Seattle Storm loses another player for the season up to the ACL injury

Seattle – The striker of Seattle, Katie Lou Samuelson, is expected to miss the 2025 WNBA season due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee, the team said on Saturday.

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The 27 -year -old Samuelson suffered the injury on Thursday during training, said the team.

The Uconn graduate dealt with other injuries in their basketball career, including a broken foot, an ankle injury and a back injury.

Samuelson signed a one-year contract with the storm in February, which marked her return to the franchise company with which it was played in the 2021 season. The former No. 4 selection has an average of 5.9 points and 2.5 rebounds per game during its WNBA career.

Samuelson is the youngest storm player who is traveling with a torn ACL for the season. The team announced in April that striker Jordan Horston and Wache Nika Mühl would miss the season with the same injury. Horston tore her ACL unlimited for athletes Unlimited and Mühl in November played for Besiktas JK in Turkey in November.

Horston, the number 9, which was selected in the WNBA draft 2023 in the storm, scored an average of 6.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists per play, while last season he improved fifth place in the sixth wife of the year and the most improved player for the players. Mühlen, a choice in the second round in the draft of 2024, scored an average of 0.1 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.4 assists in 16 games.

According to a report by the Seattle Times' Percy Allen, the storm for their pre -season game on Sunday in the Climate Plessge Arena against the Cone Country sun will decrease by three more bodies. Striker Gabby Williams, Center Ezi Magbegor and 2025 No. 2 The overall winner Dominique Malonga will look after recently played abroad.

The Seattle Sports employee contributed to this report.

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