�??The women’s national team program is comprised of three teams –
the Elite, the Developmental and the Under-19.  A brief explanation
of each squad appears below.

The Elite
(Standing Team)
The Elite team
represents the highest level of playing experience for women’s lacrosse players
and coaches in the United States, with the exception of a touring team.
This squad is comprised of individuals who have demonstrated their exceptional
abilities as lacrosse players with regards to skill but also through leadership
and sportsmanship. The Elite squad is designed to prepare and train the best
players in the country to compete against the best collegiate and international
teams in the world.

The Developmental
(Standing Team)
The Developmental team
program serves as a means by which the adult lacrosse player can gain greater
exposure to international competition and continue to develop her skills with
the aim of becoming a member of the Elite or World Cup team. The squad is
selected for a period of one year, annually.

The Under-19 Team
The Under-19 team represents an opportunity for young women to get exposure to
international competition at the National Team level through preparation for
competition at the IFWLA World Championship. The U-19 squad is assembled for
competition in the quadrennial championships, and its members must not have
played at the collegiate level before competing in the World
Championships. A two-year commitment is required from team members.�?�

Below is the release from US
Lacrosse, with full team listing.  You
can access the site by clicking on the link:  www.uslacrosse.org

BALTIMORE �?? World Cup veterans
Quinn Carney and Rachael Becker Dececco were among the 48 players named to the
2007-08 United States Elite and Developmental women’s lacrosse teams following
a three-day tryout at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County coordinated
by US Lacrosse. A total of 98 players competed in the tryout.

Carney and Dececco were both named to the 24-player Elite team, which includes
nine new players this year �?? including six that moved up from the Developmental
team. Dececco, the 2003 Tewaaraton Trophy winner, is one of three former
Tewaaraton Trophy winners on the team, joining Katie Chrest (2005) and Kristen
Kjellman (2006, 2007). Three current college players were selected to the Elite
team �?? Duke’s Caroline Cryer, Northwestern’s Meredith Frank and North Carolina‘s Erica LaGrow.

The 24-player Developmental team is dominated by current collegiate players
with 17 collegians named to the team. Among the collegians are three players
that just finished their freshmen seasons �?? Penn’s Ali Deluca, Maryland‘s Caitlyn McFadden and
North Carolina‘s Kristen Taylor.
Mallory Poole, a rising senior at C.W. Post, was the lone player named to either
team from a non-Division I program.

The players on
the two teams represent 21 total colleges with Maryland, Princeton and Virginia each having five
representatives.

The next
activity for the U.S. teams will be the
Stars & Stripes Weekend in October. The event is slated to be held in Portland, Ore., and will feature
competition against the University of California, the University of Oregon and Stanford University. Further details will
be announced in the near future.

The rosters
for the two teams follow:

Elite
Sarah Albrecht �?? M – Northwestern ’06
Amy Altig �?? G – James Madison ’05
Kelly Berger �?? M – James Madison ’07
Quinn Carney �?? A – Maryland ’01
Katie Chrest �?? M – Duke ’06
Caroline Cryer �?? A – Duke ’08
Rachael Dececco �?? D – Princeton ’03
Michele DeJuliis �?? M – Penn State ’97
Whitney Douthett �?? M – Dartmouth ’07
Michi Ellers �?? M – Georgetown ’04
Meredith Frank �?? M – Northwestern ’09
Mary Key �?? A – Johns Hopkins ’07
Kristen Kjellman �?? M – Northwestern ’07
Erica LaGrow �?? M – North Carolina ’08
Nikki Lieb �?? M – Virginia ’06
Annie Liebovitz �?? M – Dartmouth ’07
Lindsey Munday �?? A – Northwestern ’05
Regina Oliver �?? D – Ohio State ’05
Elizabeth Pillion �?? D – Princeton ’05
Jess Roguski – D – Vanderbilt ’04
Tara Singleton �?? D – Loyola ’04
Acacia Walker �?? M – Maryland ’05
Devon Wills �?? G – Dartmouth ’06
Kristen Wong �?? M – William & Mary ’07

Developmental
Jessica Adam �?? D – Duke ’08
Megan Burker �?? A – Stanford ’06
Becky Clipp �?? D – Maryland ’07
Ali Deluca �?? M – Penn ’10
Kate Doolittle �?? M – Maryland ’07
Amber Falcone �?? D – North Carolina ’09
Courtney Farrell �?? A – Cornell ’08
Kim Hillier �?? A – Hofstra ’07
Jennifer Holden �?? D – Virginia ’09
Lindsay Lewis �?? A – Boston University ’06
Katie Lewis-Lamonica �?? M – Princeton ’08
Jessica Lieb �?? M – Penn State ’08
Kendall McBrearty �?? G – Virginia ’08
Caitlyn McFadden �?? M – Maryland ’10
Holly McGarvie �?? M – Princeton ’09
Jessica Morgan �?? D – Virginia ’07
Megan O’Malley �?? M – Virginia ’08
Mallory Poole �?? M – C. W. Post ’08
Kristin Schwab �?? M – Princeton ’09
Lauren Schwarzmann �?? M – Johns Hopkins ’08
Laura Shane �?? G – Stanford ’08
Brooke Shinaberry �?? G – Vanderbilt ’07
Kristen Taylor �?? A – North Carolina ’10
Kelly Taylor �?? D – North Carolina ’09