Princeton University Athletics
Ehrlichman Named to USA Junior World Cup Team
August 14, 2005 | Field Hockey
Aug. 14, 2005
Princeton senior Lauren Ehrlichman has been selected as one of 18 athletes for the USA Field Hockey Junior World Cup team that will participate in that event this Sept. 14-25 in Santiago, Chile.
Ehrlichman, an attacker for the Tigers who is also a member of the USA Under-21 national squad, will miss part of Princeton's season to travel to the prestigious event featuring the top 16 junior teams in the world.
"This is a huge honor for Lauren and shows her hard work and dedication to improving her skills and her dedication to the national team program," says Princeton head coach Kristen Holmes-Winn, also a coach with the national team program. "It's also a huge honor for Princeton and shows that you can combine the best education in the world and the chance to compete with a national team."
Selected during USA Field Hockey's Elite Team Trials in July at Penn State University, the U.S. team of Under-21 athletes will enter the 16-team Junior World Cup as the No. 9 seed. The USA will begin play in Pool A with top-seeded The Netherlands, No. 8 England and No. 16 Zimbabwe.
Of the 18 athletes selected to the Junior World Cup team, 15 competed on the U.S. team that placed second at theJunior Pan American Championships in March in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The team placed second at the event to secure the USA a spot in the Junior World Cup.
Coached by two-time Olympian and current Univ. of Michigan assistant coach Tracey Fuchs, the USA team also includes goalkeepers Katherine Blair (Louisville, Ky./Virginia) and Brianna O'Donnell (Collegeville, Pa./Methacton HS) in addition to field players Laree Beans (Allentown, Pa./North Carolina), Rachel Dawson (Berlin, N.J./North Carolina), Katie Evans (Newtown Square, Pa./Delaware), Katelyn Falgowski (Landenberg, Pa./St. Marks HS), Katie Grant (Lehighton, Pa./Duke), Lori Hillman (Gibbsboro, N.J./Michigan), Michelle Kasold (Chapell Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill East), Mia Link (Jenkintown, Pa./Virginia), Cara-Lynn Lopresti (San Diego, Calif./Duke), Heather Schnepf (Medford Lakes, N.H./Iowa), Amy Stopford (Hillsborough, N.C.)/Duke) and Jamie Whitten (Maidens, Va./Wake Forest). The USA has qualified for the quadrennial event in three of the four previous editions of the Junior World Cup. The USA's best finish was a 10th place showing in 1989. The USA placed 12th in 1997 and 14th in 2001.
Korea is the defending Junior World Cup champion after winning the event in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2001.