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USA Field Hockey Women, McCann Down Canada, 3-2

STANFORD, Calif. – Kristen McCann scored two first half goals to lead the USA women's field hockey team to a 3-2 victory over Canada at Stanford Univ.

With the win in the official FIH contest, the USA extends its tour winning streak to eight games including a five-game sweep of Ireland at Stanford last week.

McCann connected on early field goals at the 6th and 8th minutes of the game to earn her fourth and fifth scores of the tour. Tracey Fuchs added her sixth goal of the California trip on a penalty corner to open the second half and give the USA a 3-0 lead. Canada's Andrea Rushton scored back-to-back penalty corner goals in the 50th and 55th minutes, but USA keeper Peggy Storrar shutdown the visitors the remainder of the game to secure the victory.

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 finish among the top five teams at the 10-team Olympic Qualifier to advance to the 2004 Olympic Games. USA coach Beth Anders is using 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 concludes Saturday with a 2 p.m. game at Stanford. 

Jan 23 at Stanford, 2 p.m.
FIH Official Match

USA 3, Canada 2
USA: Kristen McCann (PC, 6:00)
USA: Kristen McCann (FG, 9:00)
USA: Tracey Fuchs (PC, 40:00)
CAN: Andrea Rushton (PC, 50:00)
CAN: Andrea Rushton (PC, 55:00)

USA Starters: Angie Loy, Kristen McCann, Peggy Storrar (GK), Tara Jelley, Tracey Fuchs, Katie Beach, Keli smith, Carrie Lingo, Kate Barber, Meredith Keller

Reserves: Mimi Smith, Tracey Larson, Kelli Gannon, Melissa Leonetti, Abbey Woolley, Kristi Gannon

CANADA Starters: Dana D'Abreo, Sara Simpson, Kristen Taunton, Steph Jameson, Meggan Hunt, Andrea Rushton, Erin Fraser, Ali Johnstone, Leslie Magnus, Azelia Liu (GK)

Reserves: Emily Rix, Steph Hume, Kristal Timmer, Robin Leslie

Umpires: Jade Carvahol, Audra Zaremba

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