USIAA Lacrosse Rules:
Scholarship and Roster Rules:
- All programs can only have a max of 45 players during the regular season; this limit is lifted to 155 players for preseason tryouts and fall practices only.
- All programs can choose whether to allow athletic scholarships or not; start-up programs are given a max of 5 years to decide whether or not to provide athletic scholarships to players.
- All D1 scholarship programs can only have a max of 12.6 total scholarships, and a max of 6 full scholarship players.
- All D2 scholarship programs can only have a max of 10.8 total scholarships, and a max of 5 full scholarship players.
- All D3 scholarship programs can only have a max of 9 total scholarship players.
- All D4 scholarship programs can only have a max of 20 total scholarships, and a max of 10 full scholarship players.
- All programs can only have a max of 30 players on the active roster for all regular season games.
- All programs are required to give all 15 inactive players free season tickets in the designated student sections for all home games.
- 4 points for a win.
- 2 points for a draw.
- 1 "bonus" point for scoring at least 10 goals.
- 1 "bonus" point for losing by 5 points or less.
- 1 "bonus" point for losing in overtime.
- All D1 programs play a 14-game season (7h/7a) beginning on the third Saturday of February and ending on the last Saturday of April.
- All D2 & D3/D4 programs play a 12-game season (6h/6a) beginning on the third Saturday of February and ending on the second Saturday of April.
- All programs can play a max of 2 (1h/1a, 2h, or 2a) preseason scrimmages with any other USIAA program within 500mi, regardless of division, beginning in the third week of January.
- A max of 6 (D1) or 4 (D2-D4) non-regional games allowed; All non-regional games are required to be against teams that are within 700 (D1) or 500 (D2-D4) miles of the program in question.
- The D1 & D2 Tournaments beginning on the first week after regular-season ends and ends five weeks later.
- The D3/D4 Tournaments beginning on the first week after regular-season ends and ends six weeks later.
- To be eligible for the post season:
a) D1 programs must have a minimum record of 7-7 (or 6-8 with good academic standing), and not be on probation.
b) D2 & D3/D4 programs must have a minimum record of 6-6 (or 5-7 with good academic standing), and not be on probation