Several Lafayette outdoor sports compete and practice at the Metzgar Fields Athletic Complex, including cross country, field hockey, baseball, football, soccer, lacrosse, softball and track and field. Permanent seating for more than 1,000 spectators is available at the baseball, soccer, lacrosse, and field hockey venues. Located about three miles northwest of the College Hill campus, the field is part of an 80-acre facility which also contains fields for many of the intramural and recreational sports programs.

The Metzgar Campus has hosted a number of NCAA, ECAC, and Patriot League championships in recent years, including three rounds of the 1995 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship, and the 1991 and 1993 ECAC Division I Field Hockey Championships.

A central point of the Metzgar Campus is the Kamine Varsity House, which features state-of-the-art team rooms for baseball, field hockey, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's cross country/track & field, women's cross country/track & field and softball. Each team room is appointed with furniture and flat-panel video monitors as well as internet access. The facility renovation also includes locker facilities for visiting teams, officials and Lafayette's coaching staff as well as an air-conditioned training room with two whirlpools, an ultrasound and electrical muscle stimulator unit, and many pieces of rehabilitative equipment. Named in honor of Harold N. Kamine '78 and Kathleen Coogan Kamine '78, the Kamine Varsity House was created through the $2.5 million renovation and complete refurbishing of the McCracken Varsity House, which was constructed in 1969-70 and expanded in 1976-77. The new facility includes a plaque honoring G. Herbert and Helen K. McCracken, for whom the facility was named in 1973.

Directions

Note: If using an online mapping service for driving directions, use the Braden Airpark on Sullivan Trail in Easton, PA, 18042, Northampton County. (The Metzgar Campus is located immediately south of Braden Airpark)

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From the West -- Exit Route 22 at the 4th Street Exit (the last exit in Pennsylvania). At the end of the exit ramp turn left at the traffic light onto Bushkill Street. Proceed straight approximately 100 yards to the next traffic light and turn left onto 3rd Street and pass under Route 22. Continue straight approximately 100 yards to the base of College Hill and bear right as 3rd Street becomes College Avenue. College Avenue turns into Cattell Street (which is one block east of Lafayette's main campus). Take Cattell Street north as it winds around and turns into Sullivan Trail. The fields are located three miles from campus on Sullivan Trail on the left side of the road with a parking lot inside the main gate.

From the East -- Exit Route 22 at the second exit (marked Lafayette College) after crossing the Delaware River from Phillipsburg, NJ. Proceed straight off the exit ramp approximately 200 yards and turn right onto 3rd Street at the traffic light. Continue straight approximately 100 yards to the base of College Hill and bear right as 3rd Street becomes College Avenue. College Avenue turns into Cattell Street (which is one block east of Lafayette's main campus). Take Cattell Street north as it winds around and turns into Sullivan Trail. The fields are located three miles from campus on Sullivan Trail on the left side of the road with a parking lot inside the main gate.

From the North -- From Route 80 (east-west) take Route 33 South (exit 46A) approximately 25 miles. Take Stockertown exit. Coming off the exit, make left turn on to Route 191. At three-way traffic light, make right-hand turn on Main Street. Take Main Street eastward as it turns into Sullivan Trail. The fields are located on the right side of Sullivan Trail, about 2.5 miles from the Stockertown exit of Route 33 (just past airport).

From the South -- From the Philadelphia area, take the northeast extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike northbound and exit off for Allentown/Lehigh Valley on Route 22 east. Proceed on Route 22 east for approximately 20 miles passing Allentown and Bethlehem. Exit Route 22 at the 4th Street Exit (the last exit in Pennsylvania). At the end of the exit ramp turn left at the traffic light onto Bushkill Street. Proceed straight approximately 100 yards to the next traffic light and turn left onto 3rd Street and pass under Route 22. Continue straight approximately 100 yards to the base of College Hill and bear right as 3rd Street becomes College Avenue. College Avenue turns into Cattell Street (which is one block east of Lafayette's main campus). Take Cattell Street north as it winds around and turns into Sullivan Trail. The fields are located three miles from campus on Sullivan Trail on the left side of the road with a parking lot inside the main gate.