Final Standings

Place	PALA Women’s World Qualifiers 2019	P	W	T	L	F	A	Pts
1	Haudenosaunee	4	4	0	0	68	16	8
2	Puerto Rico	4	3	0	1	48	29	6
3	Jamaica	5	3	0	2	45	54	6
4	Mexico	5	3	0	2	44	38	6
5	Colombia	4	1	0	3	25	37	2
6	Argentina	4	0	0	4	10	66	0

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Play-In Round
15.11.2019	Jamaica	18	Argentina	4
15.11.2019	Mexico	8	Colombia	1
	5th Place
16.11.2019	Argentina	2	Colombia	15
	Semi-Finals
16.11.2019	Haudenosaunee	14	Mexico	4
16.11.2019	Puerto Rico	15	Jamaica	5
	3rd Place
17.11.2019	Mexico	8	Jamaica	9
	Final
17.11.2019	Haudenosaunee	16	Puerto Rico	6

Pool Standings

PALA Women’s World Lacrosse Qualifiers	P	W	T	L	F	A	Pts
Pool A
Haudenosaunee	2	2	0	0	38	6	4
Jamaica	2	1	0	1	13	27	2
Colombia	2	0	0	2	9	27	0
Pool B
Puerto Rico	2	2	0	0	27	8	4
Mexico	2	1	0	1	24	14	2
Argentina	2	0	0	2	4	33	0

Pool Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A
14.11.2019	Mexico	18	Argentina	2
14.11.2019	Argentina	2	Puerto Rico	15
15.11.2019	Mexico	6	Puerto Rico	12
	Group B
14.11.2019	Colombia	6	Jamaica	10
14.11.2019	Haudenosaunee	17	Colombia	3
14.11.2019	Haudenosaunee	21	Jamaica	3

Report

Haudenosaunee, the Native American Women’s National Team won the 2019 Pan-American Lacrosse Association Women’s World Qualifiers in Auburndale, Florida. Having won their Pool with easy wins over Colombia and Jamaica, they defeated Mexico in the Semi-Finals, and then Puerto Rico 16-6 in the Final, winning all four games by at least 10 goals. Jamaica finished third with a 9-8 win over Mexico, and 5th place went to Colombia who defeated Argentina 15-2.

About Women’s Lacrosse

Women’s Lacrosse was invented in Scotland, and is a 12-v-12 version of Lacrosse, which was originally played by Native Americans. There was an Irish Ladies Lacrosse Association in Ireland from the 1920s to 1970, that played in the Home Nations against England, Scotland and Wales, and also held a Schools Shield, with teams from Dublin & Belfast.It was resurrected in the early 2000s, with an International team, and the Irish Women’s Lacrosse League.

References

Logos

[1] World Lacrosse (2019) PALA.jpg_0 [Internet] Available from: https://d13mgad1aost97.cloudfront.net/2019/12/PALA.jpg_0.jpg [Accessed 26 November 2020]

Websites

[2] Pan-American Lacrosse Associaion (2019) 2019 PALA Women’s World Qualifiers [Internet] Available from: https://www.panamericanlacrosse.org/tournament-results [Accessed 26 November 2020]

Images

[3] Pan-American Lacrosse Associaion (2019) R7D_0422.jpg_0-1024×683 [Internet] Available from: https://d13mgad1aost97.cloudfront.net/2019/12/R7D_0422.jpg_0-1024×683.jpg [Accessed 26 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Irene Carroll, UCD

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Last Updated: 26 November 2020

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