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That shift back in favor of women’s sports, both at Harvard and nationally, can be partially traced back to Kleinfelder. In 1990, three universities—Rutgers, UMass and Northeastern—announced they were cutting women’s lacrosse teams, programs that had begun under...
“‘We ought to do something, women’s lacrosse just lost three teams,’” Kleinfelder recalled telling her players. “‘We have a vehicle—we’re in the national...
Three days after the story of Harvard’s solidarity with the doomed lacrosse programs ran, a member of the Board of Trustees at Rutgers called Kleinfelder to discuss the article. Rutgers reversed its decisions and reinstated its program that year. UMass followed suit a year later.
The 1990 national championship game is well remembered for the ribbons Harvard donned, but it may be better remembered for how it forever changed the game of women’s lacrosse.
The impact of the shift was not lost on opposing coaches, and soon more teams began to imitate Kleinfelder’s tactics. But after almost a decade, a rule change was implemented which removed the defensive advantage of her strategy. The rule, called the restraining line, limits the number...