La Salle Field Hockey Complex
La Salle University is looking to build an on-campus field hockey complex. The $2.5 million project will greatly enhance the student-athlete experience for the Explorers' field hockey team. Our current playing surface on campus is Field Turf, which puts us at a disadvantage for scheduling games and practicing. We are asking alumni, friends, and family of the program to support this priority initiative by giving back philanthropically.
La Salle has a rich field hockey tradition, highlighted by a AIAW Championship in 1980. In only its sixth year of competition, and in the eleventh year of coeducation at La Salle, the Explorers won the Eastern title at Loyola of Baltimore, then swept through Northeastern, Eastern Illinois, Denver, and Southwest Missouri State to win the AIAW [Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women] (Division II) crown. The team finished with a 19-6 record, winning their last 12 games. The 1980 La Salle Field Hockey team is in the La Salle Hall Of Athletes.
With the construction of a new field hockey complex adjacent to TruMark Financial Center, La Salle looks to give its student-athletes a championship experience and give the team an opportunity to compete for championships for years to come.
