United Women's Lacrosse League

United Women's Lacrosse League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2016 UWLX season
Sport Lacrosse
Founded 2015
Inaugural season 2016
No. of teams 4
Most recent champion(s) To Be Determined
Most titles To Be Determined
Official website unitedwlax.com

The United Women’s Lacrosse League is a professional Women's lacrosse league in the United States. It was co-founded in Boston, Massachusetts by Digit Murphy and Aronda Kirby of the Play It Forward Sports Foundation in a strategic partnership with STX. [1] Penn State alum and former United States national team player Michele DeJuliis was appointed as the league’s commissioner. [2]

Currently, the league is composed of four teams with rosters haling from Baltimore, Boston, Long Island and Philadelphia. The names of the founding four clubs are the Baltimore Ride, Boston Storm, Long Island Sound and Philadelphia Force.

League play is scheduled to start on May 28, 2016 and a draft took place on April 13 to fill the four team rosters. In the inaugural draft, Maryland Terrapins alumnus and former US national team player Katie Schwarzmann would be the first ever player selected, taken by the Baltimore Ride with the top pick.[3] Other players selected in the first round of the inaugural draft were also current or former members of the US national team. Said players included Liz Hogan (Boston), Michelle Tumolo (Philly) and Devon Wills (Long Island).

History

UWLX is the first opportunity in the form of a nationally competitive league afforded to women looking to continue playing lacrosse after their collegiate playing days conclude. Among the league's efforts, its inaugural season has allowed for over 100 opportunities for women in post-collegiate sport play in lacrosse.

“Our Play It Forward platform was started to grow opportunities for women in professional sports,”

During the month of March 2016, the league unveiled the club names and logos, while also announcing the hiring of head coaches. The first four head coaches in league history include Jen Adams (Baltimore), Amy Patton (Boston) Missy Doherty (Philadelphia) and Shannon Smith (Long Island).

Commissioners

Commissioner Years
Michelle “DJ” DeJullis 2015–current

2016 UWLX Draft results

See also

References

  1. ↑ "UWLX Draft Inaugural Season More". insidelacrosse.com.com. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Michele DeJuliis continues life ‘s work as UWLX Commissioner". LAXmagazine.com. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ "United Women Lacrosse League Draft". baltimoresun.com. 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-04-20.


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