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Historic Harvard University and the Boston skyline will provide the setting for the 2009 BDO Women's Junior World Cup (Photo Harvard Univ. Sports Information)

USA Field Hockey to host 2009 Women's Junior World Cup in Boston
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 14, 2007) – The birthplace of field hockey in the United States will serve as a showcase for the sport’s newest wave of international talent following the International Hockey Federation’s (FIH) announcement that USA Field Hockey and the city of Boston will host the 2009 BDO Women’s Junior World Cup.

Scheduled for Aug. 4-16, 2009, the 16-team Junior World Cup will be held at Harvard University in nearby Cambridge, Mass. where, according to lore, English physical education teacher Constance Applebee first introduced the game of field hockey to the United States in 1901.

“USA Field Hockey is proud and honored to be selected as the host for the 2009 BDO Women’s Junior World Cup,” said USA Field Hockey Board Chair Pam Hixon.  “This prestigious event provides an opportunity to showcase the best junior hockey players from around the world, and give our juniors here in the United States a peak into the amazing future that field hockey may hold for them.

USA Field Hockey and Boston will host the 2009 BDO Women's Junior World Cup.

“We are very excited to have the great city of Boston as the home for this event, with the institutions of Harvard University, Boston College and Boston University providing top-level facilities and fantastic experiences for our world class athlete guests.”

In addition to Harvard’s Jordan Field venue, the event will utilize the other Boston area universities as training facilities.

“We’re pleased that USA Field Hockey proposed that this important international event be held in Boston & Cambridge, as field hockey made its first U.S. appearance at Harvard University.,” said Patrick Moscaritolo, President & C.E.O. of the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau. “The selection of our destination to serve as host to the 2009 BDO Women’s Junior World Cup continues to put us on the map for international sporting events.  We look forward to showing the athletes and guests from around the world all that Boston & Cambridge has to offer.”

Held every four years, the Junior World Cup represents the top international event for athletes under the age of 21. Now in its 6^th edition, the Women’s Junior World Cup debuted in Ottawa, Canada in 1989, with the most recent event was held in Santiago, Chile in 2005. The USA Junior Women earned a best-ever 7^th place finish in 2005 while Korea is the defending Junior World Cup champion.

The current USA National Squad features nine athletes who played in the Junior World Cup including April Fronzoni (Larksville, Pa.), Dina Rizzo (Walpole, Mass.) and Amy Tran (Grantville, Pa.) from the 2001 U.S. Junior World Cup team and Lauren Crandall (Doyelstown, Pa.), Rachel Dawson (Berlin, N.J.), Katelyn Falgowski (Landenberg, Pa.), Michelle Kasold (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Katie O’Donnell (Blue Bell, Pa.) and Lauren Powley  (Mountaintop, Pa.) from the 2007 Junior World Cup team.

The awarding of the Women’s Junior World Cup to Boston continues USA Field Hockey’s initiative to host major world events after successfully hosting the 2006 March on Madrid  in College Park, Md. and Virginia Beach and the Rabobank Champions Challenge in Virginia Beach in 2005.

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