The Women's Lacrosse League (WLL; sponsor nameMaybelline Women's Lacrosse League) is a professionallacrosse sixes league owned and organized by the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). It is the sole professional lacrosse league for women in the United States. The WLL commenced play in 2025, with four clubs competing. Its matches are broadcast domestically by ESPN.
The lacrosse sixes format is used for games in the Women's Lacrosse League, which feature six-on-six teams, smaller fields, and shorter time periods than women's lacrosse. There are no specialized roles in sixes, and thus no qualifying designations for attackers and defenders.[12][20] Sixes also features thirty-second shot clocks and quick restarts initiated by the goaltender.[21] The league's season begins with the annual WLL Championship Series, which takes place concurrently with the PLL Championship Series in February. The format of the league's full season is yet to be determined, though a series of tournaments similar to the WLL Championship Series held throughout the year is being considered.[22][23]
Organization
The Women's Lacrosse League is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Premier Lacrosse League.[24] Courtney Ellis serves as the league's operations director through her role as the PLL's director of women's growth, while Rachel DeCecco serves as its sporting director through her role as the PLL's vice president of lacrosse.[23][24]
Teams
The Women's Lacrosse League consists of four clubs: the Boston Guard, captained by Charlotte North; the California Palms, captained by Ally Mastroianni; the Maryland Charm, captained by Alex Aust Holman; and the New York Charging, captained by Izzy Scane.[16][17] The league chose the markets for their four charter franchises based on local television viewership for lacrosse, the size of the local fandom for women's lacrosse, and the success of the PLL clubs that share the markets.[25] Official home grounds for the four teams are yet to be determined.[23]
ESPN hold the domestic broadcasting rights to the Women's Lacrosse League in the United States, airing some matches on its ESPN2 channel, while also livestreaming all the league's matches on ESPN+.[22][26] The league's primary sponsors are Lexus and Whirlpool,[15] while Maybelline holds the naming rights to the league and the WLL Championship Series, as the "Maybelline Women's Lacrosse League" and "Maybelline Championship Series", respectively.[27]
1 2 Healy, Emma (February 10, 2025). "Three years out from the Olympics, Women's Lacrosse League offers a peek into unique sixes format". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025. The six-on-six format uses a shorter field than traditional field lacrosse [...] Unlike in field lacrosse, there are no designations between offensive and defensive players, so many athletes used to specialized roles will have to broaden their understanding of the game. The WLL fills a women's professional lacrosse void in North America after Athletes Unlimited folded in December.
1 2 Mazzeo, Mike (November 13, 2024). "PLL launches Women's Lacrosse League, will debut in 2025". Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal. Archived from the original on November 14, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2024. The WLL will live as a separate subsidiary of the PLL but be wholly owned by the league [...] The WLL will be run day-to-day on the commercial and operations side by Courtney Ellis, senior director/play operations and women's growth at the PLL, and on the lacrosse side by Rachel DeCecco, VP/lacrosse at the PLL.
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