Kolby KickingWoman
ICT
UPDATE: July 3
The Haudenosaunee Nationals won its third bronze medal Saturday, defeating Australia 11-6 in San Diego on the final day of the 2023 World Lacrosse Men’s Championship.
It is the third consecutive world championship tournament in which the Nationals have taken third place.
The score was tied 2-2 at the end of the first quarter and the Nationals separated themselves in the second quarter for good, scoring four goals in the frame to Australia’s one.
The team was led by Lyle Thompson and Austin Staats, each scoring three goals a piece.
Staats had a spectacular tournament, scoring 30 goals and amassing 38 points in eight games, the most in the tournament.
Staats’ performance earned him the best attacker of the tournament award as well as being named All-World attack and All-World team honors. Defensemen Jacob Piseno was also named to the All-World team as well as being named Most Outstanding Defensive Player.
The United States won gold and Canada won the silver medal.
UPDATE: June 30
The Haudenosaunee Nationals will not complete their quest for a world championship after losing to Canada 12 to 7 Thursday evening in San Diego.
“Not the result we wanted but a chance to head home with a medal,” the team’s Facebook posted.
The Nationals got into an early deficit, trailing 4 to 1 after the first quarter. That would be the closest the Nationals got to Canada, as the latter led at one point by seven early in the fourth quarter.
However, the tournament is not over for Haudenosaunee. They now have a chance to secure a third bronze medal at the world championships and play Australia Saturday afternoon.
The game is a rematch from pool play, where the Nationals beat Australia 10-6.
The game will be aired on ESPNU and streamed on ESPN+ in the United States and aired on TSN in Canada.
Original story:
The Haudenosaunee Nationals are among the final eight teams vying for the 2023 World Lacrosse Men’s Championship.
After going 2-2 in pool play, the third-seeded Nationals won their first round playoff matchup Tuesday against Hong Kong, 13-3.
The game was dedicated to missing and murdered Indigenous women across the United States and Canada. The team wore red shirts before the game.
“We are proud to wear REDress Project shooting shirts, highlighting the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous women and girls across North America, as a visual reminder of the staggering number of women who are no longer with us,” a tweet from the team’s twitter page said.
The team was down 1 to 0 early in the first quarter before scoring 10 unanswered goals, including three by Austin Staats in the second quarter. Staats led the team with four goals on the night, followed by Larson Sundown who scored three of his own.
The Nationals are now three wins away from winning its first world championship. The team hasn’t won a gold at the championships but has two bronze medals from two tournaments in the past. Follow the team on social media for score updates.
They take on Japan in the quarterfinals Wednesday afternoon in San Diego and if they win, will play the winner of Canada and Jamaica. The Nationals lost to Canada during pool play 8 to 7.
The championship is set for Saturday. Games are being streamed on ESPN+ in the United States and TSN in Canada.
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*corrected the spelling of Haudenosaunee