As one of the most dynamic players in lacrosse, Michael Sowers attributes much of his speed and explosiveness to his commitment to footwork training. This year at the USA Lacrosse Convention in Baltimore, Sowers will share some of the training secrets that have helped elevate him to elite attackman status.

LaxCon, annually the sport’s largest educational and networking event, takes place at the Baltimore Convention Center, Jan. 20-22, 2023.

SPARKS, Md. — USA Lacrosse has named the final 23-man roster that will represent the United States in the 2023 World Lacrosse Men’s Championship in San Diego. The United States is the reigning world champion and will be the No. 1 seed for the 30-team event which runs June 21 through July 1.

The roster was selected following a 50-player training camp in Florida, held in conjunction with the IMLCA Winter Summit, earlier this month. It was the fourth training opportunity head coach John Danowski and his staff have had with the players since June.

The U.S. men’s national team is headed to Florida this weekend to conduct a training camp being held in conjunction with the Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IMCLA) Winter Summit.

The U.S. men will hold two Blue-White exhibition games at Northeast Regional Park in Davenport, Fla. The first game will be held Friday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. and the second game will be held Saturday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. Both games are open to the public and free of charge.

HONG KONG – World Lacrosse today announced that the 2024 Women’s U20 Championship has been awarded to Hong Kong, China. The tournament will be hosted by the China Hong Kong Lacrosse Association with support from World Lacrosse as the top women’s programs compete at the junior-level world championship. 

SPARKS, Md. — Colorado produced three integral pieces of the USA Select U18 women’s team that took to Tierney Field on Sunday morning to fight for the Brogden Cup.

Attacker Camille Johnson picked up the game in Boulder, while defender Samantha Hughes (Castle Rock) and goalie Betty Nelson (Littleton) honed their craft in the Denver area.

Once club rivals in a blossoming Colorado lacrosse scene — Hughes and Nelson play for 3D Colorado and Johnson for Team 180 — the trio got the chance to represent their state, and country, as part of the U18 USA Select team.

SPARKS, Md. — In between games of the Brogden Cup action at the USA Lacrosse Fall Classic on Sunday afternoon, Todd Rassas pulled up a picture on his phone. In the picture, the two-time USA defenseman is holding a young toddler — his daughter Madison.

On Sunday, Madison Rassas was the one wearing the USA uniform. She helped the USA Select U16 team complete a perfect 4-0 weekend by scoring hat tricks in both of Sunday’s games, an 8-2 victory over Team Ontario and a 13-1 victory over the Haudenosaunee Nationals.

SPARKS, Md. — Brock Behrman added to the storied history of the U.S.-Canada lacrosse rivalry Saturday, netting an overtime winner against Team Ontario in the Brogden Cup. Indicative of the rivalry’s recent back-and-forth swing, Ontario got the best of the USA Select U18 boys’ team on Sunday morning at USA Lacrosse headquarters.

Both the U.S. and Ontario finished 3-1 in the three-day event — a showcase of future border bouts to come.

SPARKS, Md. — Will Chiasson threw a one-handed wrap check riding back on Hunter Lubiniecki that dislodged both stick and ball from the Team Ontario midfielder. He scooped the ball from the Tierney Field turf, lobbed it up the field and sprinted to the substitution box.

“Phew,” he said, breathless as he moved through the line of outstretched gloves ready to compliment him on his gritty play. “I did not think I was gonna land that.”

BOX SCORE

SPARKS, Md. — The United States national team’s cycle started anew Saturday afternoon in the USA Lacrosse Fall Classic, the program’s first competition since claiming the world championship in July.

Game 1 Box: USA 5, Maryland 4  
Game 2 Box: USA 8, Maryland 5

SPARKS, Md. — Saturday morning’s Fall Classic couldn’t have gone much better for Jesse Bernhardt.

In his capacity as a U.S. national team defenseman, Bernhardt assisted on a first-half transition goal and was part of a unit that stymied defending NCAA Division I champion Maryland.