USA Women's National XVs Training & Mini Camp Rosters

USA Rugby Release by Aalina Tabani

The USA Women’s National Team XVs has named rosters for an eight-week daily training environment (DTE) and two 8-day mini-camps to be held through November in Glendale, CO. Both assemblies will take place at Infinity Park, the official national training site for the Men’s and Women’s Eagles in XVs.

Players for the DTE will assemble this Saturday, Sept 19, and remain in Colorado until mid-November. Those unable to attend the DTE due to work commitments will engage in the 8-day mini-camps happening at various points through October.

The DTE and each mini-camp will focus on individual, unit, and team skills as an extension of remote learning conducted through COVID-19 quarantine. Rosters feature a number of young and talented pool players with many representing Junior National Team programs.

Overall, fall programming will set the stage for World Cup preparation with just one year until New Zealand 2021. And as the world continues to fight COVID-19, players in attendance will follow a number of rigorous safety protocols to ensure a safe setting for all involved.

Head Coach Rob Cain said:

“A huge thank you to our medical staff, the XV Foundation, and USA Rugby Players Association for bringing this vision to life in terms of safety, finance, and logistics. I cannot stress the importance of what we are doing. The cancellations of our domestic season have meant that our players haven’t had any competitive rugby for almost 12 months. We had to act to give ourselves a fighting chance in 2021.

“We are all excited to get to work and build on the past 5 months of hard work, where our staff and players combined work ethic advantage of our robust remote learning program. Alongside our experienced players, there will be some excellent inner competition thanks to the high school, college, WPL, and pathway coaches who have developed our extremely talented uncapped players and youngsters.

“We see everything as a challenge and this chapter in our story continues to shows our ambition to make an impression in 2021.”

More information regarding safe return to training and competition can be found in USA Rugby’s Return to Play Guidelines at bit.ly/RETURN2PLAY. All members should continue to heed the advice of local health officials to remain vigilant in the fight against COVID-19

DAILY TRAINING ENVIRONMENT ROSTER

PLAYER NAME	POSITION	CLUB	CAPS
Cassidy Bargell	Scrumhalf	Harvard University	uncapped
Julia Beuscher	Back row	San Diego Surfers	uncapped
Kaitlyn Broughton	Wing	Glendale Merlins	5
Elizabeth Cairns	Flanker	Life West Gladiatrix	11
Gabriella Cantorna	Flyhalf	Exeter Chiefs (ENG)
Rachel Ehrecke	Back row	Glendale Merlins	uncapped
Tess Feury	Wing	New York Rugby	6
Megan Foster	Flyhalf	San Diego Surfers	5
Saher Hamden	Hooker	Life University	uncapped
McKenzie Hawkins	Flyhalf	Glendale Merlins	3
Jett Hayward	Hooker	Life West Gladiatrix	uncapped
Emily Henrich	Center	USA Sevens	8
Katana Howard	Flyhalf	Twin City Amazons	4
Lisa Jackson	Prop/Hooker	Atlanta Harlequins	uncapped
Charli Jacoby	Prop	Chicago North Shore	6
Nick James	Prop	Houston Athletic	12
Kathryn Johnson	No. 8	Twin City Amazons	2
Rachel Johnson	Flanker	Oregon Rugby Union	7
Bridget Kahele	Scrum-half	Atlanta Harlequins	uncapped
Joanna Kitlinski	No. 8	Glendale Merlins	14
Jenny Kronish	Lock	Glendale Merlins	uncapped
Kayla Lawson	Wing	USA Sevens	uncapped
Maya Learned	Prop	Glendale Merlins	2
Shelby Lin	Scrum-half	Berkeley All Blues	uncapped
Sam Luther	Second Row	Glendale Merlins	uncapped
Bulou Mataitoga	Fullback	Berkeley All Blues	3
Kelsie O’Brien	Scrum-half	Glendale Merlins	Uncapped
Olivia Ortiz	Scrum-half	Davenport & Chicago North Shore	5
Jetta Owens	Center	Virginia Tech	uncapped
Neariah Persinger	Wing	Life West Gladiatrix	Not 29
Allie Schrenker	Hooker	Glendale Merlins	uncapped
Amy Talei Bonte	Center	Life West Gladiatrix	6
Hallie Taufoou	Back row	Richmond RFC / ARPTC	uncapped
Kathryn Treder	Hooker	Beantown Rugby	2
Nichole Wanamaker	Back Three	Glendale Merlins	uncapped
Carly Waters	Scrum-half	Glendale Merlins	4

MINI CAMP ROSTER – BACKS

PLAYER NAME	POSITION	CLUB	CAPS
Catie Benson	Prop	Life West Gladiatrix	23
Kristin Bitter	Flyhalf / Fullback	Dartmouth	uncapped
Ashlee Byrge	Scrum-half	USA Sevens	5
Leti Hingano	Back Three	Life West Gladiatrix	2
Evan Hoese	Center	Berkeley All Blues	1
Natalie Kosko	Back Three	New York Rugby	uncapped
Sarah Levy	Back Three	New York Rugby	2
Matalasi Morrissette	Flyhalf	BYU	uncapped
Karissa Postula	Center	ORSU	uncapped
Darina Roe	Flyhalf	Penn State	uncapped
Julie Tordonato	Center	Glendale Merlins	uncapped
PK Vincze	Flyhalf/center	Harvard	uncapped

MINI CAMP ROSTER – FORWARDS

PLAYER NAME	POSITION	CLUB	CAPS
Evelyn Ashenbrucker	Backrow	San Diego Surfers	uncapped
Erica Jarrell	Second Row	Harvard	uncapped
Darian Lovelace	Backrow	Atlanta Harlequins	uncapped
Hope Rogers	Prop	Life west Gladiatrix	29
Megan Rom	Prop	Atlanta Harlequins	2
Kristine Sommer	Lock	Seattle Saracens	13
Paige Stathopoulos	Hooker	Glendale Merlins	uncapped
Nicole Strasko	Flanker	Life West Gladiatrix	7
Mckenna Strong	Lock	Lindenwood	1
Samantha Tancredi	Prop	Lindenwood	uncapped
Alycia Washington	Lock	New York Rugby	22