Crandall named to Team USA Field Hockey

A Bucks County woman is among the members of 2009-2010 USA Field Hockey Women’s National Team announced earlier today.
The 24-member U.S. roster features a number of 2008 Olympians, as well as former members of the Developmental Squad promoted to international competition. Veterans such as team captain Carrie Lingo and goalkeeper Amy Tran return, as does defender Lauren Crandall, a CB East High School and Wake Forest University alum from Doylestown, along with strikers Keli Smith and Tiffany Huisman.
“I’m very happy with the team we’ve selected,” said Head Coach Lee Bodimeade. “We are looking at qualifying for the 2010 World Cup and towards the 2012 Olympic Games.”
New additions to the senior roster include: Caroline Blaum, Katie Evans, Maren Ford, Lauren Pfeiffer and Katie Reinprecht. All but Ford joined the Women’s National Team for a test series against Argentina in April, which featured Pfeiffer’s first international appearance. Ford, who earned a silver medal at the 2008 Indoor Pan Am Cup as a member of the Women’s Indoor National Team, played hockey professionally in Argentina last year.
A 2003 graduate of CB East who hails from Doylestown, Crandall first started making headlines here in Bucks County when she and her Lady Patriot teammates claimed a state championship in 2002 under then head coach and former Philadelphia Flyer Jeff Harding.
Last summer, she was part of Team USA that competed in the Summer Games that took place in Beijing, China. As a member of Wake Forest, she helped the Demon Deacons to NCAA championships in 2003 and 2004. For her career at Wake, she tallied 38 goals and 34 assists for the Deacs and was an NFHCA First Team All-American her junior and senior seasons.