World U21 Lacrosse Championships.
Ireland 20
Latvia 1
UL Sports Fields
Eoin Horkan
On Sunday afternoon the Irish
u21 team played their final group game in the world championships. After
winning their opening games and sitting top of their group everything was
looking good for the Irish team . This was the case as they beat Latvia as their
ease.
It wasn’t until five minutes
into the first quarter when Ireland broke the deadlock as Sean Horkan fired in
his first of the tournament. After this early goal the young Irish team took
control adding four more goals in the quarter. The first from Ronan Walsh
before Fionn Kinsella added his name to the scorers. Horkan netted his second
before Foley finished the scoring in the opening quarter.
The second quarter was much
the same from this Irish team as they looked dangerous every time they drove
forward. Foley goaled twit more with an assist from Dempsey to finish his hat
trick. Ben Collins then scored an outrageous behind the back goal. The Irish
midfield were controlling the game , this resulted in Kevin Somerville driving
forward to finish the sides scoring in the first half .
The third quarter of this tie
was a complete Irish onslaught on the Latvia goal as they scored on nearly
every attack, as they added seven more goals. Horkan doubled his tally with two
more , as did Walsh. Aidan Dempsey came off the bench to finish a fine flowing
move before Somerville added to his account . The last goal of the qaueter came
from the stick of Sean Loftus to give his side a seventeen goal lead.
The final quarter was a much
tighter affair as Ireland only netted three more goals . Walsh was on fire as
he netted after the whistle . Latvia managed one consolation goal with six
minutes to go. With three minutes left on the clock Aidan Kearns came off the
bench to net two more goals for his side.
Ireland will play the third
place team in the other group which will be either Czech Republic or Israel
that game will be played today.
Ireland: Conor Breen; Matthew Brennan, Ben Collins , Gavin Conlan; Finn Daly. Aidan Dempsey, Jack Doherty, Conor Foley, Jack Galvin, Joseph Gehle Sean Horkan, Liam Horkan, Ridley Horton, Aedan Kearns, Fionn Kinsella , Matt Loftus, Sean Loftus, Patrick McKee, Brady Morin, Kevin Somerville, Michael Songer, Jack Songer, Joe Walsh, Ronan Walsh.
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