The American Lacrosse League was a professional lacrosse league that played in 1988. It was founded by Terry Wallace and Bruce Meierdiercks, former teammates at Adelphi University. The league folded after five weeks of play. The Dive Shot. Lacrosse is a team sport that is played by ten players (men) or twelve players (women), each of whom uses a netted stick (the crosse) in order to pass and catch a very hard rubber ball with the aim of scoring goals (each worth one point traditionally... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Adelphi University is a private coeducational nationally accredited institute of higher education, with its main campus located in Garden City, in Nassau County, New York. ...

It is unrelated to the current American Lacrosse League (formerly the Central Atlantic Lacrosse League), a post-collegiate lacrosse league, mainly on the east coast of the United States.

Teams

• Baltimore Tribe
• Boston Militia
• Denver Rifles
• Long Island Sachems
• New Jersey Arrows
• Syracuse Spirit

Schedule and Results

• April 16 or 17
  • Long Island 10 vs New Jersey 14 (scrimmage)
• April 24
  • Syracuse 13 @ Long Island 17
  • Baltimore W @ New Jersey L
  • Denver W, Boston L
• May 1
  • Syracuse 17 @ New Jersey 15
  • Boston 14 @ Baltimore 11
  • Denver 13 @ Long Island 14
• May 8
  • Syracuse 19 @ Baltimore 13
  • New Jersey 12 @ Denver 13 OT
  • Long Island 15 @ Boston 18
• May 15
  • Boston 15 @ Syracuse 20
  • Denver 12 @ Baltimore 22
  • New Jersey 14 @ Long Island 17
• May 18
  • Denver Rifles fold
• May 21
  • New Jersey 13 @ Syracuse 26
    • Game moved to Saturday due to Syracuse University home game on May 22
• May 22
  • Denver @ Syracuse
    • Game not played because Denver folded
  • Long Island @ Baltimore
    • Game moved to May 21 due to Johns Hopkins home game, then cancelled due to competition from Preakness
  • Boston @ New Jersey
    • New Jersey played Syracuse on May 21 due to graduation at Montlair State, New Jersey's home field