Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:

1. The U.S. has made it to the World Lacrosse Women’s Championship final — again.

The Americans have never missed a gold medal match and 2022 will be no exception. Fueled by a magnificent eight-point effort by Kayla Treanor, Team USA downed Australia for the second time this week, 17-2.

Treanor’s eight points came on six goals and two assists, and she became the United States’ all-time leading scorer in world championship history. Charlotte North finished with four goals and an assist. The U.S. will play Canada Saturday at noon on ESPN2. It’s the third straight time the two teams have met in the finals.

2. Canada downed England to advance to its third straight final.

Canada will have a chance to play for its first-ever world championship Saturday after knocking off England 11-9. It was a night spent largely on the 8-meter. Ten of the game’s 20 goals were scored off free positions. Each team netted five goals from the 8-meter.

Erica Evans scored four goals to lead Canada. Matt DaSilva wrote a full recap of both semifinal games.

3. The best of the rest.

Scotland edged New Zealand 9-8 in the championship consolation bracket on Zoe Dickson’s free-position goal with two seconds left. Dickson finished with three goals.

The Netherlands and Italy advanced to the final of the platinum bracket. Sarah Sweerts de Landas Wyborgh led the Netherlands with four goals and two assists in a 13-8 win over China. Italy’s Colleen Owen also scored four times, as the Italians downed Latvia 9-7.

Italy and the Netherlands play today at 1 p.m. The winner will finish in 17th place overall.

WEDNESDAY’S SCORES

Championship Bracket Semifinals

U.S. 17, Australia 2
Canada 11, England 9

Championship Bracket Consolation

Germany 8, Mexico 6
Ireland 13, Hong Kong 9
Wales 9, Puerto Rico 6
Scotland 9, New Zealand 8

Platinum Bracket Semifinals

Netherlands 13, China 8
Italy 9, Latvia 

Platinum Bracket Consolation

Austria 8, Switzerland 4
Argentina 12, Jamaica 11
Korea Republic 10, Spain 6
Norway 11, Sweden 3

Scores, stats and remaining schedule

4. The World Games 2022 begins today in Birmingham, Ala., following opening ceremonies last night. The lacrosse competition will feature the World Lacrosse Sixes discipline. The U.S. men open against Germany today at 3:30 p.m., while the women get their first turn against Australia on July 12 at 3:30 p.m. Rosters for the men and women can be found here and the schedule is here.

5. The Premier Lacrosse League selected starters and reserves for the PLL All-Star Game.

YOUR 2022 ALL-STAR STARTERS

Team Baptiste vs Team Farrell pic.twitter.com/sZJ9z2F0wO

— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) July 7, 2022

The league announced the players heading to Boston for the All-Star game in a selection show on YouTube. The Atlas and Chrome led the way with four starters each, including team captains Trevor Baptiste (Atlas) and Connor Farrell (Chrome). The game is set for July 16, 3:30 p.m. ET at Gillette Stadium and will air on ESPN.

6. The National Lacrosse League held its expansion draft Thursday.

The Las Vegas Desert Dogs picked Jackson Nishimura first overall. Nishimuri was a second-round pick in the 2018 entry draft and played for the Albany FireWolves last season. Connor Fields, formerly of the Buffalo Bandits, went second. Here’s the full list of 14 players.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• From Nebraska to Team Israel, Olivia Mannon is relishing the chance to play her favorite sport again at the World Games Sixes.

• Jenna Slowey will be the first head coach of women’s lacrosse at Rhode Island, the university announced. Slowey most recently served as the offensive coordinator at Notre Dame and was previously an assistant at Richmond. Rhode Island will begin play in the Atlantic 10 during the 2024-25 academic year.

• The 2022 All-USA TODAY HSSA Girls Lacrosse team is out.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

We’re not sure what we did to deserve Kayla Treanor. But whatever it was, we’d do it again in a heartbeat.

GOOD LORD KAYLA TREANOR @kaylatreanor shoots BTB better than most people shoot normally.#SCTOP10 THIS PEOPLE pic.twitter.com/3zIvdyx6LK

— U.S. Women's National Team (@USAWLax) July 7, 2022

WHAT’S ON TAP

• Will the Americans do it? We’ll cover the action as Team USA looks for its fourth-straight world championship. A win would make the U.S. the first host team to claim gold.

• Coverage of World Lacrosse Sixes from Birmingham.

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