SANTIAGO, Chile – The Duke field hockey team didn't have a game of its own Saturday, but the Blue Devils celebrated nonetheless as senior Leah Crouse helped the U21/22 U.S. National Team capture bronze at the Junior Pan American Championship. The United States defeated Chile in a shootout to earn the final spot for the 2021 FIH Junior World Cup in December.
USA has won JPAC bronze twice before, 1998 and 2012, since the tournament's inception in 1988. This is the second time in a row the U.S. has qualified for the women's JWC.