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United States and Canada to Meet in World Lacrosse Final
6/30/2023 10:10:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
SAN DIEGO – The United States and Canada will meet for the 10th time with a gold medal on the line in the World Lacrosse Men's Championship after both won their semifinal games. Canada defeated the Haudenosaunee 12-7 in the first semifinal while the U.S. beat Australia 11-2 to cap day nine of action at the tournament at Snapdragon Stadium.
The United States (6-0) and Canada (5-1) in the championship game Saturday, July 1 at 7 p.m., on ESPN2 and TSN. Six Blue Devils will be represented between the two rosters with current attackmen Brennan O'Neill and Dyson Williams starring for the United States and Canada, respectively.
Former Blue Devils JT Giles-Harris and Michael Sowers don the red, white and blue, while Duke head coach John Danowski is the U.S. head coach. Former Blue Devil great Taylor Wray also patrols the sidelines as an assistant coach for Canada.
Sowers had a standout semifinal, registering two goals and an assist in a balanced effort by the United States. O'Neill had one goal on five shots, while Giles-Harris had a caused turnover in yet another superb defensive effort by the U.S. Through six games, Sowers has 10 goals and five assists and O'Neill has nine goals and five assists. The tandem combined twice in the quarterfinal victory over Israel as both found the other for a tally.
For Canada, Williams had his third hat trick of the tournament and second consecutive. He has 12 goals and two assists in the six games while running out of the box for his home country.
Also competing on the international stage for Ireland is former Blue Devil Brian Smyth. He has helped Ireland to a 4-2 record, registering five goals and two assists while going 28-of-50 at the faceoff X and picking up 24 ground balls.
The North American lacrosse superpowers have been on a collision course since June 21, when the U.S. opened the 2023 World Lacrosse Men's Championship with a 7-5 win over Canada in front of an energetic crowd at Snapdragon Stadium.
They've met in the last six gold medal games, with the U.S. prevailing in 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2018 and Canada winning in 2006 and 2014.
Five of the games have been decided by three goals or fewer, including the Americans' 15-14 overtime triumph in 1998 and their 9-8 victory in 2018 clinched on a last-second goal by Tom Schreiber, who returned to the U.S. lineup Thursday after a three-game absence.
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The United States (6-0) and Canada (5-1) in the championship game Saturday, July 1 at 7 p.m., on ESPN2 and TSN. Six Blue Devils will be represented between the two rosters with current attackmen Brennan O'Neill and Dyson Williams starring for the United States and Canada, respectively.
Former Blue Devils JT Giles-Harris and Michael Sowers don the red, white and blue, while Duke head coach John Danowski is the U.S. head coach. Former Blue Devil great Taylor Wray also patrols the sidelines as an assistant coach for Canada.
Sowers had a standout semifinal, registering two goals and an assist in a balanced effort by the United States. O'Neill had one goal on five shots, while Giles-Harris had a caused turnover in yet another superb defensive effort by the U.S. Through six games, Sowers has 10 goals and five assists and O'Neill has nine goals and five assists. The tandem combined twice in the quarterfinal victory over Israel as both found the other for a tally.
For Canada, Williams had his third hat trick of the tournament and second consecutive. He has 12 goals and two assists in the six games while running out of the box for his home country.
Also competing on the international stage for Ireland is former Blue Devil Brian Smyth. He has helped Ireland to a 4-2 record, registering five goals and two assists while going 28-of-50 at the faceoff X and picking up 24 ground balls.
The North American lacrosse superpowers have been on a collision course since June 21, when the U.S. opened the 2023 World Lacrosse Men's Championship with a 7-5 win over Canada in front of an energetic crowd at Snapdragon Stadium.
They've met in the last six gold medal games, with the U.S. prevailing in 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2018 and Canada winning in 2006 and 2014.
Five of the games have been decided by three goals or fewer, including the Americans' 15-14 overtime triumph in 1998 and their 9-8 victory in 2018 clinched on a last-second goal by Tom Schreiber, who returned to the U.S. lineup Thursday after a three-game absence.
For more information on Duke men's lacrosse, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching DukeMLAX.
#GoDuke
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