2026 Women's Lacrosse League season
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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 on January 14, 2026.[2]
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
- Source:[16]
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
- Source:[31]
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
- Source:[46]
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
- Source:[62]