Lax Sports Network (LSN) will produce both games between the U.S. women’s national teams and England from this weekend’s Spring Premiere at Stanford University. The broadcasts are presented by Nike Lacrosse.
The LSN doubleheader on Saturday, Jan. 26 will feature the U.S. women’s senior team against England at 12 noon and the U.S. women’s U19 team against England at 2:30 p.m. All times are Pacific and are available free on LSN.
Travis Eldridge will handle the play-by-play duties and Halley Quillinan Griggs will be the color analyst.
Tickets are on sale for the Spring Premiere, which also includes Fresno State, Japan and Stanford competing. The full schedule, including a U.S. National Team players and coaches clinic, is available below. Visit the Spring Premiere homepage tor ticket details and additional information.
Friday, Jan. 25
12 pm: England vs. Japan
3 pm: Fresno vs. Japan
6 pm: Fresno vs. England
Saturday, Jan. 26
9 am: Team USA Clinic for players (separate registration fee)
11 am: U.S. U19 vs. Japan
12 pm: U.S. vs. England (Streamed on LSN)
2:30 pm: U.S. U19 vs. England (Streamed on LSN)
5 pm: U.S./U.S. U19 vs. Stanford
Sunday, Jan. 27
8:30 am: U.S./Japan combined practice
8:30 am: U.S. U19 Blue-White
The U.S. women’s senior team is the defending Federation of International Lacrosse world champion, having won the most recent championship in 2017. U.S. team head coach Jenny Levy, a two-time NCAA championship coach at North Carolina, is building towards the 2021 FIL World Championship, which will be hosted by US Lacrosse at Towson University in 2021.
The U.S. roster features 11 former World Cup champions, including three-time Tewaaraton winner Taylor Cummings and two-time Tewaaraton winner Katie Haus out of Maryland, and eight current collegiate players, led by the 2018 Tewaaraton winner out of Boston College, Sam Apuzzo.
The U.S. women’s U19 team is in training for the 2019 FIL Women’s U19 World Championship, which will be held this coming August in Canada. Led by head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller, a seven-time NCAA championship coach at Northwestern, the U19 team consists of 34 players that range in age from juniors in high school to sophomores in college.
The U.S. women’s national team trains and plays using best-in-class products provided by Nike (apparel and footwear), Brine (equipment), STX (equipment), SISU Guard (mouthguards), The Pearl by Guardian (balls) and DJO (sports braces).
In addition to these partners Greenfields and MedStar Sports Medicine are official sponsors of Team USA. Team training is also aided by products from Motive Pure, NormaTec Recovery and Athletic Republic.