47 players on the roster? And only 12.6 of them are on scholarship? (http://hsbaseballweb.com/scholarships_by_sport.htm)
Or does the 47 entail both men's and women's lacrosse, in which case 24.6 of them are on scholarship?
I was wondering why the men were allowed 12.6 scholarships and the women only 12 (whereas in every other co-ed sport (the football/wrestling tax), the women have more scholarships). However I see (from uslacrosse.org -- I'm not a fan of the sport) that a men's team has 10 players at a time (4, almost 5 strings deep, if the 47 is men only?) and the women's team has 12 (only just over 2 strings deep if it's men's and women's). 2 strings deep makes a lot more sense.
Now why isn't there women's wrestling? I enjoyed GLOW much more than women's hockey.
Hmmm....39 on UMass's roster (It was the first school I could find that played lacrosse that posted its roster on the web)...that's still almost 4 strings deep. Those Dukies wouldn't have expanded the roster to 47 just to get a black player on it, would they?