Haudenosaunee defeats Australia 10-6 behind hat trick from Trey Deere to win bronze medal at Men’s U21 World Championships

Trey Deere finished with 3 goals and 1 assist to lead Haudenosaunee over Australia to win the bronze medal. Photo by Decolonize Sports

LIMERICK, Ireland – The Haudenosaunee Nationals defeated Team Australia 10-6 to avenge a pool play upset loss and win the Bronze Medal at the 2022 World Lacrosse Men’s Under 21 World Championships at the University of Limerick. The Haudenosaunee offense was led by Trey Deere with three goals and one assist. Rowisonkies Barnes added two goals and Gregory Elijah-Brown finished with one goal and two assists. Aidan Fearn dominated faceoffs by winning 17 of 18 to help Haudenosaunee dominate ball possession for much of the game and goalie Jack VanValkenburgh finished with 8 saves in net to finish with 77 total saves for the tournament. Australia was led by three goals from Connor McDonough and a goal and two assists from Mitchell Baker.

Goalie Jack VanValkenburgh finished with 8 saves to backstop Haudenosaunee’s 10-6 win over Australia to win the bronze medal. Photo by Decolonize Sports

“Obviously, there’s nothing bad to say about it. Everybody came together today and finished strong. Some of our players really stepped up,” said head coach Mark Burnam after the win. “Aidan Fearn we gave the game ball to. He really played well, our faceoff guy. I want to say he won 17 of 18. How do you lose with that kind of stat?” Trey Deere with the hat trick and an assist. Overall, team play I think we jumped on them early up 6-0. Hats off to them they always come back. I told these guys it’s not over yet. But, they answered the bell today.”   

Aidan Fearn won 17 of 18 faceoffs to help Haudenosaunee dominate ball possession in their 10-6 win over Australia. Photo by Decolonize Sports

Haudenosaunee came out fired up and jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first half. Koleton Marquis got the scoring started for Haudenosaunee as he cut down the middle of the lane and buried a pass from Anahalihs Doxtator two minutes into the game. Trey Deere followed up unassisted as he bulldozed his way through the Australia defense from behind the net to finish the low wrap around and make it 2-0 at the end of the second quarter.

Aidan Fearn opened the second quarter with a huge faceoff win and sprint down the middle to find Rowisonkies Barnes for his first goal of the game just seven seconds into the quarter. Gregory Elijah-Brown followed up from the right side on a feed by Deere to make it 4-0 Haudenosaunee. Then Marquis drove inside and dished one back out to an open Deere on the right side who buried it for his second goal of the game. Jake Piseno made a defensive stop and Elijah-Brown found Barnes in front to extend the lead to 6-0. Australia responded with two straight goals to cut the lead to 6-2. The first unassisted from Connor McDonough and the second from Edison Pyke on a Mitchell Baker assist. Fearn then won another faceoff and took the ball straight to the net to finish and make it 7-2 Haudenosaunee headed to halftime.

Rowisonkies Barnes scored two goals in Haudenosaunee’s 10-6 win over Australia to win the bronze medal at the 2022 World Lacrosse Men’s Under 21 World Championships. Photo by Decolonize Sports

The second half opened tight before Australia broke through on Ethan Buchanan’s goal from Mitchell Baker working behind the net to cut the lead to 7-3. Amos Whitcomb made it 8-3 as he worked behind the net and was able to bury a wrap around on the right side. Clay Scanlan followed it up off the pick and roll feed from Keelan Seneca to extend the lead to 9-3 Haudenosaunee at the end of the third quarter.

Clay Scanlan added a goal in Haudenosaunee’s 10-6 win over Australia. Photo by Decolonize Sports

Australia did not go away and got back-to-back goals from Baker and McDonough to cut the lead to 9-5. But Trey Deere completed his hat trick as he cut to the net and buried a feed from Elijah-Brown. Australia got one last goal from McDonough to make the final score 10-6 and give Haudenosaunee the bronze medal.

Defender Jake Piseno made the All-World team for Haudenosaunee at the 2022 World Lacrosse Men’s Under 21 World Championships. Photo by Decolonize Sports

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