Star Tribune 2022 Girls Lacrosse Metro Player of the Year Claire Nelson, an Andover grad, now plays for the University of Michigan and is one of roughly 100 Minnesotans playing in the NCAA Division I, II or III men's and women's lacrosse tournaments this week. (Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Minnesota will be well-represented across the men’s and women’s NCAA lacrosse tournaments starting Wednesday, with 95 athletes in the Division I, II and III tournament fields hailing from the state.
On the Division I women’s side, Liberty attacker Taiva Reinertson, an Apple Valley grad, scored 71 points as she helped guide the Flames to their first NCAA tournament berth this season. Reinertson and three fellow Minnesotans will take on No. 8 seed Johns Hopkins on Friday in Baltimore.
Two Rivers/Gentry Academy alum Jaylen Rosga has carved out a marquee defensive role in her first season with No. 3 seed Northwestern. Rosga, who transferred from Maryland this past summer, will look to help the Wildcats make a sixth consecutive Final Four in 2025.
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