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Lacrosse At The 2022 World Games
The lacrosse competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham in United States, at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Women's tournament was played as official event and men's tournament as invitational event. This was the first time, when both men's and women's field lacrosse were played in a six-a-side format. This was also an absolute debut of the men's tournament in World Games programme, because in 2017 World Games, 2017 women's played for the first time in the history of this discipline in the World Games. The games were played in a Field Lacrosse , Sixes format, with both teams having six players on the field. The game was played in eight-minute quarters and emphasizes speed and efficiency. Qualification A total of 8 teams for each gender competed in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PNC Field (Birmingham, Alabama)
PNC Field (formerly BBVA Field) is a soccer-specific stadium located in Birmingham, Alabama, United States on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) that has served as the home field for both the UAB Blazers men's and women's soccer teams since its opening in October 2015 as the replacement for West Campus Field. Development of the stadium was facilitated after BBVA USA made a $1.5 million donation to the university for its construction in November 2014. In February 2018, the Board of Trustees approved a $7.3 million expansion of the facility from 2,500 to 5,000 seats. The expansion was financed in part by the Birmingham Legion FC, which agreed to an eight-year lease to play at the stadium starting in 2019 for $350,000 annually. Originally named for corporate sponsor BBVA USA, the name was changed in late 2021 to reflect the purchase of BBVA United States banking operations by PNC. In November 2021, Legion FC terminated its lease early with the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games. They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games. NOCs also promote the development of athletes and the training of coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies. National Olympic Committees As of 2020, there are 206 National Olympic Committees. These include each of the 193 member states of the United Nations, one UN observer state (Palestine) and two states with limited recognition (Kosovo and Taiwan). There are also ten dependent territories with recognized NOCs: four territories of the United States (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands), three British Overseas Territories (Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Dobbie
Dana Dobbie (born September 30, 1984) is a Canadian women’s lacrosse player and coach. Having played with the Maryland Terrapins at the collegiate level, she has also competed with the Canadian national team, winning the silver medal at the 2013 FIL World Cup. In 2016, she was selected by the Baltimore Ride as their first-ever selection in the inaugural United Women's Lacrosse League Draft. She also coaches at Loyola University. Playing career NCAA Having originally competed with Ohio University, she would register 34 goals in her freshman campaign. The following season (2005), she would improve on her total with 37 goals for the Bobcats. As a freshman, she had sprained both of her ankles, and discovered that by the end of the 2005 season, she has actually been playing with torn ligaments. After two reconstructive surgeries, she was a redshirt in 2006. Transferring to the Maryland Terrapins in 2007, she would graduate from the program in 2008 as the NCAA's all-time leader in d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Schreiber
Tom Schreiber (born February 24, 1992), is an American professional lacrosse player with the Archers LC of the Premier Lacrosse League and the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League. He attended St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, New York, and played collegiate lacrosse at Princeton University. College career Schreiber is the all-time leading scorer from the midfield position at Princeton with 200 points and was a four-time USILA All-American including three seasons on the First Team. He won the MacLaughlin Award as the nation's most outstanding midfielder his junior and senior seasons. Professional career MLL career Schreiber was selected 1st overall in the 2014 Major League Lacrosse draft by the Ohio Machine. He was named league MVP in both the 2016 and 2017 seasons while leading the Ohio Machine to the MLL championship game in both seasons and winning the championship in 2017. NLL career Schreiber signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Toron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Teat
Jeffrey Steven Teat (born April 30, 1997) is a Canadian lacrosse player for Atlas Lacrosse Club of the Premier Lacrosse League and the New York Riptide of the National Lacrosse League. He is one of three players in lacrosse history to be selected first overall in both the NLL and PLL/MLL drafts. Early life and career Teat is the son of Maria and Dan Teat. Dan played fourteen seasons in the NLL and is currently an assistant coach for Panther City Lacrosse Club. Teat attended The Hill Academy, playing five seasons of lacrosse there, as well as playing Junior A lacrosse for the Brampton Excelsiors, where he recorded 145 points during the regular season in his final season, the most of any OJALL player since John Grant Jr. Teat ended the season with 211 points, including the playoffs where Brampton got to the Ontario League semifinals. Collegiate career Teat arrived at Cornell in the fall of 2016 as the number one recruit in his class according to Inside Lacrosse. With the Big ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhane Smith
Dhane Smith (born January 22, 1992) is a professional lacrosse player for the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League and Chaos Lacrosse Club in the Premier Lacrosse League. Smith began his career in 2009 with the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves of the Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League, where he won the Green Gael Trophy as the league's MVP in 2012. Smith also played for the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks of Major Series Lacrosse, and the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association. Smith won a gold medal at the 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships for Canada. Heading into the 2023 NLL season, ''Inside Lacrosse'' ranked Smith the #1 best forward in the NLL. Early life Smith grew up in the heart of Kitchener. A lacrosse player from birth, he later in life transitioned into hockey and football, where he reached elite levels in both. Known by many as a multi-sport athlete, Smith led his high school football team to a championship final while running the offence as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarke Petterson
