Chicago Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot sustained a torn right ACL in Saturday’s game against the Indiana Fever at the United Center and will miss the rest of the 2025 WNBA season, the team announced Sunday.
An MRI on Saturday revealed the tear, and Vandersloot will undergo surgery.
A little more than five minutes into Saturday’s game, Vandersloot drove up the court after a Fever turnover, lunged toward the basket with the ball in her hands and crashed directly into Aari McDonald. Before she even finished her shot, Vandersloot crumpled to the ground. The 36-year-old veteran grabbed her right knee and remained down on the court, ushering in clear panic for the Sky.
Vandersloot eventually was carried to the Sky locker room by two medical staffers. Within minutes, her wife and former Sky captain, Allie Quigley, was escorted by security to the Sky locker room, where the medical team assessed the guard’s injury. Sky owner Michael Alter followed shortly thereafter. Vandersloot was ruled out for the rest of the game at the end of the first quarter.
“(Vandersloot) is our engine, she’s our captain, she’s our leader out there,” head coach Tyler Marsh said after the game. “Obviously it’s a huge blow.”
After signing with the Sky in the offseason, Vandersloot played in seven games this season, averaging 10.6 points, 5.3 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game. On May 29, she broke the all-time franchise scoring record in the team’s first win of the season, beating Quigley’s previous record.
Earlier this season, Quigley and Vandersloot announced the birth of their daughter.
