2026 Women's Lacrosse League season

2026 WLL season
DurationFebruary 27 to March 8
Teams4
Tournaments1 (8 matches)
BroadcasterESPN
2025

The 2026 Women's Lacrosse League season will be the second season for the Women's Lacrosse League (WLL). Four teams competed in the WLL's 2026 tournaments: the Boston Guard, California Palms, Maryland Charm, and New York Charging.[1]

The schedule for the inaugural season was announced opn January 14, 2026.[2]

Teams

Boston Guard

  • Head coach – Laurie DeLuca
  • Assistant coach – Tracey Sullivan
2026 Boston Guard
# Name Nationality Position Shot Height College Grad year High school Hometown Ref.
1 Rachel Hall Goalie Right 5 ft 5 in Boston College 2013 Cypress Woods Cypress, Texas [3]
3 Kasey Choma Midfield Right 5 ft 5 in Notre Dame 2024 Eastport-South Manor Manorville, New York [4]
7 Fallon Vaughn Midfield Right 5 ft 6 in Yale 2025 Concord-Carlisle Concord, Massachusetts [5]
8 Charlotte North (C) Attack Right 5 ft 7 in Boston College 2022 Episcopal School of Dallas Dallas, Texas [6]
10 Madison Ahern Midfield Right 5 ft 8 in Notre Dame 2024 Notre Dame Academy Cohasset, Massachusetts [7]
12 Cassidy Weeks Midfield Right 5 ft 5 in Boston College 2024 Bayport-Blue Point Bayport, New York [8]
13 Maddie Burns Defense Left 5 ft 10 in Michigan 2025 Germantown Academy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [9]
18 Dempsey Arsenault Midfield Right 5 ft 8 in Boston College 2019 New Hampton School New Hampton, New Hampshire [10]
19 Brittany Read Goalie Right 5 ft 7 in Oregon 2018 Eastern Regional Gibbsboro, New Jersey [11]
20 Courtney Taylor Defense Left 5 ft 6 in Boston College 2022 CB South Chalfont, Pennsylvania [12]
22 Hannah Dorney Midfield Left 5 ft 6 in Notre Dame 2023 Comsewogue Port Jefferson Station, New York [13]
23 Jackie Wolak Attack Right 5 ft 6 in Notre Dame 2024 Ridgewood Kinnelon, New Jersey [14]
31 Andie Aldave Attack Right 5 ft 6 in North Carolina 2022 The McDonogh Baltimore, Maryland [15]

(C) indicates captain

California Palms

  • Head coach – Maddy Buss
  • Assistant coach – Rachel Sanford
2026 California Palms
# Name Nationality Position Shot Height College Grad year High school Hometown Ref.
1 Emily Nalls Defense Right 5 ft 7 in North Carolina 2024 Glenelg Glenwood, Maryland [17]
3 Sam Geiersbach Attack Left 5 ft 7 in North Carolina 2022 West Babylon West Babylon, New York [18]
6 Erin Bakes Midfield Left 5 ft 6 in USC 2023 Ransom Everglades Miami, Florida [19]
11 Caroline Steele Attack Right 5 ft 4 in Maryland 2019 Severn Severna Park, Maryland [20]
12 Ally Mastroianni (C) Midfield Right 5 ft 9 in North Carolina 2022 Bridgewater-Raritan Martinsville, New Jersey [21]
13 Sammy Jo Adelsberger Attack Right 5 ft 4 in North Carolina 2017 Fox Lane Bedford, New York [22]
14 Jill Smith Attack Right 5 ft 8 in Michigan 2025 Mercy Farmington Hills, Michigan [23]
15 Caitlyn Wurzburger Attack Right 5 ft 4 in North Carolina 2024 American Heritage Boca-Delray Delray Beach, Florida [24]
16 Ellie Masera Midfield Right 5 ft 3 in Stony Brook Seawolves 2025 Eastport-South Manor Eastport, New York [25]
18 Anna Brandt Midfield Right 5 ft 7 in Penn 2025 Hereford White Hall, Baltimore County, Maryland [26]
24 Gabby Rozenzweig Attack Right 5 ft 4 in Duke 2020 Somers Somers, New York [27]
30 Taylor Moreno Goalie Right 5 ft 7 in North Carolina 2022 Huntington Huntington, New York [28]
44 Kait Devir Goalie Left 5 ft 5 in USC 2024 Ridgewood Ridgewood, New Jersey [29]
45 Kayla Wood Defense Right 5 ft 7 in North Carolina 2021 Catonsville Baltimore, Maryland [30]

