<p>UCSB is in a great surfing spot, but its top-ranked lacrosse team is club, not D1 or D3. Any schools out there close to good surfing also with a good D1 or D3 lacrosse team?</p>
<p>Well, Duke's team came in runners-up in the national championship this year, and the beach is about 2 to 2 1/2 hours away. Not exactly like you could go every day, but it's close enough for a weekend trip, easily. UNC has a team, too. That's just what I thought of off the top of my head though - check out <a href="http://www2.ncaa.org/sports/spring/lacrosse/mens/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www2.ncaa.org/sports/spring/lacrosse/mens/index.html</a> for other lax schools near the coast.</p>
<p>what about Pepperdine?</p>
<p>Whittier College is the only California school listed with the NCAA with a Div. III Men's Lacrosse team. It's not too far from the beach.</p>
<p>surfing + lacrosse + computer engineering were my sons primary criteria. He just wants to continue to play lacrosse for fun and wanted a club team. His choice was Cal Poly San Luis Obispo - great computer engineering program, surging within 15 minutes and good club lacrosse team.</p>
<p>Kluge is right - Whittier College is the sole school in CA that has a Division III program. The Poets are quite good, too. They reached the NCAA quarterfinals in 2002, the NCAA Final Four in 2003, and the NCAA second round in 2004. Their schedule regularly includes a trip to Ohio where they often play Division III powers, Denison and Ohio Wesleyan.</p>
<p>If Whittier doesn't seem like a good fit, you just may want to explore club lacrosse in CA. Club lacrosse is really taking off and becoming very competitive. UCSB, UC San Diego, Chapman, Cal Poly, and the University of San Diego (USD) all have good programs and all are reasonably close to the beach. For information about club lacrosse, check out the Western Collegiate Lacrosse League web site (<a href="http://www.wcll.com)%5B/url%5D">www.wcll.com)</a>.</p>
<p>Why not D2?</p>
<p>University of San Diego. Great beaches, great lacrosse.</p>
<p>D3 is probably the most feasible for my S....D1 doubtful, & he'd rather not have a full time job like that in college anyway. (unless he's smart enough to go Ivy perhaps). Club is definitely worth a consideration, but lacks the hook a regular program would provide. UCSB won the 2004 club title I think, and other Cali schools like Pomona have teams. Also interested in other east coast possibilities like Brown in RI (granted its D1).</p>
<p>You may want to consider the east coast surf spots :) Slim pickin's out here!!</p>
<p>does anyone know of any college surfing association web sites? </p>
<p>Can't find any, but I've found the same in just about every other "club" sport. I hope to ID schools that have some type of organized surfing activity.......that way I can correlate surfing w/ lacrosse.</p>
<p>If he's willing to brave the cold, a number of schools are within short driving distance of some good breaks (Rye Rocks etc.) in New Hampshire...but it means dealing with water a few degrees above freezing in the winter (but well worth it if he's an avid surfer).</p>