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Archives for May 2025

Top 3 Finalists revealed for 2025 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year

May 21, 2025 by Tara S

OKLAHOMA CITY — USA Softball has announced the Top 3 Finalists for the 2025 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. The award is considered the most prestigious honor in college softball and recognizes outstanding athletic achievement among Division I softball players across the country.

Previous winners of the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year include Stacey Nuveman (UCLA – 2002), Cat Osterman (Texas – 2003, 2005, 2006), Jessica Van der Linden (Florida State – 2004), Monica Abbott (Tennessee – 2007), Angela Tincher (Virginia Tech – 2008), Danielle Lawrie (Washington – 2009, 2010), Ashley Hansen (Stanford – 2011), Keilani Ricketts (Oklahoma – 2012, 2013), Lacey Waldrop (Florida State – 2014), Lauren Haeger (Florida – 2015), Sierra Romero (Michigan – 2016), Kelly Barnhill (Florida – 2017), Rachel Garcia (UCLA – 2018, 2019), Jocelyn Alo (Oklahoma – 2021, 2022), Valerie Cagle (2023) and most recently, NiJaree Canady (2024).

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Represented by two juniors and one senior from three NCAA Division I universities and three athletic conferences, the Top 3 Finalists for the 2025 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year include Nebraska’s Jordy Bahl, Texas Tech’s NiJaree Canady and Arkansas’s Bri Ellis — each of which will take the stage at Super Regionals this weekend.

Jordy Bahl – Nebraska

Nebraska’s Jordy Bahl stands out as one of the top two-way players in NCAA Division I softball, proving dominant in both pitching and hitting. She ranks among the Top 10 nationally in eight key categories: batting average (.458), slugging percentage (.955), total bases (148), earned run average (ERA) (1.57), shutouts (7), strikeouts (254), strikeouts per seven innings (10.2) and wins (23). For her outstanding performance, Bahl has been recognized as both the Big Ten Pitcher and Player of the Year, in addition to earning four Big Ten Pitcher of the Week selections during the 2025 season.

NiJaree Canady – Texas Tech

Two-time Big 12 Pitcher of the Week and 2025 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, NiJaree Canady, has made a powerful impact as a two-way player in her inaugural season with the Big 12 Conference. In the circle, she dominates with a nation-leading 0.81 ERA and 3.44 hits allowed per seven innings. Her performance places her in the Top 10 nationally for several key metrics, including wins (2nd – 26), strikeouts (4th – 263 K) and strikeouts per seven innings (6th – 10.2). At the plate, Canady ranks among the Top 10 in the Big 12 Conference for slugging percentage (7th – .667 SLG) and OPS (8th – 1.124 OPS), while also leading the conference in ERA (0.81), opponent batting average (.144), wins (26) and earned runs allowed (21). Canady is the most recent recipient of the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, winning it in 2024 while at Stanford University.

Bri Ellis – Arkansas

As the 2025 SEC Player of the Year, Bri Ellis from Arkansas is dominating the competition, leading the nation with a 1.189 slugging percentage and a .649 on-base percentage, while ranking second in the nation with 26 home runs. A true force at the plate, Ellis also stands on the NCAA leaderboard in batting average (4th – .475 BA), home runs per game (2nd – .50 PG), RBIs (7th – 72 RBI) and RBIs per game (5th – 1.38 PG). Among her SEC rivals, she claims the top spot in batting average (.475), slugging percentage (1.189), on-base percentage (.649), home runs (26), total bases (145) and walks (58). At Arkansas, Ellis has shattered single-season records in RBIs and home runs and is on track to set new program benchmarks in batting average and on-base percentage.

The 2025 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be announced on May 27 at the athlete banquet prior to the NCAA Women’s College World Series (WCWS) set to take place at the Softball Capital of the World® May 29 – June 6.

Paired with the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, USA Softball is also in its 23rd season of presenting the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll, which is released every Tuesday throughout the regular season with one final poll being released at the conclusion of the 2025 WCWS. Follow along with Division I NCAA Softball all season long at USASoftball.com.

Filed Under: Softball, Uncategorized

Fubo debuts women’s sports hub, riding demand for content

May 21, 2025 by Tara S

ByAlyssa Meyers | Marketing Brew

Fubo is getting in the zone.

