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U.S. Field Hockey National Team to Meet Jamaica; Summer League Concludes Round-Robin Play in Virginia Beach

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. –The U.S. women’s national team’s four-game series with Jamaica and the final weekend of the Association’s Summer League round-robin play highlight a full weekend of action at the U.S. Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach.

A combined team of members of the U.S. National Team and U.S. Under-23 squad open the weekend at 6 p.m. Friday against Jamaica in the first of a four-game series with the team’s Pan American rivals. The U.S. National Team continues play against Jamaica with games at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, 6 p.m. on Sunday and 4:45 p.m. on Monday. All games are open to the public and there is no charge for admission. The matches will serve as a preview to the Pan American Games in August. The U.S. and Jamaica will open the Pan A Games against each other with a 5:30 p.m. match on August 3 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The U.S/Jamaica game on Saturday will be featured during a mid-day break at U.S. Field Hockey's Summer League which will continue at the Training Center, June 21-22.

This weekend’s Summer League features interdivisional play as the teams make their final bid for a spot in the League semifinals. Defending champion Southern Charm and the Metro Rush stand atop the league standings with 5-0-1 records, followed by the New England Eclipse and Pennsylvania Pride with 2-2-2 marks and the U.S. Under-20 Team with a 2-3-1 record. The Virginia Beach-based Tidewater Tempest enters the weekend in sixth place at 1-2-3 followed by the Midwest Cyclones at 1-4-1 and the Philadelphia Fury at 0-5-1. The top four teams advance to the league semifinals, July 5-6 in Virginia Beach.

The league features some of the countries top players including 1996 Olympians Cindy Werley (Charm) and Antoinette Lucas (Eclipse) as well as former U.S. national team players, collegiate head coaches and collegiate and high school All-America selections.

Summer League play begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday and continues with matches throughout the day with the final game beginning at 5:30 p.m. Play resumes Sunday morning at 7 a.m. with the final game scheduled for 3:15 p.m., just prior to Sunday’s USA/Jamaica game.

June 20 - 6:00 p.m. - USA/U.S. U23 vs Jamaica
June 21 - 12:45 p.m. - USA vs Jamaica
June 22 - 6:00 p.m. - USA vs Jamaica
June 23 - 4:45 p.m. - USA vs Jamaica