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The players of USA Starz stay with a Japanese player's house(host family), while staying in Tokai, Japan.
USA-Japan players had grown friendships by lacrosse and everyday life.



■Guest players and Host players



(Right; USA coaches and Japanese staffs)

■Friendship with hostfamily

(The players had eaten Japanese Food)


(Left; Arm wrestling at host-family's house / Right; Walking in the town in Japan together)


(Left; Dinner with host-player and his family / Right; Practice of host-player's university team)


・Photo：Japan Lacrosse Association;Syunsuke Ijiri, Host-family; Kota Fukusima, Takayuki Fujiwara, Taishi Furukawa, Masayuki Furuyama, Hayato Yuzawa, Yuhei Wada

USA Starz and West Coast Force arrived at Nagoya airport, 21st June.
They went to the hotel after arrival.


(And coaches and event staffs held a conference.)


・Photo（mobile phone）：JLA Staff IJIRI,syunsuke

Lacrosse Clinic (International Lacrosse Friendship Games' exhibition event) held at Rinkai-Field, Tokyo, on 2nd June.
As for this event, Hofstra University cooperated.



It carried out for the lacrosse experience 1 year student in Kanto.
170 persons'  player and 20 persons'  coach participated.

■Staff Meeting, Greeting


■Clinic

(Throwing)


(Ground ball)


(Defense)


(Dodge)


(Face off)


(Shoot, Gollie)


(Hofstra University, Clinic Staff)


・Photo：JLA Official Photographer, Hidemitsu Kaito / JLA Staff, Eri Shikanai, Yasuhiko Hayakawa, Mitsunobu Hosaka

Hofstra University left Japan on the early morning of June 7.



Although it was short stay(9days), many friendships by the players between USA and Japan were grown.


■Hofstra University, The diary of Japanese stay （Hofstara University Web-site）
　『MLAX: Follow The Pride At The Friendship Games in Tokyo』




・Photo（mobile）：JLA staff, Eri Shikanai /  JLA Liaison, Sho Fujisawa

International Lacrosse Friendship Games' exhibition game held at Oi-2nd-Field, Tokyo, on 5th June.
Hofstra University played a game against some university teams.


Game; 10minutes, 4Q, 3games

Hofstra University vs Waseda University
Score

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	TOTAL
Hofstra University	1	3	1	4	9
Waseda University	1	0	0	1	2

Goal

Hofstra University	Waseda University
＃9 Mike DeNapoli (6)	＃13 Kei Sakura (2)
＃2 Lance Yapor (1)	－
＃4 Steven Romano (1)	－
＃45 Korey Hendrickson (1)	－

Hofstra University vs Tokyo University
Score

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	TOTAL
Hofstra University	3	4	2	1	10
Tokyo University	1	1	0	1	3

Goal

Hofstra University	Tokyo University
＃9 Mike DeNapoli (3)	＃8 Yu Nakamura (1)
＃50 Ryan Rielly (2)	＃11 Katsuya Masaki (1)
＃1 Brad Loizeaux (1)	＃15 Takashi Hirano (1)
＃2 Lance Yapor (1)	－
＃14 Tyler Begley (1)	－
＃17 Torin Varn (1)	－
＃27 Coleman Koesterer (1)	－

Hofstra University vs Keio University
Score

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	TOTAL
Hofstra University	1	3	2	3	9
Keio University	1	1	0	2	4

Goal

Hofstra大学	Keio University
＃2 Lance Yapor (3)	＃5 Daiki Nakamura (1)
＃9 Mike DeNapoli (2)	＃7 Keisuke Ishiguro (1)
＃14 Tyler Begley (1)	＃10 Takeru Ojika (1)
＃21 Brian Hogan (1)	＃40 ... (1)
＃31 Robert Bellairs (1)	－
＃41 Anthony Zappone (1)	－

All games of Hofstra University in Japan finished.

(Hofstra University before the games)


(Left; Hofstra Universtiy and Waseda University / Right; Hofstra University and Tokyo University)


(Left; Hofstra University and Keio University / Right; Farewell Party by Japanese students after the games)

・Photo：Japan Lacrosse Association liaison; Syo Fujisawa, Chair of Planning&Organizing Dept; Mitsunobu Hosaka