Princeton, NJ - December 19 - After a night off, the USA Women's National Team returned to the pool at the 2019 Holiday Cup with a determined 17-6 win over Canada.
Maddie Musselman (Newport Beach, CA/UCLA/CdM Aquatics),
Makenzie Fischer (Laguna Beach, CA/Stanford/SET),
Kiley Neushul (Isla Vista, CA/Stanford/NYAC) and
Paige Hauschild (San Marcos, CA/USC/Santa Barbara 805) all scored three goals in the victory.
Amanda Longan (Moorpark, CA/USC/Santa Barbara 805) and
Gabby Stone (La Jolla, CA/Stanford/San Diego Shores) combined for six saves in net. In the first match of the night Italy defeated the Netherlands 7-4 behind two goals from Elisa Queirolo. Holiday Cup action continues on Friday night with Russia taking on Canada and Team USA hosting Italy. Live coverage is available of both matches on For The Fans/Eleven Sports and at Facebook.com/USAWP. Live stats of all matches are available at TheFOSH.net. For complete Holiday Cup schedule,
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Team USA jumped out to a 4-0 lead capped by a goal from
Alys Williams (Huntington Beach, CA/UCLA/Huntington Beach WPF) with 2:33 left in the first quarter. Canada scored to stop the run only to see Williams deliver again at the end of the period for a 5-1 lead after one. In the second quarter it was more of the same as Team USA blanked Canada 6-0 including two scores from Musselman for a 10-1 lead at the intermission. Canada came to life in the third quarter with two goals but the United States answered with three of their own. The period was capped by a goal from Hauschild for a 14-3 lead. Hauschild kept it going in the fourth quarter as she scored the first goal of the final period for a 15-3 advantage. Musselman and Fischer added goals in the fourth on the way to the 17-6 victory.
The United States went 2/8 on power plays and 4/6 on penalties while Canada was 3/11 on power plays with no penalties attempted.
Scoring
USA 17 (5, 6, 3, 3) M. Musselman 3, K. Neushul 3, P. Hauschild 3, M. Fischer 3, A. Williams 2, J. Neushul 1, A. Fischer 1, J. Raney 1
CAN 6 (1, 0, 2, 3) J. Bekhazi 3, E. Wright 1, G. Sohi 1, K. Alogbo 1
Saves - USA A. Longan 4, G. Stone 2 - CAN - C. Vulpisi 10
6x5 - USA - 2/8 - CAN - 3/11
Penalties - USA - 4/6 - CAN - 0/0
Holiday Cup Standings - Through 12/19
USA 3-0 - 8pts
Netherlands 2-2 - 7pts
Italy 2-1 - 5pts
Canada 1-2 - 3pts
Russia 0-3 - 1pts