Capitalizing on growing demand for women’s sports like basketball and volleyball, the streamer introduced a hub for women’s sports content to its home page earlier this month, where viewers can find programming including live games and documentaries. The first advertiser integration is set to roll out Saturday in time with the second weekend of the WNBA season, VP of Ad Sales Jennifer Monson shared exclusively with Marketing Brew.

“The advertiser interest and the amount of response that we’ve had from launching this women’s hub has been huge for us,” she said.

Fubo declined to name the inaugural sponsor ahead of the activation going live this weekend, but Monson said it’s a financial services brand running a campaign across the hub, spanning inventory like pause ads and interactive ads. Fubo also has another financial services brand signed on to advertise in the hub, both new clients for the streamer whose campaigns amount to “about seven figures in revenue,” she said.

Follow the fandom: It’s not just brands that are interested in Fubo’s women’s sports content; the idea for the hub, called the Women’s Sports Zone, came about as a result of viewership trends, Monson said. Audience demand “reached a fever pitch” last year, she said, when Caitlin Clark and the 2024 draft class joined the WNBA, helping spur record-breaking viewership last season.

It was around that time, Monson said, that advertisers started expressing growing interest in women’s sports content on Fubo, including brands from categories that hadn’t historically been spending much in the sports space.

“We saw our viewership numbers going way up, but then we also saw a big call from advertisers who wanted to really lean in and support women’s sports,” she said. “It was just a general demand from both sides of the market, where people were asking, ‘How can we align with women’s sports from an advertising [perspective], and how can we watch more women’s sports?’”

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From there, creating the Women’s Sports Zone “was just natural,” Monson said: 61% of Fubo subscribers use the platform to watch women’s sports, according to the company.

Brand wagon: The Fubo ad sales team has been pitching the hub during upfronts season, Monson told us. For brands that want to activate in the space, she said her team will help create custom activations that can include a “branded skin” that spans the entire page, pause ads, and interactive ads like trivia questions or other games.

Women’s Sports Zone advertisers can also retarget audiences in men’s sports on Fubo, too, Monson added. Ideally, she said, the campaigns will span beyond logo placements, a sentiment that’s shared by other leagues and brands in women’s sports.

“We wanted something that’s not going to be just a logo slap,” Monson said. “We really want brands to align with the culture, the energy, the momentum of women’s sports.”

Given the timing of the rollout with the start of the WNBA season, that league will be particularly prominent for now, but Monson said the Women’s Sports Zone is also set to include plenty of content around sports like volleyball, Olympic sports, and the NCAA down the line.

Filed Under: Women in Sports, Women's Sports

Lorena Ochoa’s impact in women’s golf still huge 15 years after retirement

May 21, 2025 by Tara S

Todd Kelly | SportsWeek

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — The LPGA has returned to Mexico for the first time since 2017 and the people probably most excited for it are the eight Mexican golfers in the 136-player field. Well, except for maybe one person.

That would be the greatest Mexican golfer of all time, Lorena Ochoa.

Lorena Ochoa from Mexico celebrates at St. Andrews in Scotland after winning the 2007 Women's British Open.

“Amazing. This morning, I woke up, and I was just trying to think you know, how especially how important it is and maybe not as many people realize as much I do,” she told Golfweek shortly after hitting a ceremonial tee shot on the 18th hole on Wednesday to officially kick off the 2025 Mexico Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba. “I know how hard it is to have an event here and get the sponsors. … this is a beautiful place.

“To see what is a real LPGA event, to have it back, I’m really excited.”

Born in Guadalajara and currently residing in Mexico City, Ochoa is visiting the El Camaleon Golf Course in Playa del Carmen this week to welcome the tour back to her home country as well as to catch up with the current generation of LPGA golfers.Need a break? 

That includes Maria Fassi, proud to be playing in her home country for the first time as a professional.

“It’s everything we always dreamt of as kids. We would come out and watch Lorena play,” Fassi said Tuesday. “And then to kind of have that taken away for I think it’s seven years since the last one, and then now us be the ones that people are watching and coming out to support, it’s just amazing. It’s an honor to represent Mexico everywhere we go.”

