Lacrosse

Israel women’s lacrosse team wins historic bronze at World Championship

Israel defeated the Haudenosaunee 7-4 in Tokyo to claim its first Women’s Field Lacrosse World Championship medal, with Jordyn Lipkin leading the tournament in goals and points.

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ISRAEL'S PLAYERS celebrate after defeating the Haudenosaunee 7-4 to capture the country’s first-ever medal at the Women’s Field Lacrosse World Championship in Tokyo.
ISRAEL WOMEN'S lacrosse team celebrates after beating Australia to advance to the World Championship semifinals in Japan.

Israel women’s lacrosse team reaches World Championship semifinals

The blue-and-white continued its remarkable World Championship run, defeating Australia 12-11 to reach the semifinals and remain unbeaten at the tournament.

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Kinori Rosnow has played for Japan's national team in multiple international lacrosse competitions.

Meet the Jewish player on Japan’s national lacrosse team

Rosnow said he has felt the ripple effects of the Israel-Hamas war, and the corresponding spike in antisemitism, off the lacrosse field.

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ISRAEL WON five straight games to open the 2023 World Lacrosse Men's Championship, but hit a wall against the No. 1 ranked Team USA with a 19-3 loss in the quarterfinals.

US defeats Israel ending a string of victories at the World Lacrosse Men’s Championship

Israel had won five straight victories at the tournament before its run was ultimately ended by the United States.

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Israel beats Ireland, gets quarterfinal vs US at lacrosse Worlds

With the victory, Israel booked its spot in the quarterfinals, where it will face the top-seeded United States early Thursday morning Israel time at USD Torero Stadium.

JUNE 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
RYAN FITZPATRICK and Israel have been on fire at the World Championships, with victories over Sweden, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, the Czech Republic and Ireland.

Red-hot Israel 4-0 at lacrosse Worlds

The blue-and-white opened pool play with a win over Sweden 10-3 and followed that by defeating an upstart Philippines team 8-4.

JUNE 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
JUST 13 years into Israel Lacrosse’s existence, the National Team is making waves at the World Championships in San Diego

Lacrosse is on the rise in Israel, national team enters the world championship ranked 7th 

The 2023 World Lacrosse Men’s Championship begins on Wednesday in San Diego, and Israel is ranked seventh among the 30 teams. They were ranked second in Europe coming into the tournament.

JUNE 16, 2023ByJACOB GURVIS/JTA
A pile of Lacrosse sticks with umbrellas attached to the ends is pictured during a protest against racial inequality and police violence in Portland, Oregon, U.S., July 30, 2020.

Flourishing in Israel, lacrosse continues to spread its wings and fly

The 2019 European Lacrosse Federation Women's Championship took place in Israel last month. The Israeli women's national team won a silver medal.

AUGUST 11, 2019ByZACHARY KEYSER
THE ISRAEL WOMEN'S NATIONAL LACROSSE TEAM celebrates after a victory during last month's European Championship, in which the host Israelis captured the silver medal

Host-country Israel defeats Ireland in Women’s European Lacrosse Championship

Israel shares a qualifying group with England, so has a hard road ahead to winning this year's tournament.

JULY 20, 2019ByZACHARY KEYSER
MacEllen McDonough of the Israeli Women's National Lacrosse Team