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Gary Gait slips one of four goals past Trevor Tierney.

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Via Doug Tarring:

Green defeated Red on Monday to complete an undefeated season. The finals were between the top two seeds of the league.

The game was competitive throughout as the first quarter ended in a 2-2 tie; Green led 5-4 at half. Red hung tough with the third quarter ending 8-5. The Green Machine pulled away to a 10-5 lead and the margain held.

David Morris led Green with 4 goals and Kevin Coates added 2 to lead a balanced offense of 7 scorers. Logan Kuiser had 3 and Captain Jim Loffredo and Steve Lesser each 3 for Red.

Both goalies were outstanding. Red’s Dave Breslin had 10 saves, while Grant White continued his spectacular summer play with 13 saves. Many were 1 on 1 stops. He was named the cville-lax.com Player of the Game.

2006 Charlottesville Summer Lacrosse League Champions (Photo courtesy Frayser White)
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On Thursday evening, Green defeated Maroon 6-2 to advance to Monday night’s Summer League final. They will take on defending champions Red, who defeated Orange 11-8.

The championship game will be played on Monday, July 24th at 6:30pm at Darden Towe Park.

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Ending a 28 year winning streak for the United States, Team Canada defeated the Team USA for the ILF World Lacrosse Championship 15-10. Former Virginia players Chris Sanderson (Canada) and Jay Jalbert (US) were standouts in the game. Jalbert scored twice; the second time tying the game at six apiece 1:39 into the second half.

Except for an embarassing dropped ball on a clear, resulting in an open-goal score, Sanderson was brilliant. He stopped 14 shots and was a key component to Canada’s success in clearing the ball against a tough US defense.

Jalbert was named to the All-World team, as was Sanderson. Sanderson, in his third appearance on Team Canada, was also named as best goalie of the Championship tournament.

The game was fairly well matched until the middle of the third quarter, when Canada scored three straight goals. Momentum shifted to Canada and the entire US team seem to deflate. At 7:06 into the fourth quarter, Gary Gait ripped an unassisted goal past Trevor Tierney, the first of five unanswered Canadian goals, four of which were scored by Gait. Casey Powell managed to put one past Sanderson with 40 seconds remaining in the game, but by then, the die was long cast.

Canada dominated ground ball pickups, snatching over twice as many as the US (37-18). Likewise, at 19 for 28, Canada won twice as many faceoffs; Canadian face-off specialist Geoff Snider was named the game’s MVP.

Most of the game was played in a heavy downpour, which fizzled out by the fourth quarter. In a somewhat humorous moment, the record crowd of 7,735 was treated to an English flag-draped streaker taking the field at halftime. To the obvious delight of the crowd, it took several minutes for police to round the man up; no word as to his fate.

All-World Team Goalie Chris Sanderson stands watch at the Canadian goal.

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In the game to determine the Bronze medal at the World Lacrosse Championships, Australia demolished a flat Iroquois National team 21-8.

Team Australia took a total of 50 shots, which despite 18 saves, proved too much for Iroquois goalie Marty Ward to handle. Aussie attackman Brendan Mundorf led all scorers with 6 goals.

Australian attackman Wes Green (16) dodges past Iroquois defender Sid Smith (33).

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In a rematch of July 16th’s down-to-the-last-shot game, Team USA defends its title against Canada at 3:30pm at TD Waterhouse Stadium. Live television coverage will begin at 3:00pm on CSTV, following a 1:00 repeat broadcast of Sunday’s US-Canada game.

For those in Charlottesville that don’t receive CSTV, both the Shebeen restaurant downtown and Wild Wings at the Amtrak Station receive the network.

Prior to the Championship game, Australia will take on the strong Iroquois Nationals.

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In striking contrast to regular season play, both play-in games for the Charlottesville Summer Lacrosse League Championships were very competitive. On Tuesday evening, Orange defeated Blue 5-4 in OT. Despite the loss, Blue Goalie Rodger Chan had an outstanding game. On Wednesday night, Maroon moved past Gold 15-10.

The semifinal games are set for tonight, July 20th. Red plays Orange at 6:15, while Green matches up with Maroon 6:45. Note to players: please be at the field at your scheduled time for an on-time start.

In case of rain, tonight’s games will be played on Monday, moving Monday’s scheduled Championship game to Tuesday.

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After a sluggish first quarter and a half, Team USA proceeded to dismantle a strong Australian team on July 14, 2006, at TD Waterhouse Stadium. The final score was 20-8. Former Virginia player Jay Jalbert scored two goals, while brothers Casey, Michael, and Ryan Powell combined for a total of 17 points (9G - 8A). The US tallied a total of 44 shots on goal; Australians Warren Brown and Scott Garnsworthy managed 24 saves between them.

Michael Powell works the Aussie defender.

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Blue Division		W	L
	United States	3	0
	Canada	2	1
	Australia	2	1
	Iroquois Nation	2	1
	England	0	3
	Japan	0	3

	United States	13
	Canada	12

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The regular season’s done; now it’s time to determine a champion. Playoffs for the 2006 Charlottesville Summer Lacrosse League Championship begin Tuesday, July 18th.

Tuesday, July 18th
Game1: Orange vs Blue, 6:30pm

Wednesday, July 19th
Game 2- Gold vs Maroon, 6:30pm

Thursday, July 20th
Game 3- Red v. Winner, Game 1, 6:15
Game 4- Green vs Winner, Game 2, 6:45
Note: Please be on time to your game. Both games will begin at the scheduled time

Monday, July 23th
Finals, 6:30

If Games are postponed due to weather, the schedule will move forward one day. (Semifinals would be played on Sunday 7/22 @ 12:00 and 12:30.)

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It only took 50 seconds for Spain’s Luis Gonzalez to draw blood, but a relentless Denmark used a 6-0 run stretching from the middle of the second quarter through most of the third to overpower Spain 15-11 during the second day of Yellow Division play at the World Lacrosse Championships.

	Spain’s Desiderio Gonzalez (21) works to take a face off from Denmark’s Martin Baadsgaard, Saturday, July 15, 2006. (Click for a larger version: 100K.) Gonzalez had 3 goals on the day.

World Championships: 15 July 2006	1	2	3	4	F
Denmark	3	5	3	4	15
Spain	3	4	1	3	11

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Blue Division		W	L
	United States	2	0
	Canada	2	0
	Australia	1	1
	Iroquois Nation	1	1
	Japan	0	2
	England	0	2

	United States	8
	England	20

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In easily the most competitive game of the day at TD Waterhouse Stadium, the Iroquois Nation defeated a scrappy team from England, 13-10. Physical play was the norm; a total of 16 penalty minutes were served between the teams.

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Brett Bucktooth (26) pushes hard against the English defense.

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Blue Division		W	L
	United States	1	0
	Canada	1	0
	Iroquois Nation	1	0
	Australia	0	1
	Japan	0	1
	England	0	1

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	Australia	8
	United States	20

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The World Lacrosse Championships kicked off on July 14th at TD Waterhouse Stadium in London, Ontario. With representatives of 21 nations competing, as you might expect, flags were everywhere.

The evening’s Opening Ceremonies featured the “Parade of Athletes”, the traditional blessing by members of the Iroquois Nation, and entertainment by an “All Star Band” from Ontario, fronted by Aaron Walpole, the third-place finisher from the last season of Canadian Idol.

Team USA marches into TD Waterhouse Stadium

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