Lorena Ochoa during the third round of the 2007 Ginn Open at Reunion Resort.

Fassi said she first met Ochoa when she was “10 or 11” and said if not for Ochoa, she would’ve never considered playing golf, much less at the professional level.

“So, yeah, it’s pretty cool that she’s now kind of coming to watch us and support us. To me, she gets to see what she did, and I think it’s very special, I know for all of us, but I hope that she knows that she’s the reason why the eight of us are here.”

Isabella Fierro knows the golf course well. She grew up in Playa del Carmen and has played El Camaleon dozens of times and is thrilled the LPGA is back in Mexico.

“I’ve known this course since I was probably 12 years old. I play local tournaments here, international events, so I have a deep love for this golf course,” Fierro said. “Just the environment, everything about it is just awesome, and seeing the LPGA out here is just, that’s how far Mexican women’s golf has grown.”

Ochoa was the spark that started it all. A four-time player of the year and winner of 27 LPGA events, including two majors, Ochoa retired suddenly at age 28 in 2010, shocking the golf world. She was short of the then-required 10-year playing career for LPGA Hall of Fame induction, but that rule was later changed and she got in the Hall in 2022.

Ochoa’s legacy is being felt all over the tournament this week and that includes the record number of Mexicans competing in the same LPGA event: Maria Balcazar, Maria Fassi, Isabella Fierro, Fernanda Lira, Gaby Lopez, Andrea Ostos, Carolina Rotzinger and Clarisa Temelo. Five of those eight are in the field on sponsor exemptions, including Temelo, an amateur.

“I can tell you I speak to some of the presidents from the different courses, the different clubs in Mexico and when they tell me, ‘You know, Lorena, we don’t know what to do, we have so many kids,’ and I laugh,” Ochoa said. “It’s a good problem to have, so I just want to say that it makes me really proud, honor, happy, because it’s all about the growth of the game and we see that the numbers are going up, new golf courses, it’s more accessible. I’m working with the Mexican Federation about having a public facility. We’re holding our golf academy on Sundays. We give it for free, for the kids.”

Lorena Ochoa tees off on the seventh hole during the fourth round of the 2007 Ginn Open at Reunion Resort.

Another competitor this week, Albane Valenzuela, is Swiss but she was born in the U.S. to a Mexican father and French mother.

“Oh, my gosh, Lorena is the GOAT,” raved Valenzuela. “She’s the coolest player. She’s probably one of the reasons I started even playing golf. My dad won with Lorena back in the day, the Spirit, like a form of world championship, if you want to call it, and he always said how incredible of a human being she was. Me growing up and as a teenager, she always took time to talk to me, brought me golf balls, brought me her polos, and I just always had very fond memories of her. I think she’s the most gracious, humble champion that golf has ever produced. Really one of a kind, and the fact that she’s here this week supporting is super special.”

Ochoa’s legacy spreads far and wide, even to South Korea. That’s where Sei Young Kim, a 12-time winner on the LPGA, grew up. One of those wins was the last LPGA event held in Mexico in 2017.

“She’s a legend. When I grew up, I watched her play and I, when I played her tournament [2017 Lorena Ochoa Match Play], I saw her. I met her,” Kim said. “I was like so nervous. I feel like I meet the superstar.”

Filed Under: Golf, Women's Golf

10 must-watch players at the 2025 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship at Omni La Costa

May 15, 2025 by Tara S

Cameron Jourdan | Golfweek

It’s time for the national championship.

The 2025 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship gets underway Friday at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa’s North Course in Carlsbad, California. Thirty of the best women’s golf teams in the country will descend upon Southern California to battle it out for the national title.

And making up those teams are some of the best players in the amateur game. There are numerous stars who will play for the individual title over the coming days at Omni La Costa, including plenty who are finalists for the 2025 Annika Award.

10 players to watch at NCAA Women’s Golf Championship

Carla Bernat, Kansas State

Bernat, the Augusta National Women’s Amateur Champion, beat the two top-ranked players in college golf to win the NCAA Lexington Regional last week, her third victory of the year.Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle

Carolina Chacarra, Wake Forest

Chacarra has been a stalwart in Wake Forest’s lineup since the Demon Deacons won the national title two years ago, and after winning the NCAA Lubbock Regional, she’s in form heading to Omni La Costa.

