Channel your inner Regina George and grab your lacrosse stick because this spring sport has exploded in popularity over the last decade, spreading from its East Coast roots to the Big Ten’s Midwest and beyond.

The NCAA sponsors 34 coed and nine women’s programs across the three divisions, all competing for the same national championship.

If soccer and ice hockey had a baby, it would probably look like field hockey (or, as many collegiate players call it, fockey).

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But it’s not just the head coach (HC) leading these squads — for many teams, there’s a whole crew supporting the skipper, and graduate assistants do most of the grunt work.

In an exclusive interview with The GIST, UChicago’s Rachael Hewson Grotts, who earned her M.S. in Post-Professional Athletic Training at a DI school before her current DIII stint, spoke about how a school’s resources directly affect players’ lives.

Not to sound like a broken record, but NIL regulations (or the lack thereof) created a whole host of new challenges for athletic departments, and keeping up can feel like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole.

Today, we’re exploring college sports’ invisible infrastructure: athletic departments (ADs).

On Wednesday, three current and former Butler University women’s soccer players filed lawsuits against the team’s former athletic trainer, Michael Howell, alleging years of sexual assault and harassment.

The men’s game is a bit more populous than the women’s, with 152 programs across all divisions, including 60 DI teams across six conferences.

Cue Queen Bey, because pro women’s hockey’s experiencing a renaissance right now, and North America’s top talent has mostly filtered through the NCAA.

Fresh powder’s still months away, but there’s no better time to, ahem, peak into NCAA skiing.