Field lacrosse
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Field lacrosse is a full contact outdoor sport played with two opposing teams of 10 players each. The sport originated among Native Americans, and the modern rules of field lacrosse were initially cod
Kyle Harrison advancing, pursued by an opponent
"Ball players", a colored lithograph by George Catlin, illustrates various Native Americans playing lacrosse.
A typically equipped field player, carrying a "short crosse"
Head of a men's lacrosse stick
Women's lacrosse
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Women's field lacrosse, sometimes shortened to lax, is a field sport played at the international level with two opposing teams of ten players each. Originally played by indigenous peoples of the Ameri
Field lacrosse
…Beers in 1867. Field lacrosse is one of three major versions of lacrosse played internationally. The rules of men's lacrosse differ significantly from women's field lacrosse (established in the 1890s). The two are often considered to be different sports with a common root. An outdoor six-a-side version, lacrosse sixes, was…
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A lacrosse player in action
Girls' high school lacrosse players in Oregon, United States
2005 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship in which the Virginia Cavaliers lost to the Northwestern Wildcats