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Eagle WNT Picked to Face Canada

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Eagle WNT Picked to Face Canada

Pete Steinberg overseas some scrum work before Tuesday's big game.

USA WNT 15s Head Coach Pete Steinberg has made seven changes to the team that lost to France July 1 in the Super Series opener.

Catherine Benson (Penn State, Life West) comes in at prop, while Molly Kinsella (Stanford, Richmond RFC UK) comes in at prop. Penn State's Bitsy Kairns, and Life's Nicole Strasko join BYU's Jordan Gray in the back row - all three were Sorensen Award nominees this year.

Jennifer Lui replaces another Penn State alum, Deven Owsiany, at scrumhalf, while there's a new center pairing in Jenn Sever (Cal, Life West), and another Sorensen nominee, Nate Serevi at outside center.

Steinberg told USARugby.org that his team has to execute on the basics, especially against a Canadian team that put up 52 on England.

"A big theme we've had over practice is the 'small things,' and really having the players bring the intensity they'd bring to a game and executing the 'small things,'" Steinberg said. "We've been pretty hard on the players around body position, ball presentation, execution of the catch-pass, and really put some pressure on them to execute in practice in hopes it transfers over to the game."
 

USA WNT Lineup to Face Canada 
1. Catherine Benson 
2. Kathryn Augustyn 
3. Hope Rogers 
4. Stacey Bridges (C) 
5. Molly Kinsella 
6. Elizabeth Cairns 
7. Nicole Strasko 
8. Jordan Gray 
9. Jennifer Lui 
10. Kimberly Rozier 
11. Cheta Emba 
12. Jenn Sever 
13. Nate Serevi 
14. Saskia Morgan 
15. Jessica Wooden

Reserves 
16. Joanna Kitlinski 
17. Tiffany Faaee 
18. Jamila Reinhardt 
19. Alycia Washington 
20. Christiane Pheil 
21. Deven Owsiany 
22. Megan Foster 
23. Naya Tapper

 

Canada Lineup

1. Carolyn McEwen 
2. Jane Kirby 
3. Deleaka Menin 
4. Laura Russell (C) 
5. Kayla Mack 
6. Barbara Mervin 
7. Latoya Blackwood 
8. Jacey Murphy 
9. Chelsea Guthrie 
10. Emily Belchos 
11. Katie McNally 
12. Andrea Burk 
13. Alex Tessier 
14. Brittany Waters 
15. Julianne Zussman

Reserves 
16. Julia Folk 
17. Demie Stamatakis 
18. Olivia Demerchant 
19. Tyson Beukeboom 
20. Fabiola Forteza 
21. Brianna Miller 
22. Anais Holly 
23. Frederique Rajotte

This game kicks off Tuesday at 5pm Mountain Time on The Rugby Channel, behind the pay wall.