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Lacrosse

Index Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 180 relations: Albany FireWolves, Aluminium, Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse, Atlanta, Australia women's national lacrosse team, Baltimore, Baltimore Ride, Boston Storm (UWLX), Box lacrosse, Bryn Mawr School, Buffalo Bandits, Canada, Canada men's national lacrosse team, Canada national indoor lacrosse team, Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association, Chesapeake Bayhawks, Cleat (shoe), College sports, Contact sport, Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse, Demonstration sport, Denver Outlaws, Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse, Empower Field at Mile High, England Lacrosse, England women's national lacrosse team, Europe, European Lacrosse Championships, European Lacrosse Federation, Fiberglass, Field hockey, Field lacrosse, FIIC Intercrosse World Championship, First Nations in Canada, Forbes, Gaelic games, Goaltender (box lacrosse), Goaltender (field lacrosse), Harvard University, Haudenosaunee men's national lacrosse team, Haudenosaunee national indoor lacrosse team, Haudenosaunee women's national lacrosse team, Hurling, Ice hockey rink, Indigenous North American stickball, Indigenous peoples in Canada, Intercrosse, International Olympic Committee, Internet Archive, Iroquois, ... Expand index (130 more) »

  2. Former Summer Olympic sports
  3. Native American sports and games
  4. Sports originating in Canada
  5. Stick sports

Albany FireWolves

The Albany FireWolves are a professional box lacrosse team based in Albany, New York.

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Aluminium

Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse

Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse is a professional women's lacrosse league.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Australia women's national lacrosse team

The Australia women's national lacrosse team represents Australia at women's lacrosse.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Baltimore Ride

The Baltimore Ride were a United Women's Lacrosse League (UWLX) professional women's field lacrosse team based in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Boston Storm (UWLX)

The Boston Storm are a United Women's Lacrosse League (UWLX) professional women's field lacrosse team based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Box lacrosse

Box lacrosse, also known as boxla, box, or indoor lacrosse, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America.

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Bryn Mawr School

Bryn Mawr School, founded in 1885 as the first college-preparatory school for girls in the United States, is an independent, nonsectarian all-girls school for grades PK-12, with a coed preschool.

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Buffalo Bandits

The Buffalo Bandits are a professional box lacrosse team of the National Lacrosse League (NLL).

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Canada men's national lacrosse team

The Canadian men's national lacrosse team represents Canada in men's international lacrosse competitions.

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Canada national indoor lacrosse team

The Canada national indoor lacrosse team represents Canada in international tournaments of indoor lacrosse.

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Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association

The Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA) is an association of men's field lacrosse teams connected with several universities in Ontario and Quebec.

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Chesapeake Bayhawks

The Chesapeake Bayhawks were a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) professional men's field lacrosse team based in Annapolis, Maryland.

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Cleat (shoe)

Cleats or studs are protrusions on the sole of a shoe or on an external attachment to a shoe that provide additional traction on a soft or slippery surface.

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College sports

College sports or college athletics encompasses non-professional, collegiate and university-level competitive sports and games.

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Contact sport

A contact sport is any sport where physical contact between competitors, or their environment, is an integral part of the game.

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Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse

The Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse team represents Cornell University in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse.

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Demonstration sport

A demonstration sport, or exhibition sport, is a sport which is played to promote it, rather than as part of standard medal competition.

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Denver Outlaws

The Denver Outlaws are a professional men's field lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado.

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Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse

The Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse team represents Duke University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's lacrosse.

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Empower Field at Mile High

Empower Field at Mile High (previously known as Broncos Stadium at Mile High, Invesco Field at Mile High, and Sports Authority Field at Mile High, and commonly known as Mile High, New Mile High, or Mile High Stadium) is an American football stadium in Denver, Colorado, United States.

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England Lacrosse

England Lacrosse is the national governing body for lacrosse in England.

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England women's national lacrosse team

The England women's national lacrosse team represents England at women's lacrosse.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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European Lacrosse Championships

The European Lacrosse Championships began in 1995, the same year as the founding of the European Lacrosse Federation (ELF), to determine the best national lacrosse team of Europe.

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European Lacrosse Federation

European Lacrosse Federation (ELF) is the sport governing body of men and women's lacrosse in Europe.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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Field hockey

Field hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper. Lacrosse and field hockey are stick sports and team sports.

