GUILDFORD, ENGLAND – Canada defeated host England by a score of 8-6 on Tuesday in a thrilling match to end pool play at the 2017 FIL Rathbones Women’s Lacrosse World Cup. The win gave the Canadians a 3-1 record, good for the second seed in Pool A, behind unbeaten rivals the United States. They advance to tomorrow’s quarter-finals, where they will take on upstart New Zealand, who scored an impressive…
GUILDFORD, ENGLAND – Canada suffered a setback in their 2017 FIL Rathbones Women’s Lacrosse World Cup journey, falling 17-3 at the hands of the defending champion United States in a round-robin game on Sunday. The loss was the team’s first of the tournament, after opening with three straight wins. It was a tale of two halves for the Canadian squad. They went toe-to-toe with the Americans in the first half,…
GUILDFORD, ENGLAND – A dominant offensive performance helped Canada earn its third straight win at the 2017 FIL Rathbones Women’s Lacrosse World Cup, 16-7 win over Scotland. Erica Evans (Peterborough, Ont.) led the way with six goals, three in each half, taking home the Game MVP award in the process. She now leads the team with 10 goals through the first three games, two ahead of team captain Dana Dobbie…
Team Canada has made some adjustments to its roster for next month’s 2017 FIL Rathbones Women’s Lacrosse World Cup, adding midfielder Quintin Bullen and naming attackers Tessa Chad and Holly Lloyd as alternates. Bullen, a native of Severn, Ont., was recently named the 2017 Orillia Athlete of the Year. The University of Denver commit, who studies at The Hill Academy in Vaughn, won a provincial championships last summer with the…
The Canadian Lacrosse Association would like to congratulate the eight umpires and one off-field officials from Canada that have been selected to take part in next month’s 2017 FIL Rathbones Women’s Lacrosse World Cup in Guildford, England. These women will join an international officiating team with representatives from nine other countries, comprised of 40 on-field umpires, 17 off-field officials, and a leadership team of six. “This is the largest group…
OTTAWA, ON – Lacrosse fans from across Canada and around the globe will have the opportunity to participate in the once-in-a-lifetime 150th Anniversary of Lacrosse Celebration, even if they can’t make it to Montreal in person, thanks to free live streaming provided by Sports Canada TV. The re-enacted game and lecture series will both be webcasted live at www.sportscanada.tv. After the event, the footage will be archived and remain available…
The finest box lacrosse players from both Canada and the United States will converge on Hamilton, Ontario, this fall as they face-off in the 2017 Heritage Cup, an international showcase game that will take place at the FirstOntario Centre on Saturday, October 21. The Canadian Lacrosse Association, in association with Core Entertainment, are proud to announce the re-launch of this prestigious event. The 2017 edition will mark the fourth…
When the final buzzer sounded Team USA once again was the winner of the bronze medal in the FIL-World Indoor Lacrosse Championships as the defeated Team Israel 15-4. USA controlled the game from start to finish as Marcus Holman would score just fifty four seconds into the game. Holman would score his second of his three goals before the first quarter ended to put USA up 5-1. The score wouldn’t…
Team USA might not have won gold or played in the championship game but they showed that they were capable of winning games and won some in blowout fashion. Yes ,Canada and Team Iroquois are still steps ahead of the United States in box lacrosse and both those teams were able to handle USA fairly easy but in all three of those games USA never did give up. The likes…
One of the hardest working members of Team Canada is a man you’ll never see on the floor during a game. He’s too busy behind the scenes making sure everything runs smoothly: that the players have their clean and correct uniforms; that their sticks are taped just so; that if any problems arise during a game they are fixed quickly. That man is Paul Wade, one of Team Canada’s equipment…