July 25, 2019
NETANYA, ISRAEL – Israel came ready to play in front of a rowdy home crowd Thursday evening. England, however, had different plans and held off Israel, 10-7, to win the 2019 European Lacrosse Federation Women’s Lacrosse European Championship. In the process, England claimed its third consecutive title.
“We felt confident in respect to the battle,” said England’s veteran Lucy Lynch. “We had to work really, really hard. It’s a long tournament. We had to keep composed to win the game.”
England came out firing, going up 3-0 early in the first ten minutes of the game. England scored goals from three different players. Israel responded with back-to-back goals, making it 3-2. Both teams began to exchange goals the rest of the second quarter with England leading, 5-3, at the break.
Beginning the third quarter, England was able to score right away giving them momentum early on, which led to another two goals for England by Megan Whittle. Israel didn’t back down and responded with two goals from Emily Resnick, bringing Israel back to within two at 9-7.
England was able to shut the door completely on Israel after another Whittle goal with less than three minutes left in the game to win.
Lynch added: “I am really pleased how we stuck together as a team (to win our third title). To be honest, I really had to keep my eyes on the prize. It was hard fought.”
Whittle led England with a total of five goals scored in the game. Israel’s leading scorer was Resnick, with five total goals as well.
WALES WIN BRONZE MEDAL
Wales, behind a stand-out offensive game in the second half, defeated Czech Republic to claim the bronze medal. Wales offensive surge was led by Iona Dryden, Ros Llyod-Rout and Tegan Warren, each of whom tallied three goals.
Czech Republic led at the half 7-5 before Wales was able to swing the momentum with a 3-0 run to take an 8-7 lead mid-way through the 3rdperiod. Czech Republic responded and tied the game at 8-8 before Wales took control of the rest of the match. Wales closed out the game on a 5-0 scoring run.
Czech Republic was lead in scoring by Anna Lottmann and Isabelle Martire with two goals apiece.
About the ELF Women’s European Lacrosse Championship
The 2019 ELF Women’s European Lacrosse Championship is held in Netanya, Israel, July 15-25. The ten-day tournament features teams from sixteen European nations and is hosted by Israel Lacrosse.
European Teams
Austria
Czech Republic
England
Finland
Germany
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Netherlands
Norway
Scotland
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Wales
The 2019 ELF Women’s Lacrosse European Championship has completed its eighth full day of competition in Netanya, Israel.
GAME RESULTS
THURSDAY, JULY 25
GOLD MEDAL GAME
(10) England
(7) Israel
BRONZE MEDAL GAME
(8) Czech Republic
(13) Wales
9TH PLACE GAME
(8) Norway
(9) Latvia
11TH PLACE GAME
(8) Switzerland
(14) Austria
(7) Sweden
(9) Spain
(21) Italy
(7) Finland
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24
5TH PLACE GAME
(5) Germany
(19) Scotland
7TH PLACE GAME
(7) Netherlands
(12) Ireland
(9) Norway
(3) Switzerland
(7) Austria
(8) Latvia
(9) Italy
(11) Sweden
(4) Finland
(10) Spain
TUESDAY, JULY 23
(11) Italy
(3) Spain
(18) Sweden
(7) Finland
(7) Ireland
(10) Scotland
(7) Netherlands
(8) Germany
(16) England
(10) Czech Republic
(5) Wales
(8) Israel
MONDAY, JULY 22
(16) Latvia
(4) Finland
(3) Spain
(11) Switzerland
(11) Germany
(8) Austria
(18) Scotland
(4) Norway
(10) Ireland
(12) Czech Republic
(15) Israel
(5) Netherlands
SUNDAY, JULY 21
(12) Wales
(8) Israel
(0) Finland
(22) Czech Republic
(11) Netherlands
(5) Norway
(8) Sweden
(9) Spain
(4) Scotland
(15) England
SATURDAY, JULY 20
(3) Sweden
(17) Austria
(11) England
(6) Wales
(0) Spain
(23) Czech Republic
(8) Italy
(10) Norway
(8) Germany
(11) Ireland
(8) Switzerland
(9) Latvia
FRIDAY, JULY 19
(9) Norway
(7) Latvia
(19) Netherlands
(6) Italy
(6) Germany
(16) Scotland
(10) Ireland
(12) Israel
(11) Spain
(10) Finland
THURSDAY, JULY 18
(6) Italy
(13) Switzerland
(13) Austria
(5) Finland
(9) Ireland
(4) Scotland
(18) Wales
(5) Germany
(3) Israel
(12) England
(21) Czech Republic
(2) Sweden
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17
(16) England
(2) Germany
(12) Norway
(9) Switzerland
(16) Austria
(4) Spain
(8) Wales
(6) Ireland
(12) Israel
(6) Scotland
(5) Latvia
(12) Netherlands
TUESDAY, JULY 16
(5) Ireland
(14) England
(8) Scotland
(13) Wales
(10) Latvia
(7) Italy
(5) Switzerland
(15) Netherlands
(18) Czech Republic
(8) Austria
(9) Finland
(4) Sweden
MONDAY, JULY 15
(13) Israel
(2) Germany
The 2019 ELF Women’s Lacrosse European Championships was live streamed on the Olympic Channel.
For tournament results and event information, visit https://lacrosse2019.com.
