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High Point Panthers men's lacrosse

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High Point Panthers men’s lacrosse
Founded2010
UniversityHigh Point University
Head coachJon Torpey (since 2010 season)
StadiumVert Stadium (Capacity: 1,100 Chair, 3,000 Total)
LocationHigh Point, North Carolina
ConferenceBig South Conference
NicknamePanthers
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).

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

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Year by year results

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Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
2013 Jon Torpey 3–12
2014 Jon Torpey 9–7 4–1 T-1st
2015 Jon Torpey 10–7 4–2 T-2nd
2016 Jon Torpey 9–6 5–2 3rd
2017 Jon Torpey 4–10 2–5 T-6th
2018 Jon Torpey 6–8 6–1 T-1st
2019 Jon Torpey 13–3 6–1 T-1st
2020 Jon Torpey 2–6
2021 Jon Torpey 8–6 4–1 T-1st NCAA Division I First Round
2022 Jon Torpey 7–8 2–3 T-3rd
2023 Jon Torpey 9–5 2–3 4th
2024 Jon Torpey 7–5 1–1
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

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Head Coach Years Win–loss–tie Pct.
Jon Torpey 2013–present 77-78 .497

References

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  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.