Medellin, Colombia - May 25 - The USA Cadet Women's National Team won gold earlier today at the PanAm Aquatics Championship with an 18-7 win over Canada.
Caroline Daniel scored four goals to lead the offense with
Paige Segesman adding three goals on the way to earning title match MVP honors.
Shelby Killingsworth and
Gianna Adams combined in net for 10 saves. Team USA finishes their run in Colombia with a 7-0 record.
Team USA started strong with Daniel and
Madison Mack building a 2-0 lead to open the match. After Canada scored, Segesman hit on a power play to close the quarter up 3-1. Canada cut the deficit to one in the second quarter at 4-3. Team USA then ran off four in a row from
Juliana Horton,
Addison Ting, Daniel and
Campbell Pence for an 8-3 edge. Horton closed the high scoring period with a power play strike to give the United States a 9-4 advantage at the break.Â
The United States took control of the match in the third with another six girl outburst, including two more from Daniel, to build a 15-5 lead.
Kiernan Hogan opened the scoring for Team USA in the fourth quarter for a 16-6 lead. Segesman finished off the scoring late in the period as Team USA rolled to the 18-7 victory. The United States went 6/14 on power plays and 2/3 on penalties while Canada went 1/9 on power plays and 0/1 on penalties.Â
Scoring -
Stats
USA 18 (3, 6, 6, 3) C. Daniel 4, P. Segesman 3, K. Hogan 2, A. Ting 2, C. Pence 2, J. Horton 2, M. Mack 1, G. Jacob 1, E. Coughran 1
CAN 7 (1, 3, 1, 2) M. Pineda-McLean 3, A. Cowie 1, A. Kyfiuk 1, S. Paun 1, L. Abdelfattah
Saves - USA - G. Adams 6, S. Killingsworth 4 - CAN - A. Stoddard 9
6x5 - USA - 6/14- CAN - 1/9
Penalties - USA - 2/3 - CAN - 0/1
