NCAA

Each team has a head coach and assistant coaches in the team box during the game. , medical timeout, brief team huddles in dead-ball situations).

A player with an actual or suspected concussion is removed from play immediately and is subject to a graduated return-to-play assessment before being cleared for subsequent training and competition. NCAA medical observers and team medical staff ha...

Attacking players may not enter the crease or contact the goalkeeper while the goalkeeper is in the crease; A goal-mouth-area rule (adopted in recent rule cycles) restricts an attacking player's positioning directly in front of the goal during specific transitions; The goalkeeper has 4 seconds to...

The faceoff is taken at the center "X" at the start of each quarter and after each goal. The two faceoff midfielders (FOGOs in modern practice) line up on their offensive side of the midfield line; their sticks rest on the ground parallel to the l...

The center of the midfield line is the faceoff spot ("X"), where every faceoff is taken — at the start of each quarter, after each goal, and after specified violations.

The 2025/26 cycle replaced the prior "three faceoff violations in a half = 30-second team penalty" framework with a per-player framework. If a faceoff player commits a violation, that player cannot participate in the next faceoff their team takes; the team may replace the violator.

Rectangular field, 110 yards × 60 yards; Midfield line dividing the field into two halves; Two restraining lines, each 20 yards from the midfield line (one in each half of the field)

Cleats are appropriate to the surface; metal spikes are prohibited on most NCAA fields. Uniform numerals must be legible and distinct from teammates'; the goalkeeper wears a contrasting color permitting clear identification by officials.

Four 15-minute quarters; 2-minute breaks between Q1/Q2 and Q3/Q4; 10-minute halftime; Sudden-victory overtime in 4-minute periods following regulation tie (regular season and tournament)

A goal is scored when the entire ball passes the goal line into the goal, propelled by an attacking player's stick. , goal in time, crease violation, attacking player position).