IMPORTANT RULES,

REGULATIONS AND DETAILS

1. Minimum team size is 10 players; No maximum. Players must play the ball at all times. Body checking an opponent to the ground will be assessed a two minute penalty for unnecessary roughness.  We recognize that this tournament is an out-of-season competition (in fact many players are, or will be, involved in an interscholastic winter sport) and we wish to keep the safety of all players at the forefront.

2. Each team must have an adult coach (21 years of age or older) who will be in charge of team discipline and act as the team's representative. Teams field 8 players – 2 each of attack, and defense, 3 midfielders plus a goalie. Onside is in effect - 2 players on offense and 3 on defense at all times.

*please note - there are no restraining or wing lines marked on the field

3. Each game is 30 minutes in length with no half-time and will begin and end with a horn. Penalty time is kept on the field by the referee (2 minutes for a personal and 1 minute for a technical). A game ending tied is decided by a Braveheart (1v1 plus a goalie which may cross the midfield line if his teammate stays back, but only the goalie may enter the crease to make a save. If the other player enters the crease the official will end the braveheart. If the shot goes out of bounds the goalie gets possession going the other way), which begins immediately after regulation time with a face-off.

4. The game begins with a face-off. Wing middies must be positioned to the left of their face-off man, at the intersection of the sideline and the midline. Defensemen and attackmen must remain behind the goal line extended until the referees signal possession. The goalie must remain in the crease area until possession is signaled.

5. After a goal is scored the ball is awarded to the scored upon goalie who puts the ball in play from his crease area. A referee must whistle to indicate play has recommenced.

6. Penalties are called and served as they are in a regular field lacrosse. The referee releases penalized players when their serve time has expired. Penalty time does not start until the penalized player takes a knee, out of bounds, at the midline, on the bench side of the field.

7. All player substitutions are on the fly.

8. Each team is allotted one timeout, but the game clock does not stop. Timeouts are one minute long.

9. Team members must wear matching jerseys or tank tops which are numbered (8" numerals or larger).

10. Maximum of three longsticks on the field at a time. BOX STICKS ARE ILLEGAL. ALL STICK HEADS AND HANDLES MUST MEET NCAA REGULATIONS (40-42 INCHES LONG OR 52-72 INCHES LONG; HEAD MUST BE 6 1/2 INCHES WIDE ACROSS THE TOP, BALL MAY NOT REST IN POCKET BELOW THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE HEAD WHEN STICK IS HELD PARALLEL TO GROUND, ETC).

11. If a team scores during a flag-down, slow-whistle situation and the infraction is a personal foul, then the offended team receives the ball at midfield. They will then be up a man for the duration of the penalty or until they score.

12. See game schedule for tiebreakers.