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Alie Jimerson had enough. After making the 2011 Haudenosaunee under-19 team, she was told she would be “sinned for playing” a sport traditionally known as a medicine game for men only. She appeared on the cover of the August 2014 edition of Lacrosse Magazine with the headline, “We Got Next,” adamantly supporting Haudenosaunee female lacrosse players after competing in the 2013 FIL Women’s World Cup alongside her mother, Claudia. But, as a captain in 2015, her nation withdrew from the FIL U19 Women’s World Championship in Scotland because the United Kingdom would not recognize Haudenosaunee passports — which were dubbed “fantasy passports.”
That was the last straw. “I wasn’t going to wait around and get told I couldn’t play in a World Cup again,” she told Excelle Sports Dec. 13. “I just want to play.” The All-America East
attacker withdrew from Albany and transferred to Syracuse, coached by Canada national team director Gary Gait. In October, she made Team Canada’s World Cup training roster.
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“I made this decision because I love lacrosse and I just want to be able to play at one of the highest levels possible and have a chance at a gold medal,” Jimerson said.
Both professional outdoor men’s and women’s lacrosse leagues are seeking new leaders.
On Dec. 22, the UWLX announced the resignation of its
fi rst-ever commissioner, Michele DeJuliis, and that former NLL commissioner George Daniel would become an interim advisor to lead the search for her replacement. The next day, David Gross, named the fi rst commissioner in the history of MLL in 2004, announced he would step down after the 2017 season. “I believe in MLL and will do everything I can to make my fi nal season as commissioner the best one in league history,” Gross said.
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