Coffman, Glatzel and Powell Add a World Championship to Their Resumes
7/8/2002 1:40:19 PM | Men's Lacrosse
PERTH, Australia (July 14) -- Doug Shanahan (Hofstra '01) scored four goals and the United States overcame a two-goal halftime deficit to defeat Canada 18-15 for the 2002 International Lacrosse Federation World Championship. The U.S. has now won six consecutive ILF titles since losing the 1978 championship to Canada.
The U.S. jumped out to a 6-2 lead after one quarter, only to see Canada storm back in the second quarter. Canada outscored the U.S. 7-1 in the second quarter to take a 9-7 halftime lead. Shanahan, who will report to the New York Jets camp upon his return from Australia, scored the only U.S. goal of the quarter.
The U.S. regained control of the game in the third quarter, outscoring Canada 6-1 to lead 13-10 entering the final quarter. Canada scored the first three goals of the fourth quarter to tie the game 13-13, but the U.S. then ripped off four straight goals to put the game out of reach.
Darren Lowe (Brown '92) and Ryan Boyle (Princeton '04) added three goals for the U.S. and Scott Doyle (Georgetown '01), Kevin Lavey (Delaware '99) and Matt Striebel (Princeton '01) added two goals each. John Grant Jr. (Delaware '99) and Tracey Kelusky (Hartford '00) had four goals each to lead Canada.
Score by Quarters
United States (6-1-6-5=18)
Canada (2-7-1-5=15)
Goals
United States (18) - Doug Shanahan 4, Ryan Boyle 3, Darren Lowe 3, Scott
Doyle 2, Kevin Lavey 2, Matt Striebel 2, Scott Bross, Kevin Lowe, Ryan
Mollett. Canada (15) - John Grant Jr. 4, Tracey Kelusky 4, Paul Gait 2,
Chris Gill 2, Matt Shearer 2, John Tavares.
Assists
United States (9) - Michael Powell 4, Darren Lowe 2, Ryan Boyle, Kevin
Cassese, Todd Rassas. Canada not available.
Saves
United States (12) - Trevor Tierney 7 (9 GA), Chris LaMonica 5 (6 GA).
Canada not available.
Complete scores from July 14
1st place: United States 18, Canada 15
3rd place: Australia 12, Iroquois Nationals 11
5th place: Japan 13, England 12
7th place: Scotland 12, Germany 11
9th place: Sweden 8, Czech Republic 6
11th place: Korea 16, Wales 12
PERTH, Australia -- (July 12) -- Kevin Lowe (Princeton '94) scored four goals and added an assist to lead the United States past the Iroquois Nationals 18-8 in the semifinal round of the International Lacrosse Federation World Championship at the UWA Sports Park. The U.S. will meet Canada for the ILF World Championship on July 14.
Trevor Tierney (Princeton '01) made seven first half saves in goal to help the U.S. to a 9-2 halftime lead with Lowe netting three of his goals in the half. Michael Powell (Syracuse '04) also helped the U.S. to the fast start with a goal and two assists in the first quarter.
Multiple goal scorers for the U.S. included Scott Doyle (Georgetown '01) with three and Steve Dusseau (Georgetown '02) and Doug Shanahan (Hofstra '01) with two each. Rutgers recruit Delby Powless, a former All-American at Herkimer Community College, led the Iroquois Nationals with four goals.
In the second semifinal, Canada overcame an early five-goal deficit to defeat host Australia 15-14. Australia led 7-2 after one quarter, but the Canadians pulled to within 8-7 at the half. Australia stretched the lead back to 11-8 late in the third quarter, but Canada went on a six-goal run to take a 14-11 lead and Australia was unable to get closer than one after that. Shawn Williams scored three key goals for the Canadians in the fourth quarter.
The U.S. and Canada will meet for the world title for the second straight time and the fifth time in the last seven ILF World Championships. The U.S. defeated Canada 15-14 in overtime for the 1998 ILF World Championship in Baltimore and has won five straight ILF World Championships since losing to Canada 17-16 in overtime in Manchester, England, in the 1978 ILF World Championship.
Score by Quarters
United States (4-5-5-4=18)
Iroquois Nationals (1-1-3-3=8)
Goals
United States (18) - Kevin Lowe 4, Scott Doyle 3, Steve Dusseau 2, Doug
Shanahan 2, Ryan Boyle, Kevin Cassese, Josh Coffman, Kevin Lavey, Darren
Lowe, Michael Powell, Matt Striebel. Iroquois Nationals (8) - Delby
Powless 4, Scott Burnham, Neal Powless, Gewas Schindler, Seymor.
Assists
United States (12) - Ryan Boyle 3, Michael Powell 3, Kevin Cassese 2, Josh Coffman, Steve Dusseau, Darren Lowe, Kevin Lowe. Iroquois Nationals not
available.
Saves
United States (12) - Trevor Tierney 7 (2 GA), Chris LaMonica 5 (6 GA).
Iroquois Nationals not available.
