Santiago, Chile - October 31 - The USA Women's National Team kept rolling earlier today at the Pan American Games, defeating Puerto Rico 29-0.
Maggie Steffens scored six goals and
Jenna Flynn added five in the win.
Ashleigh Johnson and
Amanda Longan split time in cage combining for five saves. Team USA closes out group play tomorrow against Brazil at 8:30am et/5:30am pt. Live streaming is expecting to air at
PanAmSportsChannel.org. Live stats can be accessed by
clicking here.
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Team USA put together another strong opening period, outscoring Puerto Rico 8-0 after one. They added eight more goals in the second quarter to take control of the match at 16-0 at halftime. In the third quarter, seven more goals followed for a 23-0 edge. They closed things out with six more in the fourth on the way to victory.
The United States went 8/11 on power plays and 2/2 on penalties while Puerto Rico was 0/4 on the advantage with no penalty shots taken.
Scoring -
Scoresheet
USA 29 (8, 8, 7, 6) M. Steffens 6, J. Flynn 5, E. Ausmus 4, T. Prentice 4, R. Neushul 3, A. Johnson 2, B. Weber 2, R. Fattal 1, J. Roemer 1, K. Gilchrist 1
PUR 0 (0, 0, 0, 0)
Saves - USA - A. Johnson 4, A. Longan 1 - PUR - A. Caban 3
6x5 - USA - 8/11 - PUR - 040
Penalties - USA - 2/2 - PUR - 0/0
