Beaver Falls, PA - Geneva College announced today that it will launch a women’s lacrosse program for the 2024-25 academic year with the spring of 2025 being the first year of competition within the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Geneva College will become the 11th member of the PAC to field a women’s lacrosse program.

“The PAC is thrilled that Geneva College has unveiled plans to add the 11th varsity women’s lacrosse program to our conference,” states PAC Commissioner Joe Onderko. “From a standing start less than 10 years ago, the PAC has grown and developed into now having all full conference members sponsor this growth sport at the varsity level. Under the leadership of President Calvin Troup and Athletic Director Van Zanic, I am confident the Golden Tornado women’s lacrosse program will quickly become competitive and represent the school and conference extremely well, both on the field and in the classroom.”

Women’s lacrosse will become the 20th varsity sport that Geneva’s student athletes can compete in. It is theseventh new varsity program for Geneva College in the last 10 years following men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men’s and women’s golf, men’s tennis, and men’s volleyball.

Dr. Calvin Troup, Geneva College President, remarks, “Lacrosse is a great sport, and we are excited to field a Golden Tornado version. Adding Women’s Lacrosse to our selection of varsity women’s sports offers us the opportunity to welcome even more female student athletes into the Geneva Community.”

Van Zanic, Chief Athletic Officer at Geneva College, also states, “We have had many conversations over the past several years about the possibility of starting a women’s lacrosse program at Geneva College. The timing to do so seems just right with the popularity explosion at the high school level, specifically within our region. We feel as though women’s lacrosse can prosper at Geneva College and we look forward to hiring our first head coach in the
next several weeks to lead our program into the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.”

Geneva College will immediately open a national search for a head coach to lead the new lacrosse program into the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. The women’s lacrosse team will play their home matches at Reeves Field on the campus of Geneva College.

Through purposeful learning in a community reflecting the full spectrum of God’s kingdom, a Geneva College experience inspires students to discover a faith-life calling in service to God and neighbor. Offering 195+ traditional undergraduate majors and programs, fully online Adult Degree Programs and high-demand graduate degrees, Geneva’s programs are recognized for their high quality and affordability. Geneva was founded and is governed by the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) and is a founding member of both the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and the International Alliance for Christian Education (IACE).