Complete Scores From Day 6
Championship bracket
United States 18, Iroquois Nationals 8
Canada 15, Australia 14
Consolation bracket
England 16, Scotland 7
Czech Republic 13, Wales 7
Hong Kong 5, New Zealand 4
Japan 8, Germany 7
Sweden bye
Schedule for July 14
Championship game: United States vs. Canada
Third place game: Iroquois Nationals vs. Australia
Fifth place game: England vs. Japan
Seventh place game: Germany vs. Scotland
Ninth place game: Sweden vs. Czech Republic
11th place game: Wales vs. Korea
U.S. Defeats England, 21-3, in Final Round of Pool Play
PERTH, Australia -- (July 10) -- Twelve different players scored goals for
the United States in a 21- 3 victory over England in the International
Lacrosse Federation World Championship at the UWA Sports Park. The U.S.
finishes pool play with a 4-0 record in the Blue Division and advances to
the semifinals where it will play the winner of a play-in game between Japan
and the Iroquois Nationals. The semifinals will be played on July 12.
The U.S. scored six goals in the first 10 minutes of the game and cruised to the victory over England. Michael Powell (Syracuse '04) had a team-high seven points on two goals and five assists for the U.S. and Darren Lowe (Brown '92) added three goals and three assists. The U.S. also got three goals each from Bobby Benson (Johns Hopkins '03) and Doug Shanahan (Hofstra '01). U.S. goalies Chris LaMonica (Hartford '97) and Trevor Tierney (Princeton '01) each made four saves in the victory.
England got single tallies from Tom Caplin, Dave Carman and Paul Flowers.
Japan defeated Wales 21-8 today to win the Red Division with a perfect 5-0 record. The Iroquois Nationals went 1-3, including a 22-6 loss to the United States, to finish in fourth place in the Blue Division. They will play Japan on July 11. The Blue Division is comprised of the top five finishers from the previous ILF World Championship.
The second semifinal on July 12 will pit Canada against host Australia in a rematch of a game that Canada won 14-12 today.
Score by Quarters
United States (7-2-5-7=21)
England (0-2-0-1=3)
Goals
United States (21) - Bobby Benson 3, Darren Lowe 3, Doug Shanahan 3, Ryan
Boyle 2, Kevin Lowe 2, Michael Powell 2, Scott Bross, Josh Coffman, Scott
Doyle, Steve Dusseau, Ryan McClay, Matt Striebel. England (3) - Tom Caplin,
Dave Carman, Paul Flowers.
Assists
United States (17) - Michael Powell 5, Darren Lowe 3, Kevin Cassese 2, Bobby
Benson, Ryan Boyle, Josh Coffman, Steve Dusseau, Mike Law, Kevin Lowe, Matt
Striebel. England not available.
Saves
United States (8) - Chris LaMonica 4 (1 GA), Trevor Tierney 4 (2 GA).
England not available.
Complete Scores From Day 5
Blue Division
United States 21, England 3
Canada 14, Australia 12
Iroquois Nationals bye
Red Division
Japan 21, Wales 8
Germany 15, Scotland 9
Sweden 7, Czech Republic 5
Green Division (Developing lacrosse nations, not eligible for championship)
Hong Kong 9, New Zealand 5
Ireland 16, Korea 3
U.S. Men's Lacrosse Posts a 14-9 Victory Against Archrival Canada
PERTH, Australia -- (July 9) -- Ryan Boyle (Princeton '04), Steve Dusseau
(Georgetown '02) and Doug Shanahan (Hofstra '01) each scored three goals to
lead the United States past archrival Canada, 14-9, during the International
Lacrosse Federation World Championship at the UWA Sports Park. The victory
clinched the Blue Division for the United States (3-0), giving it the top
seed for the semifinals.
The U.S., which defeated Canada 15-14 in overtime to win the 1998 ILF World Championship in Baltimore, jumped out to a 4-2 lead after the first quarter as Dusseau scored all three of his goals in the quarter. The U.S. maintained the two-goal lead at the half after each team scored three goals in the second quarter.
In the third quarter the U.S. took advantage of a number of Canadian penalties, outscoring them 6-0 in the quarter to take a 13-5 lead. The U.S. stretched the lead to 14-5 in the fourth quarter. Paul Gait (Syracuse '90) scored two goals during a four-goal run by Canada to close the game, but it was too late. Canada finished the game with 29 penalties and the U.S. was whistled for nine.
Darren Lowe (Brown '92) added a goal and four assists for the U.S., while Scott Doyle (Georgetown '01) had two goals. Trevor Tierney (Princeton '01) played the first half for the U.S. in goal and made five saves. Chris LaMonica (Hartford '97) played the second half and made 10 saves. Gait led Canada with three goals, while John Grant Jr. (Delaware '99) added two.
Score by Quarters
United States (4-3-6-1=14)
Canada (2-3-0-4=9)
Goals
United States (14) - Ryan Boyle 3, Steve Dusseau 3, Doug Shanahan 3, Scott
Doyle 2, Mike Law, Darren Lowe, Michael Powell. Canada (9) - Paul Gait 3,
John Grant Jr. 2, Chris Gill, Matt Shearer, D'arcy Sweet, Shawn Williams.
