U.S. Women’s Scrimmage Rosters Set

Bill Kauffman
Associate Director, Communications
Phone: 719-228-6800
E-Mail: bill.kauffman@usav.org

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 14, 2011) – The U.S. Women’s National Training Team will play in two intrasquad scrimmages in Southern California on March 16 and March 17, and the roster has been announced for the initial contest.

The first scrimmage will take place on March 16 at Tstreet Volleyball Club’s new facility located at 1 Autry in Irvine, Calif. The match will start at 7 p.m. Pacific Time. The second scrimmage is set 5 p.m. Pacific Time on March 17 at Irvine Valley College in Irvine, Calif.

For the first scrimmage on March 16, Team Red will consist of setter Jenna Hagglund (West Chester, Ohio), outside hitters Cassidy Lichtman (Poway, Calif.) and Juliann Faucette (San Diego), middle blockers Dominique Olowolafe (Lansing, Mich.) and Ashley Benson (Bloomington, Ind.), opposite Kinrda Carlson (Eaton, Colo.) and liberos Ellie Blankenship (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Cami Croteau (Orange, Calif.). U.S. Women's National Team Assistant Coach Paula Weishoff (Irvine, Calif.) will serve as head coach for the Team Red.

Team Blue will consist of setter Carli Lloyd (Bonsall, Calif.), outside hitters Kaitlin Sather (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Kari Pestolesi (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Julianne Piggott (Newport Beach, Calif.), opposite Becky Perry (Austin, Texas), middle blockers Naomi Johnson (Bloomington, Minn.) and Lauren Gibbemeyer (St. Paul, Minn.), and libero Kayla Banwarth (Dubuque, Iowa). U.S. Women's National Team Assistant Coach Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.) will serve as the head coach for the Team Blue.

The rosters may alter for the second scrimmage. Both contests are open to the public free of charge.

The U.S. Women’s National Training Team is currently in its winter training block, which started Jan. 17 and runs through mid-April at the American Sports Centers in Anaheim, Calif.

Team Red Roster for March 16 Scrimmage
# - Name (Position, Hometown, College)
2 – Ashley Benson (Middle Blocker, Bloomington, Ind., Indiana University)
3 – Kindra Carlson (Opposite, Eaton, Colo., University of Washington)
5 – Jenna Hagglund (Setter, West Chester, Ohio, University of Washington)
13 – Dominique Olowolafe (Middle Blocker, Lansing, Mich., Cal Poly)
15 – Juliann Faucette (Outside Hitter, San Diego, Texas)
14 – Cami Croteau (Libero, Orange, Calif., Cal State Fullerton)
16 – Cassidy Lichtman (Outside Hitter, Poway, Calif., Stanford)
17 – Ellie Blankenship (Libero, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, University of Northern Iowa)

Team Blue Roster for March 16 Scrimmage
# - Name (Position, Hometown, College)
1 – Kayla Banwarth (Libero, Dubuque, Iowa, University of Nebraska)
4 – Lauren Gibbemeyer (Middle Blocker, St. Paul, Minn., University of Minnesota)
6 – Naomi Johnson (Middle Blocker, Bloomington, Minn., Northwestern University)
7 – Carli Lloyd (Setter, Bonsall, Calif., University of California-Berkeley)
8 – Becky Perry (Outside Hitter, Austin, Texas, University of Washington)
9 – Kari Pestolesi (Outside Hitter, Huntington Beach, Calif., UC Irvine)
10 – Julianne Piggott (Outside Hitter, Newport Beach, Calif., UC Irvine)
11 – Kaitlin Sather (Outside Hitter, Santa Rosa, Calif., UCLA)

Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Assistant Coaches: Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.) and Paula Weishoff (Irvine, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Jenni Hirneisen (Parachute, Colo.)
Athletic Trainer: Jill Wosmek (Silver Lake, Minn.)

Tags: Hugh McCutcheon, Jill Wosmek, Karch Kiraly, Paula Weishoff, U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team