Hannah Darling, South Carolina

Darling hasn’t won since the season opening Annika Intercollegiate, but she also hasn’t finished outside of the top 14 and is always in contention in the biggest events.

Kary Hollenbaugh, Ohio State

Hollenbaugh has had a dominant spring, winning four times. A T-10 at the NCAA Columbus Regional is a “bad” finish for her, but no one has won more than her in 2025.

Maria Jose Marin, Arkansas

A constant presence in the Razorbacks’ lineup for two years, Marin knows how to content in big events, and it shouldn’t be a surprise to see her near the top of the leaderboard.

Farah O’Keefe, Texas

O’Keefe is the best player in college golf without a win this season, but she has seven top-10 finishes, including a solo second at the NCAA Lubbock Regional.

Andrea Revuelta, Stanford

It’s hard to pick just one player from Stanford, but Revuelta has been the hottest coming into the NCAA Championship, winning both the ACC individual title and NCAA Norman Regional.

Kiara Romero, Oregon

Romero was one of the most consistent players in the country heading into the postseason, and she finally broke through at the Big 10 Championship and added another win at the NCAA Gold Canyon Regional.

Mirabel Ting, Florida State

Ting is part of a dominant Florida State 1-2 punch (more on No. 2 later), winning five times this season and losing to only nine golfers in eight stroke-play events all year.

Lottie Woad, Florida State

The other half of the Seminoles’ dynamic duo, Woad led after the opening round at NCAAs last year and has remained the No. 1 amateur in the world for coming up on a year.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

New York Liberty Lead 2025 WNBA Power Rankings

May 15, 2025 by Tara S

Claire Watkins | Just Women’s Sports

The New York Liberty will open the 2025 WNBA season at the top of the league’s power rankings, drumming up high expectations despite a short-staffed roster.

Trailing the reigning champions at No. 2 are 2024 runners-up Minnesota, followed by 2023 champs Las Vegas at No. 3.

Fueled by this year’s overall No. 2 draft pick Dominique Malonga, the Seattle Storm claimed No. 4 in the WNBA rankings, with the revamped Indiana Fever eyeing a 2025 turnaround at No. 5.

The betting market similarly reflects the league’s latest forecast, with sportsbook FanDuel setting the Liberty’s title odds at +210, followed by the Aces at +360, and the Lynx at +370.

The lines also support Indiana’s promise, giving the Fever the fourth-best championship odds at +390 — far higher than the fifth-best Phoenix Mercury at +1,300.

On the other hand, the Dallas Wings, LA Sparks, Washington Mystics, Connecticut Sun, and Golden State Valkyries occupy the rankings’ bottom half, as 2025’s potential lottery teams prepare to prove themselves against top-line squads this season.

The up-for-sale Sun and brand-new Valkyries have the longest title odds on FanDuel, clocking in at +50,000 each.

While preseason action has provided some quality sneak peeks, Friday’s opening tip-off represents a fresh start for the league, one where anything can — and likely will — happen.

Seattle Storm and France international teammates Gabby Williams and Dominique Malonga smile before a 2025 WNBA preseason game.
France’s Gabby Williams and Dominique Malonga will skip the 2025 Eurobasket to stay with Seattle. (Scott Eklund/NBAE via Getty Images)

European WNBA stars drop out of 2025 EuroBasket

Several European WNBA standouts announced they will skip out on this summer’s FIBA EuroBasket, opting to prioritize league play following a pivotal 2024 Olympics.

Reigning Olympic silver medalists Gabby Williams and Dominique Malonga both confirmed they will not represent France at the European tournament in June, opting to remain with the Seattle Storm.

The duo’s France teammate Carla Leite is also forgoing the trip, instead remaining with the Golden State Valkyries for the entirety of the expansion side’s debut season.

As a major international tournament, the 2025 FIBA EuroBasket is exempt from the WNBA’s prioritization rule, meaning eligible players can miss regular-season league play to compete in the overseas contest without being in violation of WNBA protocols.

The 2025 regional FIBA competition between Europe’s top national teams will tip off on June 18th.