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Field lacrosse

Field lacrosse is a full contact outdoor sport played with two opposing teams of ten players each. Lacrosse and Field lacrosse are team sports.

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FIIC Intercrosse World Championship

The FIIC Intercrosse World Championship is the bi-annual international championship for intercrosse.

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First Nations in Canada

First Nations (Premières Nations) is a term used to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.

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Gaelic games

Gaelic games (Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated.

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Goaltender (box lacrosse)

The goaltender or goalie is a playing position in indoor or box lacrosse.

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Goaltender (field lacrosse)

In field lacrosse, the goaltender (goalie, goalkeeper, tendy defendy or the keeper) is the most important and last line of defense between the opposing offense and the goal.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Haudenosaunee men's national lacrosse team

The Haudenosaunee Nationals Men’s Lacrosse Team, formerly known as the Iroquois Nationals, represents the Iroquois Confederacy in international field lacrosse competition.

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Haudenosaunee national indoor lacrosse team

The Haudenosaunee Nationals Indoor Lacrosse Team, known as the Haudenosaunee Nationals, represents the Iroquois Confederacy in international box lacrosse competitions.

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Haudenosaunee women's national lacrosse team

The Iroquois women's national lacrosse team represents the Iroquois Confederacy in international women's lacrosse competitions.

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Hurling

Hurling (iománaíocht, iomáint) is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. Lacrosse and Hurling are stick sports and team sports.

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Ice hockey rink

An ice hockey rink is an ice rink that is specifically designed for ice hockey, a competitive team sport.

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Indigenous North American stickball

Indigenous North American stickball is a team sport typically played on an open field where teams of players with two sticks each attempt to control and shoot a ball at the opposing team's goal. Lacrosse and Indigenous North American stickball are native American sports and games.

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Indigenous peoples in Canada

Indigenous peoples in Canada (Peuples autochtones au Canada, also known as Aboriginals) are the Indigenous peoples within the boundaries of Canada.

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Intercrosse

Intercrosse (also called soft stick lacrosse, softcrosse, modcrosse, or pop lacrosse) is a non-contact form of lacrosse using modified lacrosse equipment. Lacrosse and Intercrosse are team sports.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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Iroquois

The Iroquois, also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the endonym Haudenosaunee are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of Native Americans and First Nations peoples in northeast North America.

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James Smith (frontiersman)

James Smith (November 26, 1737 – April 11, 1813) was a frontiersman, farmer and soldier in British North America.

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Jean de Brébeuf

Jean de Brébeuf (25 March 1593 16 March 1649) was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France (Canada) in 1625.

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Jesuit missions in North America

Jesuit missions in North America were attempted in the late 16th century, established early in the 17th century, faltered at the beginning of the 18th, disappeared during the suppression of the Society of Jesus around 1763, and returned around 1830 after the restoration of the Society.

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Jesuits

The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (Iesuitae), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.

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Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse

The Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's lacrosse team represents Johns Hopkins University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college lacrosse.

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Lacrosse at the 1904 Summer Olympics

The sport of field lacrosse was played at the 1904 Summer Olympics, which marked the first time that lacrosse had been featured at the Olympic Games.

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Lacrosse at the 1908 Summer Olympics

A field lacrosse game was played between Canada and Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

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Lacrosse at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Lacrosse was a demonstration sport at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

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Lacrosse at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Lacrosse was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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Lacrosse at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Lacrosse was a demonstration sport at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

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Lacrosse at the 2022 World Games

The lacrosse competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022, in Birmingham in United States, at the University of Alabama Birmingham.

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Lacrosse at the Summer Olympics

Lacrosse has been contested at two editions of the Summer Olympic Games, 1904 and 1908.

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Lacrosse ball

A lacrosse ball is the solid rubber ball that is used, with a lacrosse stick, to play the sport of lacrosse.

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Lacrosse Canada

Lacrosse Canada (Crosse Canada), formerly the Canadian Lacrosse Association, founded in 1867, is the governing body of lacrosse in Canada.

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Lacrosse glove

Lacrosse gloves are heavily padded, protective gloves worn by men's lacrosse players.

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Lacrosse helmet

A lacrosse helmet is a helmet worn primarily in men's lacrosse, but also worn optionally by women's lacrosse players in Australia.

