by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Lacrosse at Swarthmore College, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Swarthmore plays at the level of NCAA Division III without football as a member of Centennial Conference.
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The Swarthmore men’s lacrosse team fields 48 athletes.
The Swarthmore women’s lacrosse team carries 28 student athletes.
Combined, Swarthmore fields 76 lacrosse athletes — 48 on the men’s side and 28 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports Swarthmore sponsors, lacrosse comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 1 are full-time and 3 part-time. At the helm is Pat Gress.
The women’s lacrosse program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 1 work full-time and 3 part-time. At the helm is Karen E. Borbee.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 14 sports, lacrosse sits #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Swarthmore men’s lacrosse program generated $345,576 in revenue against $258,622 in expenses, netting $86,954. That works out to about $1,292 in operating expense per athlete, or $62,033 per team.
The Swarthmore women’s lacrosse program reported $343,781 in revenue against $335,297 in expenses, for a surplus of $8,484. Per athlete, that is about $1,151 in operating expense per athlete, or $32,217 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $345,576 to the women’s $343,781 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, lacrosse sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.