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UNIVERSITY SEASON STARTS NEXT WEEK

By Neil Goulding (English Lacrosse Press Officer, 07813 859986)

THE new University lacrosse seasons gets in to full swing next week, with the first full schedule of matches for the season set to be played on Wednesday 15th October.

There have already been a handful of results from the Men's and Women's Scottish Conferences respectively, but next week will be when University lacrosse teams from around the country will be looking to start the new season with a win.

Six men's matches are due to be played on Wednesday, with six women's matches also set to be contested.

The carrot for the best teams this season is a chance to play in the Championship and Trophy finals on the 12th March next year, with this season's Championship semi-finals day scheduled for 25th February 2009.

So far this season Edinburgh impressed with an 8-2 victory over Stirling in the BUCS Men's Scottish Conference, while St. Andrews hammered Aberdeen 17-1 in their opening match in the same competition.

In the Women's Scottish Conference Edinburgh A cruised to a welcome 20-0 whitewash of Stirling.

Fixtures - Wednesday 15th October

Men's matches: Southampton v Exeter, Hertfordshire v Royal Holloway, Bath v Bristol, Canterbury v Portsmouth, Keele v Manchester Uni, Lancaster v Manchester Metropolitan.

Women's games: UCL v Bristol, Cambridge v Oxford, Cardiff v Exeter, Loughborough v Durham, Newcastle v Edinburgh, Birmingham v St. Andrews.

Competitions breakdown (below):

BUCS Lacrosse - Midlands Conference
Men's 1A 2008/09
Women's 1A 2008/09
BUCS Lacrosse - Northern Conference
Men's 1A 2008/09
Men's 1B 2008/09
Women's 1A 2008/09
Women's 2A 2008/09
BUCS Lacrosse - Premier
Women's North 2008/09
Women's South 2008/09
BUCS Lacrosse - Scottish Conference
Men's 1A 2008/09
Women's 1A 2008/09

BUCS Lacrosse - South Eastern Conference
Men's 1A 2008/09
Women's 1A 2008/09
BUCS Lacrosse - Western Conference
Men's 1A 2008/09
Women's 1A 2008/09
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