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Dominican University New York Athletics
May 30, 2007

SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM TABS RAPKIN AS HEAD COACH

The Spanish National Lacrosse Team is pleased to announce the head coach for the 2008 European Lacrosse Championships and the 2010 World Championships.

SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM TABS RAPKIN AS HEAD COACH

The Spanish National Lacrosse Team is pleased to announce the head coach for the 2008 European Lacrosse Championships and the 2010 World Championships.

 Manny Rapkin has been selected as head coach of the Spanish National Lacrosse team.  Manny Rapkin is presently the assistant coach at NCAA Division II Dominican College. His coaching career began as an assistant at Clarkstown North H.S. in New City N.Y. and continued at Desert Mountian H.S. and Saguaro H.S. in Scottsdale A.Z. Rapkin a 1978 graduate of Clarkstown North H.S. played collegiate lacrosse at Division I Siena College.  Manny is Spanish descent
through his mother.

Spain will participate in its first European Championship next year in Lathi, Finland after its first international appearance in last year's World Championship in Canada, where the National Team achieved an impressive 3-4 record for a beginner country.

Tha Spanish National Team selection will begin this summer in Madrid, Spain, during the Madrid Lacrosse  Open September 15th -16th . Any Spanish Passport holders or Canada and U.S. citizens with Spanish heritage interested in tryouts can contact Coach Rapkin at mrapkins02@aol.com.

More information at :

www.spainlacrosse.com

www.madridlacrosseopen.com

www.spainlacrosse.forogratis.es

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.