Medellin, Colombia - May 23 - The USA Cadet Women defeated Argentina 29-4 today at the 2025 PanAm Aquatics Water Polo Championships.
Campbell Pence was named match MVP after recording a hat trick along with four assists and three earned exclusions.
Caroline Daniel scored a team-high four goals while goalkeepers
Shelby Killingsworth and
Gianna Adams combined for nine saves in net. Team USA returns to the pool tomorrow, May 24 against the home country of Colombia at 1:00pm ET/10:00am PT.
Team USA jumped ahead early and never looked back in this contest.
Kennedy Fahey, Daniel,
Madison Mack, and
Kiernan Hogan opened the scoring before Sofia Katz had the last word of the opening quarter for Argentina to make the score 4-1 in favor of the Americans. The United States made sure to end all doubt with a huge scoring output in the second period.
Eden Coughran (2), Pence (3),
Juliana Horton,
Gia Jacob,
Addison Ting,
Emilia Haast (2), andÂ
Teodora Diaconu all rang the register in an offensive onslaught while Argentina managed one goal from Bianca Maria Perasso to set the halftime score at 15-2.
In the third quarter, Team USA kept it up on both ends with eight goals scored and none given up. Diaconu, Horton, Hogan,Â
Paige Segesman, Daniel (3), and Ting pushed the lead to 23-2 without conceding a score on the other end. The final frame saw Argentina put two on the board from Pilar Enrique and Candela Arce as Fahey (2), Hogan, Mack, Haast, and Segesman put the finishing touches on a 29-4 win.
Team USA went 6/8 on power plays and 5/5 on penalties while Argentina went 2/4 on power plays and 2/3 on penalties.
Scoring -
Stats
USA 29 (4, 11, 8, 6) C. Daniel 4, K. Hogan 3, K. Fahey 3, C. Pence 3, E. Haast 3, A. Ting 2, M. Mack 2, J. Horton 2, E. Coughran 2, P. Segesman 2, T. Diaconu 2, G. Jacob 1
ARG 4 (1, 1, 0, 2) C. Arce 1, P. Enrique 1, B. Maria Perasso 1, S. Katz 1
Saves - USA - S. Killingsworth 5, G. Adams 4 - ARG - E. Giusto 1, F. Escola 1
6x5 - USA - 6/8 - ARG - 2/4
Penalties - USA - 5/5 - ARG - 2/3
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