It's all part of an alarming pattern. Studies show that female college basketball players are four times as likely to suffer ACL injuries as their male counterparts. It's almost as bad in soccer, where female varsity players suffer twice as many ACL injuries as the men do.
Women also suffer more meniscus tears than men.
What's more, nobody really knows for sure what the causes are of either the epidemic, or the gender difference. Nobody has proved any of these theories. Women are not quite as coordinated as men are in ball sports. They're not as strong and don't have quite the ability to protect their limbs. The good news is, modifying certain common basketball and soccer moves might cut down the ACL injury rate.