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Lacrosse in Australia

Lacrosse in Australia is a minor sport, with a long and proud history dating back to 1876,http://www.articlesbase.com/sports-and-fitness-articles/some-history-of-lacrosse-701680.html with a small but dedicated community of participants and volunteers.

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Lacrosse in Canada

Modern lacrosse in Canada has been a popular sport since the mid 1800s.

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Lacrosse in England

Lacrosse in England is an amateur sport played mainly by community based clubs and university teams.

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Lacrosse in Scotland

Lacrosse in Scotland is primarily played by women and is nationally governed by Lacrosse Scotland.

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Lacrosse in the United States

The sport of lacrosse has been played in the United States by Native Americans long before European exploration.

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Lacrosse sixes

Lacrosse sixes (also known as World Lacrosse Sixes) is a variant of lacrosse played outdoors with six players on each side. Lacrosse and lacrosse sixes are team sports.

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Lacrosse stick

A lacrosse stick or crosse is used to play the sport of lacrosse.

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Lacrosse strategy

The game of lacrosse is played using a combination of offensive and defensive strategies.

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List of ball games

This is a list of ball games and ball sports that include a ball as a key element in the activity, usually for scoring points.

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List of the oldest lacrosse teams

This is a chronological list of the founding of lacrosse clubs.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Long Island Sound (UWLX)

The Long Island Sound are a United Women's Lacrosse League (UWLX) professional women's field lacrosse team based in Long Island, New York.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Louisa Lumsden

Dame Louisa Innes Lumsden (31 December 1840 – 2 January 1935) was a Scottish pioneer of female education.

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Manhattan College

Manhattan College is a private, Catholic, liberal arts university in the Bronx, New York City.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse

The Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse team represents the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I lacrosse as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

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Maryland Terrapins women's lacrosse

The Maryland Terrapins women's lacrosse team represents the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women's college lacrosse.

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Maryland Whipsnakes

The Maryland Whipsnakes, formerly known as Whipsnakes Lacrosse Club, are a professional men's field lacrosse team in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL).

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Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association

The Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) is a national organization of non-NCAA men's college lacrosse programs.

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Mid-Atlantic (United States)

The Mid-Atlantic is a region of the United States located in the overlap between the Northeastern and Southeastern states of the United States.

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Midfielder (lacrosse)

In men's field lacrosse, midfielders (also known as middies or the middy) clear the ball during the game.

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Missionary

A missionary is a member of a religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.

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Mohawk people

The Kanien'kehá:ka ("People of the flint"; commonly known in English as Mohawk people) are in the easternmost section of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy.

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Montreal Lacrosse Club

The Montreal Lacrosse Club was a lacrosse club in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states.

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National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and one in Canada.

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National Federation of State High School Associations

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is the body that writes the rules of competition for most high school sports and activities in the United States.

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National Lacrosse League

The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a men's professional box lacrosse league in North America.

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National Lacrosse League Cup

The National Lacrosse League Cup is the trophy awarded each year to the champions of the National Lacrosse League.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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Natural rubber

Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, caucho, or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds.

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NCAA Division I

NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally.

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NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

The annual NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship tournament has determined the top women's lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I since 1982.

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NCAA Division II

NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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NCAA Division III

NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York University

New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, United States.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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North Carolina Tar Heels men's lacrosse

The North Carolina Tar Heels men's lacrosse team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's lacrosse.

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Northeastern United States

The Northeastern United States, also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast, is a geographic region of the United States located on the Atlantic coast of North America.

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Northwestern Wildcats women's lacrosse

The Northwestern Wildcats women's lacrosse team is an NCAA Division I college lacrosse team representing Northwestern University as part of the Big Ten Conference.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Olympic sports

Olympic sports are sports that are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games.

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Onondaga people

The Onondaga people (Onontaerrhonon, Onondaga:, "People of the Hills") are one of the five original nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy in the Northeastern Woodlands.

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Ontario

Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.

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Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil (born December 14, 1985) is an American sports executive and retired professional lacrosse player.

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Penalty box

The penalty box or sin bin (sometimes called the bad box, or simply bin or box) is the area in ice hockey, rugby union, rugby league, roller derby and some other sports where a player sits to serve the time of a given penalty, for an offence not severe enough to merit outright expulsion from the contest.

