June 8, 2007

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Wake Forest field hockey forward Michelle Kasold will serve her second international tour on the USA Field Hockey Women's National Team and will join former Demon Deacons Claire Laubach and Lauren Crandall at the AtaHolding Champions Challenge in Baku, Azerbaijan from June 9-17.

The USA team will face China, England, Korea, New Zealand and host Azerbaijan in the biennial event.

Crandall, who just graduated in May, will participate in her second Champions Challenge, while Laubach will make her third international tour for the USA.

The USA is the only country to appear in each of the three previous Champions Challenge tournaments which traditionally features teams ranked 7-12 in the international standings. The USA placed fifth in each of the three previous events and hosted the 2005 Champions Challenge in Virginia Beach.