Taylor Stone and Katie Walsh celebrate a goal in the ACC quarterfinal game against Syracuse
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Four Cardinals Selected for USA Field Hockey Developmental Camps
June 29, 2018 | Field Hockey
Stone and Walsh selected for Development Junior National Camp, Ayars, Schneider picked for U21 Junior National Camp
Four University of Louisville field hockey players have earned spots in the USA Field Hockey Olympic Development Camps. Taylor Stone and Katie Walsh were selected to the U.S. Women's National Development Junior National Camp while Carter Ayars and Meghan Schneider were Under 21 Junior National Camp selections.
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Stone is in her second season with the U21 USWNT and was selected to the squad which traveled to Tucuman, Argentina to play a three-game test series against the country's U-21 team earlier this month.
The 2017 NFHCA All-America, All-Region and All-ACC selection scoring seven goals and dished out three assists during her junior campaign.Â
Walsh, a midfielder from Louisville, Ky. (Ballard HS) was initially named to U.S. National Development Squad to compete in a four-game test series against Chile's Women's and U-19 Women's National Team from May 15-24 in Santiago, Chile in January 2018. The rising senior started every game for the Cardinals in 2017.
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Ayars, (Wilmington, Del.) was a National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-West Region selection and was named to the ACC Field Hockey Championship all-tournament team. The defender started every game for the Cardinals and was instrumental in guiding a defense which produced a 1.67 team goals against average on the season.
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Schneider, a two-year member of USA Field Hockey U19 squad and was tabbed for its Ireland Tour in March 2018. As a freshman at Louisville, the San Diego, Calif., native saw action 21 games with five starts in the backfield.
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Stone is in her second season with the U21 USWNT and was selected to the squad which traveled to Tucuman, Argentina to play a three-game test series against the country's U-21 team earlier this month.
The 2017 NFHCA All-America, All-Region and All-ACC selection scoring seven goals and dished out three assists during her junior campaign.Â
Walsh, a midfielder from Louisville, Ky. (Ballard HS) was initially named to U.S. National Development Squad to compete in a four-game test series against Chile's Women's and U-19 Women's National Team from May 15-24 in Santiago, Chile in January 2018. The rising senior started every game for the Cardinals in 2017.
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Ayars, (Wilmington, Del.) was a National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-West Region selection and was named to the ACC Field Hockey Championship all-tournament team. The defender started every game for the Cardinals and was instrumental in guiding a defense which produced a 1.67 team goals against average on the season.
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Schneider, a two-year member of USA Field Hockey U19 squad and was tabbed for its Ireland Tour in March 2018. As a freshman at Louisville, the San Diego, Calif., native saw action 21 games with five starts in the backfield.
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