Rosters named for Stars and Stripes series

Women’s Eagles Head Coach Rob Cain has named 49 players to take part in the upcoming Stars and Stripes series. The two sides will go head-to-head at Infinity Park on November 18 and 21 as a conclusion to the eight week high performance camp.

Three additional players have been called in who were not on the original camp roster, all arriving from the Eagles Sevens squad. Jordan Matyas, Kristi Kirshe, and Ilona Maher will take part with an eye towards participation at Rugby World Cup 2021.

Almost half the group – 24 players – are uncapped at senior test level. There are 11 inclusions from the newly-formed Colorado Gray Wolves, comprised of players from the now-defunct Glendale Merlins side that won the Women’s Premier League in 2019.

USA STARS

FORWARDS
Lisa Jackson (Atlanta Harlequins), Nick James (HARC), Hope Rogers (Life West), Allie Schrenker (Colorado Gray Wolves), Paige Stathopoulos (Colorado Gray Wolves), Kathryn Treder (Beantown), Erica Jarrell (Harvard), Sam Luther (Colorado Gray Wolves), Hallie Taufo’ou (Richmond), Kathryn Johnson (Twin City Amazons), Rachel Johnson (ORSU), Darian Lovelace (Atlanta Harlequins), Nicole Strasko (Life West)

BACKS
Cassidy Bargell (Harvard), Shelby Lin (Berkeley All Blues), Kelsie O’Brien (Colorado Gray Wolves), McKenzie Hawkins (Colorado Gray Wolves), Katana Howard (Twin City Amazons), Amy Talei-Bonte (Life West), PK Vincze (Harvard), Tess Feury (New York RC), Evan Hoese (Berkeley All Blues), Ilona Maher (Eagles Sevens), Neariah Persinger (Life West)

USA STRIPES

FORWARDS
Catie Benson (Life West), Charli Jacoby (Chicago North Shore), Maya Learned (Colorado Gray Wolves), Sam Tancredi (Lindenwood), Jett Hayward (Life West), Joanna Kitlinski (Colorado Gray Wolves), Jenny Kronish (Colorado Gray Wolves), Jordan Matyas (Eagles Sevens), Evelyn Ashenbrucker (San Diego Surfers), Julia Buescher (San Diego Surfers), Elizabeth Cairns (Life West), Rachel Ehrecke (Colorado Gray Wolves)

BACKS
Ashlee Byrge (Eagles Sevens), Bridget Kahele (Atlanta Harlequins), Olivia Ortiz (Davenport), Carly Waters (Colorado Gray Wolves), Megan Foster (San Diego Surfers), Matalasi Morrissette (BYU), Emily Henrich (Eagles Sevens), Bulou Mataitoga (Berkeley All Blues), Kristi Kirshe (Eagles Sevens), Kayla Lawson (Eagles Sevens), Sarah Levy (New York RC), Jetta Owens (Virginia Tech), Nichole Wanamaker (Colorado Gray Wolves)