Championship Date: Quarterfinals: Tuesday April
15, @ higher
seeds
Semifinals: Friday, April 18, 2008 hosted by Limestone
Final: Sunday, April 20, 2008 hosted by Limestone
(Coaches Meeting: Sunday. April 13, 6:00pm, Site: Limestone)
Method: Six team single elimination championship. Highest applicable seeds receive byes in the quarterfinals that are hosted by higher seeded teams. Quarterfinal game times will be selected by the host teams at either 4:00 PM or 7:00 PM based upon availability of lights and officials. The officials supervisor will be contacted by host teams to be given game times. Officials payments are made by host teams through Bill Freeman. The semifinals and finals are played at a site determined by bid. NCAA rules including the tie breaking procedure will be applied in all tournament matches. All member head coaches are required to attend the tournament and the men's lacrosse chair will appoint a no longer participating coach to serve as tournament game liaison.
Tie Breaking Procedure: Teams will be seeded
according to regular season finish.
Seeding : Ties will be broken in the following
manner: 1) Head to head results during the regular season for a two
way tie; 2) Records against all opponents involved in the tie if
more than two teams are involved in the tie; 3) record against
opponents not involved in the tie working down from #1;
4)random selection by the commissioner (note that in a
multi-member tie requiring random selection, the random selection
is for the highest seed among the tied teams and then returning to
the start of the tie breaking procedure for the remaining teams).
Lacrosse Policies: (1) Each team must play all other league teams once during the season to be eligible for the Lacrosse championship. (2) league teams may play each other more than once during the season. However, only the first regular season game between any two teams will count towards league won-loss records. (4) All conference games will use the three person officiating system. (5) NCAA rules apply to regular season games, which are tied. (6) Suspended matches will follow NCAA official lacrosse rules. (7) Game tape exchange and verbal scouting reports are impermissible within the league membership to all non-conference opponents. Each team is required to use new VHS tapes for every film requested, and each coach may request two match films per institution. (The film agreement documentation will be completed and distributed by the 12th of February from the committee chair). (8) Members agree to admit opponents students, with student ID, without charge. (9) All members will use lacrosse stat crew
Policies for all Conference sports
Media Policy Regarding Officials: Link to league Media Policy
Delay of Game Policy: Link to League Delayed Game Policy (Note that in Men's Lacrosse the delayed game policy is modified to provide a match start time that allows 50 minutes from the arrival time to match start time.)
Ejection Policy: When a player or team party
member is ejected both the team’s coach and (if a league
opponent) the opposing coach are to notify their Athletic Director,
in writing, within two working days. The Athletic Director will
complete and submit to the league office the Ejection Report
Form found on the web. A coach ejected for an "unsporting act" will
be cautioned by the institution’s Athletic Director or
immediate superior in a form provided by league. Copies of cautions
and suspensions will be provided to the institution’s
President, FAR, the Supervisor of Officials and the Commissioner. A
second ejection in the same year will, minimally, carry a next game
suspension. A third ejection in the same year will, minimally,
carry a next two games suspension. End of year suspensions will be
carried forward to the next year.
Ejected coaches must leave sight of the playing field/floor when
ejected. If the ejected coach does not comply in a timely manner,
the game is forfeited.
All Conference Team: Each team through their SID may nominate attackers, midfielders, defenders, & goaltenders for all-conference consideration. All nominations must be received by the Service Bureau Director prior to the stated deadline. Sunday prior to the tournament coaches will meet to select award winners (time, location, etc. TBD by MLAX chair). Upon compilation and distribution of nomination information, coaches will then meet at this coaches meeting to determine All-Conference Team members. First team and second teams will be selected (top 3 vote getters at attack, top 4 at midfield, top 3 at defense and the top vote getter at goalkeeper). Honorable mention will be the next 5 highest vote getters (for a total of 11 first-team 11 second team and 5 honorable mention). Each team will vote for players in rank order and may not vote for their own players.
Player of the Year: Each league member will vote for three players excluding their own, in rank order. Candidates include the highest all conference vote getters in the attack, midfield, defender and goalkeeper balloting. The winner will be named Player of the Year. Ties will be broken by greatest number of 1) first place votes, 2) 2ed place votes, 3) 3rd place votes.
Coach of the Year: Each member will vote for three coaches excluding their own, in rank order. The winner will be named Coach of the Year. Ties will be broken by greatest number of 1) first place votes, 2) 2ed place votes, 3) 3rd place votes.
Freshman of the Year: Each member will vote for three true freshman players excluding their own, in rank order. The winner will be named Freshman of the Year. Ties will be broken by greatest number of 1) first place votes, 2) 2ed place votes, 3) 3rd place votes.
Player of the Week: MLAX (only) Each member will have the opportunity to nominate an offensive and defensive player each week through the SID.
All Tournament: Coaches on competing teams
will select the all tournament team as follows: 1st place-MVP
+ 3 All Tournament, 2nd-3 All Tournament, 3rd & 4th-2 All
Tournament each & 5th & 6th-1 All Tournament each.
League Men's Lacrosse Scheduling Policy:
Rain dates: Members will reserve the third Tuesday in
March and the second Wednesday in April as rain out make-up
dates. A rained out match will be made upon or before the
earliest available rain date.
Regular season scheduling:
Members will determine the regular season schedules within
the following guidelines.
- 1. Member athletic directors are ultimately responsible for schedule approval.
- 2. In odd years (2007, 2009, etc) Saturday and Tuesday or Wednesday games will include:
Saturday Tuesday or Wednesday
Lees McRae @
Queens Abbey
@ Limestone
St. Andrews @Pfeiffer
Lees McRae @
Pfeiffer Abbey
@St. Andrews
Queens @ Limestone
Limestone @
Pfeiffer Queens
@ St. Andrews
Pfeiffer @ Abbey
Abbey @ Lees
McRae Pfeiffer
@ Queens
St. Andrews @ Limestone
St. Andrews @ Lees McRae
Limestone @ Pfeiffer
Queens @ Abbey
** In even years (2008, 2010, etc.) the odd year format will be used with game sites reversed.
Student Sportsmanship Pledge Form & Link (Reminder to be signed by each student athlete during preseason and filed in schools athletic department)
Men's Committee Chairperson: Mike Lawson, St.
Andrews Presbyterian College
Athletic Director Liaison: Reid Estus,
Lees-McRae College