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A midfielder for Japan’s Team Zipang resets the offense against the Long Island Jesters in the Master’s tournament at the World Lacrosse Championships, Thursday, July 20, 2006, in London, Ontario, Canada. (Click for a larger version: 212K.) The Jesters won convincingly.

Seminole League coach Rodney Rullman directs Team Toyota’s defense during a Grandmaster’s division round-robin game at the World Lacrosse Championships in London, Ontario, Canada, Tuesday, July 18, 2006. (Click for a larger version: 319K.)

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Gary Gait slips one of four goals past Trevor Tierney.

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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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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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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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