The WNBA season came to a close on Sunday as the Aces defeated the Sun in Game 4 to win their first championship in franchise history. That milestone brings us to naming our final team of the month.

For September, the roster is made up of players from Las Vegas and Connecticut whose performances kept their teams alive into the apex of the WNBA season.

Chelsea Gray, G, Las Vegas Aces

There’s no team of the month without Finals MVP Chelsea Gray, who averaged 21.7 points, seven assists and 3.8 rebounds per game during the postseason. In September alone, she averaged 22.2 points per game, recording a double-double of 31 points and 10 assists in Game 4 of the semifinals against Seattle to propel the Aces into the Finals.

Throughout the playoffs, Gray made tough shot after tough shot, shooting 61.7 percent from the field and 66.7 percent on contested shots.

Riquna Williams, G, Las Vegas Aces

RIQUNA WILLIAMS STEP-BACK. CLUTCH 🥶 pic.twitter.com/BlVetsPxX7

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 18, 2022

Gray may be the Finals MVP, but the Aces wouldn’t have won Game 4 without Riquna Williams, who came off the bench to score 17 points on 5-for-9 shooting from the 3-point line. She made four of those 3-pointers during the fourth quarter, which made up nearly half of the Aces’ 25 points in the frame.

Her final two 3-pointers came in the last 1:39 of play. The first gave Las Vegas a two-point lead, and the second extended their advantage to four points with just 53 seconds to go.

A’ja Wilson, F, Las Vegas Aces

The WNBA MVP and Defensive Player of the Year continued her dominance in September, recording five double-doubles. She started the month with a 34-point and 11-rebound performance and followed it up with 23 points and 13 rebounds to help the Aces advance past the Storm in the semifinals.

Wilson ended the month averaging 20 points and 9.8 rebounds per game in the Finals. Wilson was on the court for nearly every big moment for the Aces, averaging 37.2 minutes per game during the postseason.

Alyssa Thomas, F, Connecticut Sun

Connecticut’s floor leader made history in Game 3, becoming the first WNBA player to record a triple-double in the Finals when she finished with 16 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists to help her team force a Game 4. Then she did it again in that game, recording 11 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in a Herculean effort to try to keep the Sun’s season from ending.

Jonquel Jones, F, Connecticut Sun

While Thomas was making history, Jonquel Jones was fighting an intense battle with Wilson in the paint. During the Finals, the 2021 MVP averaged 16 points and 8.3 rebounds. She also kept the Sun alive in Game 4 with 13 points, eight rebounds and two blocked shots, both of which came against Wilson. And in the semifinals, Jones pushed her team past the Sky in Game 5, recording a double-double with 15 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks.

Second Team

Kelsey Plum, G, Las Vegas Aces

Plum came alive in Game 2, exploiting the Sun defense with drives to the basket and scoring 20 points to give her team a 2-0 lead in the series. She had 15 points, three assists and three steals in Game 4 to help the Aces seal the championship.

DeWanna Bonner, G/F, Connecticut Sun

In Game 3 of the Finals, Bonner kept the Sun from being swept by using her length to defend Gray, who finished with 11 points but only scored two when Bonner was guarding her. She also recorded 18 points, six rebounds and five assists in that contest.

DEFENSE ➡️ OFFENSE‼️#WNBAFinals pic.twitter.com/KSopwhOQTM

— ESPN (@espn) September 16, 2022

Breanna Stewart, F, Seattle Storm

Despite playing just two games in September, Breanna Stewart earns a second team nod because of her monster numbers. She had 20 points and 15 rebounds in Game 3 against the Aces, and then 42 points in Game 4 as she battled to keep her team alive in the series.

Jewell Loyd, G, Seattle Storm

Like Stewart, Jewell Loyd did everything she could for the Storm in a memorable semifinals series against the Aces. Loyd had 17 points in Game 3, and then 29 points in Game 4.

Kahleah Copper, G/F, Chicago Sky

The Sky played three games in September — one win and two losses against the Sun in the semifinals — and Copper was solid throughout, averaging 17.7 points per game.

Eden Laase is a Staff Writer at Just Women’s Sports. Follow her on Twitter @eden_laase.

The grass court chaos of Wimbledon didn't disappoint this week, as the unpredictable surface claimed more than one surprise victim in the 2025 Grand Slam's first round.

A full 10 of the London tournament's 32 seeded players fell in the competition's first round, including four of the WTA's Top 10: World No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 3 Jessica Pegula, No. 6 Qinwen Zheng, and No. 9 Paula Badosa.

"I should just play no tournaments, get no wins, then roll into Wimbledon, and maybe I'll have better results," US star Pegula joked after her two-set Tuesday loss to Italy's No. 116 Elisabetta Cocciaretto, referencing her recent wins.

Gauff's short Wimbledon outing also represented a new challenge for the 21-year-old standout, as the top-ranked US tennis player struggled to bounce back after winning the 2025 French Open last month.

"I feel like mentally I was a little bit overwhelmed with everything that came afterwards," Gauff told ESPN. "So I didn’t feel like I had enough time to celebrate and also get back into it."

