Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. This match was played, on Oxford's insistence, with bandy sticks and a lacrosse ball. The ball is larger, softer and hollow, unlike a lacrosse ball, which is solid rubber. The ball is larger, softer, and hollow, unlike a lacrosse ball, which is solid rubber. The lacrosse ball is made of solid rubber and can be white, yellow or orange. In 2016, Guardian Innovations developed a new lacrosse ball, called PEARL, made entirely of polyurethane.