Field Hockey | 2/10/2016 1:54:00 PM

Shippensburg University field hockey head coach Bertie Landes has been selected to lead a team through Australia this upcoming June in partnership with USA Athletes International (USAAI).
 
Landes has been selected as head coach of the team of 18 players, which includes SU junior defender Taylor Fisher, that will participate in the Victorian Country Field Hockey Tournament in Melbourne. Following the tournament, the team will be traveling to Gold Coast and touring the countryside. The trip spans June 6 through June 18.
 
"I am honored to be able to coach this team and tour the beautiful country of Australia," Landes said.
 
Landes will be taking SU All-American Kristina Taylor along as the team's assistant coach. Taylor is Shippensburg's all-time goal-scoring leader, as she tallied 80 goals in her career that spanned 2008-2011.
 
Fisher has served as a vital defender on SU's squad for her entire career, starting 57-of-58 games in her first three seasons. She was named an All-PSAC Second Team defender last season.
 
"I chose to go on this trip because I thought it'd be a great opportunity that was hard to pass up," Fisher said. "You don't get many chances in your career as an athlete to play the sport you love while overseas. I've always wanted to be able to travel out of the country and to be able to play field hockey is just an added bonus."
 
Fisher will be joined by six other players from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). The roster features three players from Bloomsburg, two from Slippery Rock and one from IUP.
 
The team also contains six players from Franklin Pierce, plus a single player each from Stonehill, St. Louis, St. John Fisher, Susquehanna and Southern Connecticut State.