U.S. Under-22 Team Includes League Trio
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Sarah Parsons of Dartmouth, Crysti Howser of Yale and Brittany Martin of Harvard are among 22 players selected to the 2007 U.S. Women's Under-22 Select Team that will host Canada for a three-game series from Aug. 23-26, it was announced today by USA Hockey.
Parsons, a 2006 Olympian, is making her fourth appearance in the Under-22 Series (2003-04, 2006-07). Howser and Smith are making their first appearances.
In addition to the Under-22 Series, which will be played in the 1980 Rink Herb Brooks Arena at Lake Placid's Olympic Center, the first-ever three-game Under-18 Series will take place simultaneously at the University of Ottawa in Ontario. The 2007 U.S. Women's Under-18 Select Team, which participated in the Women's National Festival as USA White, will face Canada on Aug. 23, 24 and 26 at the University of Ottawa Sports Complex.
The U.S. Women's Under-22 Select Team is made up of members of the Red and Blue teams from the Women's National Festival. During the eight-day Festival, the 67 participating players were split into three teams (Red, Blue and White) and a total of six intrasquad scrimmages were staged. USA Blue came out undefeated, with a perfect 4-0-0 record, while USA Red went 1-2-1 and USA White was 0-3-1. Meghan Fardelmann (Lansing, Kan.) led all scorers with five points (2-3), while Becky Zavisza (Suffield, Conn.) was the top goal-scorer with three tallies. Jessie Vetter (Cottage Grove, Wis.) and Megan Van Beusekom (Loretto, Minn.) were the leading goaltenders, both with a 0.75 goals-against average.
Both the U.S. Women's Under-22 and Under-18 Select Teams will open play versus Canada on Thursday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m. EDT.
