UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (portions of release courtesy USA Field Hockey) – Seven current and former Penn State field hockey players have been selected to compete in the 2022 Senior Nexus Championship (NXC), presented by Osaka Hockey, which will be held at the Virginia Beach Regional Training Center in Virginia Beach, Va., from July 17-22.
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Five members of head coach Char Morett-Curtiss' current squad will take part in the NXC. Sofia Acosta (Malvern, Pa.), Mackenzie Allessie (Mount Joy, Pa.), Brie Barraco (Allentown, Pa.), Sophia Gladieux (Boyertown, Pa.) and Grace Wallis (Blue Bell, Pa.) will all take part. They will be joined by former Nittany Lions Bree Bednarski and Jenny Rizzo.
Formerly known as the Young Women's National Championship, the Senior NXC is held annually and features 144 elite high school, collegiate and post-collegiate athletes. During the spring and early summer, athletes trialed and trained at one of the seven USA Field Hockey High Performance Centers throughout the country for an opportunity to be selected to the Senior NXC, a step along the Olympic Development Pathway program. All athletes that were previously on the Rise, U-21, Development and Senior U.S. Women's National Team were also included within the selection.
The event will start with a team training session on Sunday, July 17 with games starting on Monday, July 18. The opportunity to be selected for the 2022-23 U.S. Women's National Team and Junior USWNT Selection Camps are at stake.
For more information on the Senior Nexus Championship, visit Team USA's event page at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Field-Hockey/EVENTS/2022/July/17/Senior-Nexus-Championship .
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