Princeton University Athletics
Van Beusekom Named to U.S. Women's National Team
August 25, 2005 | Women's Ice Hockey
Aug. 25, 2005
Princeton, N.J. - Former Princeton women's hockey goaltender Megan Van Beusekom '04 was named to the roster of the 2005-06 U.S. Women's National Team, announced today by USA Hockey. Twenty-two roster spots were announced for the team, which will later be pared down to 20 to comprise the roster for the XX Olympic Winter Games this winter in Italy.
The team was selected following the 2005 USA Hockey National Women's Festival, held August 18-24 at the Lake Placid Olympic Center. The Festival featured 40 of the top women's players in the nation. Current Tiger Liz Keady and 2004 graduate Gretchen Anderson also attended the camp.
Van Beusekom has participated in three USA Hockey Festivals and made her international debut this spring as the U.S. won its first-ever IIHF Women's World Championships gold medal. Van Beusekom went 3-0-0 in the tournament, with a .895 save percentage and a 1.33 goals-against average.
Van Beusekom's name is listed throughout the Princeton goaltending record books. She ranks either first or second in career shutouts, saves and save percentage, and is third in career goal-against average.
The U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey Team will play an 11-game U.S. tour in preparation for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy. The Hilton Family Skate to 2006 Tour, presented by The Hilton Family of Hotels, will visit 10 cities between Sept. 30 and Dec. 30, 2005.
The tour kicks off Sept. 30 in St. Paul, Minn. Also included in that schedule is a Dec. 18 game against Finland at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton. Additionally, Team USA will play a collection of ECACHL all-stars on Nov. 1 at Yale.