Women’s Pro Lacrosse Huge Hit At Lake Placid

Editor’s note: Brian Witmer of LaxAllStars recaps the 2nd ever women’s pro lacrosse championship, which took place August 2 at the Lake Placid Summit Classic. The Summit Classic is proudly partnered with LaxAllStars.

UWLX Women’s Pro Lacrosse Championship

L.i. Sound 16, Boston Storm 8

MVP: Christina Esposito

The UWLX brought women’s pro lacrosse to Lake Placid for the first time ever! In its second year of operations, the United Women’s Lacrosse League partnered up with Summit Lacrosse Ventures to layout a destination-style plan for the its title matchup. The game took place on August 2 as the grand finale to scholastic division play.

A large crowd was treated the very best in women’s pro lacrosse, and the Long Island Sound poured on goals to double up on the Storm out of Boston. This was a repeat matchup from the 2016 UWLX Championship, which Long Island also won against Boston, so you can imagine the competitive spirit in the air. It was truly an impressive display of talent. Christina Esposito, former Northwestern attacker, took home Most Valuable Player honors.

After the completion of year two, there’s no question women’s pro lacrosse has a bright future!

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Congratulations to the Long Island Sound! Follow the team on Twitter, and stay tuned to @UnitedWLax for league updates.

#	Name	Position	Hometown/College
1	Devon Parker	Attack	Rye, N.H./ Syracuse (‘17)
3	Christina Esposito	Attack	West Babylon N.Y./ Northwestern (‘17)
4	Katrina Dowd	Attack	Yorktown Heights, N.Y./ Northwestern (‘10)
5	Aly Messinger	Attack	Mendham N.J./ UNC (‘16)
6	Kelly McPartland	Midfield	Farmingdale, N.Y./ Maryland (‘15)
7	Tatum Coffey	Midfield	Toms River N.J./ (Penn State ‘15)
8	Alice Mercer	Defense	Woodbine, MD/ Maryland (‘16)
10	Octavia Williams	Defense	Moriches, N.Y./ Johns Hopkins (‘15)
11	Caroline Fitzgerald	Defense	Mount Sinai, N.Y./ Florida (‘17)
12	Erin Collins	Midfield	West Islip N.Y./ Maryland (‘15)
13	Sammy Jo Tracy	Midfield	Bedford N.Y./ North Carolina (‘17)
14	Nadine Hadnagy	Defense	Farmingdale, N.Y./ Maryland (‘17)
15	Cortney Fortunato	Attack	Northport, N.Y./ Notre Dame (‘17)
16	Nicole Graziano	Midfield	Mendham, N.J./ Florida (‘16)
17	Mikaela Rix	Midfield	Garden City, N.Y./ Boston College (‘15)
18	Taryn Van Thof	Midfield	Livonia, N.Y./ Loyola ‘15)
21	Kaleigh Craig	Midfield	Wantagh, N.Y./ Northwestern (‘17)
22	Dorrien Van Dyke	Midfield	Northport, N.Y./ Stony Brook (‘17)
24	Casey Pearsall	Midfield	Wilton, CT/ Notre Dame (‘17)
27	Hillary Fratzke	Midfield	Centreville, MD/ Towson (‘09)
33	Becca Block	Defense	Stratham, N.J./ Syracuse (‘13)
34	Kelsey Gregerson	Goalkeeper	Rockville Centre, N.Y/ Hofstra (‘15)
37	Halle Majorana	Attack	Manhasset, N.Y./ Syracuse (‘16)
42	Kristin Yevoli	Midfield	Massapequa, N.Y./ Stony Brook (‘17)
43	Caylee Waters	Goalkeeper	Darrien, CT/ North Carolina (‘17)
81	Sarah Martin	Midfield	Hampden, MA/ Albany (‘17)
88	Sloane Serpe	Defense	North Caldwell, N.J./ North Carolina (‘14)