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16’s National Group

The following players will make up this summer’s 16’s National workout group.

Elizabeth Anderson, Grace Arnold, Cathy Cantoni, Skylar Dorosin, Karlee Fidler, Emily Fong, Caitlyn Jackson, Rebecca Koshy, Alison Larko, Nicole Larsen, Carli Lazzarini, Martine LeClerc, Lauren Lesyna, Sydney Molano, Maddie Moore, Annie Panconi, Hannah Park, Adi Rosenthal, Olivia Santiago, Marissa Sendejas, Katie Rose Skelly, Pippa Temple, Carla Tocchini

From tomorrow until June 10, practice will be from 6:45-8:45 at Palo Alto HS. Please be ready for our team meeting to start at 6:45 sharp every day. We will finish slightly before 8:45 and get clean up done as quickly as we can.

*** Exception to workout time on Tuesday May 25: due to Paly’s swim banquet, we will practice from 5:15-7:15 at Stanford

I was very impressed by the entire group of players who tried out for the National group. Players who join the Area group are still eligible for the JO Quals and final Junior Olympic rosters. I am confident that the Area practice will continue to be competitive and produce players ready to contribute to the club at Junior Olympics in August. – Coach Kyle

Stanford club alums making waves in college season

It has been a great season so far for Stanford club alums playing for colleges around the country.

Stanford senior Kelly Eaton (M-A) is this week’s MPSF Player of the Week. Pallavi Menon (Sacred Heart Prep) earned the same honor earlier in the season. Kim Krueger (Menlo) and Vee Dunlevie (Sacred Heart Prep) have also played a key role in Stanford’s 16-1 start. All four helped Stanford sweep the 20-under Nationals and Senior National titles in the summer. Kelly, Pallavi and Vee were all Speedo Cup participants in middle school.

Other MPSF teams also feature club alums: Remy Champion (Paly) at Cal, Megan Burmeister (Menlo), Camy Sullivan (Menlo) and MJ Mordell (Sacred Heart Prep) at UCLA,  and Consi Hiller (Woodside Priory) at USC.

In the Big West are Lizzie Rouleau (St Francis), Ruth Milne (Woodside) and Katie Zakula (Notre Dame Belmont) at UCSB and Nicole Plihal (Amador Valley) and Courtney Elward (St Francis) at Long Beach State. The WWPA has Santa Clara Broncos Wren White (Presentation), Laura Espinosa (Mountain View), Ali Norris (Saratoga) and Whitney Allen (Menlo) and LMU Lions Elise Ponce (Menlo) and Kimberly Benedetti (St Francis).

Last weekend at the Elite Eight tournament at Indiana, Kandis Canonica (St. Ignatius) broke the Bucknell record for career assists. Kandis was the CWPA Southern Division Co-Player of the Week in February. Bucknell teammates Hallie Kennan, recently named CWPA Southern Division Player of the Week, and Tara Murao, both Paly grads, combined for five goals in a 13-12 loss to Harvard. On the winning side for the Crimson were fellow Paly teammates Lizzie Abbott, Natasha Whitney and Roxanne Pinto.

Indiana’s defense was led by goalie Cassie Wyckoff (Los Altos) who was named CWPA Defensive Player of the Week. It was her second time earning the honor this season. Sister Lauren Wyckoff scored a key goal in a narrow loss to Michigan. Jenna Roe (Presentation) is also on the Hoosier team.

Brown features three club alums: Rita Bullwinkel (M-A), Kat Booher (Castillieja) and Brittany Westerman (Menlo). Kat was recently honored as the CWPA Northern Division Rookie of the Week.

Four more players from our club are playing at Princeton: tri-captain Phoebe Champion (Paly), Tanya Wilcox (Paly) and Cayley Bowles (Menlo) and Laura Martinez (Castilleja). Phoebe, Tanya and Cayley helped Stanford to medal finishes at national championships including the Speedo Cup when they were in middle school.

A pair of St Francis grads round out the Stanford crew at the Elite Eight. Roxanne Mansfield and Natalie Naruns have contributed to the Wolverines’ fast start as the top team in the East.

