Torrance, CA – The Men's Senior National Team dropped the second game of their exhibition series as they fell 16-11 to Serbia in front of a sold out crowd at Torrance Aquatic Center on Friday night.
Alex Bowen (Santee, CA/Stanford/NYAC) scored four goals to lead Team USA's offense while
Drew Holland (Orinda, CA/Stanford) and
Jack Turner (Fremont, CA/UC San Diego/Tritons) split time in the net with Holland recording three saves and Turner notching one save. Next up the Men's Senior National Team wraps up their exhibition series with Serbia on Sunday, December 22 at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, CA. Tickets are sold out for this game.
Click here to re-watch exhibition game one and two.
The first quarter was back and forth as Team USA delivered the first strike with
Ben Hallock delivering a power play goal to put Team USA up 1-0, but Serbia responded to even the game at 1-1.
Johnny Hooper would rifle in another on the power play to make it 2-1, but Serbia closed the quarter on a 2-0 run to take a 3-2 lead into the break. Bowen opened the third quarter scoring to tie the game again, but Serbia had an answer for every Team USA goal as they held a 5-4 lead at halftime.
Serbia outscored Team USA 3-1 to start the third quarter, but Team USA fought back as Bowen and
Tyler Abramson found the net on back to back possessions with Abramson scoring his first for the Senior Team to pull the USA back within a goal trailing 8-7. Serbia wouldn't be deterred though as they scored two goals to reestablish their three goal lead, but
Johnny Hooper ripped home a late goal as Serbia led 10-8 at the end of the third quarter. Team USA couldn't keep up with Serbia in the fourth as they were outscored 6-3 eventually falling by the final score of 16-11.
Team USA went 4/15 on power plays and 0/3 on penalties while Serbia went 1/5 on power plays and 1/1 on penalties.
Scoring
USA 11 (2, 2, 4, 3) A. Bowen 4, J. Hooper 2, B. Hallock 2, B. Stevenson 1, T. Abramson 1, M. Irving 1
SRB 16 (3, 2, 5, 6) D. Mandic 5, M. Kuc 2, N. Dedovic 2, N. Jaksic 2, V. Rasovic 1, S. Randjelovic 1, S. Rasovic 1, D. Gogov 1, S. Mitrovic 1
6x5 - USA – 4/15 – SRB – 1/5
Penalties – USA – 0/3 – SRB – 1/1
Saves - USA – D. Holland 3 – J. Turner 1 – SRB – B. Mitrovic 8 – S. Zivojinovic 6
