Injury Prompts College Lacrosse Groups to Reexamine Women's Rules

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An on-field incident that hospitalized a Yale University women's lacrosse player for two weeks has prompted two oversight organizations to reexamine the rulebook.

As reported by ESPN, an apparent illegal but unpenalized cross-check ruptured a kidney of Yale sophomore attacker Taylor Everson, causing severe internal bleeding, during a game at Stony Brook University on Long Island last month. "The ball went down, and I went to go grab it and I shot it and a girl kind of came in my blind spot and cross-checked me in the side," Everson told ESPN. "It felt like knives were being stabbed into me."

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