Oct. 21, 2008
BALTIMORE, Md. -- US Lacrosse has named 24 players, including five Wildcats, to the U.S. training team for the 2009 Federation of International Lacrosse Women's World Cup, which will be held June 17-27 in Prague in the Czech Republic. A record 16 nations are expected to compete in the event. The U.S. training team was selected from a 48-player pool that competed at the US Lacrosse Stars & Stripes Weekend in Syracuse, N.Y. on Oct. 11-12.
Current Wildcat Hilary Bowen (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) join NU alums Sarah Albrecht, Christy Finch, Kristen Kjellman and Lindsey Munday and look to represent Northwestern at the World Cup next summer.
The training team will hold a practice weekend in December and will compete along with the remaining 24 players from the player pool during the US Lacrosse Champions Challenge in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., from Jan. 30 - Feb. 1. The final 18 players for the World Cup and six alternates will be selected following that event.
U.S. Lacrosse World Cup Training Team
Attack
Hilary Bowen - Northwestern
Quinn Carney - Maryland
Caroline Cryer - Duke
Lindsey Munday - Northwestern
Katie Rowen - Syracuse
Midfield
Sarah Albrecht - Northwestern
Sarah Bullard - Duke
Katie Chrest - Duke
Michele DeJuliis - Penn State
Whitney Douthett - Dartmouth
Michi Ellers - Georgetown
Kristen Kjellman - Northwestern '07
Erica LaGrow - North Carolina
Jessica Lieb - Penn State
Nikki Lieb - Virginia
Caitlyn McFadden
Holly McGarvie - Princeton
Acacia Walker - Maryland
Defense
Amber Falcone - North Carolina
Christy Finch - Northwestern
Regina Oliver - Ohio State
Goal
Amy Altig - James Madison
Megan Huether - Duke
Devon Wills - Dartmouth