DURHAM, N.C. – Duke University redshirt junior
Ashley Rape will enter her second training stint with the U.S. Under-23 Women's National Team as the squad readies to travel to Falun, Sweden from June 11-22 for three matches to end its cycle for this year.
The U.S. Under-23 team will face the Norway U23 women on June 17 and then play the Sweden U23 squad twice, on June 19 and June 21. Rape is one of 18 players who have been called up for the trip and Head Coach Bill Irwin will guide the team.
Rape, a native of Dallas, Texas, started all of her 21 matches played on the defensive end for the Blue Devils. As a team, Duke registered 10 shutouts and notched an 11-7-4 record. Rape came back from suffering a torn ACL on two different occasions that caused her to miss the end of her freshman campaign and the 2009 season. The 5-8 defender totaled two assists on the season against Clemson and California.
The roster is made up of many of the top college-aged players in the country, all of whom will be heading to pre-season training camps this coming August.
U.S. U23 Women's National Team Roster
GOALKEEPERS (2): Adrianna Franch (Oklahoma State; Salina, Kansas), Bianca Henninger (Santa Clara; Los Gatos, Calif.)
DEFENDERS (7): Amber Brooks (North Carolina; New Hope, Pa.), Kate Deines (Washington; Issaquah, Wash.), Camille Levin (Stanford, Newport Coast, Calif.), Kristie Mewis (Boston College; Hanson, Mass.), Toni Pressley (Florida State; Palm Bay, Fla.),
Ashley Rape (Duke; Dallas, Texas), Morgan Stith (Virginia; Montclair, N.J.)
MIDFIELDERS (4): Katy Frierson (Auburn; Homewood, Ala.), Tori Huster (Florida State; Tallahassee, Fla.), Erika Tymrak (Florida; Bradenton, Fla.), Ingrid Wells (Georgetown; Upper Montclair, N.J.)
FORWARDS (5): Sarah Hagen (Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Appleton, Wis.), Melissa Henderson (Notre Dame; Garland, Texas), Laura Heyboer (Michigan State; Hudsonville, Mich.), Merritt Mathias (Texas A&M; Birmingham, Ala.), Casey Short (Florida State; Naperville, Ill.)
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