High Point Panthers men's lacrosse

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High Point Panthers men’s lacrosse
High Point Panthers logo.svg
Founded2010
UniversityHigh Point University
Head coachJon Torpey (since 2010 season)
Stadium Vert Stadium (Capacity: 1,100 Chair, 3,000 Total)
Location High Point, North Carolina
Conference Big South Conference
Nickname Panthers
NCAA Tournament appearances
2015, 2021
Conference Tournament championships
2015, 2021

The High Point Panthers Men's Lacrosse team is a college lacrosse team that represents High Point University in High Point, North Carolina, United States. The school's teams are typically members of the Big South Conference, but due to the Big South not sponsoring lacrosse, the HPU men's lacrosse team has had to play as associate members of other conferences. It had played in the Atlantic Sun Conference, now known as the ASUN Conference, in the 2014 season, moving to the Southern Conference (SoCon) after that season when the SoCon took over operation of the ASUN men's lacrosse league. The Panthers remained in SoCon men's lacrosse through the 2022 season, after which they moved men's lacrosse to the newly established league of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10).

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The High Point University Athletics department announced the school was adding men's lacrosse as its 16th varsity sport on September 17, 2010. Two months later, Jon Torpey was announced as the first head coach in program history. [1]

History

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A lacrosse game between High Point and Air Force in 2016

Conference affiliations

Year by year results

SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
2013Jon Torpey 3–12
2014Jon Torpey 9–74–1T-1st
2015Jon Torpey 10–74–2T-2nd
2016Jon Torpey 9–65–23rd
2017Jon Torpey 4–102–5T-6th
2018Jon Torpey 6–86–1T-1st
2019Jon Torpey 13–36–1T-1st
2020Jon Torpey 2–6
2021Jon Torpey 8–64–1T-1st NCAA Division I First Round
2022Jon Torpey 7–82–3T-3rd
2023Jon Torpey 9–52–34th
2024Jon Torpey 7–51–1
Jon Torpey:87–86 (.503)36–20 (.643)
Total:87–86 (.503)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

All-time coaching records

Head CoachYearsWin–loss–tiePct.
Jon Torpey2013–present77-78.497

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References

  1. "Men's Lacrosse: High Point Names Jon Torpey First Men's Lacrosse Coach". Inside Lacrosse. January 9, 2021.
  2. "Conference Realignment: Atlantic Sun to Sponsor Men's Lacrosse in 2014, "Southern Conference" Finally Realized". College Crosse. January 9, 2021.
  3. "Atlantic 10 Conference Adds Men's Lacrosse as 22nd Championship Sport" (Press release). Atlantic 10 Conference !date=May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.