Hat tricks from Tarbell, Cook, Luther, and Doran pace Haudenosaunee offense in 24-4 win over Chinese Taipei in pool play at the 2024 World Lacrosse U20 Women’s World Championship

Tallis Tarbell finished with 5 goals and an assist to help lead Haudenosaunee to a 24-4 win over Chinese Taipei in pool play at the 2024 World Lacrosse U20 Women's World Championship in Hong Kong.

HONG KONG – The Haudenosaunee Nationals bounced back strong in game three of Pool B action as they defeated Chinese Taipei 24-4 at the 2024 World Lacrosse U20 Women’s World Championship. The game was moved to the Hong Kong Football Club and was played mostly under heavy rain. Haudenosaunee finished with 12 different goal scorers, including hat tricks from four players. Tallis Tarbell led the offense with five goals and an assist. Paisley Cook added three goals and an assist, Chloe Luther finished with three goals and two assists, and Avery Doran buried three goals of her own. Jianna Lazore had a nice breakout game finishing with two goals and four assists and Gracie Williams added a pair of beautiful goals along with an assist. Six other players finished with one goal each. A strong performance from the defense kept Chinese Taipei off balance all game and was backstopped by six total saves as both goalies Kimora Swamp and Sophie Powless earned time in the crease.

“Going into the game we just had to be ready and be prepared because any game we have to go 100 percent”, said defender Sophia Watts after the game. She added, “Going into the game we had that mindset we just have to get after it and show them who we are and how we play. Throughout the entire game we did that. We moved forward (from Canada). We had to put that in that past. It was a really tough loss. But, we know that we’re better than that and we just have to show that.”

Chinese Taipei struggled all day long versus the stingy Haudenosaunee defense.

Haudenosaunee opened the game on 5-0 run, started by Gracie Williams as she buried a goal on a pass from Chloe Luther off the free position. Luther then added a goal of her own as she took a pass from Sophia Watts and drove down the middle of the defense to give Haudenosaunee the 2-0 lead. Tallis Tarbell started her scoring spree as she finished in front of the net on another assist by Luther. Tarbell then took a pass from Avery Doran and drove down the left side of the defense and finished to make it 4-0 Haudenosaunee. Tarbell struck again to secure her first hat trick of the tournament on another streak through the middle of the defense to make it 5-0 Haudenosaunee 8-plus minutes into the game. Chinese Taipei would respond on free position goal from Chloe King. But, Haudenosaunee closed out the quarter on a 4-0 run to seize control of the game. Avery Doran got on the board as she was found wide open in front of the net by Gracie Williams. Luther followed with her second goal of the day as she finished in between multiple defenders to make it 7-1 Haudenosaunee. Paisley Cook scored on a free position shot and then assisted on a crosse field pass to Gracie Williams who buried a beautiful behind the back shot to give Haudenosaunee the 9-1 lead heading into the second quarter.

Chloe Luther added 3 goals and 2 assists to help lead the Haudenosaunee offense over Chinese Taipei.

The game was interrupted by lightning early in the second quarter as the teams sat through a nearly 40-minute weather delay before taking the field again in heavy rain. Chinese Taipei struck first on a bouncer by Yu-Jing Chen to make it 9-2 Haudenosaunee. The Nationals would take control of the game once again as they scored seven straight to end the half. Tallis Tarbell went top shelf for her fourth goal of the game, followed by Mia Mitchell’s first goal of the game on a nice wrap around after picking up the groundball behind the net to make it 11-2. Avery Doran buried one driving through the right side of the lane on an assist by Jianna Lazore. Two minutes later Kimaura Schindler went coast-to-coast and bounced one home following a save and outlet by goalie Kimora Swamp. Chloe Luther added her own hat trick after scoring from right in front of the net to give Haudenosaunee the 14-2 lead. Avery Doran completed her hat trick after scooping a groundball and finishing top shelf with less than three minutes left in the first half. A minute later Jianna Lazore found Jacella Nephew in front of the net who buried the goal for her first of the day to extend the Haudenosaunee lead to 16-2 headed to halftime.

Jianna Lazore had 2 goals and 4 assists to help pace the Haudenosaunee offense.

The second half was much of the same as Tallis Tarbell scored her fifth goal of the game on a feed from Marina Kane 90 seconds into the third quarter. Paisley Cook scored two straight cutting down the middle to secure another Haudenosaunee hat trick, both assisted by Jianna Lazore. Jianna Lazore then added two straight goals of her own, the first on a smooth wrap around from behind the net and the second on a feed from Addison Jimerson to extend the Haudenosaunee lead to 21-2 entering the fourth quarter.

Haudenosaunee’s Kendyl Pollack scored her first goal of the game on a dish from Ava Tallchief a minute into the fourth quarter. Chinese Taipei’s Chloe Cook added two straight to finish with her own trick and cut the lead to 22-4. Haudenosaunee closed out the game on goals by Addison Jimerson and a bounce shot in traffic by Ava Tallchief to finish the game with the 24-4 victory.

Paisley Cook added 3 goals and an assist to earn Player of the Game honors.

Up Next: Haudenosaunee faces Wales (2-1) on Tuesday, August 20th at 11 a.m. local Hong Kong time (11 p.m. EST) in the final game of Pool B competition. The winner of the game will advance to the quarterfinal round of the playoffs.