The RUSH Field Hockey Club Team takes on Pool Championship

2006 Rush Festival Team

San Diego , CA. – The RUSH Field Hockey Under-19 Team went undefeated in pool play with an exciting 3-2 victory over rival team, Pocono Too from Pennsylvania . The win gave the RUSH squad the U19 Pool F Championship Title at the National Field Hockey Festival held this past November in Palm Springs, CA.

The National Field Hockey festival is the world’s largest amateur field hockey event that attracts more than 3,500 athletes. The RUSH coaches and former National Team players Tara Jelley Danielson and Steve Danielson lead the team with a 16 player roster hailing from the San Diego area.

Athletes selected for the festival include Heather Alcorn (Encinitas, CA), Stephanie  Arbelaez (San Diego, CA), Jill  Comrie (San Diego, CA), Michelle  Gaynor (San Diego, CA), Lauren  Greenwald (Carlsbad, CA), Hayley  Hull (San Diego, CA), Mackenzie  Killion (Encinitas, CA), Nicole  Leach (San Diego, CA), Lauren  Lucido (Encinitas, CA), Jackie  Nguyen (San Diego, CA), Haleh  Nourani (Carlsbad, CA), Katelin  Peterson (Escondido, CA),  Kristen  Pettey (San Diego, CA), Kristen  Sondag (Carlsbad, CA), Victoria  Torrescano  (San Diego, CA) and Samantha  Ylagan (San Diego, CA).

Selected in the summer during the RUSH Field Hockey summer program at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista , the U19 squad swept the F pool tournament style play going undefeated during the National Field Hockey Festival.

The Festival play continues the development of the RUSH Field Hockey program and its mission to improve the level of field hockey in San Diego for area high school hockey players. The Rush program will be ramping up with a winter program held at the Del Mar Sports Center at the Del Mar Fairgrounds come February.

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RUSH U19 Festival Tour Team 2006

Name	Pos	Hometown	School
Haleh  Nourani	GK	Carlsbad , CA	LCC
Victoria  Torrescano	GK	San Diego , CA	SRHS
Samantha  Ylagan	Def	San Diego , CA	Mira Mesa
Jackie  Nguyen	Fwd	San Diego , CA	SRHS
Katelin  Peterson	Fwd/Mid	Escondido , CA	San Pasqual
Michelle  Gaynor	Mid/Def	San Diego , CA	SRHS
Heather  Alcorn	Def	Encinitas , CA	LCC
Kristen  Pettey	Mid	San Diego , CA	SRHS
Lauren  Greenwald	Mid	Carlsbad , CA	LCC
Kristen  Sondag	Fwd	Carlsbad , CA	LCC
Mackenzie  Killion	Mid/Def	Encinitas , CA	LCC
Stephanie  Arbelaez	Mid/Def	San Diego , CA	Mira Mesa
Nicole  Leach	Fwd	San Diego , CA	Mira Mesa
Jill  Comrie	Fwd	San Diego , CA	SRHS
Lauren  Lucido	Fwd	Encinitas , CA	LCC
Hayley  Hull	Fwd	San Diego , CA	SRHS
Coaches: Tara Jelley Danielson & Steve Danielson , San Diego , CA

MEET THE 2006 TEAM

RUSH will be taking a team to the Cal Cup Tournament in Moorpark, CA - May 2007. Tryouts for the tournament team will be held during the February RUSH sessions. Team selection will be finalized at the end of February and announced on the website.