Former Terps Acacia Walker-Weinstein and Kori Edmondson Capture Gold at 2026 World Lacrosse Championship
8/2/2026 3:07:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
COLLEGE PARK, MD — Former Terps Kori Edmondson and Acacia Walker-Weinstein helped Team USA win gold at the 2026 World Lacrosse Women's Championship in Tokyo, Japan.
The U.S. Women's National Team captured its fifth straight World Lacrosse Women's Championship gold medal in dominant fashion Sunday, defeating rival Canada 16-4 in front of a lively crowd at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium in Tokyo.
"We accomplished all our goals that we set out to do at the beginning of this journey," head coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein said. "They played the right way. They represented lacrosse the right way."
The U.S. led 8-0, with eight different scorers finding the back of the net before Canada got on the board on an Erica Evans buzzer-beater with less than a second left in the second quarter.
The United States has now won 36 consecutive games in senior field competition, its last loss coming in the 2005 gold medal game against Jen Adams-led Australia in Annapolis, Md.
There have been close calls since then, including a narrow one-goal win over Australia in the 2009 final in Prague, Czech Republic, and a hard-fought 11-8 victory over Canada in the 2022 final in Towson, Md. — the first time any team has won a world championship on home soil.
Featuring a star-studded roster that includes five attackers who have combined to win the Tewaaraton Award as the nation's top college women's lacrosse player seven of the last eight years, however, the 2026 U.S. team faced no such opposition. The Americans defeated six opponents by a combined margin of 121-27, or an average score of 20-5.
In the last world championship that will be contested without a shot clock, the U.S. injected tempo into the game with aggressive on-ball defense. The U.S. would not allow Canada to get comfortable.
Asked if this team delivered on her ambition of being the greatest in women's lacrosse history, Walker-Weinstein said yes, resoundingly.
"I'm so proud of them. They just played the right way. That's what we wanted," she said. "They are the best of all time."
