Puerto Rico capped its near-perfect three game pool play run with a 27-1 victory over Chinese Taipei on Tuesday at the 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship in Korea.
Puerto Rico took care of Germany, Kenya and Chinese Taipei by a combined 76-6 scoreline, good for the best scoring offense and defense so far at the championship.
Tuesday’s win was another complete performance, marked by an efficient 27 of 52 shooting performance and just four shots on goal allowed.
With the win, Puerto Rico took the top spot in Pool E and claimed the fifth overall seed, the highest of any Pool winner from B through E.
Puerto Rico will face the 12th seeded Netherlands in the play-in round on Wednesday, and hope to advance to a quarterfinal against the fourth-seeded Haudenosaunee on Thursday.
Chinese Taipei finished third in the pool and will take on China in placement play towards 13th place on Wednesday at 7:10 p.m.
Puerto Rico has stuffed the stat sheet as a team and individually in Seogwipo, with Tuesday no different. 11 different players scored with six points from Nick Testa and a five-point effort from Sean Laureano leading the bunch.
After the conclusion of pool play, Nick Testa leads all players in the tournament with 21 points in three games.
Joseph Rafferty has 18 points, the second best total overall, and Laureano is tied for third with 16.
Chris Testa has also been one of the best face-off men in the tournament, with the most won overall at 39, and a strong 87% win percentage just behind Japan’s Kyle Hata.
Chiuan-You Li scored for Chinese Taipei.
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