The UIndy men’s lacrosse team opened its season at home against the Panthers of Davenport University at home on Feb. 1 at noon.
The Greyhounds last season finished with a record of 11-6 overall and 4-2 in the conference. The Greyhounds are working toward a national championship and GLVC Championship which no player on the roster has received. Head Coach Greg Stocks has a record of 90-40 at UIndy and has received two GLVC coach of the year awards during his tenure.
The team’s 2024 season stats were 11-6 on the season and 4-2 in the conference, with 203 goals, 106 assists and 819 shots while allowing 148 goals, 92 assists and 529 shots. Coach Austin Grimes said he is excited and ready to go this year. In his ninth season, Grimes was promoted to associate head coach in 2024. He said the team is young after 17 seniors graduated last season. One of his goals for the season, he said, is to win a GLVC championship since they have not won since 2021.
“I’m pretty confident, as a coach should be,” Grimes said. “We’re going to have to rely on our couple upperclassmen seniors. We have a good group of those guys, and I think we’ll go as far as they will take us, and they’ve been great leaders, and having to deal with a lot younger guys than they’ve been used to in the years past. They’ve been doing fantastic with that.”
Senior Nathan Lam has put up 32 goals, with 15 assists, along with 47 points according to UIndy Athletics. The senior out of Cochrane, Alberta is looking to win a national championship as well as a conference championship. He said he is hungry and determined to get to the goals he wants to achieve and leave his final mark.
“As a guy that’s been here the past three years, I think the standards have really been set,” Lam said. “That goal is a national championship every year. We’ve made it every year that I’ve been here and a couple years before that. So that’s really the standard. But just getting there isn’t enough.”
Despite losing a majority of their starting lineup, Lam said he is confident in the returning players on the team. He said the team had a good fall and is looking forward to seeing how that translates to the spring.
“I think we had a really positive fall,” Lam said. “Obviously, a lot of guys learn new, new systems and stuff, but they learned really quick, really well. We got a lot of guys stepping into new roles. On the offensive side, such as Nick Luitweiler and Keegan Laughlin, you can expect a good year out of those guys. And on the defensive side, a couple freshmen, Mitch Carrick and Alex Score, they’re looking really good this year. So I think just from the fall where we put in the work, and we’re excited to get started here.” According to UIndy Athletics, the team is going into the season ranked No. 10 by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. It will play its next game in Gaffney, South Carolina against No. 4 ranked Limestone University.
