The GWLL ceased operations in 2010, as a result of Notre Dame's 2008 decision to leave the conference for the newly established Big East lacrosse conference in 2010; the remaining GWLL schools, including the Air Force Academy, University of Denver, The Ohio State University, Quinnipiac University, and Bellarmine University, joined the ECAC, as a five-team GWLL would no longer have been eligible to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA championship tournament under the rule requiring conferences to have at least six members to qualify for the bid.

Just prior to the 1997 season, Michigan State left the conference after the school dropped varsity lacrosse, leaving the league with five clubs.

Later, Butler left the GWLL when its athletic department dropped several sports programs including men's lacrosse in January 2007.

[1] Bellarmine was added to the conference in 2007 after the school began competing in Division I men's lacrosse in 2005.

[3] The following year, in 2009, Notre Dame again won the GWLL championship, defeating Ohio State 16-7 in the conference's last tournament.

"Trio of Falcons Named to All GWLL Team – United States Air Force Academy".