: a goal game in which players use a long-handled stick that has a triangular head with a mesh pouch to catch, carry, and throw the ball
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Outside of soccer, there’s also plans and aspirations for the 25,000-seat stadium to host concerts and potentially other sports including lacrosse, rugby, cricket and college football.
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Michael Loré, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Northwestern has had extensive on-field and on-the-court success recently, with men’s basketball reaching back-to-back NCAA tournaments for the first time in program history and field hockey and women’s lacrosse reaching national title games.
—Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
Soccer, baseball, flag football and lacrosse are on the horizon for Victoria Park.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2024
Already married to the former Joan Johns who also graduated from Patterson Park, Mr. Runk squeezed in earning a master’s degree and teaching at an area high school between two stints coaching men’s lacrosse for the Wildcats.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
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Michael Loré, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Northwestern has had extensive on-field and on-the-court success recently, with men’s basketball reaching back-to-back NCAA tournaments for the first time in program history and field hockey and women’s lacrosse reaching national title games.
—Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
Soccer, baseball, flag football and lacrosse are on the horizon for Victoria Park.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2024
Already married to the former Joan Johns who also graduated from Patterson Park, Mr. Runk squeezed in earning a master’s degree and teaching at an area high school between two stints coaching men’s lacrosse for the Wildcats.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Lacrosse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lacrosse. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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lacrosse
noun
la·crosse
lə-ˈkrȯs 
: a game played on a field in which players use long-handled sticks with shallow nets for catching, throwing, and carrying the ball
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