Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 9/18/24 – From Press Release
Following more than a year of Player ID and training camps, head coach Ginny Capicchioni has the inaugural U.S. Women’s Box National Team ready to compete at the World Lacrosse Box Championships in Utica, N.Y. from Sept. 20-29.
The U.S. will be one of 10 nations competing in the women’s championship, the first time World Lacrosse has hosted a women’s box world championship. The U.S. men have won five straight bronze medals in the box world championships and will be one of 28 nations competing in the men’s portion of the event in Utica.
The U.S. women’s team includes a mix of players with previous national team experience in other disciplines in addition to players making their national team debut in box lacrosse. Seven of the players on the roster have previously medaled with the U.S. in major international competitions.
Ally Kennedy, Ally Mastroianni and Charlotte North were all members of the gold-medal U.S. team that won the field world championship in 2022 and Kristen Carr won gold with the 2013 and 2017 U.S. field teams and at The World Games 2017. Madison Doucette (Unionville) won a world championship with the 2019 U.S. U19 team and also won a silver medal at The World Games 2022 alongside Marge Donovan and Sam Swart (Archbishop Carroll).
Here is the complete roster:
Runners (20)
Erin Bakes – USC ’21 / Georgetown (Gr.)
Abby Bosco – Penn ’21 / Maryland (Gr.)
Kristen Carr – North Carolina ‘10
Marge Donovan – Princeton ’22 / Maryland (Gr.)
Riley Ewing – Ohio State ‘21
Molly Garrett – Michigan ‘20
Emily Hawryschuk – Syracuse ‘20
Ally Kennedy – Stony Brook ‘20
Ally Mastroianni – North Carolina ‘21
Charlotte North – Boston College ‘21
Helen Park – Arizona State ‘25
Livy Rosenzweig – Loyola ‘22
Melissa Sconone – North Carolina ’23 / Hofstra (Gr.)
Sam Swart (Archbishop Carroll) – Syracuse ‘21
Courtney Taylor (Central Bucks South)– Temple ’21 / Boston College (Gr.)
Taylor VanThof – Loyola ‘19
Caroline Wakefield – North Carolina ‘21
Tianna Wallpher – Towson ‘18
Cece Webb – Virginia ‘27
Kayla Wood – North Carolina ‘22
Goalies (3)
Ingrid Boyum – Navy ‘18
Madison Doucette (Unionville) – Northwestern ’22 / Johns Hopkins (Gr.)
Taylor Moreno – North Carolina ‘21
Philly bios:
Madison Doucette
Hometown: West Chester, Pa.
College: Northwestern ’22 / Johns Hopkins (Gr.)
Position: Goalie
Doucette will become the first player to represent the U.S. all three disciplines (box, field, sixes) in world championships. Doucette won a world championship with the U.S. U19 team in 2019 and a silver medal in sixes at The World Games 2022. Doucette was a two-year starter in goal at Northwestern, helping the Wildcats reach two final fours, and then set a school record with 178 saves at Johns Hopkins in 2024. She had 238 points in just 64 games as an ice hockey player in high school.
Sam Swart
Hometown: Coopersburg, Pa.
College: Syracuse ‘21
Position: Transition
An electrifying athlete, Swart showed her versatility when she joined the Syracuse field hockey team after finishing her college lacrosse career. A do-it-all middie on the lacrosse field, she had 185 points (147g, 38a) in her Syracuse career while adding 78 ground balls and 32 caused turnovers. She’s represented the U.S. in sixes at The World Games 2022 and Super Sixes in 2023 and was also on the training team for the field world championship in 2022.
Courtney Taylor
Hometown: Chalfont, Pa.
College: Temple ’21 / Boston College (Gr.)
Position: Transition
A defender who can wreak havoc, Taylor’s game has translated well to box lacrosse. After earning All-America honors at Temple – where she had 139 ground balls and 85 caused turnovers in her career – Taylor played a graduate year at Boston College and was named a second team All-American after helping the Eagles reach the 2022 NCAA title game. Taylor, who played on the U.S. Super Sixes team in 2023, has played three years in Athletes Unlimited and finished 10th on the leaderboard in 2023.
