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Field Hockey's Rigual Selected to U-21 USWNT Roster for 2026 4 Nations Tournament
5/21/2026 1:54:00 PM | Field Hockey
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo - University of Delaware field hockey junior Sarah Rigual has been named to the roster for the 2026 4 Nations Tournament, the USA Field Hockey U-21 Team staff announced Thursday.
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Rigual and her 19-athlete squad will compete from July 8-15 in Lilleshall, England. She returns to the international circuit after competing in the 2026 Junior Pan American Cup where she helped the team to a second-place finish, where she scored a goal against Mexico.
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Rigual, a Fredericksburg, Va. native, earned All-MPSF honors as a junior in 2025 as a key piece to Delaware's inaugural MPSF championship. In her career, she has played in 53 games for the Fightin' Blue Hens, tallying five goals and 11 assists. Rigual finished second in the conference this year with seven assists and was a team captain as a junior.
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The head coach of the U-21 USWNT, Ange Bradley, is a program alum and Hall of Famer who was in the cage, helping lead nationally-ranked teams to three East Coast Conference regular season titles under UD Hall of Fame head coach Mary Ann Hitchens.
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Rigual and her 19-athlete squad will compete from July 8-15 in Lilleshall, England. She returns to the international circuit after competing in the 2026 Junior Pan American Cup where she helped the team to a second-place finish, where she scored a goal against Mexico.
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Rigual, a Fredericksburg, Va. native, earned All-MPSF honors as a junior in 2025 as a key piece to Delaware's inaugural MPSF championship. In her career, she has played in 53 games for the Fightin' Blue Hens, tallying five goals and 11 assists. Rigual finished second in the conference this year with seven assists and was a team captain as a junior.
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The head coach of the U-21 USWNT, Ange Bradley, is a program alum and Hall of Famer who was in the cage, helping lead nationally-ranked teams to three East Coast Conference regular season titles under UD Hall of Fame head coach Mary Ann Hitchens.
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