCC women please e-mail Sura with your full name, e-mail address and cell phone number.

SBCC female students interested in playing lacrosse during the 2008-09 academic year should attend the UCSB women's lacrosse team meeting on Friday, September 26th, from 3 to 4:30pm. The meeting is at the UCSB RecCen, Classroom 1501. SBCC female students may participate in Fall Ball with the UCSB women's lacrosse team. Practices start September 29th and are MWF from 1 to 3pm on Storke Field at UCSB. Additional details available on the Team Member Info page of the UCSB Women's Lacrosse website.