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Early Data on Lacrosse From French and English Settlers
Information discover is scarce and in incomplete. The only information available is team size, equipment used, duration of games, and length of playing field. However, it tells us little about rules, stick-handling, or strategy. -
Lacrosse First Appears in Documented Data
Lacrosse is first mentioned in a document named "An Account of the Indians in Virginia" by John Clayton, a minister in Jamestown: "Another game is with a crooked stick, and ball made of leather stufft with hair: he wins that drives it from the other between two trees appointed for the goal." -
French Settlers in Canada took up the Game
A match between a French team and Indian team was played in 1844 at the Montreal's Olympic club. -
First International Lacrosse Game Played
The first international lacrosse game was played between Canada and the United States in 1867. -
Lacrosse Named National Sport of Canada
The father of modern lacrosse, George Beers, revised the rules and was adopted as Canada's nation sport (in addition to Hockey). In fact, many of Hockey's rules are designed after Lacrosse rules. -
First Girls Lacrosse Match Played
The first recorded girls lacrosse game was played in 1890 at St. Leonards School in St. Andrews, Scotland. -
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Lacrosse as an Olympic Sport
During the 1904 and the 1908 Olympic games, lacrosse was played during the Summer Olympics in St. Louis, MO and London respectively. Canada won the gold in both Olympics. -
Women's Lacrosse Expands Team Size
Women's lacrosse expands their team size from 10 players to the current 12 players -
Women's Lacrosse is Introduced in the United States
An alumnus at St. Leonard brought lacrosse to the United States by starting a girls' lacrosse team at Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. It soon grew in popularity among the other surrounding schools. -
Robert Pool Introduces New Stick
Robert Pool introduces the first double-walled wooden stick, an early prototype for today’s plastic sticks -
First NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament
The NCAA holds the first Division I College lacrosse tournament. Cornell beat Maryland 12-6 at Hofstra University. -
First Women's International Lacrosse Match Played
The first international lacrosse game in 1982 in the World Lacrosse Tournament in Nottingham, England. -
First Women's Lacrosse NCAA Tournament
In 1982, the NCAA hosts the first Women's Lacrosse Tournament in TCNJ. Massachusetts won 9-6 against TCNJ. -
The FIL is Formed
The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) is formed through a merger of the men’s (ILF) and women’s (IFWLA) international lacrosse associations. It’s mission is to spread the game of lacrosse throughout the world with its men’s and women’s unified vision focused on lacrosse once again becoming an Olympic sport. -
Women's Lacrosse comes to Wingate University
Wingate University starts their inaugural season for the Women's Lacrosse program.
