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USA Field Hockey Shutout Canada in Stanford Exhibition

STANFORD, Calif. – The USA women's field hockey team scored a shutout win over Canada for the second consecutive day with a 3-0 victory at Stanford Univ.

The USA added the exhibition victory to a 1-0 win on Wednesday as part of a four-game series with their neighboring rivals.

April Fronzoni, Kelli Gannon and Mimi Smith scored the goals for the USA and goalkeeper Kelly Baril notched the shutout as the team raised its California tour record to 7-0. The team swept Ireland in a five-game series at Stanford last week.

The series marks the team's final domestic preparations for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament, March 18-28 in Auckland, New Zealand. The USA will enter the Qualifier as the world's number 10^th ranked team and must among the top five teams at the 10-team Olympic Qualifier to advance to the 2004 Olympic Games. USA coach Beth Anders will use the tour to make her final evaluations before selecting the18-member team that will represent the USA at the qualifying tournament.
The series with Canada continues with official FIH  contests  Jan. 23 and 24. All games are scheduled for 2 p.m.

The team will then leave for Australia in mid-February to continue its preparations for the March qualifier.

Jan 22 at Stanford, 2 p.m.
Exhibition Match

USA 3, Canada 0
USA: April Fronzoni (FG, 15:00)
USA: Keli Gannon (FG, 24:00)
USA: Mimi Smith (FG, 55:00)

USA Starters: Angie Loy, Tara Jelley, Robyn Kenney, Tracey Larson, Kelli Gannon, Keli Smith, Abbey Woolley, Kelly Baril (GK), Kate Barber, Meredith Keller

Reserves: Mimi Smith, Kristen McCann, Tiffany Snow, Melissa Leonetti, Carrie Lingo, April Fronzoni, Kristi Gannon, Molly Powers, Rachel Barger

CANADA Starters: Amy Agulay (GK), Deb Cuthbert, Dana D’Abreo, Erin Fraser, Steph Hume, Meggan Hunt, Steph Jameson, Lauren Magnus, Emily Rix, Andrea Rushton, Sara Simpson

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