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"The sport of lacrosse is older than baseball. And it underwent a transformation in the 1970s. Heavy, handmade wooden sticks were replaced by lighter, plastic ones; the NCAA instituted a playoff to determine national champions; Long Island began producing top players; and Cornell rose to the to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Swezey, Christian (Author)
Other Authors: Tierney, Bill (Lacrosse coach) (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Cornell University > Sports > History > 20th century.
Cornell University
1900-1999
Lacrosse > History > 20th century.
College sports > New York (State) > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Sports universitaires > New York (État) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Livres numériques.
Crosse (Sport) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
e-books.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Lacrosse.
College sports
Lacrosse
Sports
New York (State)
origins of NCAA lacrosse tournament, cornell lacrosse, eamon mceneaney, lacrosse in the 1970's, evolution of lacrosse sticks, history of lacrosse.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: 1978, 2001, 1970
  • June 13, 1970
  • The climb begins
  • Barbarians at the gate
  • The first NCAA tournament
  • Falling short
  • The establishment strikes back
  • Assembling the pieces
  • The French connection
  • Start of a streak
  • From Brown stadium
  • Flamin' Eamon
  • That-a-way in Piscataway
  • Epilogue: end of an era.

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