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Show Westminster College Salt Lake City, Utah a VOLULME XLII: ISSUE AUGUST 25, 2008 WWW.THEWESTMINSTERFORUM.COM 1 Westminster team claims first national title Men's Lacrosse wins 2008 MCLA Division II Championship The Westminster Griffins mens lacrosse team claimed the first national title in school history with a 17-1- 0 thrashing of Grand Valley State (Mich.) at the Mens Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) Championship, May 17 in Irving, Texas. The Griffins led 4-- 1 after the opening quarter and 10-- 3 at the halftime intermission. However, Grand 14-1Valley State made a late run to cut the score to 0 with just ten minutes left, but the Griffins went on to score the games final three goals. In just the second year of the lacrosse program at the school, the team earned the first national championship in the schools 133-yehistory. We played hard all four quarters, said Assistant Coach David Long, who was leading the team so Head Coach Mason Goodhand could attend his sons college graduation. Grand Valley is a good team and they kept coming back at us. .. .1 was glad for our big lead. Roman Schoewe tallied six goals for the Griffins on his way to being named the Player of the Game. SchoeTeam. James we was also named to the Brand tallied two goals and handed out three assists and Team. was also named to the Following the season, five Griffin lacrosse players were earned MCLA Academic honors, seven players were named to the MCLA Division II Team and 10 members earned Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference Division II honors. 1 i 4 t f I ar i -- y J-- j ent ent All-Ameri- All-Americ- . 4?jf I can i an 1 All-Confere- The Mens Lacrosse team celebrates their victory. UCCD, Westminster host Maibach EABC CEO kicks off Executive Lecture Series Westminster College and the Utah Council of Citizen Diplomacy are set to present a lecture by Michael Maibach on Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Vieve Gore Concert Hall in the Emma Ecdes Jones ConserTrans-Atlant- ic Trade Mega-Trend- s: vatory. Entitled 2008-09 Ties &. Frayed Ties, the lecture is part of the American Express Weldon J. Taylor Executive Lecture Series. The Trans-Atlant- ic relationship is the single largest commercial relationship in the world. The powerful bilateral relationship fosters competiveness, economic growth and stability between the United States and Europe, as well as much of the world. However, as strong as the economic relationship is, the sociopolitical ties have been frayed by the Iraq War and wont be resolved without strong commitments from leaders on both sides of the Atlantic. Maibach has been president and CEO of the Business Council (EABC) since 2003. The EABC is an independent global business association of 75 companies with a win-w- in philosophy that supports unrestricted transatlantic investment and trade between the United States and Europe. Prior to heading EABC, Maibach served as vice president of government affairs at the Intel Corporation from 1983 to 2001. He holds several degrees, and has published dozens of essays on business, trade, technology and government. All lectures are free and open to the public. The 2008-200- 9 American Express Weldon J. Taylor Executive Lecture Series, in partnership with the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacys Ambassador John Price and Marcia Price World Affairs Lecture Series, is a learning-lectur- e experience that features distinguished speakers who are leading authorities in their field. Many topics are related to business management, leadership, social entrepreneurship, and international issues. For more information, visit Westminster college. educulturalevents, or utahdiplomacy.org. |