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Philadelphia Force (UWLX)

The Philadelphia Force are a United Women's Lacrosse League (UWLX) professional women's field lacrosse team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)

The Philadelphia Wings were a member of the National Lacrosse League, a professional box lacrosse league in North America starting in 1987.

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Physical education

Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys.

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Polocrosse

Polocrosse is a team sport that is a combination of polo and lacrosse.

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Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse

The Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse team represents Princeton University in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse play.

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Princeton Tigers women's lacrosse

The Princeton Tigers women's lacrosse team is an NCAA Division I college lacrosse team representing Princeton University as part of the Ivy League.

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is a private research university in Troy, New York, with an additional campus in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Rosabelle Sinclair

Rosabelle Sinclair (1890 – 1981), known as the affectionately as the "Grand Dame of Lacrosse", established the first women's lacrosse team in the United States.

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Scandium

Scandium is a chemical element; it has symbol Sc and atomic number 21.

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Settler

A settler is a person who has immigrated to an area and established a permanent residence there.

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Short-handed

Short-handed is a term used in ice hockey and several related sports, including water polo, and refers to having fewer players on the ice during play, as a result of a penalty.

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Shot clock

A shot clock is a countdown timer used in a variety of games and sports, indicating a set amount of time that a team may possess the object of play before attempting to score a goal.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.

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Sports in North America

The North American continent is the birthplace of several organized sports, such as basketball, charrería/rodeo, gridiron football, ice hockey, jaripeo/bull riding, lacrosse, ollamaliztl (ancient Mesoamerican sport), mixed martial arts (MMA), racquetball, ultimate ("ultimate frisbee"), and volleyball.

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St Leonards School

St Leonards School is a co-educational private boarding and day school for pupils aged 4–19 in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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St. Louis

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STX (sports manufacturer)

STX (a contraction of the word "sticks" but commonly called "S-T-X") is a global sports equipment manufacturer based in Baltimore, Maryland, US.

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Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years.

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Sydney

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.

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Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse

The Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse team represents Syracuse University in NCAA Division I men's college lacrosse.

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Team sport

A team sport is a type of sport where the fundamental nature of the game or sport requires the participation of multiple individuals working together as a team, and it is inherently impossible or highly impractical to execute the sport as a single-player endeavour. Lacrosse and team sport are team sports.

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Three seconds rule

The three seconds rule (also referred to as the three-second rule or three in the key, often termed as lane violation) requires that in basketball, a player shall not remain in their opponent’s foul lane for more than three consecutive seconds while that player's team is in control of a live ball in the frontcourt and the game clock is running.

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Titanium

Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22.

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Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club

The Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club is a private sport and social club located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Toronto Rock

The Toronto Rock are a Canadian professional men’s box lacrosse franchise based in Hamilton, Ontario.

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Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships

The World Lacrosse Men's U20 Championship and World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship, formerly Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships (U-19), are held separately for men and women every four years to award world championships for the under-19 age group in men's lacrosse and women's lacrosse.

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United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association

The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association is an association of member institutions and organizations with college lacrosse programs at all levels of competition, including the three NCAA divisions and non-NCAA schools, at both the varsity and club levels for men and women.

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United States men's national lacrosse team

The United States men's national lacrosse team has won eleven of fourteen World Lacrosse Championships, the most recent in 2023.

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United States women's national lacrosse team

The United States women's national lacrosse team represents the United States in the World Lacrosse World Cup championships held every four years.

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Upper Canada College

Upper Canada College (UCC) is an independent day and boarding school for boys in Toronto, Ontario, operating under the International Baccalaureate program.

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USA Lacrosse

USA Lacrosse is the national governing body of men and women's lacrosse in the United States.

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Vancouver Warriors

The Vancouver Warriors are a professional box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League.

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Warrior

A warrior is a guardian specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracy, class, or caste.

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William George Beers

William George Beers (May 5, 1841 – December 26, 1900) was a Canadian dentist who founded Canada's first dental journal and served as the founding dean of the Dental College of the Province of Quebec.

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Wingate Memorial Trophy

The Wingate Memorial Trophy was the award given to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) national champion in men's college lacrosse from 1936 to 1970, and the NCAA Men's Champion in 1971-1972.

