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More information is available at carthage.edu/celebration-scholars/. The following are members of the Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Committee who are eager to listen to ideas and answer questions:

  • Thomas Carr
  • Katherin Hilson
  • Kim Instenes
  • John Kirk
  • Sarah Terrill

#47: Competition Demands of NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse

Name: Hannah Koehlert
Major: Management and Health and Human Services
Hometown: Algonquin
Faculty Sponsor: Tony Pustina
Other Sponsors:  
Type of research: Senior thesis

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine how physical game demands of NCAA Division III women’s lacrosse players vary between playing position and periods of play. Lacrosse is played with 12 players on each team: one goalie, three midfielders, four attackers, and four defenders. Rule changes implemented in the 2021-2022 season changed the pace of the game by switching from 30-minute halves to 15 minute quarters. Because of this, few studies have broken the game down by quarter. It was hypothesized that external loads would differ within positions. For all positions high speed running, total distance, and inertial load decreased as the game went on. This observed decrease in intensity may be due to fatigue and a lack of game-like endurance training. With more game-like training athletes will be able to eliminate fatigue and reduce the drop off between quarters of play. 


Poster file

Submit date: March 11, 2024, 1:10 p.m.

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