STAYING POWER Ten-pack of World Cup vets back
for 2013 run in Ontario
As the 23 members of the U.S. women’s national training team gathered at Champion Challenge in January for their last event before selections for the 2013 World Cup roster, there were 10 players still in the mix from the 2009 team that won back the gold medal in Prague, Czech Republic. It was different feeling for them this time around. “I was the youngest player on the team four years ago,” said
midfi elder Sarah Bullard, a 2011 Duke graduate. “It’s hard to believe that it’s four years later. It’s also exciting to return as one of the veterans on the team. That’s exciting for all 10 of us. Four years ago, no one had been on a World Cup team. All of us came into that experience together.” Turns out they’ll continue to grow up together. All 10 players made the fi nal 18-player roster that will compete in the 2013 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) Women’s World Cup, July 11-20 in Oshawa, Ontario.
Attack
Katrina Dowd, Northwestern Danielle Etrasco, Boston University Lindsey Munday, Northwestern* Katie Rowan, Syracuse*
Midfi eld
Sarah Albrecht, Northwestern* Kelly Berger, James Madison Sarah Bullard, Duke* Ally Carey, Vanderbilt Kristin Igoe, Boston College Caitlyn McFadden, Maryland* Katie Schwarzmann, Maryland
Defense
Kristen Carr, North Carolina Amber Falcone, North Carolina* Holly McGarvie Reilly, Princeton* Gina Oliver, Ohio State* Jennifer Russell, North Carolina
Goalie
Megan Huether, Duke* Devon Wills, Dartmouth*
* 2009 team member — Corey McLaughlin
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“It’s something I’d never done before, to put myself out there in that way,” Albrecht said. “I’d never sang in front of that many people. My parents were pretty surprised that I did it.” On the fi eld, Albrecht is both steady and surprising, an elegant, athletic midfi elder who prowls the whole fi eld then cuts to goal with precision. In February, she was one of 10 U.S. veterans from that 2009 team named to the 18-player roster for the 2013 outfi t that will defend the gold medal in Ontario this summer. Albrecht also is a fi rst-year head coach at New Hampshire.
As a player and a coach, she has found her voice. “I try to bring my intensity to both aspects of my game, when I’m playing and when I’m coaching,” Albrecht said. “It’s important that your players know you have confi dence in them.” Albrecht saw her college coach Kelly Amonte Hiller compete in the 2005 World Cup in Annapolis, Md. That inspired her to do the same. “She’s very smart, and very precise, and such a student of the game,” said Amonte Hiller, who saw enough leadership ability in Albrecht to make her an unprecedented fi ve-time team captain from 2002-06. “I was not at all surprised that she wanted to go into the coaching profession.” Along with Amonte Hiller’s mentorship, Albrecht’s experience with the U.S. team has aided in her development as a coach. The opportunity to interact with staff and teammates keeps fresh lacrosse ideas churning through her mind.
60 LACROSSE MAGAZINE March 2013 >> A Publication of US Lacrosse
FINDING HER
©SCOTT MCCALL (SB, SA)
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