VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Three University of Iowa field hockey student-athletes – sophomore Mia Magnotta and freshmen Lauren DeRose and Gia Whalen – have been selected to compete at the 2023 Senior Nexus Championships (NXC), it was announced Thursday by USA Field Hockey.
The tournament will be held at the Virginia Beach Regional Training Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, from July 11-16. The event will start with a team training session on July 11 with games starting on July 12.
Players will be competing for the opportunity to be selected for the 2023-24 U.S. Women’s National Team and Junior USWNT Selection Camps.
Formerly known as the Young Women’s National Championship, the Senior NXC is held annually and features 144 elite high school, collegiate and post-collegiate athletes. During the spring and early summer, athletes trialed and trained at one of the seven USA Field Hockey High Performance Centers throughout the country for an opportunity to be selected to the Senior NXC, a step along the Olympic Development Pathway program. All athletes that were previously named to the U.S. U-18, U-21, and Development Women’s National Teams were also included within the selection.