The United States women’s national team will begin defense of its world title against Ireland on July 25 at the 2026 Nissin Foods World Lacrosse Women’s Championship in Tokyo, Japan. The U.S., which won the most recent women’s field championship in 2022 in Towson, Md., will play three pool play games before the playoffs begin on July 29. The gold medal match is set for Sunday, August 2.

SPARKS, Md. – Head coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein has named the final roster of 22 players that will represent the United States in the Nissin Foods 2026 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship from July 24 through August 2 in Tokyo. The United States, the winner of the 2025 Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship, is one of 16 teams that has qualified for the world championship.

Kristin Sommar Jenney didn’t do much losing during her high-profile lacrosse career.

She won four national championships (and lost just five games) during her time at Maryland, and she won a gold medal with the U.S. Women’s National Team in 2001. Somehow, though, her final game ended without a victory celebration.

In 2005, she and the U.S. team earned a silver medal after losing to Australia in the championship final on home soil in Annapolis, Md. For someone with such decorated career, Jenney didn’t go out on top.

SPARKS, Md. – Head coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein has invited 25 of the nation’s best women’s lacrosse players to a U.S. Women’s National Field Team training camp in the Austin, Texas area. The camp is set for Jan. 4-7, 2026.

This will be the final evaluation opportunity before Walker-Weinstein and her staff select the 22-player roster to represent the United States in the 2026 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship. The 16-team championship takes place this summer from July 24 through August 2 in Tokyo.

When Christie Jenkins Kemezis received a phone call from Maryland head coach Cathy Reese, she thought they were just going to discuss some “things, Terps, this and that.” What Reese really wanted to discuss: Jenkins Kemezis’ induction into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

“I was surprised,” Jenkins Kemezis said.”I'm completely honored, just knowing how many amazing players are out there, before me, after me, with me.”

The Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association’s annual Presidents Cup tournament is back this weekend in Florida.

The Presidents Cup & Debut will feature more than 500 teams and more than 10,000 athletes rostered. The tournament, held in Lakewood Ranch, Fla., is a key stop each year on the recruiting trail for coaches, as it coincides with the IWLCA Coaches’ Convention.

It’s also a key stop for the U.S. Women’s National Team as it prepares for the 2026 World Lacrosse Championship in Tokyo, Japan.

SPARKS, Md. – The U.S. Women’s National Team will participate in this month’s Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Presidents Cup in Florida. The Presidents Cup & Debut will feature more than 500 teams with an expected 10,000 athletes rostered. 

Unbeknownst to many of today’s lacrosse fans, well before the United States began its domination of international women’s lacrosse, which now extends through four decades and includes winning nine of 11 world championships since 1982, the teams from the other side of the Atlantic reigned supreme.

Under the sponsorship of the United States Women’s Lacrosse Association (USWLA), one of the precursors to USA Lacrosse, the first U.S. squad travelled abroad in 1935, competing against established club teams during a tour in England.

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The United States rode an explosive offense to beat Canada 21-11 in the inaugural Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship at Lake Myrtle Sports Park. Thirteen different players scored goals for the U.S. in a game it led from start to finish.

Canada battled the U.S. tough on the draw with the teams coming to an 18-18 stalemate and that kept things tight for much of the game. The U.S. jumped out to a 4-1 lead early and scored the last three goals of the first half to take an 11-5 lead.

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The United States advanced to the championship game of the 2025 Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship, pulling away from the Haudenosaunee 18-8 in a semifinal on Sunday morning at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex.

The United States will meet rival Canada in the championship game on Monday at 2 p.m. with live streaming on World Lacrosse TV.