Jan. 6, 2004
Colorado Springs, CO -- Old Dominion freshman Dana Sensenig (Denver, PA) was named to the USA Field Hockey 2004 Women's Under-21 Team following A Camp team trials at the USA Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach, Va.
The USA junior team will compete in various domestic and international events in 2004 including the USA Field Hockey Summer League, an international tour and regional training sessions for the U21 team. The teams will also serve to prepare age-eligible athletes for next year's Pan American Junior Championships and the 2005 Junior World Cup.
The 20-member U.S. Under-21 squad features some of the top young talent from last year's NCAA Championship tournament including national semifinal participants Lauren Crandall (Doyelstown, Pa.) and Clare Laubach (Bristow, Va.) of National Champion Wake Forest Univ., All-America selection Katie Grant (Lehighton, Pa.) of national runner-up Duke Univ., Lauren Powley (Mountaintop, Pa.) of national semifinalist Univ. of Maryland, and Jill Civic (Wescosville, Pa.) of national semifinalist Univ. of Michigan.
Also joining Sensenig on the team are two-time collegiate All-America selection Natalie Martirosian (Richmond, Va.) of Princeton as well as collegians Kayla Bashore (Shomemakersville, Pa./Indiana), Katherine Blair (Louisville, Ky./Virginia), Rachel Dawson (Berlin, N.J./North Carolina), Carey Fetting-Smith (Baltimore, Md./North Carolina), Karin Grap (Van Etten, N.Y./Penn State), Michelle Huynh-Ba (Hockessin, Del./Michigan State), Jodi Murphy (Williamsburg, Va./Indiana), Lea Salese (Livingston, N.J./Pennsylvania),and Sara York (Watertown, Mass./Virginia). The squad also features four 2003 high school All-America first team selections in Katelyn Falgowski (Landenberg, Pa./St Harks HS), Michelle Kasold (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill HS), Christine Suggs (Durham, N.C./Durham Acad.) and Caitlin Williams (Greenland, N.H./St. Thomas Aquinas).
Athletes were invited to participate in A Camp based on performances in other USA Field Hockey programs and events. Athletes are then selected to the USA junior national teams by a team of USA Field Hockey selectors based on performances at A Camp. USA National Team coach Beth Anders and assistant head coach Nick Conway conducted the annual selection camp, Jan. 2-4 at the team's National Training Center in Virginia Beach. USA Field Hockey is currently conducting a search for a women's junior team head coach who will oversee the U19 and U21 teams.
Last season in her first year as a Lady Monarch , Sensenig helped Old Dominion to a 14-10 overall mark and a second round appearance in the NCAA Tournament. In 19 appearances, she tallied five goals and one assist for 11 points and was the team's eighth leading scorer. Additionally, Sensenig was named to the Colonial Athletic Association's (CAA) All-Tournament Team as Old Dominion captured its eighth straight and 13th overall CAA title.