Santa Barbara, CA - Tyler and Zach Baumann have signed on to coach the first year SBCC Men's Lacrosse Club. Tyler Baumann will be the Head Coach and Zach Baumann will be Associate Head Coach. A boon for the young program, the two brothers have a history of making a new lacrosse program go. The Baumann Brothers started the Southern Oregon University men's lacrosse club, an MCLA DII program, when they first enrolled as a students at the University in 2005. Where there was at first no lacrosse program there was soon a team eventually ranked as high as 7th in the country for MCAL DII. The Baumann Brothers have experience getting a program going and bring great value in this area of development for the new team at SBCC.

While at Southern Oregon Tyler Baumann led the team in scoring and averaged 5.25 points per game his junior year. Senior year he moved to midfield to fill in there after huge losses in the position due to graduation. Tyler Baumann will coach the attack and the midfield.

Coach Tyler Baumann graduated from Southern Oregon with a B.S. in Criminology and a B.S. in Video Production with an emphasis in Post Production and was a National Dean's list recipient. He resides in Santa Barbara and works at KEYT Television Station producing commercials.

Coach Zach Baumann will take charge of the defense and the goal keeping. Zack Baumann played all over the field at Southern Oregon, including stints at attack, midfield and long pole defense. Primarily a goalie though, Zach saved 52.3% of the shots taken against him over his four year career.

Zach Baumann graduated from Southern Oregon with a B.S. in Communications and a B.S. in Video Production with an emphasis in Editing. Coach Baumann resides in Santa Barbara and works at KEYT Television Station producing commercials.

Tyler Baumann MCLA Page - http://mcla.us/player/2358/tyler_baumann

Zach Baumann MCLA Page - http://mcla.us/player/2407/zach_baumann

The SBCC Men's Lacrosse Club opens up pre-season practices participating in a mini camp at UCSB this weekend.

Friday (1/20)
5:00pm - Team Meeting
6:00pm - Practice

Saturday (1/21)
3 to 5pm - Practice

Sunday (1/22)
10am to Noon - Practice

All three sessions are at the UCSB Rob Field Turf. Campus Map - http://www.aw.id.ucsb.edu/maps

Santa Barbara, CA - The women's lacrosse club at SBCC is recruiting seven more students to join the thirteen players on the team. Interested full-time SBCC students may contact head coach Ashley Antoon-Algieri. The 2012 season roster, schedule and a Team Member Info page are available on the team website.

• 2012 Season Roster
• 2012 Spring Schedule
• Team Member Information
  

Interest from beginners is welcome, although, a few more experienced players could put the talented Vaqueros at the top of title contention for the league championship. SBCC competes in the Western Women's Lacrosse League (WWLL) South Division Two. The squad is coming off a successful Fall Ball which saw them go 3-1 in scrimmages against teams already touted as in the running for the championship.

The new prospects may come from existing students who were at SBCC in the fall but haven't yet turned out. The seven may also come from new students enrolling for the first time in January and new transfers to SBCC. The transfers may be any lacrosse players who are attending another community college that doesn't have a lacrosse team but they want to play lacrosse in the spring. The solution is the SBCC Women's Lacrosse Club.

Santa Barbara, CA - A men's lacrosse club is forming at Santa Barbara City College. Full-time SBCC students interested in playing men's lacrosse in the spring should fill out the Player Info Form. Team officers Jack Gish and Nick Sheets will get the contact information as it's submitted and let prospective teammates know what to do next. 

The club has two options for the spring season. It may join with independent teams the Friars Lacrosse Club (San Diego), Tustin Lacrosse Club (Orange County), Conejo Valley Lacrosse Club (Thousand Oaks) and Shooterz Lacrosse Club (San Diego) to form a league. This option could include a post-season play-off format. SBCC may also be independent the first season and pick up scrimmages with MCLA D2 teams.

A coach will be retained once the first 15 full-time SBCC students commit to the program. Team dues will be the primary source of funding and the amount has yet to be set but will be announced soon. Questions may be directed to Jack Gish or Nick Sheets.

Jack Gish
jrgish@pipeline.sbcc.edu
(802) 989-5145

Nick Sheets
nasheets@pipeline.sbcc.edu
(330) 719-2974

Additional information may also be found on the club's Facebook Group.

Santa Barbara, CA - Former UCSB All-American attacker Ashley Antoon-Algieri is the new head coach for the women's lacrosse club at SBCC. Antoon-Algieri graduated from UCSB in June after a storied four year career that saw her become the leading all-time scorer in program history. The San Ramon, California native was a two-time captain with the Gauchos and finished her career with 295 points from 203 goals and 92 assists. Her senior year she eclipsed the century mark with 101 points from 81 goals and 20 assists. Antoon-Algieri has been coaching with the SBLA for the last two seasons and will continue to coach youth lacrosse in Santa Barbara while guiding the SBCC program.

During her junior year Antoon-Algieri's scoring contributions were slowed during a stint at midfield when she lined up at defense wing. It was a move made by UCSB head coach Paul Ramsey to try to take advantage of her quickness by putting her up on the center circle for draws and to let her use her innate defensive ability. The time playing both ends of the field may have kept her from scoring beyond the 300 point mark for her career but it will now help her as a coach.

"If I could take that position change experiment back I would but it's going to help Ashley now that she's moved into coaching," said Ramsey. "She has experience playing all over the field to draw upon."

Antoon-Algieri is pleased to now be able to contribute to the game as a coach at the college level.

"Lacrosse is a sport of endurance, perseverance, and passion on and off the field," says Antoon-Algieri. "I look forward to building a relationship with the SBCC players so we can work together to achieve excellence together."

In addition to the SBCC head coach position Antoon-Algieri will also be an assistant coach with the UCSB program as time allows. She joins first year assistant coach Anna Rogers, who is the new Head Field Hockey Coach and Assistant Women's Lacrosse Coach at UCSB.

"Everything we're doing is aimed at providing a fantastic experience for the students in our programs," said Ramsey, who helps manage the SBCC club along with SBCC Faculty/Staff Advisor Angela Warren.

"With both Anna Rogers and Ashley Antoon-Algieri on board we are in a position to provide the fantastic experience."

Santa Barbara, CA - Beginner practices and try-outs for the 2011-12 SBCC women's lacrosse club will take place the first and second week of Fall Semester. This is an open try-out process and while experience is certainly welcome it is not required. Beginners may play lacrosse at SBCC. The ability to commit to being on the team and incorporate this great team sport into your personal college experience is all that's required. Basketball, field hockey, soccer, softball and volleyball are among the different athletic backgrounds that help on a lacrosse field.

Beginner Lessons and Try-Out Schedule, August 23th - September 2nd:

• Week One - Beginner Lessons are Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Noon to 2pm.
• Week Two - Try-Outs For Everyone are Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Noon to 2pm.
• All sessions are on the turf at UCSB by the RecCen, near the main bus circle.
• Click here for directions.
  

Experienced players may come out to help with the beginner lessons. Fall Ball continues after try-outs on a Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 12 Noon to 2:00pm schedule for six weeks. Fridays feature joint scrimmages with the UCSB Fall Ball Squad once they start practice.

Sticks will be provided for beginners who would like to give it a try.  Fill out the Player Info Form on this website to get on the list to receive more information. Head coach Ashley Antoon-Algieri will get a copy of your information from the form.

Contact Angela Warren for help with getting a class schedule that fits with lacrosse practice. SBCC women's lacrosse is a club in the Office of Student Life and Angela Warren is the team advisor and also the Director of the SBCC Transfer Academy. The best thing to do is clear TThFr Noon to 2pm and Angela can help you do that.