Medellin, Colombia - May 23 - The USA Cadet Men beat Venezuela 29-2 today in the quarterfinals at the 2025 PanAm Aquatics Water Polo Championships.
Cord McCall was everywhere with four goals, five assists, and three steals.
Hunter Coleman also scored four while goalkeeper
Alistair Sterrett notched ten saves in the cage. Team USA returns to action for the semifinals tomorrow, May 24 at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT with the opponent TBD.
Team USA got on the board first with four first quarter goals.
Sungwon Shin, McCall (2), and
Curren Francisco all converted penalty shots for the early 4-0 lead after one as the defense did not allow a goal. In the second period, the United States jumped all over Venezuela. Ten goals crossed the line via
Andrew Schneider, Coleman, Shin,
Christopher Koo (2),
Ronan Keane (2),
Liam Zarcu,
William Gorsche, and
Jack Davis while Venezuela managed just one from Gabriel Vasquez to set the score at 14-1 at the break.
The second half was more of the same from the Americans. In the third period, there were goals from Zarcu,
Cortez Chavez, Davis, Schneider, McCall, and Coleman (2) while Venezuela went scoreless again. The final frame saw Keane, Coleman, Shin, McCall, Chavez, Koo, Schneider, and Francisco dent the twine for the United States and Daniel Rodriguez put one more home for Venezuela to set the final score at 29-2.
Team USA went 0/4 on power plays and 6/6 on penalties while Venezuela went 0/6 on power plays and 0/0 on penalties.
Scoring -Â
Stats
USA 29 (4, 10, 7, 8) H. Coleman 4, C. McCall 4, R. Keane 3, C. Koo 3, A. Schneider 3, S. Shin 3, J. Davis 2, C. Francisco 2, L. Zarcu 2, C. Chavez 2, W. Gorsche 1
VEN 2 (0, 1, 0, 1) D. Rodriguez 1, G. Vasquez 1
Saves - USA - A. Sterrett 10, E. Wallace 5 - VEN - W. Perez 5
6x5 - USA - 0/4 - VEN - 0/6
Penalties - USA - 6/6 - VEN - 0/0
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