There are few things in sports that are better than representing your country and Mount Sinai graduate Joey Spallina has been excelling at that this fall.
The United States beat the Haudenosaunee 16-9 in its opening pool play game at the 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships at the Adirondack Bank Center at the Utica Memorial Auditorium.Joey Spallina led the way with a power play goal to open the second half as the U.S. stretched its lead to 11-6.
Spallina finished the game with a team-high four goals.
It was the first win ever for the U.S. men over the Haudenosaunee in world championship play in box lacrosse.
In game two Canada defeated the United States 14-10 in the final pool play game of the 2024 World Lacrosse Men’s Box Championship.
The U.S finished as the No. 2 seed and will receive a bye into the quarterfinal round.
Spallina had a pair of goals for the U.S. in the losing effort. He has called this experience "the coolest lacrosse experience I've ever had in my life."