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Blazing Retires from U.S. National Team
8/27/2018 5:14:00 PM | Field Hockey
DURHAM, N.C. – Former Blue Devil standout Lauren Blazing announced Monday her retirement from the U.S. women's national field hockey team. A 2016 graduate of Duke, Blazing spent four years representing Team USA at the highest level.
“On behalf of Duke True field hockey and myself, I congratulate Lauren Blazing on her retirement from our U.S. national field hockey team,” said Duke head coach Pam Bustin. “Her unconditional commitment to our national program reflected the incredible dedication she gave within our Duke program.”
A native of Durham, Blazing recorded 11 international caps with the U.S. national team since first being named to the roster in 2014. She most recently a part of the squad's 18-member roster at the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup this summer in London. Blazing has previously taken the field for Team USA in the 2017 Hawke's Bay Cup in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, 2016 test series against Canada and Chile and a 2015 series against Japan in Lancaster, Pa.
Prior to joining the U.S. senior national team, Blazing captured a bronze medal with the U.S. U21 national team at the Junior Pan American Games in 2011. She also took part in the 2012 Junior World Cup in Monchengladbach, Germany.
After four years wearing the red, white and blue, goalkeeper Lauren Blazing has announced she will be stepping away from the U.S. Women's National Team as she begins law school this fall. USA Field Hockey wishes Blazing the best of luck this year! https://t.co/6cuuBbkLV8 pic.twitter.com/oAR3qHdBwA
— USA Field Hockey (@USAFieldHockey) August 27, 2018
Blazing completed an outstanding collegiate career in the goal cage at Duke, garnering All-America accolades three times and leading the Blue Devils to the NCAA semifinals twice. Duke's four-year starter in goal, she graduated ranked third in program history in career saves (385) and goals against average (1.46). Blazing also excelled in the classroom, garnering three first team Academic All-America selections. She was the recipient of the Elite 90 award in 2015 and one of four nominees for the Honda Sport Award as a senior.
“Training for international competition is a challenging journey: physically, mentally and emotionally, day in and day out,” Bustin said. “Lauren met that challenge with passion, enthusiasm, pride, selflessness and faith. She continues to make us all proud as she now heads into her next chapter of life and pursues a new and exciting goal – I wish her all the best! Duke True!”
As she steps away from the sport she has been playing since middle school, Blazing will now set her sights on a new challenge – law school.
“It was the most incredible experience of my life thanks to my teammates and coaches,” Blazing said. “I am extremely lucky to have spent the last three years with a group of strong, exceptional, dedicated, hilarious women. There were times when training was tough, or the pressure was on, but we knew we could always rely on each other.”
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