USA Field Hockey moving to Lancaster

USA Field Hockey and Spooky Nook Sports on Friday announced a partnership that will move the U.S. women's national team's headquarters to Lancaster through 2022.

Spooky Nook Sports, named after their location on Spooky Nook Road in Lancaster, is billed as the nation's soon-to-be largest indoor sports complex and will also host national USA Field Hockey-sanctioned events beginning in 2014.

"Nook Sports is one of the most spectacular athletic facilities in the country," said Steve Locke, executive director of USA Field Hockey, in a statement. "The location is ideal as many of our athletes come from the East Coast, especially the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia area."

Spooky Nook Sports will be USA Field Hockey's base for many elite, junior, and development events, including the National Futures Championships, Futures Elite Championship, and the National Club Championship. The indoor center will become the permanent host of the National Indoor Tournament beginning in 2015.

Spooky Nook Sports will serve as the main training venue for the U.S. women's national team, which will relocate from the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., to Lancaster this summer. Chula Vista will remain a national team training center, and the U.S. men's national team will continue to train and compete at the Olympic Training Center just outside San Diego.

"To have a home for hockey so central to the majority of the field hockey population is exciting," said two-time Olympian and U.S. women's national team captain Lauren Crandall in a statement.