SPARKS, Md. — U.S. Women’s Sixes National Team head coach Lindsey Munday has announced the 17 players who will compete against Colombia, Puerto Rico and Great Britain at the USA Lacrosse Experience later this month in Indianapolis.
Six players named to the team — Abby Bosco, Charlotte North, Ally Mastroianni, Ally Kennedy, Taylor Moreno and Kayla Wood — recently won a gold medal with the inaugural U.S. Women’s Box National Team in Utica, N.Y.
Kennedy, who scored the first and last goals in the United States’ 10-7 win over Canada in the gold medal game Sunday, earned 2024 World Lacrosse Women’s Box Championship MVP honors. Wood was an assistant captain for the U.S. team.
Additionally, the roster features five players with previous international experience in sixes, the 6v6 discipline that’s closely related to box and will be the version of the sport played in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
Kasey Choma and Ellie Masera starred for the U.S. team that finished in second place at The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Ala.
The United States flipped the script a year later in the 2023 Super Sixes event. Dempsey Arsenault scored the winning goal to lift the U.S. to an 8-7 victory over host Canada in the gold medal game in Oshawa, Ontario.
Moreno made a late save to preserve the win and Mastroianni factored prominently for that team.
Athletes Unlimited champion Sam Apuzzo and two-time Tewaaraton Award winner Izzy Scane also will suit up in Indianapolis. All 17 players played professionally over the summer with Athletes Unlimited, including five (Apuzzo, North, Kennedy, Mastroianni, Moreno and Masera) who finished top 10 on the leaderboard.
| Name | Hometown | College |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Apuzzo | West Babylon, N.Y. | Boston College '19 |
| Dempsey Arsenault | New Hampton, N.H. | Boston College '19 |
| Abby Bosco | Suffern, N.Y. | Penn '21/Maryland (Gr.) |
| Kasey Choma | Manorville, N.Y. | Notre Dame '23/Gr. |
| Erin Coykendall | Spencerport, N.Y. | Northwestern '23/Gr. |
| Ally Kennedy | North Babylon, N.Y. | Stony Brook '20/Gr. |
| Kenzie Kent | Norwell, Mass. | Boston College '18/Gr. |
| Ellie Masera | Eastport, N.Y. | Stony Brook '24 |
| Ally Mastroianni | Martinsville, N.J. | North Carolina '21/Gr. |
| Marie McCool | Moorestown, N.J. | North Carolina '18 |
| Taylor Moreno | Huntington, N.Y. | North Carolina '21/Gr. |
| Charlotte North | Dallas, Texas | Boston College '21/Gr. |
| Izzy Scane | Clarkston, Mich. | Northwestern '22/Gr. |
| Cassidy Spilis | Tabernacle, N.J. | Rutgers '23/Gr. |
| Caylee Waters | Darien, Conn. | North Carolina '17 |
| Cassidy Weeks | Bayport, N.Y. | Boston College '23/Gr. |
| Kayla Wood | Catonsville, Md. | North Carolina '21/Gr. |
The U.S. plays Colombia and Puerto Rico on Friday, Oct. 11, and Great Britain on Saturday, Oct. 12., at Carroll Stadium.
Tickets start at just $15 per day or $20 for the weekend, with VIP seating options also available for the ultimate experience. Get your tickets here.
The U.S. has only competed in international competition in sixes on three previous occasions. In 2021, USA Lacrosse hosted a three-team Super Sixes event with Canada and the Haudenosaunee. The U.S. and Canada each went 3-1 at the round-robin event. In 2022, Canada defeated the U.S. 14-12 in the gold medal game at The World Games. Last fall, the U.S. beat Canada 8-7 in the championship game of the Super Sixes event in Canada.
Prior to the games in Indianapolis, Munday and her staff will conduct a three-day training camp Oct. 8-10. They've invited six additional players — Shea Baker, Mckenna Davis, Shea Dolce, Emma LoPinto, Madison Taylor and Emma Ward — to participate in the camp.
Baker, Dolce, LoPinto and Taylor are all current collegians who led the U.S. Women's U20 National Team to a gold medal this summer in Hong Kong, China. LoPinto was the world championship MVP. Baker and Taylor were U.S. team co-captains.
The U.S. Women’s National Team trains and plays using game-changing, high-performance equipment from Cascade Maverik, Gait Lacrosse and STX and best-in-class products from Enovis (sports bracing).
In addition to these partners, Gatorade, MedStar Health and Stryker are official sponsors of the U.S. National Team Program. Team training is also aided by products from Athletic Republic.
Funding for the national teams also comes from generous donors to the USA Lacrosse Foundation. Help support the team.
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