Cardinals Selected to USA Field Hockey Travel Rosters for Tours to Europe

The University of Louisville field hockey program is well-represented in the USA Field Hockey program with six current or former players listed among the High Performance Tours to Europe in late April.

Katie Schneider was named the USWNT U-19 travel roster while Carter Ayars and Meghan Schneider will travel to Europe with the USWNT U21 squad. Additionally, Taylor Stone, Katie Walsh and Erin McCrudden were selected to the USWNT Development Squad's traveling roster for its tour in The Netherlands.

The selections were made by the USA Field Hockey Junior High Performance Staff following additional training camps in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia over the past month.

U.S. Women's National Team U-21 Selection
Freshman Katie Schneider (San Diego, Calif.) was selected to the USWNT U19 team in January after having been previously selected to participate in USA Field Hockey's U19 and U17 Junior National Camps. As a freshman at UofL, the forward played in 19 games and three starts and scored four goals.

The U-19 USWNT will travel to Dusseldorf to take on Germany's U-18 team twice and Belgium's U-18 team once at the Dusseldorfer Hockey Club.
U.S. U-19 Women's National Team Schedule:
Thursday, April 18            U-19 USWNT vs. U-18 Germany                 1:00 p.m. ET
Saturday, April 20             U-19 USWNT vs. U-18 Belgium                   10:00 a.m. ET
Sunday, April 21                U-19 USWNT vs. U-18 Germany                 6:00 a.m. ET

U.S. Women's National Team U-21 Selections
Carter Ayars (Wilmington, Del.) is a two-time National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-West Region selection and was named to the ACC Field Hockey Championship all-tournament team in 2017. The defender started 17 games in 2018 and anchored the Cardinals' defense which produced five shutouts and a 1.27 team goals-against average.

Meghan Schneider (San Diego, Calif.), previously spent two years as a member of USA Field Hockey U19 team. The sophomore started every game this past season and scored her first career goal when she delivered the game winner against UMass Lowell. She was a valuable part of the defense with registered five shutouts and held opponents to a 1.27 goals-against average.

Ayars and Meghan Schneider are both in their second stints with the U21 squad after being initially selected in July 2018.

The U-21 USWNT will travel April 17-24 to Monchengladbach, Germany for a 3 Nations Invitational with Germany's U-21 team and Great Britain's U-21 team, where they will play two games against each opponent at both the Viersener Tennis and Hockey Club and Warsteiner HockeyPark.
U.S. U-21 Women's National Team Schedule:
Saturday, April 20             U-21 USWNT vs. U-21 Germany                 11:00 a.m. ET
Sunday, April 21                U-21 USWNT vs. U-21 Great Britain          12:00 p.m. ET
Tuesday, April 23              U-21 USWNT vs. U-21 Germany                 10:00 a.m. ET
Wednesday, April 24       U-21 USWNT vs. U-21 Great Britain          11:00 a.m. ET

U.S. Women's National Development Squad Selections
Stone (Herndon, Va.) is a two-time National Field Hockey Coaches Association and all-ACC selection (2017, 2018), earning her most recent nods after starting all 19 games for the Cardinals. The defender/midfielder finished her senior season tied for third on the team with five goals.

Walsh (Louisville, Ky.) started all 19 games during her senior season and led the Cardinals with a career-high 11 assists.

Stone and Walsh were also named to the U.S. Development Team in July 2018. Stone was a member of the U21 team and the U19 team for two years apiece.

McCrudden (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) completed her senior season at UofL in 2016 and earned NFHCA All-America honors that year. She was named to the U.S. Women's National Development Squad in 2016 and went on to earn a spot on the U.S. Women's National Team and competed in 13 international caps.

The U.S. Women's National Development Squad embark on a tour of The Netherlands April 13-22 where they will play two games against the Scotland senior team, one against Belgium's U-21 team and the Stichtsche Cricket en Hockeyclub (SCHC) team at the AMHC Rood-Wit and SCHC.

U.S. Women's National Development Squad Schedule:
Monday, April 14              USWNT Devo vs. Scotland Seniors             8:00 a.m. ET
Tuesday, April 16              USWNT Devo vs. Scotland Seniors             8:00 a.m. ET
Thursday, April 18            USWNT Devo vs. U-21 Belgium                   7:30 a.m. ET
Friday, April 19                  USWNT Devo vs. SCHC                                   12:00 p.m. ET

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