Events
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. — Registration for the USA Lacrosse Youth Nationals, featuring top-tier girls’ 13U, 14U and 15U teams from around the country, is now open.
Earlier this month, the American Boy Project made its first appearance in Hudson, Ohio, located about 30 miles south of Cleveland, and by all accounts, its debut was a great success, due in no small part to the efforts of USA Lacrosse’s North Coast Ohio Chapter.
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.”
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.
The next generation of USA men’s lacrosse players proved that the Americans will be a force on the global stage for years to come during Brogden Cup play Saturday. The USA Select U16 and U18 teams went a combined 4-0, with each squad scoring wins over the Haudenosaunee and Ontario.
USA U18 topped the Haudenosaunee Nationals 16-3 before edging Ontario 9-8 in overtime. Brock Behrman (Salisbury School ‘23/Notre Dame) netted the overtime winner as part of a six-goal day.