Late aim ekes out win for Salmonbellies, pushes Mann Cup to Sport 5 tonight

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The New Westminster Salmonbellies will look to increase the Mann Cup but once more tonight.

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Sport 5 of the Senior A field lacrosse nationwide championship between the Salmonbellies and Ontario’s Six Nations Chiefs goes this night (7:30 p.m.) at Queen’s Park Area, because of New Westminster scoring an 11-10 win on Tuesday. Six Nations leads the best-of-seven finals 3-1.

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Verify the Salmonbellies’ social media channels for data on tickets for tonight. The collection has drawn sellout crowds to the three,500-seat Queen’s Park up to now.

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Defender Jeff Cornwall bagged the winner in transition on the 16:50 mark of the third interval on Tuesday, discovering the web moments after New Westminster netminder Zach Higgins had made a point-blank cease towards Six Nations.

It was the second aim of the sport and the fifth in three video games for Cornwall. The Salmonbellies’ transition sport has been excellent all collection; fellow defender Tony Malcom has 4 targets for New Westminster.

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The sport had been tied 9 instances after the opening whistle. Six Nations has solely outscored New Westminster 41-36 within the collection; the final two matchups have been one-goal video games, whereas the one earlier than that was a two-goal sport with an empty internet tally.

Mitch Jones counted three targets and 4 assists for New Westminster, who additionally obtained a 47-save outing from Higgins.

Dhane Smith had one aim and 5 assists for Six Nations and Warren Hill made 39 stops.

The Mann Cup is set yearly between the highest groups from B.C. and Ontario, the 2 essential areas for field lacrosse on this nation. The trophy dates again to 1910. The Salmonbellies have received probably the most Mann Cups with 24, however they final prevailed in 1991.

Ontario has captured 14 of the previous 15 championships, with the 2015 Victoria Shamrocks the lone one to interrupt the string. The 2001 Coquitlam Adanacs had been the final Decrease Mainland group to win all of it.