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The United States completed pool play with a 34-2 victory over Israel to secure the No. 2 overall seed at the 2024 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship in Hong Kong, China. The U.S. won Pool A with a 4-0 record while allowing seven goals in the tournament while Canada won Pool B with a 4-0 record while allowing just six goals to earn the No. 1 overall seed.
In a matchup of the two remaining unbeaten teams in Pool A at the 2024 World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship, the United States continued its near flawless run with a 29-1 victory over China at Shep Kip Mei Park in Hong Kong, China.
The United States downed Puerto Rico 28-4 on Saturday to remain undefeated in the 2024 World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship in Hong Kong, China. The U.S. is on top of Pool A with a 2-0 record and has two more pool play games before bracket play opens on Wednesday.
USA Lacrosse has announced that Tim Corrigan, Fielding Jamieson, Jennifer Russell and Gina Thomas have been named to its Board of Directors. Each of the four began two-year terms on August 1.
Corrigan is an Emmy winning VP of Production focused on NBA and all professional basketball on ESPN/ABC. The Charlottesville, Va., native a 1986 graduate of Notre Dame where he was a three-year letterwinner for the Irish in lacrosse.
The United States opened its schedule in the 2024 World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship with a 33-0 victory over Germany in Hong Kong, China.
Wheelchair Lacrosse USA (WLUSA), the governing body of wheelchair lacrosse in the United States, is hosting its annual national championship tournament in Milwaukee this week, with the three-day event running from Friday through Sunday.
Founded in 2010, WLUSA has helped start dozens of wheelchair lacrosse programs across the country, and will have 10 teams gathering this weekend to compete for the 2024 championship.
USA Lacrosse has named a 23-player men’s box lacrosse roster that will represent the United States in the World Lacrosse Box Championships from Sept. 20-29 in Utica, N.Y. A total of 28 men’s teams are competing for the world championship while this year will also mark the inaugural women’s box world championship. The U.S. women’s roster will be announced later this month.
USA Lacrosse will welcome the men’s and women’s national teams from Colombia, Great Britain and Puerto Rico to Indianapolis to compete against the U.S. teams during the international portion of the inaugural USA Lacrosse Experience from Oct. 11-13.
World Lacrosse’s new streaming service, WL TV, will carry all of the action from the World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship from Hong Kong, China.
World Lacrosse partnered with leading multisport streaming platform and services provider Sportall earlier this year to deliver WL TV, a custom digital video platform that will offer live and on-demand content to lacrosse fans around the world.
Head coach Ginny Capicchioni and her staff have named the 32 players invited to training camp later this month who will be vying for a spot on the final roster for the 2024 U.S. Women’s Box Team.
The three-day training camp will be August 23-25 in Utica, New York in preparation for the 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships, Sept. 20-29, also in Utica. This is the first time that World Lacrosse has hosted a women’s championship in box lacrosse.