An Eastport-South Manor alumni went off to show the world her talent.
The Class of 2020 graduate Ellie Masera was only one of 12 women selected to travel to Chengdu, China to compete in the World Games in lacrosse, held this summer. The World Games 2025 is a quadrennial Olympic-style event that featured women’s lacrosse as a championship sport for the third time.
Masera was a member of the U.S. team that finished as the runner-up to Canada at The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Ala. Masera finished second on the U.S. with 14 goals and 19 points during the 2022 event and is the only returning player to this year’s squad. She also participated with the U.S. team at the USA Lacrosse Experience in Indianapolis last fall, scoring six goals to help the U.S. post a perfect 3-0 record.
Masera was an assistant coach at Notre Dame last year.
This year Team USA captured the gold medal in the sixes discipline that will be featured in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. During the World Games, Ellie was a significant contributor and finished third in scoring on the team for the tournament, a highlight of her career. Ellie was a three-time All-American at Stony Brook University and named a finalist for the prestigious Tewaaraton Award, the highest individual honor in college lacrosse, recognizing her as one of the nation’s most outstanding players.