SPARKS, Md. – Head coach Lindsey Munday announced the addition of Ellie Masera '24 to the USA roster for the World Games next month.

12 players, including Masera and Ally Kennedy, were chosen following a training camp involving 26 of the best women's lacrosse players in the world at USA Lacrosse headquarters earlier this summer.

The World Games, a quadrennial Olympic-style event, utilizes the sixes discipline of the sport, a fast-paced, small-sided version of lacrosse that includes just six players for each team on the field at a time, resulting in smaller roster sizes than the traditional field version of the game.
 
This edition of The World Games will feature up to 5,000 athletes competing in 34 sports and will feature women's lacrosse as a medal sport for the third time. There will be no men's competition at The World Games this year. The United States won the inaugural World Games gold medal in 2017, beating Canada 11-8 in the championship game of a full-field 10v10 format in Wroclaw, Poland. In 2022, Canada beat the U.S. 14-12 in the championship game in the sixes discipline in Birmingham, Alabama. Masera finished second on the squad with 19 points during the 2022 event and is the only returning player to Team USA.

Masera, Kennedy and Team USA will gather for a staging camp in Los Angeles from Aug. 1-3 before heading to Chengdu, China for The World Games from Aug. 7-11.

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