2017NCAAWOMEN’SLACROSSE

TABLEREFERENCESHEETEditedbyStefanieSparksSmith,Women’sLacrosseSecretary-RulesEditor

ssmithsre@gmail.comGAMECLOCKTIMERSTOPthegameclock:

1. Aftereachgoal.a. EXCEPTION:Whenthereisa10ormoregoaldifferential.*

2. Oneverywhistletostopplayduringthelast2minutesofeachhalf.a. EXCEPTION:Whenthereisa10ormoregoaldifferential.*

3. Oneverywhistletostopplayduringsudden-victoryovertime.4. ALLfoulsintheCriticalScoringArea(“CSA”).5. AlternatePossession.6. Issuanceofanycard.7. IllegalDraw.8. OffsideViolation.9. Stickcheck.10. PossessionClockViolationintheCSA.11. Uponatimeoutsignalandwhistlefromtheofficial.

TimeOutSignalIMMEDIATELYSOUNDTHEAIRHORNTWICE:

1. Whentheteaminpossessionrequestsatimeout.a. Time2minutesw/separateclock,soundhornwhen15seconds&0

secondsremaining.2. Tonotifyanofficialofanillegalsubstitute.3. Ifeitherthegameclockorpossessionclockhasmalfunctioned.4. Toindicatetheendofthehalfandtheendofthegame.

OTHER:

1. STARTthegameclockonthewhistleateachdraworanofficial’sTimeInsignal(seebelow).

2. Notethetimeonthegameclockwhenaplayerhasbeenissuedacardandnotifytheplayerwhenthepenaltytimehasended.

3. ANNOUNCEwhenthereare2minutesremainingineachhalfandovertimeperiod.

4. Notifythenearestofficialwhenthereis30secondsremainingineachhalfandovertimeperiod.

POSSESSIONCLOCKTIMERThepossessionclockMIRRORSthegameclock.

- EXCEPTION:ThepossessionclockSTOPSwhentheball/ballcarrierhasgoneoutofbounds(sidelineandendline).

RESETthepossessionclockONLYwhenanofficialsignalsaresetwiththefollowingsignal:

*Officialswillextendarmhighintheairforoptimalvisual.PossessionClockresetsafter:

1. Ashotongoalthatissaved(insideoroutsidethegoalcircleandwhetherpossessedordeflectedoffofthegoalkeeper).

2. Ashotongoalthathitsthepipe.3. Theissuanceofanycard.4. AnOffsideViolation.5. Achangeofpossession.6. AnAlternatePossession.

STARTthepossessionclock:

1. Whenthegameclockstarts.a. EXCEPTION:Thewhistleonthedraw.

2. Whenanofficialsignalstostartthepossessionclockwiththefollowingsignal(windingofonearm):

*Thissignalwillbeusedprimarilytoindicatepossessionafterthedraw(focuseyesontheofficialclosesttotheball)andfollowingashotthathitsthepipeorisdeflectedoffofthegoalkeeper(focuseyesontheleadofficialpositionedclosesttothegoalcircle).

3. Whenthepossessionclockisstoppedandtheplayerwiththeballself-startsORtheofficialrestartsplaywithawhistle.

4. Whentheball/ballcarrierhasgoneoutofbounds(sidelineandendline)andtheplayerwiththeballself-startsORtheofficialrestartsplaywithawhistleandsignalsthefollowing:

STOPthepossessionclock:

1. Anytimethegameclockstops.a. NOTE:Possessionclockstillstopsifthereisa10ormoregoaldifferential.

2. Whentheball/ballcarrierhasgoneoutofbounds(sidelineandendline).a. LISTENforanofficial’swhistle.

3. Whenanofficialsignalstostopthepossessionclockwiththefollowingsignal(tappingofthehead):

IMMEDIATELYSOUNDTHEAIRHORNONCE:

1. Whenthe90secondsonthepossessionclockhasEXPIRED.DoNOTwaitforasignal.

TURNOFFthepossessionclockwhenthereisaresetsituationandthereislessthan90secondsremainingonthegameclockattheendofeachhalfandovertimeperiod.ALTERNATING-POSSESSIONARROWSETthearrowtostartthegameuponanofficial’sinstructionfollowingthepre-gamemeetingwiththecaptains.Thearrowshouldpointinthedirectionthattheteamwhowillbeawardedthenextalternatepossessionisattacking.SWITCHthearrow:

1. AFTERthewhistlethatrestartsplayasaresultofoffsettingfoulsindicatedbythefollowingsignal:

2. Athalftime.3. IFteamschangeendsinbetweentheendofregulationandthestartof

overtime.4. Afterthefirst3-minutehalfofany6-minuteovertimeperiod.5. Duringthe3-minuterestperiodfollowingthecompletionofany6-minute

overtimeperiod.Iftheoptionofavisualpossessionarrowisnotutilized,thetablepersonnelareresponsibleformaintainingarecordofalternatepossession.Ifanindicatorisutilizedinlieuofanarrow,theindicatorshouldbeplacedonthesideofthetablethatisclosesttothebenchoftheteamwhowillbeawardedthenextalternatepossession.