And finally, in the fall, our own 14-under coach Kendall Preston was the Conference and Northern California Player of the Year, leading Foothill College to the state tournament.

Congrats everyone! Keep up the great work!

Tournament Jan 30-31

We are waiting for the final schedule to be released. Information about locations and game times will be posted as soon as we know the final changes have been made to the schedule.

Check back late Tuesday or Wednesday for rosters and game times.

Tournament Jan 9-10

Age Group Tournament Teams
High School Tournament Teams

Players should arrive at the pool 45 minutes before the first game. Please be on time!

** Parents – our club is required to have a volunteer at the score table (either doing the scorebook or running a clock) during our games. Please volunteer amongst yourselves prior to each game so that the coaches can concentrate on getting the team ready to play. This is much appreciated in advance.

Open: Saturday @ SODA
8:00 vs Oakland “A”, 12:00 vs Olympic Club, 3rd game TBA (either 2:00, 3:00 or 4:00 depending on first two results)

10th Grade Red: Saturday @ Livermore Aquatic Center, 4444 East Ave, Livermore
8:50 vs Diablo, 12:10 vs American River “B”, 3rd game TBA (either 1:00, 1:50 or 2:40 depending on first two results)

10th Grade White: Saturday @ Gunn HS
8:00 vs Silicon Valley, 11:20 vs Ohlone, 3rd game TBA (either 1:00, 1:50 or 2:40 depending on first two results)

10th Grade Black: Saturday @ Gunn HS
8:50 vs SJA, 10:30 vs 680 “B”, 3rd game TBA (either 1:00, 1:50 or 2:40 depending on first two results)

12th Grade Red: Sunday @ Gunn HS
9:50 vs SJA, 12:20 vs 680 “A”, 2:00 vs Diablo “A”

12th Grade White: Sunday @ Gunn HS
9:00 vs 680 “A”, 11:30 vs SJA, 1:10 vs Diablo “A”

8th Grade Red: Sunday @ Gunn HS and SODA
7:00-9:00am vs Pacific Storm (Canada) at Gunn HS
At SODA in Moraga: 12:10 vs Davis, 1:50 vs American River, 3:30 vs Diablo “A”

8th Grade White: Sunday @ SODA
10:30 vs 680, 2:40 vs Diablo “B”

Tournament schedule Dec 19-20 (Age Group)

Age Group Tournament Teams

The age group teams will be at Dougherty Valley HS (10550 Albion Rd, San Ramon) on Sunday.

14 Red: Game times 1230 and 245.
14 White: Game times 115 and 245.

Players should arrive at the pool 45 minutes before the first game. Please be on time!

** Parents – our club is required to have a volunteer at the score table (either doing the scorebook or running a clock) during our games. Please volunteer amongst yourselves prior to each game so that the coaches can concentrate on getting the team ready to play. This is much appreciated in advance.

Tourney schedule Dec 19-20 (High School group)

Tournament teams for Dec 19-20, 2009

Click the link for the rosters for the weekend. These rosters may change from tournament to tournament. The coaches will be evaluating the players and may make changes for the next tournament.

** Some players are on rosters for both Saturday and Sunday – check rosters carefully.

Players should arrive at the pool 45 minutes before the first game. Please be on time!

** Parents – our club is required to have a volunteer at the score table (either doing the scorebook or running a clock) during our games. Please volunteer amongst yourselves prior to each game so that the coaches can concentrate on getting the team ready to play. This is much appreciated in advance.

Open – Saturday at Soda Aquatic Center. Game times 800, 1000 & 1200. Dark caps only.

16 Red – Saturday at Redwood HS in Larkspur (395 Doherty Drive, Larkspur). Game times 830, 1010 & 1150. Dark caps only.

16 White – Saturday at Sacred Heart Prep. Game times 1040, 100 & 240. Need white and dark caps.

16 Black – Saturday at Sacred Heart Prep. Game times 1040, 100 & 240. Need white and dark caps.

18 Red – Sunday at Dougherty Valley HS (10550 Albion Rd, San Ramon). Game times 800, 1100 & 115. Need white and dark caps.

18 White – Sunday at Dougherty Valley HS (10550 Albion Rd, San Ramon). Game times 930 & 1145. White caps only.