Northwestern University Athletics
Trio of Wildcats named to Canada's 2017 Women's World Cup Roster
10/19/2016 3:55:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern senior Danita Stroup, junior Selena Lasota and freshman Megan Kinna have been named to Team Canada's Top 25 roster as the team gets ready for the 2017 FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup.
The Wildcats were a part of 41 Canadians to compete at the Team USA Fall Classic earlier this month. The Canadian team will host training camps in January and May before trimming its roster to 18 players for the World Cup July 13-22 in Guildford, England.
The trio was a part of the Canadian U19 team that won the nation's first gold medal at the 2015 Rathbones FIL U19 World Championships.
Stroup scored nine goals and had 11 assists at the U19 World Championships before joining before the Wildcats last season as a junior transfer. She scored 22 goals in her debut campaign with the 'Cats, scoring in seven-straight games from April 17 to May 13 with five multi-goal games.
Lasota was named the MVP of the 2015 U19 World Championships after scoring scoring five points (3G/2A) in the gold-medal game versus the United States and finishing the tournament with 16 goals and 10 assists in six games. She also had 19 draw controls and eight ground balls in the tournament. A native of Campbell River, British Columbia, Lasota was the 2015 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and ILWCA Second-Team All-American after scoring a NU freshman single-season record 69 goals. She once again was a All-Big Ten selection and IWLCA All-West/Midwest Region selection as a sophomore after leading the Big Ten in goals during conference play. Lasota was second on the team with 50 goals and tied for the team lead with 67 points in 2016, becoming the fastest player in program history to reach 100 career goals.
Kinna finished the World Championships with five goals, four assists and 11 draw controls in the summer prior to her senior year of high school. She was named a 2016 Under Armour All-American and helped lead Team BC to three box lacrosse national championships in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
The Wildcats were a part of 41 Canadians to compete at the Team USA Fall Classic earlier this month. The Canadian team will host training camps in January and May before trimming its roster to 18 players for the World Cup July 13-22 in Guildford, England.
The trio was a part of the Canadian U19 team that won the nation's first gold medal at the 2015 Rathbones FIL U19 World Championships.
Stroup scored nine goals and had 11 assists at the U19 World Championships before joining before the Wildcats last season as a junior transfer. She scored 22 goals in her debut campaign with the 'Cats, scoring in seven-straight games from April 17 to May 13 with five multi-goal games.
Lasota was named the MVP of the 2015 U19 World Championships after scoring scoring five points (3G/2A) in the gold-medal game versus the United States and finishing the tournament with 16 goals and 10 assists in six games. She also had 19 draw controls and eight ground balls in the tournament. A native of Campbell River, British Columbia, Lasota was the 2015 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and ILWCA Second-Team All-American after scoring a NU freshman single-season record 69 goals. She once again was a All-Big Ten selection and IWLCA All-West/Midwest Region selection as a sophomore after leading the Big Ten in goals during conference play. Lasota was second on the team with 50 goals and tied for the team lead with 67 points in 2016, becoming the fastest player in program history to reach 100 career goals.
Kinna finished the World Championships with five goals, four assists and 11 draw controls in the summer prior to her senior year of high school. She was named a 2016 Under Armour All-American and helped lead Team BC to three box lacrosse national championships in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
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