For Women,
How one woman’s journey to gender equity in ice hockey landed her in the middle of the lacrosse world By Megan Schneider
Dana Dobbie BY WOMEN
eam STX was the precursor — an opportunity for women to play lacrosse after
college with national
brand sponsorship, providing a beacon of hope and a semi-pro atmosphere in 2012. Devon Wills was the spark — the first woman to make a Major League Lacrosse roster in any capacity, qualifying for the New York Lizards’ practice squad after a much- publicized tryout in 2014. But Digit Murphy was the visionary — a Title IX champion who has crossed over from the hockey industry to establish the first-ever pro women’s lacrosse league.
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“We need women leaders in sports,” said Murphy, founder of the Play It Forward Sport Foundation, a non-profit aimed to push women’s sports to parity. “The way to do that would be to launch a league.” The United Women’s Lacrosse League (UWLX) is finally here. Four UWLX teams — the Baltimore Ride, Boston Storm, Long Island Sound and Philadelphia Force — will make their debut in a doubleheader May 28 at Lehigh University. Forty players were selected in the inaugural UWLX draft April 13, with teams rounding out their 18- to 20-player rosters following a May 1 combine camp. Wherever she goes, it seems, Murphy makes history.
Digit Murphy A Publication of US Lacrosse
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