SPARKS, Md. – USA Lacrosse and head coach Lindsey Munday have named the 12 players who will represent the United States in the Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Sixes Championship, which takes place Sept. 29-Oct. 4 in Oshawa, Ontario.
The nine-team event serves as a continental qualifier for the inaugural World Lacrosse Sixes Championships, set to take place in October 2027 in Colorado Springs.
This will be the first of three international events for the U.S. sixes program in the back half of the year as the global lacrosse community continues the build-up to the LA28 Olympics. The fast-paced sixes discipline of the sport, which debuted on the international scene in 2021, will be the format used for the Olympics.
Following the Pan-American championship, USA Lacrosse will host Canada, the Haudenosaunee Nationals and Ireland for the Atlas Cup in Sparks, Md., from Oct. 23-25. The Global Lacrosse Games, featuring Australia, Canada, the Haudenosaunee and the United States takes place in Springfield, Va., from Dec. 8-13. All three events will feature both the USA men’s and women’s sixes national teams.
The roster for the Pan-American championship includes nine players that helped the U.S. win the most recent world championship in the sixes discipline – The World Games 2025 in Chengdu, China. Those players include World Games MVP Marie McCool and All-World goalie Shea Dolce. Also competing from the world championship team are the last three players to win the Tewaaraton Award as the nation’s outstanding collegiate player – Madison Taylor (2026), Chloe Humphrey (2025) and Izzy Scane (2022, 2023).
Here’s the full list of players slated to compete at the Pan-American championship.
2026 U.S. Women's Sixes PALA Roster
| Name | College | WLL |
|---|---|---|
Runners | ||
| Sam Apuzzo | Boston College '19 | California |
| Shea Dolce | Boston College '26 | Boston |
| Brigid Duffy | Army '26 | Maryland |
| Chloe Humphrey | North Carolina '28 | |
| Ally Kennedy | Stony Brook '21 | Maryland |
| Kenzie Kent | Boston College '19 | Boston |
| Emma LoPinto | Boston College '25 | California |
| Ellie Masera | Stony Brook '24 | California |
| Marie McCool | North Carolina '18 | California |
| Taylor Moreno | North Carolina '22 | California |
| Izzy Scane | Northwestern '22 | New York |
| Madison Taylor | Northwestern '26 | |
Goalies | ||
| Shea Dolce | Boston College '26 | Boston |
| Taylor Moreno | North Carolina '22 | California |
An additional 12 players will be invited to a training camp in Buffalo before the team heads over the border for the event.
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