"Choosing PrestoSports was the best move we made in creating a professional and user-friendly website.  It makes updating and maintaining our website simple, fast and cost-effective."

Jason Sullivan, Assistant Director of Athletics, Bryant University

 

December 8, 2007

ECAC LACROSSE LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE AT ECACLACROSSE.COM, DIVISION I MEN'S LACROSSE LEAGUE SITE INTEGRATES WITH ECACSPORTS.COM

ROCKVILLE, Md.

- The ECAC Lacrosse League has launched a new web site through PrestoSports at www.ecaclacrosse.com. The site features schedules, statistics, news, images and more which one of the nation's top men's lacrosse conferences.

The ECAC Lacrosse League was established in 1999 and has featured eight of the nation's most successful collegiate men's lacrosse programs. The eight-team conference includes Fairfield, Georgetown, Hobart, Loyola (Md.), Massachusetts, Penn State, Rutgers and St. John's. Last season, Georgetown captured its sixth league crown.

"We're pleased to help provide a content management solution for the ECAC Lacrosse League," said PrestoSports Vice President Patrick Summers. "This web site should help provide additional exposure to these exceptional student-athletes and institutions."

The ECAC Lacrosse League site also includes a link to ticket sales for the 2008 Men's Lacrosse Championship. The event will take place May 24-26, 2008 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. Hosted by ECAC, Harvard University Athletics, Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau and Massachusetts Sport & Entertainment Commission, the three day event features the NCAA Division I, II and III championships.

The ECAC has launched an array of new web site additions in 2007 through PrestoSports. The nation's largest conference created a new administrative home at ecac.org, instituted a new officiating service that assigns more than five-thousand events, a fan-friendly home at ecacsports.com and a web site for its six Division III hockey leagues at ecacdiiihockey.com.

PrestoSports, founded in 2002, is a leading provider of athletic content management software to colleges and conference offices. It markets solutions for website design and hosting, live stats, award management, merchandising, officiating, video and photo hosting.

PrestoSports features a full-time staff with more than 40 years combined experience in collegiate athletics. It includes former sports information directors, conference administrators and experience in collegiate marketing solutions - all focused on creating innovative web solutions for the company's clients.

Summers and PrestoSports Product Manager Robb Modica both worked at the ECAC before joining the PrestoSports team. Summers was Assistant Commissioner from 1997-2003 and started as an Asa S. Bushnell intern for the 1996-97 academic year, while Modica was a member of the ECAC's prestigious internship class in 2000-01.

For more information, please contact Mike Donlin at (301) 841-7327 or via email at mike@prestosports.com.