SPAIN GIRLS LACROSSE TOUR

Experience the world through lacrosse!

Strengthen your lacrosse skills and experience the best of Spain during our nine-day Girls Lacrosse Tour!

This tour is designed for high school athletes and includes lacrosse training, exhibition games versus local club teams, leadership development, and international adventure. Our tours are led by current US collegiate coaches––who provide students with an insight of playing at the collegiate level, as well as share their experience with what it takes to be a team leader.

Students who thrive on Beyond Sports tours are eager learners. They are excited to learn more about the game, themselves, and the world around them.

Students return home with...

Enhanced confidence and independence
Knowledge of how to take their game to the next level
Greater cultural awareness
Connections with likeminded peers and mentors
A stimulated sense of adventure!

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Lacrosse Tour Details

Destination: Spain

Length: Nine days, eight nights

Dates: July 2024

Participants:

This tour is designed for high school girls lacrosse athletes in the graduating classes of 2024 through 2026.

Tour Coach:

Katie Russo, Head Women's Lacrosse Coach at Goucher College, will travel with and coach our 2024 tour athletes. Learn more about Coach Russo below.

Roster Size:

This tour is capped at 24 student-athletes and will be divided up into two rosters of 12. All participants will receive equal playing time.

Tour Inclusions:

Eight nights of accommodations (four nights in Barcelona, four nights in Valencia) and three meals per day

Six lacrosse development sessions––this includes three practices led by US collegiate coaches and three exhibition games against local Spanish clubs teams

Three athlete-centered leadership development workshops and a minimum of one service-learning activity

Visits to La Sagrada Familia, Park Guell, Camp Nou, and the City of Arts & Science

24/7 Beyond Sports staff accompaniment

International health insurance

Testimonials

Program Alum

"Every aspect of the trip was incredible. I had so much fun. I learned about myself and skills that will help me, got to experience so many new things, and met so many amazing people. Being able to play lacrosse, the sport I love, in another country was an opportunity that I would have never imagined would come my way."

Former Tour Coach

"You won't regret the decision to say YES! It is a great experience to play your sport, travel to see another country and create memories with new friends! I had a great experience and would recommend this organization to anyone!! From beginning to end the staff and our tour guides we AMAZING!! Super grateful for the opportunity to be apart of the program."

Parent of Program Alum

"My daughter keeps telling people that, 'It was the experience of a lifetime, the best thing I've ever done.' To hear these words every time that someone asks makes it worth the cost and nerves of sending her abroad."

Tour Coach

Katie Russo

Head Women's Lacrosse Coach | Goucher College

Russo is in her eighth year of collegiate lacrosse coaching. She was a four-year starter and captain for the Randolph-Macon College––tallying 89 goals and 66 assists for 155 points. Russo started as the head coach at Goucher College in November 2022. Prior to Goucher College, Russo served as the head coach at Eastern Mennonite where she helped the team achieve it's first winning season.

Russo is excited to share her passions for lacrosse, youth mentorship, and adventure with our Spain Girls Lacrosse Tour participants this summer!