Strikers, Storm combine girls lacrosse programs

Richmond Strikers Lacrosse and Storm Lacrosse announced that they have joined together under the Strikers name. Strikers Lacrosse will be led by full-time directors working with experienced coaches to provide player development and nationally competitive teams, according to officials.

Strikers Girls Lacrosse hired Sue Murphy, founder and director of Storm Lacrosse, to serve as girls lacrosse director of coaching for the organization. Murphy has 28 years of coaching experience and has placed hundreds of players into collegiate programs as well as coached collegiately for 15 years and worked with US National Teams for seven years.

The program will have a college recruiting advisory board dedicated to each player's college search journey with a combined 85-plus years involved in college level lacrosse collectively placing more than 130 student-athletes.

"As the Director of Strikers lacrosse, I am thrilled to be joining together with Storm and to be working with Sue Murphy," said Director of Girls Lacrosse Kendall Adkin. "By working together, we will provide all players with the appropriate playing opportunities for all ages and abilities. Sue and I and the Strikers staff will provide players with endless benefits and the highest level of player development. By combining the highest level of girls lacrosse staff in our area, it will create the most elite environment in our sport."”

The Strikers will offer multiple travel teams for the 2018-2019 season. The current Strikers and STORM teams will continue their individual team schedules with no interruption and complete their Summer 2018 itinerary under the policies and planning of their respective clubs.

Tryouts for the 2018-19 Richmond Strikers girls lacrosse teams will be between mid-June and the end of July.

On Sunday, May 6 at 3:30 p.m., the Strikers will hold a girls lacrosse town hall at the Hilton, Short Pump. The meeting is open to the public and will address Strikers girls lacrosse information.