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Women’s Lacrosse League Will Expand to Full Season in 2026
The Women's Lacrosse League will increase team rosters to 23 players and introduce a college draft as part of its 11-week full season and playoffs in 2026.
- The Women's Lacrosse League , initiated by the Premier Lacrosse League in November 2024, revealed plans to extend its competition format in 2026 to include an entire season along with postseason play.
- This expansion follows the WLL's inaugural one-week Championship Series tournament in February 2025 and an All-Star game in July, showing initial success in professional women's lacrosse.
- The 2026 season will see the league’s initial four franchises—the team from Boston, the New York squad, the Charm from Maryland, and the California Palms—competing in a 10-on-10 format across 11 weekends, with roster sizes increasing to 23 players.
- Paul Rabil, co-founder of WLL, highlighted that the introduction of the WLL Championship Series provided an early look at the potential of women's professional lacrosse and expressed enthusiasm about growing the league to better showcase the players' skill, drive, and excellence.
- The league’s games will be available on ESPN networks and streamed via the ESPN App as part of an exclusive media rights agreement, making the WLL the only professional women’s lacrosse organization following the shutdown of Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse at the end of 2024.
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Women’s Lacrosse League will expand to full season in 2026
The Women’s Lacrosse League announced Wednesday it will expand to a full season and playoffs starting in 2026. The league’s first season earlier this year consisted solely of a one-week tournament called the Championship Series in February followed by an All-Star game in July. Next season, there will be 11 weekends of competition between their four teams: the Boston Guard, New York Charging, Maryland Charm and California Palms. The league will b…
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/PRNewswire/ -- The Maybelline Women's Lacrosse League today announced it will expand its competition calendar to a full season and playoffs starting in 2026....
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