NETANYA, Israel (7/16/18)- Kean University men's lacrosse alumnus Matt Speciale is representing the Philippines at the 2018 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championships in Netanya, Israel from July 12th to July 21st.
46 countries are participating, including the USA, Canada, Germany, Italy and many more.
The Philippines played in the Grey Division with the Czech Republic and Belgium. Speciale has totaled 18 points on nine goals and nine assists. Recently he totaled a goal and an assist in the loss to No. 7 Israel on Monday morning.
The Philippines return to action on Tuesday, July 17th, against Italy at 11:45 am (IDT)/4:45 am (EST). All FIL games can be seen on: http://www.espn.com/watch/espnplus/ (Fee required) with select matches on ESPNU/ESPN2.