The Minneapolis/St. Paul area Middle School Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association (MSSLax), founded in 2003, organizes and supports middle school age schoolgirls' lacrosse leagues. The goal of the association is to facilitate competitive play for middle school teams, stressing skills development and sportsmanship. 
 
Spring teams play games from early April through late May; a separate play day is held each spring. 

Summer teams will play games from mid-June until mid-July.  A play day is likely.

MSSLax has two divisions: 5th & 6th Grades (girls having completed 4th,5th & 6th grades - for summer only) and 7th & 8th grades. 7th/8th graders play using modified checking (checking below the shoulders in a downward and outward motion only). No checking is allowed in 5th/6th . Regulation stick pockets are required for both divisions.

Home teams will provide umpires if official umpires are unavailable. Those umpires should be trained student players, parents, or coaches. The association is offering umpire training sessions prior to the start of the season. Coaches are required to attend a Manditory Rules Interpretation Meetings.  And starting in spring 2008, all coaches for spring must be certified as a Double-Goal Coach with the PCA (Positive Coaching Alliance). More detailed league rules and regulation are available at left.

More information? Contact:Alex Christianson 952-928-8841

                                     Sharon Hawkins 952-473-6606

For information on summer, contact  Krista Dean Klinger 612-812-6748

A great day was had on Saturday at Holy Angels in the MSSLax spring season All Star Game during LaxTravaganza.  The weather was perfect and the players pulled together for a great match-off.  The "UVA" team of girls, coaches by Teresa Deming and Holly Iverson, managed to defeat the "Duke" team, coached by John Peterson and Mike Myers, with a score of 10-6!

MSSLax League Rules of Play
Please check out the appropriate sections at left entitled 7/8 Division and 5/6 Division.

Coaches-Parents-Players: Check out Camps&League info at left.
Check out a selection of area summer camps/clinics/leagues.

2008 SPRING Umpire Rates for MSSLax Official Umpires (MLUA) & Trained Umpires

 MLUA Referee pay is as follows:

1 Game  - 2 umpires   $45 each  - note change
1 Game - 1 umpire  $ 60  - note change

(There is a $10 surcharge for certain highly experienced MLUA umpires) 

Pay umpires by check prior (preferably) to the start of each game. 

Experienced high school players and adults, having gone through one of the umpire training sessions are considered Trained referees and the suggested rate is: 

2 umpires - $35 each umpire  - note change
1 umpire  -  $50 - note change 

$15 gas surcharge for any umpire traveling 15 miles or more to ref a game. Teams can negotiate payment, service hours in lieu of payment.

Coaches, please call or email umpires 24-48 hours prior to game to reconfirm and provide umpires with directions to home field; notify them immediately of any game time/date/location changes.  If the refs are not notified and arrive to an assigned game, they are owed the ref fee by the home team.  If a game is cancelled once the refs have arrived at the field, the refs should be paid.