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The upsets continued as Wimbledon entered its second round on Wednesday morning, claiming several more seeded players like world No. 5 Jasmine Paolini and No. 15 Diana Shnaider, though both No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and unseeded fan favorite Naomi Osaka cruised into the Slam's third round on two-set wins.

No. 8 Madison Keys now leads the US contingent, with fellow US contender No. 12 Amanda Anisimova joining the 2025 Australian Open champion in snagging their own two-set, second-round victories on Wednesday.

How to watch the 2025 Wimbledon Championships

Second-round play at the 2025 Wimbledon women's singles tournament continues on Thursday, as seven US players — including No. 10 Emma Navarro and No. 28 Sofia Kenin — look to advance to the competition's third round.

Live continuous coverage of the London Grand Slam airs on ESPN.

The world No. 1 USWNT will close out their summer international break against a familiar foe on Wednesday night, facing North American rival No. 8 Canada for the first time this year.

"It's never friendly, you know? It's always like a final," US midfielder Sam Coffey told media earlier this week. "We all know each other super well."

"I'm really excited to be a part of it again for our younger, newer players," she continued. "I think it's going to be a huge learning opportunity on what representing this crest means."

The Northern neighbors are the USWNT's most frequent opponent, with the US entering the pair's 67th meeting with a 53-4-9 all-time record against Canada.

Wednesday's matchup will also mark Canada's first US clash under new head coach Casey Stoney, who joined the team in January following her abrupt June 2024 dismissal by the NWSL's San Diego Wave FC.

As for US boss Emma Hayes, she'll be looking for yet another refreshed set of starters on Wednesday after swapping out all 11 players between the team's two friendlies against Ireland last week.

"It's a testament to players and staff alike that we can rotate to different groups like we did last game, and everybody's understanding [the tactics] to varying degrees," Hayes said on Tuesday.

With months to go before the next USWNT camp in October, Wednesday's showdown serves as the last chance for bubble players to prove their worth, all while the team aims to cap the summer window with a big win over their longtime rivals.

How to watch the USWNT vs. Canada on Wednesday

The USWNT will cap their three-friendly summer break against Canada at 7:30 PM ET in Washington, DC.

Live coverage of the clash will air on TNT.

The Indiana Fever lifted their first trophy since 2012 on Tuesday night, winning the 2025 WNBA Commissioner's Cup with a 74-59 upset victory over reigning Cup champs Minnesota — all while injured star guard Caitlin Clark watched from the sidelines.

To snag the win, Indiana leaned on balanced scoring, with forward Natasha Howard's 16-point, 12-rebound double-double leading the Fever's five double-digit shooters.

At the same time, the Fever employed a shutdown defense, limiting the Lynx to their lowest point total of the season.

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Beyond the $500,000 payout, Tuesday's win gives the 8-8 Fever a momentum boost as the team continues contending with both high-profile departures and the limited availability of their floor general.

"We have a resilient group, you know?" Indiana head coach Stephanie White said after the game. "They're tough, mentally and physically, they pull for one another. I'm just really proud."

"It felt good to get a win under gut-check circumstances," echoed guard Kelsey Mitchell. "To have so much going on and still stay consistently for each other, it was beautiful. It felt really amazing."

As for the league-leading Lynx, the Commissioner's Cup loss won't impact Minnesota's regular-season WNBA standings — and they’ll hope to build on the learnings from last night's ego blow.

Minnesota also has a bit of history one their side, as the last two Commissioner's Cup runners-up went on to win the WNBA Championship in the same year.

"We have to take this game to heart and learn from the mistakes we made, the way we showed up, the way we prepared, and make sure we don't do it again," said Lynx center Alanna Smith.

How to watch the Indiana Fever, Minnesota Lynx this week

Neither 2025 Commissioner's Cup contender will have much time to reflect on Tuesday's game, as both Indiana and Minnesota will dive back into regular-season WNBA play on Thursday.

The Fever will host the Las Vegas Aces at 7 PM ET, airing on Prime, before the Washington Mystics visit the Lynx at 8 PM ET, with live coverage on WNBA League Pass.

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham turned heads on Tuesday, criticizing the latest WNBA expansion plans in light of ongoing WNBPA CBA negotiations.

Cunningham drew ire from some fans after expressing skepticism about the WNBA awarding expansion teams to Detroit and Cleveland over other possible cities, while also suggesting that the league might be growing too quickly.

"You want to listen to your players, too. Where do they want to play?" she told reporters ahead of Indiana's Commissioner's Cup win. "I'm not so sure what the thought process is there, but at the end of the day, you want to make sure that you're not expanding our league too fast."

"It's kind of a hard decision-making situation. But man, I don't know how excited people are to be going to Detroit or [Cleveland]."

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Elsewhere, Phoenix Mercury forward Satou Sabally also voiced her expansion concerns on Tuesday, calling on the WNBA to keep player support at the forefront when adding expansion teams.

"We really have to put an emphasis on the players that are in our league right now," she told reporters. "Maybe focus on the teams that find excuses continuously to lack investment in their players before we focus on adding more to the grain of people that can't really be sustained."