Haudenosaunee Battles Early But Second Half Surge Leads to 14-3 USA Victory in Pool Play at 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship

SEOGWIPO - The Haudenosaunee Nationals hung tough with the USA for two and a half quarters before falling 14-3 to the defending World Champions at the 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship at the Jeju Gongcheonpo Training Center in South Korea. The score was 4-2 at halftime but a 5-1 third quarter run by USA broke the game open. Chase Cogan led the Haudenosaunee offense with a pair of goals and Noah Snyder added a highlight reel goal to round out the scoring. Cooper Anderson, Hunter Thompson, and Daylin John-Hill each added an assist. Ryder Johnson finished with a miraculous 20 saves between the pipes to keep Haudenosaunee in the game for as long as possible. 

“We looked really strong in the first half. And then I think there was a little bit of that turnaround from the 4 p.m. game yesterday to the 11 a.m. game today. It kind of hit us a little bit in the third quarter,” said Head Coach Marty Ward after the game. “(We made) mental mistakes. Being a little bit tired. Not communication as a team as much. And that’s what falls apart when you start getting a little gassed. The first thing that goes is your talk. So, for us it’s just continuing to dig in, continuing to believe, continuing to get better. And know that one half of lacrosse doesn’t define this team.”

The game was a stalemate early as both defenses hung tough and made things difficult for the offense. USA finally broke through 13-minutes into the game on a goal by Colin Kurdlya from Owen Duffy. Jack Speidell followed with his first goal of the day on another Duffy assist to make it 2-0 USA with 11-seconds left in the first quarter. 

Haudenosaunee responded in the second quarter as Chace Cogan scored his first goal of the game on a feed from Cooper Anderson just over five minutes into the quarter. Two minutes later Speidell scored his second goal of the day on another assist from Duffy to extend the USA lead to 3-1. Less than a minute later Noah Snyder answered with a highlight reel ‘around-the-world’ goal in front of the net to cut the lead to 3-2 with 6:37 remaining in the first half. Timothy Shannehan responded for Team USA on Duffy’f fourth assist of the day to make it 4-2 with just over four minutes to play in the quarter. 

The Nationals struck first in the second half as Chace Cogan buried a step down from deep on an assist by Daylin John-Hill to cut the lead to 4-3 just over a minute into the third quarter. The game stayed tight for the next eight minutes, before USA would go on a 5-0 run over the final six minutes of the third quarter. A Haudenosaunee turnover led to a transition goal from Anthony Raio to extend the lead to 5-3 with 5:32 remaining in the third. Haudenosaunee would have trouble clearing the defensive zone that led to a wide open Charlie Packard goal in front of the net to make it 6-3 with 2:51 to play in the third quarter. Just over a minute later Timothy Shannehan scored his second of the game on a bouncer from the top to give USA the 7-3 lead. Another Haudenosaunee turnover led to another Packard goal with 11-seconds remaining as he cut middle and took a feed from Duffy at ‘X’ to make it 8-3. USA would win the ensuing faceoff and sprinted upfield for a Kyle Bergen goal to extend the lead to 9-3 headed to the fourth quarter. 

The Nationals would not score again as USA used another 5-0 run to put the game away in the fourth quarter. Jack Speidell finished the quick stick goal on another feed from Duffy to make it 10-3 two minutes into the final frame. Colin Kurdyla scored on a bouncer from the right side on the man advantage to make it 11-3 just 30-seconds later. Timothy Shannehan scored his hat trick on a step down from the left side to make it 12-3 USA with 12:24 remaining in the game. The next seven minutes went scoreless before Rhett Chambers added a step down goal to make it 13-3 with 5:27 to play in the game. Another failed clear by Haudenosaunee led to the fourth goal of the game from Shannehan in transition to make it 14-3 with just under five minutes to play, which would be the final score. 

Up Next: Haudenosaunee faces Canada in the final game of Pool A play at 10 a.m. local time on Tuesday, August 19 (9 p.m. EST on Monday, August 18)

Haudenosaunee falls to Australia 15-14 in Overtime to Open 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship

Haudenosaunee Co-Captain Logan Lee shakes hands with Australia prior to their opening pool play game in South Korea.

Photo by David Tiger-Cortes

SEOGWIPO - The Haudenosaunee Nationals dropped an overtime thriller 15-14 to Australia in their opening game of Pool A play at the 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championship at the Gongcheonpo Training Center in Jeju Island, South Korea. The Nationals rallied late to overcome a three goal deficit and send the game to overtime before Australia scored in the extra frame for the sudden death victory. The Haudenosaunee offense was led by Chace Cogan with four goals and James Whitehorse with three goals and two assists. Julien Watts added two goals and Daylin John-Hill and Noah Snyder each finished with one goal and one assist. The defense was backstopped by Ryder Johnson who finished with 14 saves between the pipes. 

“I couldn’t be more proud of our guys, the way they scrapped, and with all the adjustments we had to make in-game. The first game of the tournament we’re really just feeling ourselves out” said Head Coach Marty Ward following the game. “We knew this was going to be a tough one. Australia and the Haudenosaunee go back for decades playing each other and fighting for medals. For me as the head coach and for our program, super proud of this team and just super proud to see the fight that they put up today…We didn’t give up. We could’ve easily gave up when it was 14-11 with three minutes left. That’s an easy way for young men to just say, ‘hey, it’s not working today’. Instead, our guys just dug in and continued to play hard and they played the game the right way today.”

