Lacrosse is a fast-paced team sport played by ten players (men) or twelve players (women), each of whom uses a netted stick (called the crosse) in order to pass and catch a very hard rubber ball with the aim of scoring goals, each worth one point, by propelling the ball into the opponent's goal. The team scoring the most points after four quarters, and overtime if necessary, wins. In NCAA men's lacrosse, the quarters are 15 minutes. In most high school lacrosse, quarters are 12 minutes long. In youth leagues, quarters are usually 8 minutes long.http://www.uslacrosse.org/the_sport/mens_rules.phtml. Under international rules, quarters are 20 minutes.http://intlaxfed.org/pdf/rules-2005.pdf In NCAA women's lacrosse, two 25 minute halves are played. Women's high school games consist of two 25 minute halves.http://www.uslacrosse.org/the_sport/womens_rules.phtml

Popular mostly in North America, lacrosse is one of the continent's oldest sports and the fastest growing sport at all levels – youth, high school, college, and professional. Lacrosse is especially popular in the northeastern part of the US and is Canada's national summer sport (although Canadians commonly play the box lacrosse variety of the game which is described below). It is expanding westward, with burgeoning lacrosse communities in Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, California, Oregon, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, and Minnesota.

In its modern form, men's lacrosse is played on a field of grass or artificial turf. Each team is composed of three attackmen, three midfielders, three defensemen, and one goaltender. In men's lacrosse, players wear protective equipment on their heads, shoulders, arms, and hands, as body-checking is an integral part of the game. Women's lacrosse is played in a similar manner except with two additional midfielders per team. Players of women's lacrosse need only wear protective eyewear (except for the goaltender, who wears the same protective equipment as a men's goaltender throat guard, chest protector, etc.), as contact is not permitted apart from minor stick-checks.

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@UNLVgirl Rebels #lacrosse team rocked today in the Best of the West claiming victories over Westminster, Loyola Marymount and UC Davis
Vegas_Bob (Bob Huber) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:35:08 -0000
@UNLVgirl Rebels #lacrosse team rocked today in the Best of the West claiming victories over Westminster, Loyola Marymount and UC Davis
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@hotforwords http://twitpic.com/oq4zw - You have 5 times more shoes than me I have my baskitball shoes lacrosse shoes cleets my skateboirdin
Geoff_mason (Geoff) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:10:41 -0000
@hotforwords http://twitpic.com/oq4zw - You have 5 times more shoes than me I have my baskitball shoes lacrosse shoes cleets my skateboirdin
@CoryC4444 Was a good day of lacrosse. Too bad we didn't get more of the kids out to see what it's like when it's played at that level.
Vegas_Bob (Bob Huber) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:04:11 -0000
@CoryC4444 Was a good day of lacrosse. Too bad we didn't get more of the kids out to see what it's like when it's played at that level.
2 new. comments are good. bed. up early forr brother's lacrosse tourney in rochester. w. michellle all dayy :) text mee.
kkainnnnnx3 (Kelli Kain) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:58:02 -0000
2 new. comments are good. bed. up early forr brother's lacrosse tourney in rochester. w. michellle all dayy :) text mee.
Bedtime. Really looking forward to matt's lacrosse game tomorrow.
steviwaggoner (Stevi Waggoner) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:53:06 -0000
Bedtime. Really looking forward to matt's lacrosse game tomorrow.

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