Santa Barbara, CA - Former University of Redlands assistant coach Lindsay Feig has accepted the head women's lacrosse coach position for the SBCC women's lacrosse club. Feig was first assistant at Redlands, an NCAA Division III program, the last two years following a successful playing career as a goal keeper. Feig will also coach at UCSB as an assistant charged with the goal keepers. UCSB assistant coach Jillian Boyd had been pulling triple duty coaching the UCSB B Team, SBCC and Laguna Blanca High School.

"Feig and I met coaching at a clinic in Orange County this past spring and I invited her to come coach at our summer camp," said UCSB head coach Paul Ramsey commenting on the SBCC addition.

"She did a great job both times and the wheels started turning as we'd been looking for a way to free up some time for Jillian."

SBCC is a starting point for many UCSB students as they earn the units and the GPA needed to transfer. SBCC and UCSB have a guaranteed transfer agreement for students who complete 60 units with a 3.2 GPA. Having a coaching staff involved in both programs ultimately leads to a better situtation for all the students involved.

Feig had this to say about her new position, "I am so excited to take the job at SBCC. I have enjoyed seeing the game spread in the Orange County area and helping spread the game to Santa Barbara and teaching the game to a new group of players is thrilling.

"I look forward to showing the game to new players as well as improving the skills of the veteran players and creating a competitive team," added Feig.

Feig will be on the SBCC campus for her first day on the job Monday. Fall Ball starts Tuesday, August 24th, for the Vaqueros with a week of beginner lessons and then try-outs start Tuesday, August 31st.

Following her successful Bulldog career on the field, Feig returned to Redlands in 2008 as the assistant women’s lacrosse coach after serving as a team leader on the women’s lacrosse team as a two-year captain. A New England native, Feig had a standout career as a goalkeeper for the women’s lacrosse team at Redlands. She received First-Team All-Region honors in 2008, ranked 15th in Division III in save percentage (.537) in 2008 and holds the program records for career saves (424), saves in a season (161 in 2008) and saves in a game (21).

In addition to her Bulldog coaching duties, Feig coached the goalkeepers for Team OC, an elite lacrosse club in Orange County the last two years. She is an avid fan of the Red Sox, the Celtics, the Patriots and the New England Revolution. Feig received her Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from Redlands in 2008. She recently received a Master degree in Higher Education at Redlands.

Santa Barbara, CA - A record number of prospects join the most returning players in the short history of the SBCC women's lacrosse program to give the team a whopping head start on the season. Fourteen new players, who are a combination of recruits and walk-ons, have already submitted their Player Info Form demonstrating they would like to play. They join up to nine possible returning players to give SBCC a pre-season roster of 23 players. It is the most the program has had and pre-season is still a little over a month away. More are expected to swell the ranks in the next 32 days before try-outs start.

All prospects and returners are listed on the Team Roster on this website. It will be revised once roster spots are finalized. One of the team advisors, UCSB Head Coach Paul Ramsey, thinks the large incoming class is a result of the growth of high school lacrosse throughout California and the limited admission opportunities at California four year schools. Nineteen of the 23 prospects are from California high schools.

"Most of these students looked at both SBCC and UCSB from the beginning of the recruiting process," commented Ramsey.

"They are now all UCSB women's lacrosse recruits just by virtue of their proximity to us and cooperation between our programs but most of them were looking at us from the get go."

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Santa Barbara, CA - Beginner practices and try-outs for the 2010-11 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 24th - September 3rd:

• Week One (8/24) - Beginner Lessons are Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Noon to 2pm.
• Week Two (8/31) - Try-Outs For Everyone are Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Noon to 2pm.

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 starting September 6th. Fridays are joint scrimmages with the UCSB Fall Ball Squad once they start practice the week of September 27th.

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 Jillian Boyd 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 11:30am to 2:30pm  (to account for travel to and from practice at UCSB) and Angela can help you do that.