June 30, 2016
CHICAGO - Five members of the Penn State women's soccer team are headed to a U.S. U-20 women's national team training camp at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, July 6-15. Penn State leads the 19-member U.S. U-20 WNT training camp roster with five representatives.
Rose Chandler (Atlanta, Ga.), Maddie Elliston (Omaha, Neb.), Ellie Jean (Coventry, Conn.), Emily Ogle (Strongsville, Ohio) and Kaleigh Riehl (Fairfax Station, Va.) will head to the Olympic Training Center with the U.S. U-20 WNT.
Penn State women's soccer has been well-represented throughout the 2016 calendar year on the U.S. U-20 WNT as Chandler, Elliston, Ogle and Riehl will be making their fifth appearance at a U.S. U-20 WNT training camp. The four Nittany Lions attended U.S. U-20 training camps in Carson, California (January), Lakewood Ranch, Florida (April), and Efland, North Carolina (June). The quartet along with Jean traveled to La Manga, Spain, for the 2016 La Manga Tournament in March. The upcoming camp marks the fourth U.S. U-20 WNT training camp in 2016 for Jean.
The Nittany Lion quintet were also on the U.S. U-20 WNT roster that traveled to Papua New Guinea for a training camp and a pair of matches, May 21-June 1. In prep for the U-20 Women's World Cup this fall, the U.S. U-20 WNT played the U-20 WNT from Japan (May 27) and Papua New Guinea (May 30).
U.S. U-20 WNT Roster by Position:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Rose Chandler (Penn State; Atlanta, Ga.), Casey Murphy (Rutgers; Bridgewater, N.J.)
DEFENDERS (7): Maddie Elliston (Penn State; Omaha, Neb.), Emily Fox (FC Virginia; Ashburn, Va.), Sabrina Flores (Notre Dame; Livingston, N.J.), Ellie Jean (Penn State; Coventry, Conn.), Natalie Jacobs (Notre Dame; Coto de Caza, Calif.), Taylor Otto (CASL; Apex, N.C.), Kaleigh Riehl (Penn State; Fairfax Station, Va.)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Marley Canales (San Diego Surf; San Diego, Calif.), Katie Cousins (Tennessee; Forest, Va.), Savannah DeMelo (Beach FC; Bellflower, Calif.), Kelcie Hedge (Washington; Post Falls, Idaho), Emily Ogle (Penn State; Strongsville, Ohio), Courtney Petersen (Virginia; Canton, Mich.), Parker Roberts (Florida; Leawood, Kan.)
FORWARDS (3): Ashley Sanchez (SoCal Blues; Monrovia, Calif.), Jessie Scarpa (North Carolina; Lakeland, Fla.), Ally Watt (Texas A&M; Colorado Springs, Colo.)