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Men’s and Women’s Handball slap their way to LFC’s 50th national title

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Jack Loessberg

Before coming to Lake Forest College, if someone were to walk up to me and inform me that there was a national sport that involved slapping balls, I would probably have called them crazy. Little did I know that I had walked onto a campus that was famous for playing handball since 1968. Handball is likely the most misunderstood and least talked about sport on our campus. Yet, this year, 2016, marks the year that…

Division I Handball Team Brings Home Three National Titles

Posted on March 3, 2015December 18, 2015 by Camille Lemieux

The Lake Forest College handball team won all three national championship titles, Division I Men’s, Division I Women’s, and Division I Combined, at the United States Handball Association National Collegiate Championships in Portland, Oregon on the weekend of February 21st. Coach Michael Dau ’58, a graduate of Lake Forest College, has led the handball team to the national championship every year since he began coaching at the College. Senior captains Laffey and Craghead credited the win to…