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• California currently boasts the second greatest number of men's college lacrosse teams in the nation.
Only New York State can claim more.
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The cost of outfitting a lacrosse team is less than hockey and football.
• Fan attendance at the Men's NCAA Lacrosse Championships has nearly tripled in the last 10 years, with over 100,000 lacrosse enthusiasts attending the men's Division I, II and III championship tournaments in 1999.
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Only the men's NCAA Basketball Final Four championship game outdrew lacrosse as the largest attended NCAA championship in 1995.
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In 1998, more than 230,000 men, women and children played lacrosse... male participation was estimated to be over 180,000 players, while female participation was estimated to be over 51,000 players.
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Since 1995, more than 40 new varsity women's programs have been established at U.S. colleges and universities.
National participation in lacrosse, considered one of the fastest-growing team sports in the country, is increasing at a rate of 15 to 20 percent per year.
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Of 80 NCAA sponsored championships, men's lacrosse ranks fifth in the amount of merchandise sales, behind the Men's Division I Final Four (basketball), College World Series, Women's Final Four and Division I Men's Ice Hockey.
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International lacrosse has recently grown to include Sweden, Germany, and the Czech Republic as competing nations. Development efforts are now underway in more than a dozen other nations, including China, Korea, Argentina and Italy.
• Chapters of the Lacrosse Foundation have been established in 37 states.
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