Minnesota Release 2017 Schedule
MINNEAPOLIS -- The University of Minnesota's men's lacrosse team will be competing in a new league in 2017 and the Gophers will have a strong schedule to announce their arrival.
Minnesota will play in the Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association (CCLA) in '17 after previously being a founding member of the Upper Midwest Lacrosse Conference (UMLC). As such, they will have six new conference opponents on the schedule, headlined by five-time CCLA champion Michigan State.
The non-conference slate features a blend of former and local rivals along with several national powers. The early-March sojourn to Colorado to face the Buffaloes and Colorado State is the premier non-league encounters, but Indiana and Boston College also have MCLA tournament aspirations.
With the demise of UMLC Division I last year, the Gophers operated essentially as an independet, posting an 8-5 record, which included a one-goal road loss to eventual national runner-up Cal Poly.
2017 Minnesota Men's Lacrosse Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time |
| Feb. 3 | MSU-MANKATO | 8 p.m. |
| Feb. 10 | IOWA STATE | 8 p.m. |
| Feb. 11 | WESTERN MICHIGAN * | 1 p.m. |
| Feb. 12 | KANSAS | 11 a.m. |
| Feb. 18 | WINONA STATE | 1 p.m. |
| Feb. 24 | at Michigan State * | 2:45 p.m. |
| Feb. 25 | vs. Oakland (at East Lansing, Mich.) * | TBA |
| Feb. 26 | vs. Indiana (at East Lansing, Mich.) | 10 a.m. |
| March 3 | at Colorado | 7 p.m. |
| March 5 | at Colorado State | 1 p.m. |
| March 31 | CENTRAL MICHIGAN * | 7 p.m. |
| April 2 | IOWA | 1 p.m. |
| April 8 | vs. Boston College (at Buffalo, N.Y.) | 2 p.m. |
| April 9 | at Pittsburgh * | 1 p.m. |
| April 15 | ST. THOMAS | 3 p.m. |
| April 16 | DAVENPORT * | 1 p.m. |
| April 28-29 | CCLA Tournament (at TBA) | |
| May 8-13 | MCLA National Championships powered by Under Armour |
* - indicates CCLA contest