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This will be my first time covering college lacrosse. I'm expanding my efforts to cover a variety of college sports as I debut college lacrosse, college baseball, and college softball. This one, however, is about collegiate lacrosse. I'm going to introduce you to lacrosse based on what I've learned about the sport.
I mostly focus on the NCAA. Lacrosse is a sport that I've seen as a combination of four sports:
* Football: games take place usually on football fields or soccer stadiums. Referees throw pentalty flags to issue penalties.
* Basketball: trying to set up plays can be like setting up a motion offense or a three-man weave. These can usually be high-scoring contests like an intense basketball match.
* Hockey: players use lacrosse nets and have adequate protection with body armor and stuff. You'll see players sometimes whack opposing players with their lacrosse nets to force turnovers. There are also man advantages as players can get called for penalties. Also important to hockey is attacking the goal by setting up screens and making the goalkeeper look silly.
* Soccer: you have your share of defenders, mid-fielders, and more.
College lacrosse is a great field sport. It's always great to see rival colleges and universities make plenty of noise on the field. Look out for teams like Duke, Loyola College, Johns Hopkins (usually a Division 3 team in most other sports, but Divsion 1 in lacrosse), Syracuse, Denver, and many more teams all compete. Duke University had been famous a few years ago in lacrosse, but for all the wrong reasons. Since then, they have maintained their poise and just go out and play. Games can take place in the rain and even in the snow. It's classified as a Spring sport, like baseball. The NCAA tournament is where you want to be. There have been NCAA tournament matches in lacrosse for men since 1971 when Cornell beat Maryland 12-6. The women's championship has been around since 1982 when Massachusetts defeated the College of New Jersey 9-6. The defending champions for men and women are the following:
--- Men's Lacrosse Defending Champions ---
Division 1: Johns Hopkins
Division 2: Le-Moyne (2-time defending champions)
Division 3: Salisbury
--- Women's Lacrosse Defending Champions ---
Division 1: Northwestern (3-time defending champions)
Division 2: C.W. Post
Division 3: Franklin and Marshall
I'll make limited contributions to this sport. Hope you can help contribute to this discussion.
I mostly focus on the NCAA. Lacrosse is a sport that I've seen as a combination of four sports:
* Football: games take place usually on football fields or soccer stadiums. Referees throw pentalty flags to issue penalties.
* Basketball: trying to set up plays can be like setting up a motion offense or a three-man weave. These can usually be high-scoring contests like an intense basketball match.
* Hockey: players use lacrosse nets and have adequate protection with body armor and stuff. You'll see players sometimes whack opposing players with their lacrosse nets to force turnovers. There are also man advantages as players can get called for penalties. Also important to hockey is attacking the goal by setting up screens and making the goalkeeper look silly.
* Soccer: you have your share of defenders, mid-fielders, and more.
College lacrosse is a great field sport. It's always great to see rival colleges and universities make plenty of noise on the field. Look out for teams like Duke, Loyola College, Johns Hopkins (usually a Division 3 team in most other sports, but Divsion 1 in lacrosse), Syracuse, Denver, and many more teams all compete. Duke University had been famous a few years ago in lacrosse, but for all the wrong reasons. Since then, they have maintained their poise and just go out and play. Games can take place in the rain and even in the snow. It's classified as a Spring sport, like baseball. The NCAA tournament is where you want to be. There have been NCAA tournament matches in lacrosse for men since 1971 when Cornell beat Maryland 12-6. The women's championship has been around since 1982 when Massachusetts defeated the College of New Jersey 9-6. The defending champions for men and women are the following:
--- Men's Lacrosse Defending Champions ---
Division 1: Johns Hopkins
Division 2: Le-Moyne (2-time defending champions)
Division 3: Salisbury
--- Women's Lacrosse Defending Champions ---
Division 1: Northwestern (3-time defending champions)
Division 2: C.W. Post
Division 3: Franklin and Marshall
I'll make limited contributions to this sport. Hope you can help contribute to this discussion.
