RALEIGH, N.C. – New players. New teams. New competition.

On a sunny Sunday at the WRAL Soccer Park, newness defined this year’s USA Lacrosse Women’s National Tournament. The long-standing event allows high-schoolers to compete with teams from across the country in front of the eyes of many college coaches. 

The teams that gelled quickly, soared. And adaptability allowed for lacrosse excellence from all corners of the country.

Players competed alongside regional teammates, many of whom had never met each other before the tournament began. 

RALEIGH, N.C. — For the fourth time in the last six years, the Massachusetts/Rhode Island region won the top division at the USA Lacrosse Women’s National Tournament. Massachusetts/Rhode Island 1 blanked Washington 17-0 in the championship game of the Red Division at WRAL Soccer Park on Sunday.

Washington, the first team from the Pacific Northwest to reach the championship game in the top flight, went 3-0 on Saturday with wins over Philadelphia 1, Nation United 1, and DC Metro 1. 

RALEIGH, N.C. — For more than 90 years the women’s lacrosse community has celebrated the sport on Memorial Day Weekend by doing what it loves most – playing the game.

The Triad region in North Carolina is host to two of the sport’s marquee events this weekend — the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship and the 91st annual USA Lacrosse Women’s National Tournament.

The 91st annual USA Lacrosse Women’s National Tournament is headed to the WRAL Soccer Park in Raleigh, N.C., for the second consecutive year. This year’s event will take place from May 25-26 and feature more than 1,000 of the nation’s top high school players, from 27 states, playing on 53 regional all-star teams.

The third annual USA Lacrosse Foundation Gala returns to New York City on June 5 and will honor two of the sport’s all-time great coaches – Kevin Corrigan and Cindy Timchal.

It’s also a return to the city where the Elevate28 initiative – a group of eight major lacrosse organizations in the United States pledging to work together to double the sport’s participation by the end of the decade – made its public debut with a ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange last October.

This spring, 28 college teams travelled the yellow brick road and now they’re in Kansas for the 2024 USA Lacrosse Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) National Championship, which begins Tuesday at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita.

Is there a better way to grow lacrosse than one smile at a time?

The fourth annual National Celebrate Lacrosse Week is set for Nov. 2-10, 2024 and a key highlight of the celebration will be free USA Lacrosse Pick Up & Play introductory clinics around the country. USA Lacrosse is currently soliciting hosts for these clinics for the 2024 cycle.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Two-time defending champion Taylor Moreno leads a roster of the top lacrosse players in the world featured in Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse season four, which will return to USA Lacrosse Headquarters in Sparks, Maryland from July 18-August 11. 

The 2024 USA Lacrosse WCLA Championship Tournament kicks off on Tuesday, May 7 with all 16 Division I teams playing in opening round games at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas. The Division II competition begins on Wednesday, May 8 with 12 teams in action.

The four-day event features a full schedule of games each day, culminating with the Division I and Division II championship games on Friday, May 10.

Undefeated CSU San Marcos, champion of the Western Women’s Lacrosse League, has received the number one seed in the Division II bracket of the 2024 USA Lacrosse Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) National Championship, to be played May 7-10 at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas.

The Cougars (12-0) are making their fourth overall appearance in the championship tournament, and are one of two remaining undefeated teams in the nation.