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Doucette Named to The World Games Roster by USA Lacrosse
3/30/2022 11:30:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
SPARKS, Md. – Northwestern lacrosse senior goalkeeper Madison Doucette has been named to the USA Lacrosse Sixes roster for The World Games 2022, a multi-sport competition that will feature over 3,000 athletes from more than 100 countries competing in 34 sports from July 7-17 in Birmingham, Ala.
Doucette has prior experience in international competition when she claimed a gold medal on the 2019 U.S. U19 team. This year, her 8.00 saves per game leads the Big Ten.
The lacrosse competition will use the new high-intensity Sixes discipline developed by World Lacrosse for events such as The World Games. Sixes is a fast-paced version of the sport played on a smaller field (70 x 36 meters), with fewer players (6-v-6), a condensed game length (four 8-minute quarters) and a 30-second shot clock.
The women's team for The World Games, coached by Florida head coach Amanda O'Leary and Florida assistant coach Regy Thorpe, is made up primarily of current collegiate players, with 11 of the 12 players competing in the 2022 NCAA season.
The U.S. began formal training for the Sixes discipline with two training camps last summer and then competed against Canada and the Haudenosaunee during the Super Sixes event at USA Lacrosse headquarters last October. During Super Sixes, Canada and the U.S. men and women each went 3-1 with the Haudenosaunee men and women each compiling 0-4 records in the double round-robin event.
Hosted in the United States for the first time since the inaugural event in 1981, The World Games contests sports that are not part of the Olympic Games programme.
Doucette has prior experience in international competition when she claimed a gold medal on the 2019 U.S. U19 team. This year, her 8.00 saves per game leads the Big Ten.
The lacrosse competition will use the new high-intensity Sixes discipline developed by World Lacrosse for events such as The World Games. Sixes is a fast-paced version of the sport played on a smaller field (70 x 36 meters), with fewer players (6-v-6), a condensed game length (four 8-minute quarters) and a 30-second shot clock.
The women's team for The World Games, coached by Florida head coach Amanda O'Leary and Florida assistant coach Regy Thorpe, is made up primarily of current collegiate players, with 11 of the 12 players competing in the 2022 NCAA season.
The U.S. began formal training for the Sixes discipline with two training camps last summer and then competed against Canada and the Haudenosaunee during the Super Sixes event at USA Lacrosse headquarters last October. During Super Sixes, Canada and the U.S. men and women each went 3-1 with the Haudenosaunee men and women each compiling 0-4 records in the double round-robin event.
Hosted in the United States for the first time since the inaugural event in 1981, The World Games contests sports that are not part of the Olympic Games programme.
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