2024-25 Junior, Development & Senior U.S. Women’s National Indoor Teams Named

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Following the in-person tryout on June 16, the 2024-25 Junior, Development and Senior U.S. Women’s National Indoor Teams have been named.

“It is heartwarming to see the huge interest of so many players in the U.S. Women’s National Indoor Team Program,” commented Jun Kentwell, Indoor USWNT Head Coach. “I was very pleased that there were so many new faces and talented players at the tryouts which made our selections very difficult. There are exciting times are ahead in December. There will be a selection camp where development squad players will be vying with the senior team for places on the Indoor World Cup Team.”

Chloe Almeida (West Chester, Pa.), Rebecca Block (Newtown Square, Pa.), Jenna Butler (Doylestown, Pa.), Finley Davidson (Stevensville, Md.), Sunday Draper (Quakertown, Pa.), Elanna Duff (Havertown, Pa.), Arianna Fragomeni (Mountain Lakes, N.J.), Avery Johnson (Henrico, Va.), Brayden Johnston (Suffolk, Va.), Kendall Longenberger (Dillsburg, Pa.), Maeve McGinley (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.), Josie Molinari (Bethesda, Md.), Marissa Muza (Mechanicsburg, Pa.), Elise Reagan (Royersford, Pa.), Piper Reibsane (Camp Hill, Pa.), Kiera Sack (Havertown, Pa.), Jack Shaw (Exton, Pa.), Maura Simpson (Dillsburg, Pa.), Madelynn Stahl (Palmyra, Pa.), Sophia Stazi (Sewell, N.J.)

Five athletes who were named to the Junior Indoor USWNT during the last cycle have been renamed. Those athletes are Avery Johnson (Henrico, Va.), Kendall Longenberger (Dillsburg, Pa.), Maeve McGinley (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.), Kiera Shaw (Havertown, Pa.) and Sophia Stazi (Sewell, N.J.).

Emily Berlinghof (Huntington, N.Y.), Scout Butler (Stanford, Calif.), Colleen Conlan (Horsham, Pa.), Haley Elliott (Blue Bell, Pa.), Soren Izabella Kipphut (Woolwich Township, N.J.), Kerry McCormick (Haddonfield, N.J.), Morgan O’Donnell (Lincoln University, Pa.), Ryleigh Osborne (Crofton, Md.), Riley Savage (Charlotte, N.C.), Bryn Underwood (Sinking Spring, Pa.)

Three athletes are returning to the development squad in Emily Berlinghof (Huntington, N.Y.), Kerry McCormick (Haddonfield, N.J.) and Riley Savage (Charlotte, N.C.). Another three transitioned from the junior team to the development squad in Haley Elliott (Blue Bell, Pa.), Soren Izabella Kipphut (Woolwich Township, N.J.) and Morgan O’Donnell (Lincoln University, Pa.).

Mackenzie Allessie (Mount Joy, Pa.), Maria Armaganian (Concord, N.H.), Abigail Burnett (Zionsville, Pa.), Reese D’Ariano (West Chester, Pa.), Sofia Ferri (Phoenixville, Pa.), Abigail Gerdeman (Chester Springs, Pa.), Samantha Goin (Brambleton, Va.), Annika Herbine (Macungie, Pa.), Sabrina McGroarty (Mickleton, N.J.), Opal Sparling (Chester Springs, Pa.), Melea Weber (Macungie, Pa.)

Of the 11-athlete squad, seven were on the recent 2024 Indoor Pan American Cup (IPAC) team that claimed gold in the middle of March. They were Abigail Burnett (Zionsville, Pa.), Reese D’Ariano (West Chester, Pa.), Sofia Ferri (Phoenixville, Pa.), Abigail Gerdeman (Chester Springs, Pa.), Sabrina McGroarty (Mickletown, N.J.), Opal Sparling (Chester Springs, Pa.) and Melea Weber (Macungie, Pa.). D’Ariano was also named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player and Top Goal Scorer, with 16 goals.

A second tryout will take place on December 8 for athletes who were unable to attend on June 16.

Following an impressive result at the recent 2024 Indoor Pan American Cup (IPAC) in the middle of March, Kentwell will continue to build on this success. The program defended their IPAC title for the third time in a row after defeating Argentina in a shootout in the final and punched their ticket to the 2025 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup (IHWC) to be held February 3 to 9 in Poreč, Croatia.

There will be multiple training camps for the indoor program between now and March 2025. The senior squad will participate in the RohrMax Cup from December 30 to January 6 in Vienna, Austria before the IHWC. The junior and development teams will plan in the annual CanAm Indoor Series in March 2025 in Canada.