Inside the World of Women's Lacrosse Officiating with Sheehan Stanwick Burch & Francie Box

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On the First Class Lacrosse podcast, hosts Deemer Class and Matt Dunn welcome women’s lacrosse analyst Sheehan Stanwick Burch and longtime NCAA official Francie Box to discuss their lacrosse journeys and major 2026 college rules emphases. Box highlights increased enforcement against physicality via expanded one-minute releasable green cards, nonreleasable yellow cards for dangerous contact to the head/neck and upper back, stricter timing to speed restarts toward a two-hour broadcast window, wider access to video review, and required official headsets. Stanwick Burch and Box address confusion and inconsistency around “illegal use of the stick,” shaft/hand checks, and how green cards affect game flow versus yellow cards. They also explain key women’s rules versus men’s, including three-seconds, shooting space, charge/block standards, held whistles/flags, and advantage/non-engagement, and suggest possible refinements such as false-start penalties on 8-meter free positions and narrowing green-card scope.

Timecodes

0:00 - Intro

5:00 - Notable Rule Changes

19:00 - The Women's Game Today

25:00 - Grey Areas

42:15 - IWLCA White Paper

48:00 - What Coach's Should Teach

52:10 - Top of Mind Rules

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