Hong Kong record back-to-back wins at women’s lacrosse World Cup as Katherine Barker helps sink Belgium
Travis Taylor’s side post 14-8 victory over European side to earn a meeting with Switzerland for a place in the 17th place play-off final against either Mexico or Latvia
Hong Kong remained on course to secure a best-ever finish at the women’s lacrosse World Cup after Katherine Barker scored five goals for a second consecutive game in Wednesday’s 14-8 play-off win over Belgium in England.
Jackie Keung Hoi-kay, Carrie Lam Ka-Wai, Kinuko Shiotani and Alex Tsai also each scored twice for Travis Taylor’s side in the consolidation place play-offs at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford.
Hong Kong finished 18th out of 19 teams at the 2013 World Cup in Canada after twice beating Sweden, although the 2017 edition now contains 25 teams.
“This late in the tournament it is always hard to get a lot of energy out of the team, but today we did very well and really did outpace them for most of the game,” said Taylor after watching Hong Kong follow up their 20-0 play-off win over Colombia with a third win of the tournament.
“We generally had better stick skills and were able to push the ball in the midfield and keep the pressure on them.