June 6, 2009
BALTIMORE – Rising senior Alex Mundy and sophomore Natalie Wills were among the 64 players chosen to advance to the second round of tryouts for the 2009-2010 U.S. women’s developmental team, US Lacrosse announced following last month’s Women’s Division National Tournament.
The event, presented by Brine and the Heather Leigh Albert Foundation, was held over Memorial Day Weekend at Cedar Lane Sports Park in Bel Air, Md., and featured more than 150 players in the Stars & Stripes Division vying for spots for the U.S. team tryout.
The second round of tryouts will be held August 1-2 at the University of Maryland – Baltimore County.
Mundy was recently named a third-team IWLCA All-American after leading the Commodores in ground balls and caused turnovers last season. Wills posted a 10-5 record as a freshman goalkeeper, making 131 saves in 2009.
The U.S. women’s national team program is gearing up for the Federation of International Lacrosse World Cup, which will be held from June 18-27 in the Czech Republic. The Commodore lacrosse team’s current European tour includes a stop in the Czech Republic as well as stays in Germany and Austria.
A listing of players selected for the 2009-10 U.S. developmental team tryout follows:
Attack
Jillian Byers, Notre Dame
Rachel Culp, Virginia Tech
McKinley Curro, Boston University
Alexandra Emala, Virginia Tech
Elizabeth Falco, Hofstra
Grace Gaeng, Maryland
Whitaker Hagerman, Virginia
Jackie Lyons, Massachusetts
Jenna Martino, Saint Joseph’s
Colleen McCaffrey, Johns Hopkins
Kaitlyn Messinger, North Carolina
Shannon Smith, Northwestern
Midfield
Kelly Berger, James Madison
Caroline Chesterman, Florida
Sarah Dalton, Boston University
Emily Dashiell, Louisville
Elizabeth Donegan, Colby
Christina Dove, Syracuse
Katrina Dowd, Northwestern
Lauren Dykstra, Lehigh
Cara Filippelli, Loyola
Alexandra Frank, Northwestern
Corrine Gandolfi, Hofstra
Julie Gardner, Virginia
Kristin Igoe, Boston College
Ashby Kaestner, Georgetown
Sarah Kuonen, North Carolina
Deirdre Lafferty, Cornell
Katie Lewis-LaMonica, Princeton
Nicole Musto, Drexel
Jamie Nesbitt, Stanford
Sarah Plumb, Dartmouth
Mallory Poole, C.W. Post
Erin Rawlick, Navy
Jennifer Russell, North Carolina
Lauren Schmitt, Stanford
Lauren Schwarzmann, Johns Hopkins
Jaime Sellers, William and Mary
Defense
Bryana Borrelli, Hofstra
Alicia Burkhart, Oregon
Kristen Carr, North Carolina
Becky Clipp, Maryland
Corcoran Downey, Boston University
Katy Fitzgerald, North Carolina
Tara Gardner, Loyola
Caroline Helmer, Cornell
Angela Hughes, Johns Hopkins
Alyssa Kildare, Johns Hopkins
Jenny Martin, Boston University
Marie McKenna, Princeton
Alex Mundy, Vanderbilt
Kelly Munroe, Boston University
Colleen Olsen, Dartmouth
Riley Perry, Massachusetts
Brittany Poist, Maryland
Brigid Strain, James Madison
Lacey Vigmostad, Northwestern
Ashley Wood, Duquesne
Goalie
Catherine Conway, Boston College
Rachel Klein, Boston University
Kendall McBrearty, Virginia
Erin Tochihara, Princeton
Julie Wadland, Dartmouth
Natalie Wills, Vanderbilt
