Mass Youth Lacrosse GIRLS Select Lacrosse Rules and Requirements:

GAME OPERATIONS

• All Select Games MUST be four quarters of play consisting each of 12 minutes of Running Time with a 1 minute break in between the 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th quarters and a 5 Minute Half Time. 

• Each town must provide a safe, regulation-sized lacrosse field (grass or synthetic) at no cost to the league for all home games. Lighted surfaces are recommended but not required.

• Home team MUST provide:

  • Adequate number of balls for game play and endlines

  • Cones/pylons for field corners,substitution box, and on sidelines at each restraining line

  • Scorers table, scoreboard, and timing devices for game and penalties

  • A minimum of 2 people to run the clock, scoreboard, and penalties.

• Game is Tied at the End of Regulation and field availability permits- 

  • 2 minute break

    • If field availability permits, a 3-minute overtime will be be played

      • First goal scored wins

      • If no goal is scored, 1-minute break and move to Braveheart

  • Braveheart Rules: for a braveheart, each team will send 2 players, one whom has to be a goalie and another a field player. One player from each team must always remain on the defensive half of the field (the goalie). Play will begin with a draw and then continue until a goal is scored.

 

ROSTERS

• Each player must be registered with MYL and in good standing.

• Select League play should be made available for all players interested from your program.

• Select Teams are not for creating a "super team" of the best few players from multiple towns.

• Players on a roster must be eligible to play Select for the town program.  See Roster Eligibility Below.

• Teams MUST roster their players and coaches through Demosphere

  • Towns using Demosphere for their local town site

    • MUST create the team on their local town site and use that teams Unique ID to register the team

    • MUST roster every player participating on the team on their local town site by March 19, 2025 at 11:59pm.

  • Towns NOT using Demosphere for their local site/registration, must submit their roster by March 19, 2025 at 11:59pm using the Player Upload Template.

• If a roster is NOT made or submitted by March 19, 2025 at 11:59pm, the team will forfeit game 1.

  • Roster must be submitted at least 1 week prior to the next game(s) or the next game(s) will also be forfeited.

• Every player MUST play for their town Classic Team in order to participate in Select League Play

• Any team having been found of having an ineligible player participating in a Select Game:

  • First Offense: Team loses that game 1-0

  • Second Offense: Team will not be eligible for the Playoffs.

• Changes to a team’s roster during the season:

  • Only players on your town’s Classic Roster on our before March 29 are eligible to be added to a Select Roster during the season

  • Player must meet all Select Roster Eligibility Requirements.

  • You must submit the Roster Addition Google Form at least 24 hours before the next game you wish the new player to participate in. You will receive an approval email from MYL Boys Director or Executive Director. Once received, you must add the player to your Select Team Roster on your program’s site.

 

ROSTER ELIGIBILITY

• Only players who reside or attend public school in the Town Program’s area may play for the Town Program's Select Team.

• If a player goes to public school in a town that they do not reside, they may play for that town program’s select team.  The player must also have an approved MYL Residency Waiver to play Classic in the town they attend school, as well as proof, i.e. report card, that they attend a public school in the town. 

• A child of divorced parents can play for either town program where one of the parents resides.

• If a player has two residencies, the player must play for the town program of their primary residence.  

• Players that live in a town that does not have a youth lacrosse program may only play for an adjacent town program’s Select Team (adjacent’ means a town that shares a common border with the town in which the player resides).  If there exists no Select Team in a town that is adjacent to your town, you may play in the closest town as approved by the MYL Select Committee.  The player must also have an approved MYL Residency Waiver to play Classic in the adjacent or approved town program. 

• Players who live in a town that has a youth lacrosse program NOT in Mass Youth Lacrosse are NOT eligible to play in the MYL Select League. 

• Players that are 15 years old or older on day 1 of the Spring Classic Season are not eligible to participate in the MYL Select League.

• Players that have been granted a MYL Residency waiver to play Classic, must meet the MYL Select League Roster Eligibility criteria in order to participate in the MYL Select League.

 

COMBINED PROGRAM WAIVERS/INDIVIDUAL PLAYER EXCEPTION

• Two Town Programs that EACH do not have enough players interested to form a Select Team may submit a Combined Program Waiver to create a Select Team. This team must consist of at least 2 players from each town program.  See Individual Player Exception below if the town has only one player looking to play Select..

• CLICK HERE to complete a Combined Town Program Select Team Waiver

  • Reasons for why a waiver might be denied could include: a large number (30+) of Classic players from one or both towns submitting the waiver, combining the towns creates a competitive advantage/ "super team" of the best few players from multiple towns, etc.

• No Individual Player Waivers, but the Girls Select committee has created an individual player exception rule.  See Individual Player Exception below.

• Individual Player Exception: If a town program has one player (one player only) that is looking to play in the Select League the Town Director may submit this player's name to the Select Committee.  CLICK HERE to submit the player's name.  The Select Committee will work to find a Select Team for this player to play on.  If there is more than one player from a town looking to play select, then a Combined Program Waiver is required.  

• All Combined Town Program Waivers will be reviewed and voted on by the Select Committee

• Waiver Review Deadlines - waivers submitted by a deadline will be reviewed by the committee within 3-5 days after the deadline:

  • Monday December 9, 2024 

  • Monday January 13, 2025

  • Monday February 3, 2025

    • A 2/3’s majority is needed for a waiver to be approved

• FINAL DEADLINE to Submit a Combined Program Waiver is Monday February 3, 2025 at 11:59pm.  All Combined Program Waivers must be submitted by this date.