(C) indicates captain

Maryland Charm

  • Head coach – Emily Parros
  • Assistant coach – Corey Donohoe
2026 Maryland Charm
# Name Nationality Position Shot Height College Grad year High school Hometown Ref.
1 Abby Bosco Defense Right 5 ft 3 in Maryland 2023 Suffern Suffern, New York [32]
3 Sam Swart Midfield Right 5 ft 5 in Syracuse 2021 Archbishop Carroll Coopersburg, Pennsylvania [33]
5 Aurora Cordingley Attack Right 5 ft 4 in Maryland 2022 The Hill Academy Oakville, Ontario [34]
10 Alex Aust Holman (C) Attack Right 5 ft 9 in Maryland 2013 Bullis Sterling, Virginia [35]
11 Sydni Black Attack Right 5 ft 3 in Loyola 2020 The Summit Country Day Cincinnati, Ohio [36]
12 Olivia Dirks Midfield Right 5 ft 7 in North Carolina 2024 Episcopal Academy Wayne, Pennsylvania [37]
18 Ashley Humphrey Attack Right 5 ft 6 in North Carolina 2025 Darien Darien, Connecticut [38]
22 Grace Griffin Midfield Left 5 ft 8 in Maryland 2022 Liberty Sykesville, Maryland [39]
29 Megan Douty Defense Right 5 ft 6 in Maryland 2015 Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Fair Haven, New Jersey [40]
30 Ally Kennedy Midfield Right 5 ft 3 in Stony Brook 2025 North Babylon North Babylon, New York [41]
31 Paulina DiFatta Goalie Right 5 ft 7 in Pitt 2022 Half Hollow Hills West Dix Hills, New York [42]
34 McKenzie Blake Attack Right 5 ft 9 in Princeton 2025 Haddonfield Haddonfield, New Jersey [43]
43 Caylee Waters Goalie Right 5 ft 6 in North Carolina 2017 Darien Darien, Connecticut [44]
55 Kelly Denes Midfield Right 5 ft 10 in Notre Dame 2024 Cardinal Newman Jupiter, Florida [45]

(C) indicates captain

New York Charging

  • Head coach – Colleen Magarity
  • Assistant coach – Amy Orcutt, Charlie Leonard
2026 New York Charging
# Name Nationality Position Shot Height College Grad year High school Hometown Ref.
1 Lauren Gilbert Midfield Right 5 ft 6 in Northwestern 2022 Lake Oswego Lake Oswego, Oregon [47]
2 Erin Coykendall Attack Right 5 ft 5 in Northwestern 2024 Spencerport Spencerport, New York [48]
4 Emma Tyrrell Attack Right 5 ft 4 in Syracuse 2024 Mount Sinai Mount Sinai, New York [49]
5 Chase Boyle Midfield Right 5 ft 10 in Loyola 2025 Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Rumson, New Jersey [50]
7 Jillian Wilson Midfield Right 5 ft 8 in Loyola 2020 Gerstell Academy Hampstead, Maryland [51]
12 Katie Goodale Defense Right 5 ft 5 in Syracuse 2024 Riverhead Riverhead, New York [52]
19 Sam Smith Midfield Left 5 ft 7 in Northwestern 2025 Tamalpais Mill Valley, California [53]
22 Meg Carney Attack Right 5 ft 5 in Syracuse 2023 John Paul II McKinney, Texas [54]
24 Kendall Halpern Defense Right 5 ft 8 in Northwestern 2024 Syosset Syosset, New York [55]
27 Izzy Scane (C) Attack Right 5 ft 8 in Northwestern 2024 Cranbrook Kingswood Clarkston, Michigan [56]
32 Molly Laliberty Goalie Left 5 ft 4 in Northwestern 2024 Newburyport Newburyport, Massachusetts [57]
36 Grace Fujinaga Midfield Right 5 ft 5 in Northwestern 2025 The Overlake School Mercer Island, Washington [58]
45 Emerson Bohlig Midfield Right 5 ft 5 in Northwestern 2025 Miramonte High School Orinda, California [59]
51 Emily Hawryschuk Midfield Right 5 ft 8 in Syracuse 2022 Victor Victor, New York [60]
66 Madison Doucette Goalie Right 5 ft 6 in Northwestern 2024 Unionville West Chester, Pennsylvania [61]

(C) indicates captain

Tournament

2026 WLL Championship Series

The second tournament, the 2026 WLL Championship Series (sponsor name Maybelline Championship Series), took place on February 27 to March 8, 2026 alongside the 2026 PLL Championship Series at The St. James in Springfield, Virginia – marketed as Washington, D.C.. [63]

Each team played a single round robin, after which the top performing team advanced to the Championship game, while the second- and third-best teams played-off for the other spot in the Championship. [64]

Round robin

Pos Team W L GF GA GD Qualification
1 California Palms 2 1 53 42 +11 Advance to Championship
2 New York Charging 2 1 39 39 0 Advance to Semifinals
3 Boston Guard 1 2 51 52 −1
4 Maryland Charm 1 2 48 58 −10
Source: Standings
Feb 27, 6:00pm New York Charging 11-10 Boston Guard Stats
Feb 28, 12:00pm California Palms 22-15 Boston Guard Stats
Feb 28, 2:00pm Maryland Charm 18-12 New York Charging Stats
Mar 1, 10:30am California Palms 20-11 Maryland Charm Stats
Mar 5, 8:00pm New York Charging 16-11 California Palms Stats
Mar 6, 6:00pm Boston Guard 26-19 Maryland Charm Stats

All times in Eastern Time (ET)

Playoffs

 
SemifinalsChampionship
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Boston Guard13
 
 
 
  New York Charging16
 
  New York Charging18
 
 
  California Palms11
 
 
 
 
Mar 7, 4:30pm Boston Guard 13-16 New York Charging Stats
Mar 8, 10:00am New York Charging 18-11 California Palms Stats

All times in Eastern Time (ET)

The New York Charging win the 2026 WLL Championship Series and Charlotte North (Boston Guard) earned the Golden Stick Award.[65]

References

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  19. ^ "Erin Bakes". Women's Lacrosse League. February 12, 2025.
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