High School Field Hockey
CLUB HOCKEY
March 8, 2007
Four IFHCK teams headed to indoor nationals
By NATHAN CHAMBERS
BeyondTheDerby.com
Four teams from the Louisville-based International Field Hockey Club of Kentucky will compete in the 2007 USA Field Hockey National Indoor Tournament at the Virginia Beach (Va.) Convention Center this weekend.
Two under-16 teams, IFHCK Pegasus and IFHCK Spirit, each earned berths during a qualifying tournament in Richmond, Va., in December. IFHCK Pegasus won the age group, which had 32 teams, and IFHCK Spirit placed ninth.
Neither the under-19 team, IFHCK Dynamic, nor the under-14 team, IFHCK Stars, qualified, but both were selected in a lottery.
The tournament, which will include 152 teams in three age groups, will begin on Friday and run through Sunday. IFHCK’s players will wear protective face masks for the first time.
“The players will take this opportunity to improve agility, stick-skills and reaction time, as well as to show their talents to college coaches who’ll be scouting the games,” IFHCK director Yasser Kahn said.
IFHCK’s rosters are listed below.
IFHCK Dynamic: Maddie Cristofoli, Evan Fowler, Haley Jurich, Lacey Jurich, Jamie Kraemer, Katie Norris, Amanda Seeley, Brittany Sullivan, Ellen West, Lara Williams.
IFHCK Pegasus: Shirilee Birell, Lynn Coryell, Molly Dobbins, Katie Fenzel, Kristen Henn, Taylor Hodge, Jessica Lindner, Olivia Miller, Sydney Sprawls, Emma Trawick.
IFHCK Spirit: Stephanie Burry, Shelby Graham, Ingrid Hansen, Shelby Hawkins, Riley Higgins, Courtney Kuiper, Paige Neat, Jenna Quill, Brittany Raque, Chelsea Sullivan, Maggie Swindell.
IFHCK Stars: Hannah Boyle, Abbie Carrico, Barrett Donovan, Megan Hart, Paige Henry, Catherine Ireland, Ellen Meyer, Darby Phillips, Maureen Riley, Emily Stewart.