Women's Professional Lacrosse League

Last updated
Women's Professional Lacrosse League
Most recent season or competition:
2019 WPLL season
Women's Professional Lacrosse League logo.png
Sport Women's lacrosse
Founded2018
First season 2018 WPLL season
Ceased2020
Replaced by Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse
CEO Michele DeJuliis [1]
No. of teams4
Last
champion		 Brave (1)
(2019 WPLL season)
Most titlesCommand
Brave (1 each)

The Women's Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL) was a women's lacrosse league in the United States. The league was formally composed of five teams: the Brave, Command, Fight, Fire, and Pride. [1] [2] The league announced on February 27, 2020, that it would restructure and downsize the league to four teams, [3] which would ultimately be: the Brave, Command, Fight, and Pride. [1] [2] League play started on Saturday, June 2, 2018. [1] [4]

Contents

After cancelling the 2020 season in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league announced on August 6, 2020, that it would be closing down, and that some of its athletes would be given opportunities to play with Athletes Unlimited. [5] The new Athletes Unlimited league began play in July 2021. [6]

Teams

TeamCoachJoinedLeft
Brave Sonia LaMonica20182020
Command Amy Patton20182020
Fight Shannon Smith20182020
Fire Ricky Fried20182020 [a]
Pride Katie Rowan 20182020
  1. ↑ Left the league before the 2020 WPLL season was announced canceled, and the league closing down.

Media coverage

On April 16, 2019, ESPN and the WPLL announced [7] that the 10-game 2019 [8] regular season would air on ESPN3 and the ESPN App. Meanwhile, the postseason semifinals would on ESPN3, with the championship game airing on ESPNU. [9] [10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Berri, David (June 4, 2018). "The Women's Professional Lacrosse League Takes Off". Forbes . Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "TEAMS". Women's Professional Lacrosse League. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ "WPLL Announces League Restructure, Goes From 5 Teams to 4". www.uslaxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  4. ↑ "RESULTS & STATISTICS". Women's Professional Lacrosse League. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Women's Professional Lacrosse League Closes, Opportunity Awaits Players in Athletes Unlimited". insidelacrosse.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  6. ↑ "Athletes Unlimited launches pro women's lacrosse league in Montgomery County". DC News Now. 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  7. ↑ Negron, Anna (April 16, 2019). "ESPN to Air Women's Professional Lacrosse League Regular Season Matchups and Championship Game". ESPN Press Room.
  8. ↑ Moore, Adam (April 30, 2019). "WPLL announces ESPN broadcast partnership". Pro Lacrosse Talk.
  9. ↑ Kumar, Aishwarya (July 26, 2019). "Veterans get second chance to shine in Women's Professional Lacrosse League championship". ESPN.com.
  10. ↑ Caron, Emily (April 15, 2020). "Women's Lacrosse League Turns to 2021 After Canceling Upcoming Season". Front Office Sports.
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