Tayoni Galante eyes the Australian offense.

Photo by David Tiger-Cortes

Haudenosaunee struck first just over one minute into the game as Bear Martin scooped a loose ball at midfield and found Mason Sanden who sprinted down the middle of the field and buried his first goal of the tournament. The Aussies responded 90-seconds later on Kobe Cook’s lone goal of the day to tie the game. James Whitehorse scored his first goal after taking a Noah Snider shovel pass from behind the net and wrapped around the left side of the crease to give Haudenosaunee the 2-1 lead with 10:13 remaining in the first quarter. Twenty seconds later Australia’s Toby Templeton found Angus Menzies on the inside to tie the game at 2-2. Julien Watts won the following faceoff and took it straight to the net for his first goal of the game with 9:45 remaining in the first. Noah Snyder added his lone goal of the game on an assist from Julian Greendeer to give Haudenosaunee the 4-2 lead with just under 9 minutes to play in the opening quarter. The game went scoreless for six-plus minutes until Australia went on a 2-0 run with goals from John Stubbs and Charlie Clarke seven seconds apart to send the game to the second quarter tied at 4-4. 

James Whitehorse finished with three goals and two assists to help lead the Haudenosaunee offense.

Photo by David Tiger-Cortes

The Nationals struck first again in the second quarter after a save from Ryder Johnson led to a transition goal from James Whitehorse on a step down from the left side to make it 5-4 nearly two minutes into the second frame. The game continued to go back-and-forth for the next five minutes until John Stubbs tied the game at 5-5 on his second goal of the day for Australia. James Whitehorse responded with his hat trick goal as Noah Snyder sent a skip pass through the defense to find Whitehorse wide open on the back side for the 6-5 lead with seven minutes remaining in the second quarter. Tehokwirathe Barreiro added his lone goal of the day as he circled around the left side of the crease for a sidearm goal and the 7-5 Haudenosunee lead with 4:25 to play before halftime. 

The seesaw battle continued as Australia opened the second quarter on a 3-0 run behind the combination of Will Dallisson and Hudson Robb. The first on a Will Dallisson unassisted goal from the left side, followed by a transition goal by Hudson Robb a minute later on a pass from Dallisson to tie the game at 7-7 with 10:21 remaining in the third. A man up goal from Dallisson on an assist from Robb gave Australia their first lead of the game at 8-7 with 7:19 remaining in the third quarter. Julien Watts responded 15-seconds later for Haudenosaunee with his second goal of the game to tie it back up at 8-8. The Aussies answered again as Charlie Clarke won the draw and sprinted to the net for his second goal of the day and the 9-8 lead. Chace Cogan stepped up late for Haudenosaunee as he sniped his first goal of the game to tie it 9-9 with 5:53 remaining in the third quarter. Cogan sniped another from the deep right side on a Whitehorse assist to regain the lead 10-9 with 3:45 remaining in the third quarter. Australia then broke down the Haudenosaunee defense and found Jack Cooper open in front to tie the game again at 10-10 headed to the final quarter. 

Chace Cogan led the Haudenosaunee offense late as he finished with four goals on the day.

Photo by David Tiger-Cortes

The fourth quarter went back-and-forth early before Australia broke through with back-to-back goals to regain the lead. The first came after Cooper Anderson hit the pipe and Australia took the loose ball in transition for an unassisted pole goal from Luke Michalik. Charlie Clark followed with another goal off the draw to make it 12-10 Australia with 8:18 left to play in regulation. Copper Anderson responded two minutes later for Haudenosaunee as he was moving right and spun back to the middle to finish over the shoulder and cut the lead to 12-11. The Aussies would tack on two more to extend their lead as Dallisson buried his hat trick goal off a rebound scramble in front of the net and Hudson Robb tacked on his hat trick goal just 11-seconds later on a John Stubbs assist off the faceoff scramble. The Nationals did not go away though as Daylin John-Hill scored his first goal of the tournament on a beautiful low backhand in front of the net on a feed from Whitehorse to cut the lead to 14-12 with 2:19 remaining in the game. Chase Cogan took over offensively in the final two minutes as he hit the pipe but corralled the loose ball and circled up top from X for the jumping top shelf snipe to cut the deficit to one goal with 1:54 to play. A late penalty on Australia gave Haudenosaunee the man advantage and Cogan took advantage on step down from the top to tie the game at 14-14 with 23-seconds remaining in regulation. The final seconds ticked off with some wild scrambles on both sides of the ball before final buzzer sent the game to overtime. 

Both teams had possession in overtime before Hudson Robb scored his hat trick on a deep bouncer from the right side of the net to give Australia the 15-14 victory in a thrilling back-and-forth opening game. 

Up Next: The Haudenosaunee fall to 0-1 in Pool A play. They face a quick turnaround as they take on USA at 11 a.m. local time (10 p.m. EST) at the Gongcheonpo Training Center in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, South Korea. 

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