Assists
United States (10) - Darren Lowe 4, Kevin Lowe 2, Michael Powell 2, Ryan
Boyle, Steve Dusseau. Canada not available.
Saves
United States (15) - Trevor Tierney 5 (5 GA), Chris LaMonica 10 (4 GA).
Complete Scores From Day 4
Blue Division
United States 14, Canada 9
Australia 19, Iroquois Nationals 5
England bye
Red Division
Czech Republic 16, Wales 6
Japan 10, Scotland 8
Germany 14, Sweden 10
Green Division
Ireland 15, Hong Kong 0
Korea 20, New Zealand 3
U.S. Men's Lacrosse Defeats Iroquois Nationals, 21-6
U.S. Team Aiming for Sixth Straight ILF Championship
Perth, Australia -- The United States Men's Lacrosse Team opened defense of its International Lacrosse Federation World Championship with a 21-6 victory over the Iroquois Nationals on July 6. Kevin Lowe (Princeton '94) led the U.S. with four goals.
After a scoreless opening 12 minutes, Scott Doyle (Georgetown '01) got the United States on the board with the first of his two goals and the U.S. used a 7-0 second quarter to open up a 12-1 halftime lead.
The U.S. had a balanced attack, getting at least two goals from seven players. Scoring three goals each were current college players Ryan Boyle (Princeton '04) and Bobby Benson (Johns Hopkins '03). Adding a pair of goals for the U.S. were Doyle, Steve Dusseau (Georgetown '02), Josh Coffman (Syracuse '02) and Doug Shanahan (Hofstra '01).
The Iroquois Nationals are the only Native American sporting team to compete internationally. The team finished fourth in the 1998 ILF World Championship.
A record 15 nations are competing in this year's ILF championship. The last time the championship was held in Perth was in 1990 when only five nations competed. The first ILF championship was held in 1967 and since 1974 the event has been held every four years. The U.S. has won all but one ILF World Championship, losing to Canada in 1978. The U.S. defeated Canada 15-14 in overtime in Baltimore to win the 1998 title.
Score by Quarters
United States (5-7-4-5=21)
Iroquois Nationals (1-0-3-2=6)
Goals
United States (21) - Kevin Lowe 4, Ryan Boyle 3, Bobby Benson 3, Scott Doyle
2, Steve Dusseau 2, Josh Coffman 2, Doug Shanahan 2, Kevin Cassese, Kevin
Lavey, Mike Law. Iroquois Nationals (6) - Gewas Schindler 3, Neal Powless,
Jamieson, JD Jones.
Assists and saves were not available.
Complete Day 1 Scores:
Blue Division
United States 21, Iroquois Nationals 6
Canada 13, England 9
Australia bye
Red Division
Scotland 14, Wales 7
Japan 19, Sweden 4
Germany 11, Czech Republic 7
Green Division (Developing lacrosse nations - not eligible for championship)
Ireland 16, Hong Kong 1
Korea 23, New Zealand 2
U.S. Men's Lacrosse Team Beats Australia, 22-7
PERTH, Australia (July 7) - Kevin Lowe (Princeton '94) had four goals and Michael Powell (Syracuse '04) added three goals and four assists to lead the United States past host Australia 22-7 during the second day of play of the International Lacrosse Federation World Championship.
The U.S. jumped out to a 7-1 lead after the first quarter and outshot Australia 51-27 in the contest. Darren Lowe (Brown '92), the only member of the U.S. winning team from 1998 on this year's squad, added three goals and three assists and Steve Dusseau (Georgetown '02) had three goals. U.S. goalies Chris LaMonica (Hartford '97) and Trevor Tierney (Princeton '01) combined to make 11 saves. Australia was led by Darren Nicholas with four goals.
Score by Quarters
United States (7-3-6-6=22)
Australia (1-2-4-0=7)
Goals
United States (22) - Kevin Lowe 4, Michael Powell 3, Darren Lowe 3, Steve
Dusseau 3, Ryan Boyle 2, Scott Doyle 2, Bobby Benson, Kevin Cassese, Josh Coffman, Doug Shanahan, Matt Striebel. Australia unavailable.
Assists
United States (14) - Michael Powell 4, Ryan Boyle 3, Darren Lowe 3, Josh Coffman 2, Kevin Lowe, Doug Shanahan. Australia unavailable.
Saves
United States (11) - Chris LaMonica 6 (3 GA), Trevor Tierney 5 (4 GA).
Australia unavailable.
Day 2 Scores:
Blue Division
United States 22, Australia 7
England vs. Iroquois Nationals, unavailable
Canada bye
Red Division
Japan 11, Germany 5
Sweden 10, Wales 8
Czech Republic vs. Scotland, unavailable
Green Division (Developing lacrosse nations - not eligible for championship)
Ireland 14, Korea 5
New Zealand 9, Hong Kong 8
More information about the 2002 U.S. Men's Team and the ILF World Championship is available at:
www.lacrosse.org
www.lacrosse2002.com
