Penn coach Dougherty returning home with some more bling

Team USA won gold at the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championship this Saturday at the University of Manchester (England) with a 12-10 finals victory over Canada. But of particular note for the Penn community was the performance of current Quakers assistant and former pro lacrosse player Brian Dougherty. "Doc" --as he is known to many in the pro lacrosse world -- made 15 saves in the final game to close out his illustrious career.

The Episcopal Academy grad was the 1995 NCAA tournament MVP, won three championships as an all-star Major League Lacrosse player and was the starting goalie for the 1998 U.S. national team that won the World Lacrosse Championship. Now, the 36-year-old Dougherty has yet another piece of hardware, not to mention some great memories, to add to his collection.

As has been detailed in past issues of the DP, Dougherty is also the son of local hoops coaching legend Dan Dougherty, who coached Penn's Jerome Allen, Drexel's Bruiser Flint and Temple's Fran Dunphy during their high school playing days. Brian and Allen led the Churchmen to a fifth straight Inter-Academic League title as backcourt mates in 1991.

Expect more from this great story in next week's (final) issue of The Summer Pennsylvanian, after Dougherty returns home on Thursday.