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USA Field Hockey Women Nip Canada, 2-1, In Game Five of Series

Virginia Beach, Va. – Kate Barber scored on a penalty corner goal in the final minute of play to give the USA a 2-1 victory over Canada in game five of the six game series at the USA National Training Center.

With the win, the USA improved its record in the series to 4-0-1. The USA has either  led or tied for all but 16 minutes in the five games.

The USA jumped on top midway through the first half when Kelly Doton connected on a penalty corner at the 19-minute mark to give her team a 1-0 advantage

The lead held up through the rest of the first half and throughout most of the second period until Canda's Andrea Rushton converted a penalty stroke in the 61st minute to tie the game at 1-1.

Canada's goal set the stage for Barber who netted the winning goal in the 69th minute to give the USA its fourth victory in the series

The series concluded with Game six at noon Sunday at the USA Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach.

USA 2, Canada 1



USA: Kelly Doton (PC, 19:00)
CAN: Andrea Rushton (PS, 61:00)
USA: Kate Barber (PC, 69:00)


USA Starters: Angie Loy, Kelly Doton, Sara Silvetti, Kelsey Keeran, Keli smith, Katelyn Falgowski, Claire laubach, Kate Barber, Dina Rizzo, Amy Tran (GK), Kristi Gannon 

Coach: Lee Bodimeade

Reserves: Tracey Larson, Kelly Dostal, April Fronzon

Canada Starters: Johanna Bischoff, Deb Cuthbert, Kelly Rezansoff, , Susan Forbes, Stephanie Hume, Lesley Magnus, Kim Buker, Andrea Rushton, Ali Johnstone, Clare Linton
Coach: Sally Bell

Reserves: Phillipa Kedgley, Robin Leslie-Spencer, Erin Frazer

Cards: USA Angie Loy (G, 54:00)

Umpires: Dorinda Martin, Keely Dunn
 

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