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US Field Hockey Women Draw With Chile, 3-3, in Series Final

Santiago – The Chilean women's national team scored the game tying score with nine minutes to play to salvage a 3-3 draw with the United States in the final game of a three game series.

The U.S. won the first two games of the series, 3-2, and 2-0.
The U.S. jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on a pair of goals by Tracey Fuchs and Tara Jelley, before Chile's Camilla Infante put the home team on the board with a penalty corner goal with two minutes left in the half.

The USA's Dina Rizzo added a field goal a minute later to give the U.S. a 3-1 lead, but Infante connected on her second penalty corner score as time expired to pull Chile to within 3-2 at halftime.
After the two teams went scoreless through much of the second half, Daniela Infante connected on a field goal at the 61 minute mark for the game's final score to tie the game at 3-3.

The U.S. will now travel to Buenos Aires for a game with world champion Argentina and a pair of games with the Argentina "B" squad. The U.S. concludes its tour in Rosario with two games against Argentina.
The U.S. tour of Chile and Argentina is warm-up for this summer's Pan American Games, Aug. 2-13, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The U.s. will join Argentina and Chile at the Pan American Games to decide the automatic continental qualifier for the 2004 Olympic Games.

USA 3, Chile 3
USA: Tracey Fuchs (pc, 8:00)
USA: Tara Jelley (fg, 27:00)
CHI: Camilla Infante (pc, 33:00)
USA: Dina Rizzo (fg, 34:00)
CHI: Camilla Infante (fg, 35:00)
CHI: Daniela Infante (fg, 61:00)

CARDS: USA: Kate Barber (G, 38:00); Melanie Meerschwam (G, 41:00); Keli Smith (Y, 52:00); Tracey Fuchs (Y, 69:00)