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Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates

The Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) is a national organization of over 200 non-NCAA, women's college lacrosse programs organized and run by US Lacrosse, the national governing body.

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Women's lacrosse

Women's lacrosse (or girls' lacrosse), sometimes shortened to lax, is a field sport played at the international level with two opposing teams of ten players each (12 players per team at the U.S. domestic level).

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Women's Professional Lacrosse League

The Women's Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL) was a women's lacrosse league in the United States.

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World Games

The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games.

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World Lacrosse

World Lacrosse (WL), formerly the Federation of International Lacrosse, is the international governing body of lacrosse, responsible for the men's, women's, and indoor versions of the sport.

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World Lacrosse Box Championships

The World Lacrosse Box Championships (WLBC), formerly known as the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC), is an international box lacrosse tournament sponsored by World Lacrosse that is held every four years.

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World Lacrosse Championship

The World Lacrosse Men's Championship, formerly World Lacrosse Championship, is the international men's field lacrosse championship organized by World Lacrosse that occurs every four years.

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World Lacrosse Men's U20 Championship

The World Lacrosse Men's U20 Championship, formerly known as the World Lacrosse Men's U19 Championship, are held every four years to award world championships for the under-20 age group in men's lacrosse.

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World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship

The World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship, formerly known as the World Lacrosse Women's U19 Championship, are held every four years to award world championships for the under-20 age group in women's lacrosse.

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World Lacrosse Women's World Championship

The World Lacrosse Women's Championship (WLWC), formerly known as the Women's Lacrosse World Cup (WLWC), the international championship of women's lacrosse, is held every four years.

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Wyandot people

The Wyandot people (also Wyandotte, Wendat, Waⁿdát, or Huron) are Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of North America, and speakers of an Iroquoian language, Wyandot.

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1967 World Lacrosse Championship

The 1967 World Lacrosse Championship was the third World Lacrosse Championship for men's field lacrosse teams and was played in Toronto, Canada during May 1967.

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1982 Women's Lacrosse World Cup

The 1982 Women's Lacrosse World Cup was the first Women's Lacrosse World Cup and was played at Trent Bridge in Nottingham from September 20–26, 1982.

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1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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1998 NLL season

Before the 1998 season, the Major Indoor Lacrosse League was renamed to be the National Lacrosse League, in the process increasing the length of the regular season from ten to twelve games.

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2000 Summer Olympics

The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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2003 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship

The 2003 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was the first World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, an international box lacrosse tournament organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse every four years.

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2013 Women's Lacrosse World Cup

The 2013 Women's Lacrosse World Cup, the ninth World Cup played, is the pre-eminent international women's lacrosse tournament.

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2014 World Lacrosse Championship

The 2014 World Lacrosse Championship was held July 10–19 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park outside Denver, Colorado.

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2015 Women's Lacrosse European Championship

The 2015 Women's Lacrosse European Championship was the 10th edition of this tournament.

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2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship

The 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC) was the fourth international box lacrosse championship organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse every four years.

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2016 European Lacrosse Championship

The 2016 European Lacrosse Championship was the 10th edition of the European Lacrosse competition for national teams.

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2017 World Games

The 2017 World Games (Igrzyska Światowe 2017), commonly known as Wrocław 2017 was the tenth World Games, a major international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that were not contested in the Olympic Games, held from 20 to 30 July 2017 in Wrocław, Poland.

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2022 World Games

The 2022 World Games were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.

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2022 World Lacrosse Men's U-21 Championship

The 2022 World Lacrosse Men's U-21 Championship was the ninth edition of the international junior men's field lacrosse tournament for national teams organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) held at University of Limerick in Limerick, Ireland from August 10 to August 20.

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2022 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship

The 2022 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship, the 11th Women's World Championship (previously known as the Women's Lacrosse World Cup), is the preeminent international women's lacrosse tournament.

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2023 World Lacrosse Championship

The 2023 World Lacrosse Championship was the 14th edition of the international men's field lacrosse tournament for national teams organized by World Lacrosse.

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2028 Summer Olympics

The 2028 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 2028 or LA28, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from July 14–30, 2028, in the United States.

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See also

Former Summer Olympic sports

Native American sports and games

Sports originating in Canada

Stick sports

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrosse

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