2025 Women's Lacrosse League Season

The 2025 season of the Women's Lacrosse League (WLL) was the league's inaugural year of play. Four teams competed in the WLL's 2025 tournaments: the Boston Guard, California Palms, Maryland Charm, and New York Charging. The season began with the 2025 WLL Championship Series in February, which was won by the Guard.

Teams

Boston Guard

* Head coach – Laurie DeLuca
* Assistant coach – Tracey Sullivan

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California Palms

* Head coach – Adam Sear
* Assistant coach – Ginny Capicchioni

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Maryland Charm

* Head coach – Taylor Cummings Danseglio
* Assistant coach – Emily Parros

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New York Charging

* Head coach – Colleen Magarity
* Assistant coach – Molly Wolf

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Tournament

2025 WLL Championship Series

The first tournament, the 2025 WLL Championship Series ( sponsor name Maybelline Championship Series), took place on February 11–17, 2025 alongside the 2025 PLL Championship Series at The St. James in Springfield, Virginia – marketed as Washington, D.C. All eight matches were livestreamed on ESPN+, while the playoffs were aired on ESPN2. Jay Alter served as the play-by-play announcer, while Sheehan Stanwick Burch provided analysis, and Dana Boyle served as the sideline reporter.

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. The tournament was won by the Boston Guard, who defeated the New York Charging in the Championship game, 22–17. Charging midfielder Emily Hawryschuk earned the Golden Stick Award, as the tournament's top scorer (19).

Round robin

In the opening match, the Charging defeated the Charm, 14–13, after scoring only four goals in the first half. Colleen Magarity's halftime call to employ a "looser" play style led to nine goals in the second half – four of which scored by Emily Hawryschuk, and four assisted by Belle Smith. Kylie Ohlmiller scored the first goal in the WLL's history during the match, having returned to play after a two-year recovery from successive ACL, MCL, and meniscus injuries. Charlotte North and Cassidy Weeks scored five goals each for the Guard against the Palms, though a number of successfully exploited penalties led to a 15–16 loss to an offense buoyed by Ally Mastroianni's six goals and 49 touches. Mastroianni cited Taylor Moreno's assists and transition plays as key to the Palms' victory.

The Guard earned their first win over the Charm, 18–13, in a match noted for an expulsion foul by Alex Aust Holman in the third quarter, and the performance of goalies Kady Glynn and Caylee Waters, who achieved nine and twelve saves, respectively. Despite allowing Moreno to score the WLL's first ever goalie goal off a full-field run, an otherwise strong defensive effort by the Charging forced twenty turnovers by the Palms, leading to a 16–14 victory.

In the final round, the Charm completed a comeback after failing to score in the first eight minutes against the Palms, eventually winning 13–11, with Sydni Black achieving four goals and three assists. However, they were one goal short of overcoming the Palms' goal difference in the pool, and thus failed to qualify for the semifinals. The Guard earned a place in the Championship game after defeating the Charging 20–18 – the highest-scoring game of the round robin. Madison Ahern and Meg Carney scored five goals each during the match, which was described by Chris Rosenthall of ''Inside Lacrosse'' as a highly-competitive affair where "neither team was able to build or reduce a lead."

Playoffs

In the Semifinals, a poor offensive performance by the Palms, who allowed nineteen turnovers and shot under 25%, gave way to a dominating 18–11 victory for the Charging, during which Madison Doucette achieved a tournament-record 21 saves. Kendall Halpern's defensive performance, in which she made five of the team's thirteen forced turnovers, was praised by commentators and the Charging's coaching staff.

In the Championship game, the Guard opened with three goals in the first ninety seconds, while Rachel Hall achieved seven saves in the first quarter, helping build a 5–1 lead that the Charging never surmounted for the rest of the game. Dempsey Arsenault contributed five goals, while Weeks contributed three goals and four assists, to a dominating performance that overcame the Charging's attempts at a comeback in the second and fourth quarters, led by Scane's six goals and one assist.

All-Star Game

The 2025 WLL All-Star Game ( sponsor name Maybelline WLL All-Star Game) was the league's inaugural all-star game, which took place on July 4, 2025 at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, as part of the 2025 PLL All-Star Weekend. Preceded by a skills challenge at 5:30pm Central Daylight Time (CDT) in which PLL and WLL players jointly participated, the match itself was played at 7pm CDT as a traditional game of ten-on-ten women's lacrosse.

References

External links

2025 PLL and WLL Championship Series
at Premier Lacrosse League

2025 PLL All-Star Weekend
at Premier Lacrosse League

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