UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (portions courtesy of USA Field Hockey); -- Penn State Nittany Lion field hockey player Mackenzie Allessie (Mount Joy, Pa.) has been named to the 2022-23 U.S. National Team by national team head coach Greg Drake. USA Field Hockey announced the 38-player roster recently. Allessie joins former Nittany Lion standout Jenny Rizzo on the U.S. National Team.
Allessie is a repeat member of the U.S. National Team having been a member of the 2019 squad. She was a first team All-American last season for the second straight season (her first as a Nittany Lion) and a third team All-American in 2019. Allessie helped lead Penn State to the NCAA tournament last year with 30 points off nine goals and 12 assists. She heads into her senior season this year with 102 career points, 40 career goals and 22 career assists.
Athletes participated in the Senior NXC from July 17 through July 22 at the Virginia Beach Regional Training Center in Virginia Beach, Va., for four intense days of competition and two training days as the opportunity for selection was on the line. The pool of athletes consisted of top elite high school, collegiate and post-collegiate players and members of the 2021-22 U.S. Rise and U-21 Women's National Teams, U.S. National Development Team and USWNT.
The full roster for the 2022-23 U.S. Women's National Team is as follows:
Mia Abello (Houston, Texas), Mackenzie Allessie (Mount Joy, Pa.), Olivia Bent-Cole (Philadelphia, Pa.), Kelsey Bing (Houston, Texas), Sanne Caarls (Nieuw-Vennep, Netherlands), Leah Crouse (Virginia Beach, Va.), Charlotte De Vries (Malvern, Pa.), Brooke DeBerdine (Millersville, Pa.), Emma DeBerdine (Millersville, Pa.), Kelsey Farkas (Ardmore, Pa.), Nathalie Friedman (Phoenix, Md.), Linnea Gonzales (Bel Air, Md.), Fusine Govaert (Bedford, N.Y.), Danielle Grega (Kingston, Pa.), Ally Hammel (Duxbury, Mass.), Ryleigh Heck (Berlin, N.J.), Ashley Hoffman (Mohnton, Pa.), Josie Hollamon (Delmar, Del.), Karlie Kisha (Hamburg, Pa.), Natalie Konerth (Huntingtown, Md.), Kelee Lepage (Honey Brook, Pa.), Amanda Magadan (Randolph, N.J.), Alia Marshall (Rehoboth Beach, Del.), Erin Matson (Chadds Ford, Pa.), Lauren Moyer (York, Pa.), Caroline Ramsey (Morristown, N.J.), Jenny Rizzo (Hershey, Pa.), Kealsie Robles (Seaford, Va.), Megan Rodgers (San Diego, Calif.), Hope Rose (Dauphin, Pa.), Ashley Sessa (Schwenksville, Pa.), Meredith Sholder (Fleetwood, Pa.), Cassie Sumfest (Lewisburg, Pa.), Julianna Tornetta (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.), Paityn Wirth (Thompsontown, Pa.), Jillian Wolgemuth (Mount Joy, Pa.), Elizabeth Yeager (Greenwich, Conn.), Maddie Zimmer (Hershey, Pa.).
This is Allessie's second turn on the national team while it is Rizzo's sixth. All United States based USWNT athletes will report for the first centralized training camp on Sunday, July 31 in Charlotte, N.C. Trainings and onboarding activities will take place all week through Thursday, August 4. The USWNT will partake in the fourth season of the FIH Hockey Pro league, which begins November 3, but USA will have their first contest on February 17, 2023.
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