DIVISION PLACEMENT AND PLAY

• Returning teams will be placed into a Division by the Select Committee for 2025. 

• Towns may submit a waiver to request to play up OR down a division.  CLICK HERE to submit a waiver.  

• The Select Committee will review and make the final decision on all teams' division assignments.

DIVISION PLAY

There will be 3 Divisions for Girls Select in 2025. The purpose is to provide more opportunities for teams to compete for a Championship, provide more equality in who teams are competing against in the standing and playoffs, and to encourage more towns to enter teams knowing there is a 3rd Division of play for new/smaller programs.

Division 1 will be limited to no more than 16 teams. All towns should strive to compete in Division 1 and be named the best Select Team in the league.

• Historically top programs who have played in Division 1, will stay in Division 1. 

• Programs that have had a sub-.500 record over the past few seasons may be approved to play in Division 2.

• Division 2 programs that have had a superior record over the past few seasons can ask to play Division 1, and may be placed in Division 1 by the Select Committee.

Division 2 will have up to a 16 team Championship Playoff Bracket, and if needed (more than 16 teams in Division 2) a Best of the Rest Playoff Bracket.

• Top teams in Division 2 may be moved to Division 1 the following year by the Select Committee.

Division 3 is for:

• New teams to Select

• Teams that were historically combined town programs that are now singular town teams.

• Lower grade teams from Towns with multiple teams at an age level.

• Teams that have historically had a losing record in Division 2 play

• The top 2 teams in Division 3, should expect to be moved to Division 2 in the following year.

COACHES

• Teams may roster a maximum of 5 coaches, but only 3 coaches/managers may be on the sideline for any game.

  • Penalty for having too many coaches on the sideline will be the suspension of the Head Coach for the next game.

• All coaches in the MYL Select Lacrosse program must be MYL-certified. Coaches are expected to wear their certification lanyards around their neck and visible for each game.

  • Coaches on the sideline without a MYL Certification Badge (regardless of having completed requirements) can be told by the officials that they are not allowed on the team sideline.

  • Referees will NOT be asked to remove anyone from the sideline but to notify MYL in the post-game report of any coaches on the sideline without a proper coaching badge. The purpose is to NOT create a potential hostile environment between a referee and adults on the sidelines

  • Teams report to MYL for having adults on the team sideline without a proper MYL Coaching Badge:

    • First Offense: Warning

    • Second Offense: Forfeiture of the game played (loss by score of 1-0 in standings)

    • Third Offense: Forfeiture of the game played (loss by score of 1-0 in standings), and Team will be declared ineligible for playoffs.

 

SCHEDULE

• 2025 SCHEDULE 

  • Week 1 - March 28-29

  • Week 2 - April 4-5

  • Week 3 - April 11-12

  • Week 4 - April 18-19

  • No Games April 25-26 (end of school vacation week)

  • Week 5 - May 2-3

  • Week 6 - May 9-19

  • Week 7 - May 16-17

• Teams MUST keep to the original schedule as published except for the following circumstances:

  • Religious Holiday (Ex: Good Friday) and School Vacation Week Games

    • If your team is unable to field a team on these dates, you MUST reach out to your opponent within 7 days of the schedule being published.

    • Work with your opponent to reschedule the game at date/time that works for both teams. 

    • The home team should submit a Game Change Request Form  immediately, even if the make up date is not yet known.

    • Failure to communicate with your opponent within 7 days of the schedule being published of your team's inability to play a scheduled game may result in a forfeiture (Select League Committee decision).

  • The ONLY reason a game should be canceled/postponed the week of a game should be Weather Related Issues

    • If your field is no longer available due to weather, the HOME team MUST communicate immediately to the opposing coach and assigned referees. If its within 48 hours of the game, home team must communicate via email, phone, and text to get an acknowledgment from visiting coach and officials.

  • Player availability is NOT a permitted reason for asking the opposing team to change ANY game date/time.

  • All games changed the week of the originally scheduled game are subject to review by the regional select committee. Any team found to have requested a game change for non-weather or field availability reasons is subject to sanctions, including forfeiture of game(s), downgrade in power ranking/post-season ranking, and loss of post-season home game.

PLAYOFFS

• Playoff Brackets Published TBD

• First Round, Quarterfinals and Semifinal Games for all are played at the Higher Seeded Team

• 5/6 Playoffs (Division 1 & 2 Championship Brackets)

  • First Round MUST be completed by TBD

  • Quarterfinals MUST be completed by TBD

  • Semifinals MUST be completed by TBD

  • CHAMP GAME -- TBD

• 7/8 Playoffs (Division 1 & 2 Championship Brackets)

  • First Round MUST be completed by TBD

  • Quarterfinals MUST be completed by TBD

  • Semifinals MUST be completed by TBD

  • CHAMP GAME - TBD

• Best of the Rest & Division 3 -- Championship Games MUST be completed by TBD. All games played at the higher seed.

• All Best of the Rest & Division 3 Playoff Bracket Games including Championship Games will be played at the Higher Seed.  Dating parameters for completion of each round remains consistent with D1 & D2 Champ Brackets.