Filed Under: Women's Basketball

Marta Comes Out of Retirement to Join Brazil National Team Roster

May 15, 2025 by Tara S

Dee Lab | Just Women’s Sports

Soccer legend Marta is officially returning to the canary yellow kit, earning a Brazil national team call-up just over nine months after her planned retirement from international duty.

Brazil head coach Arthur Elias named Marta to the world No. 8 Seleção’s roster on Tuesday, with the 39-year-old icon returning for the team’s upcoming home friendlies against No. 5 Japan on May 30th and June 2nd.

“I was with Marta recently and spoke with her,” Elias told reporters on Tuesday. “She said she is available to help the team while she is playing at a high level, as she is now.”https://www.instagram.com/p/DJmtRY7Snxt/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=1080&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fjustwomenssports.com&rp=%2Freads%2Fmarta-comes-out-of-retirement-to-join-brazil-national-team-roster%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A303.39999997615814%2C%22ls%22%3A215%2C%22le%22%3A215%7D

Stellar club form fuels Marta’s Brazil return

Marta, who hung up her international boots after snagging a third silver Olympic medal at the 2024 Paris Games, hasn’t missed a beat since, captaining the Orlando Pride to the club’s first-ever NWSL Shield and Championship last fall.

In the process, the scoring phenom claimed the league’s Best XI First Team honors, as well as finalist nods for both the 2024 NWSL MVP and Midfielder of the Year awards.

Unsurprisingly, the Pride inked Marta to a two-year contract extension in January.

While Marta’s consistently impressive form fueled Elias’s request to lure her out of retirement, the manager is also hoping her unmatched leadership will bolster younger athletes as Brazil takes aim at a record-extending ninth Copa América title this summer — and, as the host nation, a deep 2027 World Cup run.

Joining the legend on Tuesday’s roster are fellow Brazil veterans Lorena and Debinha, from the NWSL-leading Kansas City Current, and Marta’s Orlando teammate Angelina.

“[Marta’s] presence in some call-ups is very important for the younger players, for the renewal that is taking place in the national team,” explained Elias. “We really want expectations to rise for the women’s national team and for football in our country.”

Filed Under: Soccer, Women's Soccer

Ledecky Ties Debbie Meyer & Donna De Varona For Most Individual LC World Records By U.S. Woman

May 7, 2025 by Tara S

by Daniel Takata | SwimSwam

Last Saturday, Katie Ledecky stunned the world by breaking the women’s 800-meter freestyle world record in long course meters with a time of 8:04.12 at the Fort Lauderdale stop of the 2025 Pro Swim Series.

The feat was remarkable on many levels. Her previous world record of 8:04.79 from 2016 was already impressive, and she managed to surpass it nearly nine years later.

Her most recent world records had been set in 2022 during the World Cup in short course meters, having set new all-time marks in the 800 and 1500 free. However, in long course meters, her last world record was set in 2018, done in the 1500 free at a Pro Swim Series meet.

She now holds 15 world records in long course meters, all in individual events. This ties her with Donna de Varona and Debbie Meyer as the American women with the most individual world records in 50-meter pools. She also equals Danish Ragnhild Hveger and Australian Dawn Fraser, trailing only East German Kornelia Ender, who set 22 individual world records in her career.https://www.instagram.com/p/DJS1aLSA304/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=1080&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fswimswam.com&rp=%2Fledecky-ties-debbie-meyer-donna-de-varona-for-most-individual-lc-world-records-by-u-s-woman%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1238.3000000044703%2C%22ls%22%3A705.3000000044703%2C%22le%22%3A1106.4000000059605%7D

Ledecky, already considered by many as the greatest female swimmer in history, continues to set impressive marks in an aspect that has long made her a legend: longevity.

In the list above, Ledecky’s longevity stands out, as she has broken world records over a span of 12 years. In that list, the closest is Fraser, who broke records in the 100 and 200 freestyle over eight years, between 1956 and 1964.

In fact, the swimmer who has broken world records over the longest time span in history is Sarah Sjostrom, with a 14-year interval between 2009 and 2023. However, those records were in different events. In this regard, within the same event, no one surpasses Ledecky, with just under 12 years between her first and latest world record in the 800 freestyle.

