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Women's Professional Lacrosse League

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Women's Professional Lacrosse League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2019 WPLL season
SportWomen's lacrosse
Founded2018
First season2018
Ceased2020
Replaced byAthletes Unlimited Lacrosse
CEOMichele DeJuliis[1]
No. of teams4
Last
champion(s)
Brave (1)
Most titlesCommand
Brave (1 each)

The Women's Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL) was a women's lacrosse league in the United States. The league was formally composed of five teams: the Brave, Command, Fight, Fire, and Pride.[1][2] The league announced on February 27, 2020, that it would restructure and downsize the league to four teams, [3] which would ultimately be: the Brave, Command, Fight, and Pride.[1][2] League play started on Saturday, June 2, 2018.[1][4]

After cancelling the 2020 season in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league announced on August 6, 2020, that it would be closing down, and that some of its athletes would be given opportunities to play with Athletes Unlimited. [5] The new Athletes Unlimited league began play in July 2021.[6]

Teams

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Team Joined Coach
Brave 2018 Sonia LaMonica
Command 2018 Amy Patton
Fight 2018 Shannon Smith
Pride 2018 Katie Rowan

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Media coverage

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On April 16, 2019, ESPN and the WPLL announced[7] that the 10-game 2019[8] regular season would air on ESPN3 and the ESPN App. Meanwhile, the postseason semifinals would on ESPN3, with the championship game airing on ESPNU.[9][10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Berri, David (June 4, 2018). "The Women's Professional Lacrosse League Takes Off". Forbes. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "TEAMS". Women's Professional Lacrosse League. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  3. ^ "WPLL Announces League Restructure, Goes From 5 Teams to 4". www.uslaxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  4. ^ "RESULTS & STATISTICS". Women's Professional Lacrosse League. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  5. ^ "Women's Professional Lacrosse League Closes, Opportunity Awaits Players in Athletes Unlimited". insidelacrosse.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  6. ^ "Athletes Unlimited launches pro women's lacrosse league in Montgomery County". DC News Now. 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  7. ^ Negron, Anna (April 16, 2019). "ESPN to Air Women's Professional Lacrosse League Regular Season Matchups and Championship Game". ESPN Press Room.
  8. ^ Moore, Adam (April 30, 2019). "WPLL announces ESPN broadcast partnership". Pro Lacrosse Talk.
  9. ^ Kumar, Aishwarya (July 26, 2019). "Veterans get second chance to shine in Women's Professional Lacrosse League championship". ESPN.com.
  10. ^ Caron, Emily (April 15, 2020). "Women's Lacrosse League Turns to 2021 After Canceling Upcoming Season". Front Office Sports.
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