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USA Field Hockey Junior Women Blank
Canada for third place; Argentina tops Junior men
COLORADO SPRINGS,
Colo. – The USA Field Hockey junior women's team earned a third place
finish at the Chile Four Nation Tournament with a 3-0 blanking of Canada
while the U.S junior men completed their tournament with a 6-0 loss to
tourney champ Argentina.
In shutting out Canada, the U.S. earned its first victory of the
tournament after beginning the event with a late 3-2 loss to Chile and
then a disappointing 1-1 draw with Canada in pool play. The team saw
second half leads evaporate in both games.
But in the final game, head coach Tracey Fuch's team would not let
another lead slip away. High school All-America selection Katie
O'Donnell (Blue Bell, Pa., Wissahickon HS) put the U.s. on top with a
field goal in teh 16th minute and Rachel Dawson (Berlin, N.J./Univ.
of North hCarolina) and Laura Suchoski (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Wyoming
Seminary) added second half goals o give the U.S. the victory and a
third place finish. Goalkeepers Katherine Blair (Louisville, Ky./Univ.
of Virginia) and Elizabeth Schlossberg (Chevy Chase, Md./Univ. of
Pennsylvania) shared the shutout for the U.S.
The tournament served as a warm-up for the U.S. junior women in their
preparations for the Junior pan American Championships, March 16-27 in
San Juan, Puerto Rico. The top three teams from the event are expected
to qualify for the Junior World Cup in 2005 in Santiago.
In the men's tournament, Argentina continued its dominance of the event
with the shutout of the U.S. squad to conclude play in the
double-round-robin men's event. Argentina outscored the U.S. and Chile,
32-3 on its way to the tournament championship and will be the favorite
to defend its title at the Junior Pan American Championships, Feb. 16-27
in Havana. Like t he women's Pan Am event, the top three teams from the
tournament are expected to qualify for the Junior World Cup in 2005 in
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Head coach Shiv Jagday and the U.S. squad finished the tournament with a
0-4 record including two narrow one-goal losses to host Chile.
Dec. 19 at
Santiago
USA Jr. 3, Canada 0
USA: Katie
O'Donnell (FG, 16:00)
USA: Rachel Dawson (PS, 40:00)
USA: Laura Suchoski (FG, 48:00)
USA Starters: Katie O'Donnell, Katie Grant, Katelyn Falgowski, Amy Stopford,
Dana Sensenig, Lauren Crandall, Jamie Whitten, Rachel
Dawson, Lauren Powely, Christine Suggs, Katherine Blair (GK)
Subs: Michelle Kasold, Kristen Madden, Elizabeth Schlossberg (GK)
Dec. 19 at Santiago
Argentina 6, USA Jr
0
Halftime: 3-0
USA Starters: Amrit Ahluwalia, Emmad Farooqui, Jon Ginolfi,
Pat Harris, Sean Harris, Danny Jordan, Richard Jordan, Jacob Mahan, Malachi Mahan,
Chris Niles,
Jeb Saez (GK)
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