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 5th-ranked England fought off a dramatic comeback by the Israel men’s national team to protect their spot in the premier “Blue Group” in a promotion/relegation match at the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Thursday. Israel will meet Japan in a final placement match on Friday at 11:00 AM.  The winner will be ranked 7th in the world, while the loser will be slotted 8th….

Australia’s Tom Vickery made three saves in the final minute to hold off Israel, 9-8, in the quarterfinals of the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships on Wednesday. Advancing to the semis felt promising early on, as the blue-and-white took early 2-0 and 4-1 leads on the third-ranked Australians.  However, the Sharks held Israel scoreless for the entire second quarter as they chipped away, trimming the deficit to 4-3 at the half….

In early afternoon play the Scotland coming off their first loss of the games, faces Japan. Japan coming off of two straight wins over England and New Zealand, just may have the momentum to take the upset win. Showing true grit in an their overtime win over England and their dominating performance against New Zealand team Japan is hitting their stride. Japan started the tournament playing what could be considered…

We opened up day one with Belgium who we ended up beating 12-4. That game was mostly about us building chemistry against another helmet and got us going on the right track. Day two we moved on in the group against Austria who we beat 20-2 in all around great performance by all. Day three was the Red Division championship game against Hong Kong who was 2-0 and we came…

Photo Credit: Larry Palumbo In a stunner earlier this morning, Israel defeated Germany to advanced to the championship round where they will play the fourth seed in the Blue Division. There are several more games today kicking off at 1pm as teams figure out their fate in the brackets. Games to Watch New Zealand vs Scotland- 1pm Switzerland vs Wales- 1pm Belguim vs Uganda- 3pm Finland vs Netherlands- 4pm Czech…

 Lee Coppersmith scored five goals to lead the Israel men’s national team past 9th-ranked Ireland, 18-9, at the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Monday. Israel (4-0) will meet 6th-ranked Germany (4-0) on Tuesday in the first-ever meeting between the two European squads.  Germany dispatched 13th-ranked Czech Republic, 9-5, on Monday to punch their ticket to the second-round of the playoffs.  The match is scheduled for 8:00 AM Local / 5:00 PM Israel, and…