Dear WL Members, 

The recently concluded Heritage Cup held from May 26-29 in Glassboro, New Jersey, USA, was not sanctioned by World Lacrosse or USA Lacrosse.

Chris Hupfeldt, a longtime national volunteer with USA Lacrosse and an icon in the Philadelphia lacrosse community, died on Saturday.

Hupfeldt was an assistant general manager for the 1998 U.S. Men’s National Team and then served as the general manager for the 2002 and 2006 teams, helping guide teams that won two gold medals and one silver. Hupfeldt served as chair of the U.S. Men’s National Team Committee and also volunteered on the Men’s Game Committee for USA Lacrosse.

UTICA, N.Y. — The recent expansion of the National Lacrosse League has resulted in a rise in the number of U.S.-born players competing at the highest level in box lacrosse. That’s a good thing for U.S. men’s box team head coach Regy Thorpe, who led the U.S. to a bronze medal at the men's world box championship in 2019 and nearly had the USA playing in the gold medal game for the first time ever.

UTICA, N.Y. — In the city where its inaugural journey will end, the U.S. Women’s Box National Team officially launched Sunday. Head coach Ginny Capicchioni welcomed about 20 athletes to the Utica University Nexus Center for a player ID camp, the first of three such camps that will be held ahead of tryouts as she builds the program from scratch.

SPARKS, Md. — Ginny Capicchioni, head coach of the inaugural U.S. Women’s Box National Team, is a guest on the latest Ruling Sports podcast which dropped today.

SPARKS, Md. — Kelly Amonte Hiller, head coach of the 2024 U.S. Women’s U20 National team, has named her staff. The U.S. team will compete in the 2024 World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship in Hong Kong, China next summer.

Serving on the staff will be Angela McMahon (manager), Tim McCormack (assistant coach), Michelle Tumolo (assistant coach) and Ann Elliott Whidden (assistant coach).

SPARKS, Md. — The coaching staffs for the U.S. Men’s and Women’s Box National Teams will hold instructional clinics for boys and girls players aged 12-17 at three locations over the next few months.

The U.S. box teams are led by head coaches Regy Thorpe and Ginny Capicchioni and both have recently named their respective coaching staffs. Thorpe and Capicchioni are both alumni players of the U.S. national team program and highly-respected coaches and teachers.

The instructional clinics will be held on the following dates: 

SPARKS, Md. — Head coach Regy Thorpe has announced the staff for the 2024 U.S. Men’s Box National Team.

The U.S. men’s and women’s box teams will compete in the World Lacrosse Box Championships in Utica, N.Y. in September 2024. The U.S. men’s team has captured the bronze medal at the previous five world championships, including in 2019 under Thorpe’s leadership, while this is the first time a world championship will be contested for women’s box lacrosse.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, USA – World Lacrosse today announced that hosting rights to the 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships have officially been awarded to Utica, New York, in the United States, where the sixth men’s and first women’s tournaments will run concurrently from September 13-22 of next year. Up to 30 men’s and 10 women’s teams are expected to compete in the 10-day world championship event.