U.S. Women

A petition calling for the Iroquois Nationals to be included in The World Games 2022, a  multi-sport, Olympic-style event that is a separate entity from the world championships conducted by World Lacrosse, has recently been circulated on social media. US Lacrosse has issued a statement in support of the Iroquois Nationals on the matter.

The July/August issue of US Lacrosse Magazine, a digital-only publication available to US Lacrosse members, is loaded with instructional content. Here, Alex Aust, a WPLL player and gold-medal winner with the U.S. women's national team in 2017, shares tips on finishing inside and 8-meter shooting.

US Lacrosse celebrates the one-year out mark for the 2021 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship with five athletes joining the event's Instagram channel for live discussions.

Alice Putnam Willetts, considered to be one of the pioneers of women's lacrosse, passed away on Saturday, June 6 in Swarthmore, Pa. She was 94 years old. An outstanding player and coach, Willetts was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1998.

"One of the things I find pretty extraordinary is that once you’ve listened to the national anthem with a gold medal around your neck, you just don’t hear the anthem again in the same way." — Heather Dow recounts her experiences with the U.S. women's national team.

Gait Lacrosse has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with US Lacrosse that will make it an official partner/equipment supplier of the U.S. Women’s National Team, an official partner for the US Lacrosse National Convention for the next four years and an official sponsor of the 2021 World Lacrosse Women’s World Championship.

US Lacrosse has canceled or postponed its events scheduled for the month of July due to continuing health risks and logistical concerns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

A record 30 nations are confirmed to compete for the 2021 World Lacrosse Women’s World Championship from July 7-17, 2021 at Towson (Md.) University in the United States. US Lacrosse will host the quadrennial championship for the first time since 2005.

The World Games, a multi-sport Olympic style event that will include both men’s and women’s lacrosse, has been postponed from next summer until July 2022 due to the Summer Olympics moving to 2021.

Applications to try out for the 2021 U.S. Women’s team are now available. The team, led by head coach Jenny Levy, will represent the United States in the World Lacrosse Women’s World Championship from July 7-17, 2021 at Towson University in Towson, Md.