USA U18 and U20 Women Set for Tours to Wales
USA U18 and U20 Women Set for Tours to Wales
The USA Girls U18s and U20s will have a busy summer of action, USA Rugby has announced.
The U18s will play in a festival of shortened matches in Wales in late July, facing off with Netherlands, Scotland, and Wales. The final USA vs Wales match on Saturday, July 27th. The final USA vs Wales match will be a full 70-minute affair and will be broadcast live on RugbyPass TV.
“This opportunity provides a wealth of learning for the players," said U18 Head Coach Susan Whitwell. "Representing your country in an international competition comes with pressure and learning to handle that pressure takes practice. The festival format allows us to experience a variety of game styles in a short period of time which helps develop game understanding and flexibility of thinking. This is a critical chance for our players to develop their ability to identify, adapt and respond quickly under pressure.”
Donations help fund this tour and Rhinos Rugby is making a donation and also matching all public donations up to $15,000 through its global competition organization, Rugby Tens,
The XV Foundation has again donated funds.
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Attendees for the East Camp at Mount St. Mary's will be the Wales touring players with additional development camp attendees, spending six days under Camp Manager Stacy Mancuso in a full training environment before the traveling squad ships off for Wales on July 19. The U18s West Camp will take place July 2-7 on the campus of Western Oregon University, led by Camp Manager Heidi Whitman and inviting top prospects from the western regions of the USA.
| USA Women’s U18s Wales Tour Squad | |
| NAME | CLUB/SCHOOL |
| Natalie Allen | Vienna High School Rugby |
| Rebecca Balladares | West Carroll Marauders |
| Bailey Borum Gray | Hough |
| Emerson Callegari | TNT Rugby Club |
| Camryn Cook | Chicago Lions |
| Layla Cox | West Carroll Marauders |
| Drew Dauser | Sparta Rock Rugby |
| Laella Delaney | Raleigh Rugby FC-Cobras |
| Kiyanah Edwards | Columbia Central High School |
| Nolah Flynn | Doylestown |
| Aleksandria Gabbard | Tucson Thunderbirds |
| Dana Greer | Sacramento Harlequins |
| Cora Haughey | The Duval Tides |
| Anneliese Henrich | Orchard Park |
| Alyssa Hine | Rocky Mountain Rugby |
| Marley Larkin | Majestics Rugby Club |
| Amenekina Latu | San Mateo Wolverines |
| Samantha Levine | Try Time |
| Sana'a Lunon | State College Area HS |
| Eseta Pale | Sac Pal Amazons |
| Alyssa Post | Sparta Rock |
| Vasiti Turagavou | Provo/Wasatch |
| Salote Valikoula | Kahuku Rugby Club |
| Annabella Vogel | Knightmare Washington |
| Jennie Weiner | Aspetuck Valley Rugby Club |
| Halateka Williams | Pleasanton Lady Cavaliers |
USA Women’s U18s Wales Tour Coaches and Staff
Head Coach | Sue Whitwell
Kelly Griffin | Assistant Coach
Orlando Pulou | Assistant Coach
Kiah Sundermeir | Physio
The Women’s U20s will start the tour activities with an 11-day camp on the campus of Mount Saint Mary’s University, before heading off to Cardiff on July 12 for the TransAtlantic Quad Series. Fixtures will kick off July 14 with matches planned against the U20 teams from Canada, England, and Wales.
“Similar to previous years, this tour is critical to our athletes’ development in the Pathway, as it teaches them to form an efficient team quickly and compete against opponents who will challenge them tactically, technically, physically and mentally for 80 min non-stop," said USA Women’s U20s Head Coach Joel Bonnaud. "However, this year provides an amazing growth opportunity, as we will have nine days to form a team instead of three. As a result, the group will be able to dig much deeper in the human relationships and brand of rugby we want to display.”
| USA Women’s U20s Transatlantic Quad Series Player Pool | |
| Name | Club |
| Sofia Fernandez | Life University |
| Elizabeth Cook | Charlotte Cardinals/Cardiff Met |
| Erica Kissinger | Cardiff Met |
| Lauren DiPasquale | Central Washington University |
| Courtney Taylor | Harvard University |
| Charlotte Dauser | Davenport University |
| Rebekah “Lissa” Salisbury | Life University |
| Cindy Taulava | Dartmouth College |
| Ashley Torres-Brown | Sacred Heart University |
| Lennox London | Harvard University |
| Carrie Coyer-Westerberg | Davenport University |
| Emma AJ Haughey | Life University |
| Kendall Cunningham | Brown University |
| Reece Woods | Sacred Heart University |
| Ava Reuter | Lindenwood University |
| Kate Muldoon | Brown University |
| Taylor Sadek | Dartmouth College |
| Alissa Eisenhart | United States Military Academy |
| Julia Murray | Brown University |
| Hehea Pulotu | Dartmouth College |
| Avery Morgan | BYU/Life University |
| Lionala Mayorga | Davenport University |
| Alopa Nau | Davenport University |
| Paola Arredondo Almeida | Dartmouth College |
| Skylar Jordan | Harvard University |
| Ashley Cowdrey | Davenport University |
| Non-traveling Reserves | |
| Malia Tuli | Kent Crusaders/Penn State University |
| Neasa McLaughlin | Harvard University |
| Akil Dougherty | Chiefs RFC / Brown University |
| Rachel Wilkie | Davenport University |
| Sereana Vulaono | University of New Haven |
