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Summary: In women's lacrosse, each team has five attackers and six defenders (including the goalie), and each team is allowed two time-outs per half in a game. Learn more about basic women's lacrosse rules and game play in this free sports lesson video.
Shiloh Kimmel has been playing lacrosse for over six years and has been teaching lacrosse for four years. While playing her first year with the Horizon Huskies, she was ranked number 1...read more
"Alright, a women's or college level lacrosse game is going to be lasting an hour in length. Its thirty minute halves with maybe a fifteen minute half time. Each team is allowed two time-outs per half. In high school level or girls lacrosse the halves are twenty five minutes making it a fifty minute game with the same amount of time outs. If you get a yellow card, you're looking at a two minute long penalty time where you, the player, are pulled out of the game and you get yellow cards for different types of fowls, generally ones that are really unnecessarily rough or cause injury to the other player. And as far as players on the field, there's five offensive or attackers on the field for each team and six defenders including the goalie that will be out there."
eHow Article: Basic Women's Lacrosse Rules