Santiago - Eleven different players scored for the USA Field Hockey Under-21 team as the USA defeated Zimbabwe, 14-0, in the final game of initial pool play at the Women's Junior World Cup.

With the win, the USA remained on top of Pool A with seven points and a 2-0-1 record. The team will now move to the next phase of the competition where the USA will meet the top three teams from Pool D.

"It's new a tournament now," said Fuchs on the next phase of the tournament that will include Chile, Australia and Spain. "We're just going to do what we've been doing and take each game one at a time an focus on the opponent at hand and hopefully good things will happen."

The USA needed nine minutes to score their first goal against Zimbabwe, but when Katie Grant (Lehighton, Pa/Duke) knocked in a penalty corner to give the USA the lead, it would end the second longest scoring draught the squad would endure on the day.

Mia Link (Jenkintown, Pa./Virginia), Cara-Lynn Lopresti (San Diego/Duke), Lauren Ehrlichman (Wellesley, Mass./Princeton) and Michelle Kasold (Chapel Hill, N.C./Wake Forest) collected first-half goals to give the USA a 5-0 halftime lead.

The scoring frenzy continued in the second half as the USA added five goals in a ten-minute span to open the second half. Link, Laree Beans (Allentown, Pa./North Carolina), Lauren Crandall (Doyelstown, Pa./Wake Forest), Jamie Whitten (Maidens, Va./Wake Forest) and Katelyn Falgowski (Landenberg, Pa./St. Marks HS) put the USA up 10-0. Katie Evans (Newtown Square, Pa/Delaware) added two goals, Crandall added her second goal of the game and Rachel Dawson (Berlin, N.J./North Carolina) added a goal to conclude the scoring.

High school senior Brianna O'Donnell (Collegeville, Pa./Methacton) spent a lonely day in the cage as the USA goalkeeper knocked away Zimbabwe's only serious scoring threats on back-to-back penalty corners with 14 minutes left in the game.

"It was good that we were able to stay disciplined," said USA midfielder Lauren Powley (Mountaintop, Pa./Maryland) on the lopsided victory.  "Even when we could take it ourselves or dripple more we stuck to the game plan. We we were able to focus on what we were trying to do and work with each other."

"It's a testament to our unselfishness as a team," said Fuchs. "We were able to work on some stuff and try some new things and I think we did very well."

The USA resumes play in the second phase of the tournament on Sunday at time and against an opponent yet to be determined.

USA U21 14, Zimbabwe 0

USA: Katie Grant (PC, 9:00)
USA: Mia Link (FG, 13:00)
USA: Cara-Lyn-Lopresti (PC, 28:00)
USA: Lauren Ehrlichman (PC, 32:00)
USA: Michelle Kasold (PC, 35:00)
USA: Mia Link (PC, 40:00)
USA: Laree Beans (PC, 42:00)
USA: Lauren Crandall (PC, 45:00)
USA: Jamie Whitten (PC, 46:00)
USA: Katelyn Falgowski (PC, 49:00)
USA: Katie Evans (FG, 53:00)
USA: Lauren Crandall (PC, 54:00)
USA: Katie Evans (PC, 61:00)
USA: Rachel Dawson (PC, 62:00)

USA Starters: Lori Hillman, Katie Grant, Cara-Lynn Lopresti, Mia Link, Katelyn Falgowski, Amy Stopford, Brianna O'Donnell, Lauren Crandall, Rachel Dawson, Lauren Powley, Heather Schnepf,

Subs: Lauren Ehrlichman, Katie Evans, Michelle Kasold, Laree Beans

Coach: Tracey Fuchs

Zimbabwe Starters: Sarah Bennett (GK), Rudo Mawema, Danielle Pycroft, Jenna Palmer, Tatenda Chikumbirke, Pauline Ndlouva, Mutsawashe Mutembwa, Ruth Fraizer, Chantelle Zietsman, Stacey Logan, Robyn Williams

Subs: Stephanie Mazingi, Amy-Lee Levey, Faith Musengezi, Jacquelin Kataneksza

Coach: Ginny Ross

Cards: ZIM - Mutsawashe Mutembwa (G, 34:00)

Umpires: Corrine Cornelius (RSA), Chieko Akiyama (JPN)