Lacrosse

In the past 10 years the sport of lacrosse has grown in popularity. More famous on the east coast, lacrosse has spread to the midwest and across the country like a plague. Many young athletes are choosing lacrosse over traditional or major spring sports including baseball, tennis and track.

It is similar to hockey and to soccer, but it has it's own unique characteristics, including off-sides. There are 10 people on the field, 3 offensive, 3 midfield, 3 defense and a goalie. The field is divided into 3 parts. When team A is in scoring position (at Team B's goal) they cannot have more than 6 people in that third of the field. Likewise, Team B cannot have more than 6 people (no including the goalie) to defend those 6 offenders. If an extra person crosses the midfield line, they are considered offsides.

Similar to hockey, there are penalties by the minute and a penalty box. In addition, players can go behind the goal.

The University of Colorado has it's own lacrosse team; at the club level. The team faced off against Missouri Saturday winning 10-3. CU started off early with 2 goals by #5 Jon Atwood, who had two more by the end of the game, making 15 goals in 5 games.

CU managed to hold the eleventh leading scorer, Chris Wolf, to one goal against freshman goalie Kevin Moriarty, who entered in the last five minutes of the game. The team is now 5-0 and will trael to California over spring break. You can get any and all lacrosse info online at www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/coloradomenslacrosse.

A nice crowd gathered to support the team before the snow. The game was also broadcast via CUTV on Channel 63.