Doran scores 7 goals as Haudenosaunee holds on to beat Mexico 16-14 in final game at 2024 U20 Women’s World Championship; Finish 11th in World Lacrosse rankings
Avery Doran scored 7 goals and added an assist to lead the Haudenosaunee offense in their 16-14 victory over Mexico.
HONG KONG - The Haudenosaunee Nationals held on to beat Mexico 16-14 in the 11th place game at the 2024 World Lacrosse U20 Women’s World Championship at the Hong Kong Football Club. Avery Doran exploded for seven goals and an assist to lead the Haudenosaunee offense and earn Player of the Game honors. Chloe Luther added three goals and an assist to wrap up her strong tournament and Tallis Tarbell contributed another hat trick for Haudenosaunee. Goalies Kimora Swamp and Sophie Powless both saw action again for Haudensaunee and finished with 7 total saves to backstop another tight defensive performance.
Tallis Tarbell and Chloe Luther each added hat tricks to help the Haudenosaunee offense defeat Mexico 16-14 in their final game at the 2024 World Lacrosse U20 Women's World Championship.
Haudenosaunee got on the board early as Avery Doran buried her first goal less than two minutes into the game. Chloe Luther followed on a free position shot a few minutes later to give Haudenosaunee the early 2-0 lead. Mexico would respond with two straight goals from Elena Torres and a free position shot by Natali Acosta to take a 3-2 lead 9-minutes into the game. Doran would tie the game 3-3 on an assist from Paisley Cook. But, Mexico would strike again after they took an unforced Haudenosaunee turnover the other way and Macey Torres scored to regain the 4-3 lead headed into the second quarter.
Mexico scored again just over a minute into the second quarter as Acosta sent a pass across the crease to an open Haylen Molina to extend their lead to 5-3. Two minutes later Jianna Lazore would find Luther for her second goal of the game followed by Ava Tallchief’s lone goal of the day on a pass from Mia Mitchell to tie the game at 5-5 six minutes into the second quarter. But, Acosta would beat her defender to the middle and score her second of the game to regain the lead for Mexico. Haudenosaunee’s Gracie Williams would tie the game again on a feed from Tallis Tarbell working behind the net and Doran scored her third of the game unassisted to give the Nationals the 7-6 lead. Another response by Mexico would tie the game as Kendall Conrad dodged middle and scored before another goal by Avery Doran spinning in traffic gave Haudenosaunee the 8-7 lead headed to halftime.
Mia Mitchell finished with 2 assists on the day.
The third quarter was all Haudenosaunee as they outscored Mexico 7-1 to gain some breathing room. Luther completed her hat trick two minutes into the half on a free position shot and Marina Kane followed with her first goal of the tournament on a beautiful backhanded low bounce shot to extend the Haudenosaunee lead to 10-7. A minute later Tallis Tarbell joined the scoring and followed with her second straight goal going low on an assist from Luther. Just 20-seconds later Ava Tallchief would find Doran for her fifth goal of the day and the 13-7 lead. Mexico got their lone goal of the quarter on another goal by Kendall Conrad. But, Haudenosaunee would respond with two straight goals from Doran, the first on an assist from Jianna Lazore and the second from Mia Mitchell, to distance themselves a bit from Mexico 15-8 heading into the final quarter.
Marina Kane scored a goal in Haudenosaunee's 16-14 win over Mexico.
Tallis Tarbell completed her hat trick 30-seconds into the fourth quarter as she drove left and finished to round out the scoring for Haudenosaunee. Mexico did not go away, as they won draws and earned several free position shots to end the game on a 6-0 run and cut into the Haudenosaunee lead. Kendall Conrad scored her third goal of the game quickly off the faceoff to get it started. Elena Torres would follow on a free position shot to cut the lead to 16-10 with just over ten minutes remaining. Natali Acosta would score her third and fourth goals of the game on free position shots just three minutes apart to make it 16-12 Haudenosaunee. Another free position goal by Lola Aguirre made it 16-13 with two minutes left. And Kendall Conrad would score her fourth goal of the game on a bouncer with a minute left to make the final score 16-14 as Haudenosaunee held off the late charge from Mexico.
With the win, Haudenosaunee finishes the tournament with a 3-3 overall record and ranked 11th in the World Lacrosse U20 Women standings. The Nationals came into this 2024 tournament ranked 10th. Closing ceremonies will take place after the gold medal game on Saturday night, August 24th at Mong Kok Stadium.
Kyleeya Johnson and Brooklyn Hill helped backstop another strong defensive performance for Haudenosaunee.
Stats leaders:
Avery Doran (18 goals, 4 assists); Chloe Luther (11 goals, 5 assists); Jianna Lazore (3 goals, 10 assists); Paisley Cook (7 goals, 4 assists, 63 draw wins); Mia Mitchell (7 goals, 3 assists); Tallis Tarbell (9 goals, 1 assist); Gracie Williams (4 goals, 4 assists)
