Lima, Peru - August 5 - The USA Women's National Team earned their second straight win at the Pan American Games with a 20-4 victory over Brazil.
Makenzie Fischer (Laguna Beach, CA/Stanford/SET) and
Melissa Seidemann (Walnut Creek, CA/Stanford/NYAC) led the way with four goals each with
Ashleigh Johnson (Miami, FL/Princeton/NYAC) recording six saves in net. Team USA returns to action on Tuesday to close out group play when they meet Venezuela at 11am local time/9am pacific. No live streaming is available but fans can follow @USAWP on Twitter for live match updates. For more on the Pan American Games including schedules and results,
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It was a slow start for Team USA as they didn't get on the board until 4:19 left in the first quarter on a goal from
Maddie Musselman (Newport Beach, CA/UCLA/CdM Aquatics).
Kiley Neushul (Isla Vista, CA/Stanford/NYAC) and
Stephania Haralabidis (Athens, Greece/USC/NYAC) followed with goals for a 3-1 lead. Brazil broke through with a score late in the period and Team USA took a two goal lead into the second quarter.
Seidemann and
Kiley Neushul pushed the lead to 5-1 in the second quarter before Brazil battled back with a goal at the 4:17 mark. Haralabidis delivered the next goal for Team USA pushing the advantage to 6-2 at halftime.
In the second half Team USA took control. They powered home seven goals in the third quarter started off by another from Seidemann.
Makenzie Fischer had a big quarter racking up three goals in the period, including the last two, as Team USA took a 13-4 lead to the fourth. In the final eight minutes the United States put the match away with seven unanswered goals. Up 16-4 after a goal from Haralabidis,
Rachel Fattal (Seal Beach, CA/UCLA/SOCAL) connected for a 17-4 lead. Then Seidemann returned to the scoring column with back-to-back goals in the span of two minutes to make it 19-4.
Alys Williams (Huntington Beach, CA/UCLA/Huntington Beach WPF) finished things off with a goal in the final moments to secure teh 20-4 victory.
Team USA went 5/8 on power plays and 2/2 on penalties with Brazil going 2/6 on power plays with no penalties attempted.
Scoring -
Stats
USA 20 (3, 3, 7, 7) M. Fischer 4, M. Seidemann 4, S. Haralabidis 3, R. Fattal 3, K. Neushul 3, A. Williams 2, M. Musselman 1
BRA 4 (1, 1, 2, 0) V. Bahia 1, S. Ferreira 1, M. Duarte 1, G. Dias 1
Saves - USA - A. Johnson 6 - V. Chamorro 8
6x5 - USA - 5/8 - BRA 2/6
Penalties - USA - 2/2 - BRA - 0/0
