The Suffield lacrosse program aims to produce men of excellent character as well as lacrosse ability. Stick skills, footwork, and fitness are crucial to winning lacrosse games, and our players work to improve in all these areas. But the other skills lacrosse teaches—hard work, commitment, teamwork, determination, communication, and winning and losing with class—are paths to successful and happy lives, and they are qualities our program aims to instill.
The Suffield Academy lacrosse team has a rich tradition and an exciting present. The team enjoyed almost immediate ascendancy following its founding in 1969, including division titles in ’72 and ’73. League championships followed in ’96, ’97, and ’02, and, most recently, 2018. Suffield aims to maintain its position of prominence in western New England lacrosse while continuing to produce high-quality young men and lacrosse players. Recent Tiger alumni have gone on to play at Bucknell, Gettysburg, Ithaca, Manhattanville, Oberlin, Providence, Richmond, RIT, Rutgers, Skidmore, Trinity, and Utah, among other schools.