Sixes
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – World Lacrosse Sixes is set for its debut at the global level with 16 men’s and women’s teams taking the field at the 11th edition of The World Games starting Friday at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s PNC Field. Ninety-six of the sport’s top athletes from around the world will help make lacrosse history at the multi-sport event, which is returning to the United States for the first time since its 1981 debut in Santa Clara, California.
The World Games has announced the schedule for the men's and women's lacrosse events this summer and the U.S. men will play Germany, Great Britain and Australia in pool play. The U.S. women will play Australia, Japan and the Czech Republic during pool play.
The full release from World Lacrosse follows:
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, USA – The World Games announced the schedule for the men’s and women’s Lacrosse Sixes competitions this July in Birmingham, Alabama.
SPARKS, Md. — USA Lacrosse has named the 24 players (12 men, 12 women) that will represent the United States at The World Games 2022, a multi-sport competition that will feature over 3,600 athletes from more than 100 countries competing in 34 sports from July 7-17 in Birmingham, Ala.
SPARKS, Md. — USA Lacrosse has named the coaching staffs for the U.S. teams that will compete in The World Games 2022 this summer in Birmingham, Ala. The World Games is an Olympic-style, multisport event that will feature men’s and women’s lacrosse using the new Sixes discipline developed by World Lacrosse.
SPARKS, Md. — This time last year, Kyla Sears and Marge Donovan were separated by more than 2,000 miles. Sears was based in Utah and working remotely for a strategic communications firm. Donovan was in her home state of Maryland, learning about lacrosse sticks in a whole new light as a mechanical engineering intern with a focus on prototype testing at STX in Baltimore — not far from her hometown of Catonsville.
SPARKS, Md. — Jack Kelly dropped to his knees to make the save. The stop on a breakaway helped seal a 17-16 win over Canada in the U.S. men’s team’s World Lacrosse Super Sixes opener Saturday at Tierney Field.
USA Lacrosse recently completed the second of three evaluation/exhibition camp sessions for the new Sixes discipline in beautiful Saratoga Springs and Lake Placid, N.Y. Now is a great time to summarize where we are in the development of our Sixes process.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, USA – USA Lacrosse, with support from World Lacrosse and participating Iroquois and Canadian federations, will play host to a historic “Super Sixes” tournament, October 23-24, in Sparks, Md.
The tournament will feature Canada, the Iroquois Nationals, and the United States in a round-robin tournament for both men and women. All three nations will help organize the event. The tournament will be played at William G. Tierney Field at USA Lacrosse’s complex.
SPARKS, Md. — USA Lacrosse has named the men’s and women’s players that will participate in evaluation camps for the new World Lacrosse Sixes discipline during the Lake Placid (N.Y.) Summit Classic from Aug. 2-4.
Sixes is a fast-paced version of the sport played on a smaller field (70 x 36 meters), with fewer players (6 v 6), a condensed game length (four 8-minute quarters) and a 30-second shot clock.
SPARKS, Md. — USA Lacrosse will continue its exploration of the new World Lacrosse Sixes discipline when it holds an evaluation camp at the Lake Placid (N.Y.) Summit Classic from Aug. 2-4.