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Lars Hamer

Ira Gorawara

Ireland and England are set for a blockbuster clash in the final round of group matches at the World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship on Tuesday.
A 21-2 victory over Jamaica took the Irish to 3-0, leaving them unbeaten at the top of Pool D and with everything to play for as teams battle it out for spots in the quarter-finals.
The two sides are up first at 8.30am at Football Club, with all manner of results still available.
An Ireland win would clinch the top spot in the pool. If England win by three or more goals, they will overturn the tiebreakers between themselves and Ireland. If England win by one or two goals, Ireland still advance in second place.
If Japan lose to Hong Kong in the last game on Tuesday, Ireland can still advance with a loss to England of any scoreline.
But China’s hopes of progressing to the last eight were left in tatters on Monday, after they lost 16-11 to Puerto Rico in a tight game at Football Club.
China could still make the playoffs, but need Puerto Rico to lose to Germany, who are yet to win and have conceded 66 goals in just three games. Puerto Rico, meanwhile, are through regardless of Tuesday’s game, and will be seeded fifth to eighth for the quarter-finals, which start the following day.
However, this year’s world championships marks progression for China. They are almost certainly going to finish third in Pool A, meaning they will play twice more to decide who finishes from ninth to 12th. Five years ago in Canada, they ended the tournament in 14th.
“That’s where I thought we would end up in the first place, we’d like ninth or 10th and we’ll certainly strive for that,” Ted Sawicki, China’s head coach, said.
“That would be great. It would be a great start for China lacrosse and I think World Lacrosse would notice too, if we could do something like that.”

Puerto Rico took the lead in the first minute and China, ranked 14th in the world, were chasing the game from then, but remained in touching distance right up until the final quarter.
The Puerto Ricans won the first quarter 5-3, but lost the second 4-3. In the second half the world No 9, pulled away, outscoring China 8-4.
“I think the mistakes in the first half cost us, and we ran out of gas in the second half. They’re too disciplined of a team to try to catch up on,” Sawicki said.
“But our girls played great. We really didn’t have a lot of depth on the bench or turn to like they do, so that was a factor.”
In the day’s other games, an unbeaten Australia surged into the quarter-finals, as they consigned Mexico to third in Pool C with a 19-6 win at Shek Kip Mei.
Amid monsoon-like conditions in Happy Valley, Haudenosaunee cruised their way to a 24-4 beating of Chinese Taipei, keeping themselves in the playoff race. Next up for the Haudenosaunee is a winner-takes-all clash with Wales on Tuesday.
Canada breezed past South Korea 22-0, positioning themselves to be one of three top seeds.
A thriller closed out Monday’s matches, as Italy came from 7-1 down to beat Scotland 11-10, a result that secured second in Pool A and a place in the quarter-finals.


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Kallie Wong (left) and teammate Anbie Chan. Photo: Mike Chan

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