Girls Lacrosse Rules (2025-2026)

GIRLS LACROSSE RULES

US Lacrosse Rules and the NFHS guidelines will be followed for Middle School Girls Lacrosse.

All games will be played out in overtime so a winner can be determined with the exception in the sport of soccer.

Mercy Rule:

Girl’s lacrosse mercy rule is 7 goals not 4. Once a team goes up by 7 the team that is down automatically gets the ball (No Face off)

LEAGUE RULES FOR A “TIE BREAKER”

We will incorporate the following procedures to determine who participates in any League Championship if a “tie” exists at the end of the season:

Two-Schools Tied: these procedures will follow in order until the tie is broken:

Won-loss results of head to head competition between two schools
Won-loss record of the two schools versus the highest seeded school

(proceeding through the lowest seed if necessary-division contests first; mutual non-division contests if applicable)

Points allowed against the #1 seed. ***Except for Soccer where Goals Against for ENTIRE SEASON will be used as the final tie breaker
Coin Toss

Three or more schools tied: these procedures will be followed in order until the tie is broken:

Total won-loss record of contests played among the tied schools
Won-loss record of the tied schools versus the highest seeded school(proceeding to the lowest seed if necessary-division contests first: mutual non-division contests if applicable)
Points allowed against the #1 seed. ***Except for Soccer where Goals Against for ENTIRE SEASON will be used as the final tie breaker
Draw to eliminate one school.

MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY(FHSAA)

A MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAYER WHO MOVES UP TO PLAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL MUST OBSERVE THE 24 HOUR WAITING PERIOD BEFORE THEY MAY RETURN TO PARTICIPATE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. A PLAYER MUST PLAY IN 50% OF MIDDLE SCHOOL LEAGUE GAMES TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR POST SEASON PLAY (in the case of an uneven number of games we would round up. Ex: 5 games ,must play in 3). A PLAYER IS LIMITED TO PLAYING IN A TOTAL OF THREE GAMES A WEEK. THIS IS TO PREVENT A SCHOOL PLAYING IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH A DIFFERENT TEAM THAN THAT OF WHICH THEY HAD DURING THE SEASON.