Another interesting fact: Ledecky has set world records in both the 800 and 1500 freestyle six times each. She thus becomes only the third swimmer in history to have broken world records six or more times in two different events. Besides her, only de Varona (eight times in the 200 IM and six times in the 400 IM) and Ender (nine times in the 100 freestyle and six times in the 100 butterfly) have achieved this.

These are just a few more accomplishments to add to the resume of Katie Ledecky, the greatest female swimmer in history.

Filed Under: Swimming Tagged With: Katie Ledecky

McLaughlin-Levrone Runs Record 400-Meter Hurdles, Extends Grand Slam Track Streak

May 7, 2025 by Tara S

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone maintained her 400-meter crown this weekend, completing her second straight 400-meter events sweep at the Grand Slam Track series’ Miami meet on Sunday.

One month after completing the sweep at the first Grand Slam meet in Kingston, Jamaica, the 25-year-old US track star won Saturday’s 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.07 seconds before also taking Sunday’s 400-meter flat event in 49.69 seconds — a race that earned McLaughlin-Levrone a $100,000 winner’s check.

McLaughlin-Levrone has a veritable stranglehold on the 400-meter hurdles, dominating that race since her last loss at the 2019 World Championships.

In that span, she blasted through six world records across 12 straight victories — lowering the women’s 400-meter hurdles world standard from 52.16 seconds to a blistering 50.37-second pace.

With two more Grand Slam meets in Philadelphia and LA in the coming weeks, McLaughlin-Levrone is considering a literal change of pace, temporarily switching to run the 100-meter events — a distance she hasn’t competed in since 2018.

Should she take on the shorter sprints, McLaughlin-Levrone could find herself racing against the reigning Olympic champion in the 100-meter hurdles, Masai Russell — who notably posted the second-fastest time in the event’s history, not to mention a new US record, by winning in 12.17 seconds on Friday.

How to watch the final two Grand Slam Track meets

McLaughlin-Levrone, Russell, and other track stars will next compete in the third Grand Slam Track meet in Philadelphia from May 30th through June 1st, before closing out the series in LA between June 27th and June 29th.

All 2025 Grand Slam Track meets stream live on Peacock.

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USA Rugby Sets Women’s Attendance Record in Kansas City

May 7, 2025 by Tara S

The USA Rugby women’s 15s shattered the sport’s US attendance record on Friday, welcoming 10,518 fans to Kansas City’s CPKC Stadium for the Eagles’ matchup against Canada.

Though the world No. 9 ranked US fell short in their come-from-behind push, falling 26-14 to No. 2 Canada in the opening game of the 2025 Pacific Four Series, Friday’s crowd gave the players a massive off-field victory.

“To see the crowd be over 10,500 like that was absolutely fantastic in this women’s purposely built stadium, and to debut rugby here in that stadium as well,” said USA captain Kate Zackary after the game.

Even Canada’s athletes lauded the significance of the record-setting crowd, despite the overwhelmingly US cheers from the home fans.

“Being here in North America and having 10,000 people coming to watch women’s sports was so amazing,” remarked Canada’s Sarah-Maude Lachance.

USA rugby star Ilona Maher carries the ball during a game against Canada.
Stars like Ilona Maher are helping grow rugby in the US. (Nick Tre. Smith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Rugby’s rise spurs exponential growth

After the Eagles secured Olympic bronze in rugby sevens last summer, the sport gained significant momentum.

The national attention captured by 2024 Olympians like superstar Ilona Maher earned USA Rugby a multimillion-dollar investment, helped fuel a new domestic league, and minted fresh fans en route to Friday’s attendance record.

In the long-term, that growth could turn the US-hosted 2033 Rugby World Cup into a marquee national event.

For the rugby faithful, however, the biggest win is seeing those new to the sport become lifelong fans.

“Everyone I talked to after [Friday’s] game who didn’t know what rugby was, [I hope] has fallen in love with it,” said Zachary.

How to attend the next USA Rugby game

The Eagles will take aim at breaking Friday’s attendance record in Washington, DC, on July 19th, when they’ll face No. 16 Fiji in a send-off game before August’s 2025 Rugby World Cup in England.

Tickets to the Audi Field doubleheader, which also includes the US men’s side against England, are available online now.

Filed Under: Rugby, Women's Sports

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