Aly Messinger (New England Command), Taylor Thornton (Baltimore Brave), and Sarah Mannelly (New England Command) highlight a list of 15 players that have recently joined the WPLL for the inaugural 2018 season. The addition of these players brings each team’s roster to 20, allowing five remaining spots for 2018 graduates that will be selected during April’s 2018 college draft.

“We are very excited to welcome these new players to the WPLL,” WPLL commissioner Jen Adams said. “Their accomplishments, including World Cup and national championships, speak for themselves. The addition of these new players makes the WPLL the most competitive lacrosse league the world has ever seen.”

After initially drafting 100 players in August, some athletes were unable to commit to the 2018 season. To remedy this, WPLL general managers and coaches recently took part in a draft involving players that had previously expressed interest in joining the league. Each team now fields a competitive 20-player roster, which will grow to 25 players after the college draft in April.

The WPLL, which will play its first season this summer, is made up of five teams: the Baltimore Brave, New England Command, New York Fight, Philadelphia Fire and Upstate Pride. Athletes in the league are some of the top players in the world of lacrosse, having earned 115 All-American awards and eight Tewaaraton trophies. Thirty-four WPLL players have won NCAA championships, and the league includes nine current members of the U.S. national team that won the 2017 FIL Rathbones World Cup.

Find a list of players recently added to the WPLL below, and see a full list of rosters here. Please note, General managers have the right to execute trades up until the start of the 2018 season.

WPLL Roster Additions

Baltimore Brave
Taylor Thornton, D, Northwestern
Courtney Tarleton, D, USC
Karri Ellen Johnson, A, Maryland
Kayla O’Connor, A, Boston College

New England Command
Aly Messinger, A, North Carolina
Sarah Mannelly , M, Boston College

New York Fight
Kelyn Freedman, M, Georgetown
Marisa Romeo, A, Harvard
Meg Markham, D, Penn

Philadelphia Fire
Tory Bensen, A, Penn
Maddy Lesher, D, Loyola
Amanda Leavell, D, Princeton
Paige Soenksen, G, Colorado

Upstate Pride
Kristin Igoe, M, Boston College
Mollie Erdle, D, Boston College