NETANYA, Israel –Tom Schreiber took a pass from Rob Pannell with one second left and buried a shot to lift the United States over Canada 9-8 in the 2018 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championship gold medal game Saturday morning. The victory avenges the U.S.’s loss to Canada in the 2014 championship battle.
Helping lead the U.S. back to the top of the lacrosse world from Duke were U.S. head coach John Danowski along with former Blue Devils greats Ned Crotty, Matt Danowski, Will Haus and Jordan Wolf. Former Blue Devil defenseman Taylor Wray was on the Canadian coaching staff, serving as the defensive coordinator for the stellar group that held the U.