Clarke Petterson (born August 23, 1997) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player with the Cannons LC of the Premier Lacrosse League and the Halifax Thunderbirds of the NLL. He attended The Hill Academy in Ontario, Canada, and played collegiate lacrosse at Cornell University. College career Petterson was an Honorable Mention All-Ivy in 2017, second-team All-Ivy in 2019, and a USILA All-American in 2019. At Cornell, he was a three-time team captain and was the first sophomore captain in the history of the men’s lacrosse program in 2017. Petterson finished in the top 10 at Cornell for career goals and points and during the 2019 season was ranked second in the nation in shooting percentage (.557), 17th in goals per game (2.93), and 28th in points per game (4.13). During the course of his collegiate career he moved from defensive midfield, to offensive midfield, to attack. Professional career With the 5th overall pick in the 2019 Premier Lacrosse League Draft, Petterson was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Dobson
Brett Dobson (Born April 3rd, 2000) is a Canadian lacrosse goalie for the Archers Lacrosse Club of the Premier Lacrosse League, and as well for the Georgia Swarm of the National Lacrosse League. He is also a member of the Canada men's national lacrosse team. He represented Team Canada at the 2022 World Games Championship in Birmingham, Alabama, winning the gold medal. Early Life and Career Dobson is the son of Heather and Richard Dobson and has a younger sister, Kylea who plays lacrosse at The University of Louisville. Dobson attended The Hill Academy for 3 Seasons as well as playing Junior A Lacrosse for the Whitby Warriors, where he would spend 5 seasons. Dobson was only able to compete in 4 seasons due to the COVID 19 Pandemic. Collegiate Career Dobson arrived on the campus of St. Bonaventure University in the fall of 2018, as the first recruit in program history with ''Inside Lacrosse'' ranking him the 12th goalie in his class. With the program beginning from scratch, Dob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach Currier
Zach Currier is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who currently plays as a midfielder for Waterdogs Lacrosse Club of the Premier Lacrosse League and as a transition player for the Calgary Roughnecks of the National Lacrosse League. Early life and career A native of Peterborough, Ontario, Currier has two older brothers, Josh, who is also a professional lacrosse player, and Andrei, and a younger sister, Grace. He is the son of Roger Currier and Michelle Dunn. He initially began playing lacrosse at the age of eight as a way to toughen him up for hockey. He attended Culver Military Academy for high school. College career Currier attended Princeton University where he played four years of lacrosse, playing in all situations. As a senior, he led the nation in assists (34) and points (58) among midfielders, earning first team All-American honors. Additionally, he led the Tigers in caused turnovers in both of his last two seasons. Currier graduated second all-time in ground bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesley Berg
Wesley Berg (born April 19, 1993 in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player for the San Diego Seals of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and Redwoods Lacrosse Club in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). Junior and Major Berg began his amateur career with the Coquitlam Adanacs Jr. A of the BC Junior A Lacrosse League in 2010. In his first season with the Adanacs, Berg finished with 42 points. Berg and the Adanacs went on to win the Minto Cup. In 2011, Berg finished first in the league in both goals (60) and points (114) and was awarded the Bill Dickinson Trophy as the league's scoring champion. Berg only appeared in 19 regular season games in the following three seasons putting up 98 points during this span. Berg was drafted in the second round (17th overall) of the 2015 Major Series Lacrosse entry draft by the Oakville Rock. In 2016, Berg finished 9th in scoring with 52 points. NCAA Prior to joining the University of Denver Pioneers, Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iroquois Women's National Lacrosse Team
The Iroquois women's national lacrosse team represents the Iroquois Confederacy in international women's lacrosse competitions. They are currently ranked twelfth in the world by the World Lacrosse. The first Haudenosaunee female team in 18 years was organized and competed in the 2005 Cup of Nations lacrosse festival. The "First Nations" team was composed of 15- to 18-year-olds and was one of eight international teams. The following year, a women's Iroquois team stood in front of the Six Nations Confederacy Council asking for permission to field an international lacrosse team. In 2008, the Iroquois Confederacy women's team, under the name Haudenosaunee, became a full member of the World Lacrosse World Lacrosse (WL), formerly the Federation of International Lacrosse, is the international governing body of lacrosse, responsible for the men's, women's, and indoor versions of the sport. It was established in 2008 by the merger of the previo .... In 2021, the Haudenosaunee National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship
The 2022 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship, the 11th Women's World Championship (previously known as the Women's Lacrosse World Cup), is the preeminent international women's lacrosse tournament. The tournament was held at Towson University in Towson, Maryland, United States. Originally scheduled for July 2021, the tournament was postponed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosting The United States was announced as hosts of the tournament in February 2018. Games were hosted at Towson University in Towson, Maryland. Two venues were used—the Tiger Field–Lower Fields Complex, consisting of two separate full fields with lighting and scoreboards used by the university's women's lacrosse and women's soccer programs, and Johnny Unitas Stadium Johnny Unitas Stadium is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Towson, Maryland, United States. The home of several Towson University athletics teams, it is also known as Minnegan Field at Johnny Unitas Stadium or Unitas Stadium. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
