UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State Nittany Lion goalie Lauren Delgado has been named to the 2023 United States Women's National Indoor Development Team. Delgado is one of 17 players on the developmental portion of the U.S. Women's Indoor National Team.
Delgado is a three-year letter winner for Penn State, earning letters from 2020-23. She graduated this past semester with a degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and will be enrolled in graduate school this fall. Delgado had six saves last season, combining with first team All-American goalie Brie Barraco on three shutouts. She is a three-time Academic All-Big Ten winner and earned NFHCA National All-Academic honors as well.
Following the in-person tryouts in March and April, U.S. Women's National Indoor Team Head Coach Jun Kentwell and her staff are pleased to announce the 2023-24 Junior, Development and Senior squads. A total of 16 players were named to the U.S. Women's National Indoor Team. The senior squad will be coached by Kentwell and assisted by Katie Gerzabek. Gerzabek will serve as the head coach of Delgado's Development Team.
The program has the next year and half to prepare for the 2024 Indoor Pan American Cup, which will be held next March in Calgary, Canada, and look to qualify for the FIH Hockey Indoor World Cup once again. Based on their results at the IHWC, the Indoor USWNT moved up four places in the FIH Indoor World Rankings and are now ranked 8th in the world.
Penn State is coming off a superb 2022 season. The team advanced to the national semifinals and won a share of the 2022 Big Ten Championship. The Nittany Lions finished the stellar campaign with a 17-4 record.
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