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Three players with Duke ties — Scott
Bross, Kevin Cassese and Tim Knowles —
along with former Blue Devil head coach
Mike Pressler helped the U.S. Men’s
Lacrosse Team capture the gold medal with
an 18-15 win over Canada at the 2002
International Lacrosse Federation World
Championship on July 14 in Perth, Australia.
Bross, an All-America midfielder and
face-off specialist who closed out his career
at Duke in 2001, was an All-ACC pick as a
senior and led the Blue Devils to the 2001
ACC Tournament championship with an MVP
performance. He finished the season with a
.658 percentage on face-offs and led Duke in
ground balls with 93.
Cassese, who finished his career at
Duke in 2003, was a First Team All-America
and the National Midfielder of the Year in
2002. He tallied nine total points on four
goals and five assists in six games at the
World Championships.
Knowles, a defenseman who graduated
from Duke in 1999, was named third team All-
America in 1999.
The World Championship event began in
1967 and has been held every four years
since 1974. The 1998 World Championship
was held in Baltimore and featured 11
nations. In 2006, Cassese was a member of
the U.S. squad that earned a silver medal at
the ILF World Championship in London,
Ontario, Canada. In addition, former Duke
standouts Ryan Marshall and Taylor Wray
were members of the gold medal-winning
team from Canada.
Justin Turri, a freshman at Duke, has
earned a roster spot on the 2008 U.S. Under-
19 squad.