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THE SCOOP] we are US Lacrosse >>THE 400K CLUB For the Love
of the Games US Lacrosse’s Liz Piper and Stephen Berger are playful people who do serious
work for the sport Liz Piper knows it’s 3 p.m. in the “west wing” of US Lacrosse headquarters when jam band Phish blares from Stephen Berger’s computer speakers. “We’ve got to pound out the last two hours of the
day,” Piper said, “and
Berger provides me with tunes.” Piper, the women’s game manager, and Berger, the men’s game manager until a recent promotion to men’s game director, are playful people with playful job titles doing serious work. They have helped drive nationwide adoption of US Lacrosse youth rules, supported the U.S. national
Believe it or not, the games are in good hands with US Lacrosse’s Stephen Berger and Liz Piper.
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May mission: add uslacrosse@
uslacrosse.org and membership@myuslacrosse .org to your email contacts.
Ann Carpenetti has been involved in women’s lacrosse as a player, umpire and administrator.
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teams, coordinated a national network of volunteers, launched sportsmanship and safety initiatives and ensured proper recognition of US Lacrosse high school All-Americans. Combined they manage 19 subcommittees dedicated to these functions and specific constituents of the games. “We have our mission and we live it,” said Berger, also a professional player with the Charlotte Hounds (see page 60). “Ours is to provide an opportunity for everyone to play but also to become involved as a coach, official or fan. We truly make it possible to be connected to the sport any way you want.” US Lacrosse embodies one sport with two distinct games. Piper and Berger emphasized the importance of maintaining that distinction, but also fostering a mutual appreciation of their qualities. No two US Lacrosse employees are better positioned to do that. Piper latched onto lacrosse as a manager for the Maryland men’s lacrosse team under Hall of Fame
Ann Carpenetti, managing director of game administration at US Lacrosse, travels to Phoenix for an American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) meeting on the development of a task force to research and produce a testing standard for a women’s lacrosse-specific headgear. Current rules allow players to wear soft headgear, but they do not provide guidance on which types of headgear may be effective at reducing certain types of injuries. The development of the task force is an important early step in researching women’s lacrosse-specific headgear. US Lacrosse previously worked with ASTM in the early 2000s to develop the standard for protective eyewear, which became mandatory in 2005.
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Thirty-two of the nation’s best collegiate non-varsity women’s teams descend upon Colorado Springs, Colo., for the US Lacrosse WCLA National Championships. Will Colorado State repeat in the Centennial State?
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