Lacrosse 101
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Lacrosse was originated by Native Americans and is regarded as the oldest sport played on the North American continent. The first recorded women’s game was played in Scotland in 1890 and Rosabelle Sinclair started a girls’ lacrosse team at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore in 1926, the first team in the United States. In 1935, the U.S. sent a touring team to England and continued to do so for half a century until the first women’s world championship was held in 1982, resulting in the first of a record eight world championships for the United States.