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Sims (Captain), Sowers (All-World) Help U.S. To U-19 TItle
July 18, 2016 | Men's Lacrosse
Canada, neighborly to the United States in basically every way other than as a lacrosse rival, was about to do at the U-19 World Championships what it had done so often recently on international lacrosse's biggest stages.
Break the collective U.S. heart, that is.
It happened at the most recent World Championships for men and at the U-19 Championships for women. And Saturday night at the men's U-19 final, the host Canadians appeared to be well on their way to doing it again, this time in an event that the United States had never before failed to win. Seven times previously the U-19 championships had been contested. Seven times previously the U.S. had one.
The United States made it 8 for 8, and it did so the hard way, rallying from two six-goal deficits and using a goal by Ryan Conrad of Virginia with 8.3 seconds left to knock off Canada 13-12 Saturday night. Canada had led 6-0 before the U.S. scored and 8-2 at intermission, as well as 11-8 at the end of the third quarter.
The U.S. team had a strong Princeton influence to it.
Austin Sims, an All-Ivy midfielder last year when he scored 23 goals for the Tigers, was a team co-captain. He finished the tournament with a goal and four assists while playing a mostly defensive role for the Americans.
Michael Sowers, an incoming freshman, tied for the U.S. lead with 22 points, and he was the only American in double figures in goals and assists, with 11 of each. Sowers had a goal and two assists in the final, all of which came in the third quarter as the U.S. started its comeback.
Sowers was one of three attackmen named to the All-World team.
Break the collective U.S. heart, that is.
It happened at the most recent World Championships for men and at the U-19 Championships for women. And Saturday night at the men's U-19 final, the host Canadians appeared to be well on their way to doing it again, this time in an event that the United States had never before failed to win. Seven times previously the U-19 championships had been contested. Seven times previously the U.S. had one.
The United States made it 8 for 8, and it did so the hard way, rallying from two six-goal deficits and using a goal by Ryan Conrad of Virginia with 8.3 seconds left to knock off Canada 13-12 Saturday night. Canada had led 6-0 before the U.S. scored and 8-2 at intermission, as well as 11-8 at the end of the third quarter.
The U.S. team had a strong Princeton influence to it.
Austin Sims, an All-Ivy midfielder last year when he scored 23 goals for the Tigers, was a team co-captain. He finished the tournament with a goal and four assists while playing a mostly defensive role for the Americans.
Michael Sowers, an incoming freshman, tied for the U.S. lead with 22 points, and he was the only American in double figures in goals and assists, with 11 of each. Sowers had a goal and two assists in the final, all of which came in the third quarter as the U.S. started its comeback.
Sowers was one of three attackmen named to the All-World team.
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