Zagreb, Croatia - June 16 - The USA Men's Junior National Team beat Montenegro 16-10 today at the U20 World Championships.
William Schneider led the offense with four goals while
Charles Mills went for eleven saves in net. Team USA finishes group play in third place and will return to action on Wednesday at 10:00am ET/7:00am PT with the opponent TBD. All matches are scheduled to stream live on the
World Aquatics YouTube. Live statistics will be available for every match from
MicroPlus Timing Services.
Montenegro opened the scoring in this match with two quick goals before Team USA captain
Ryder Dodd leveled the score with his own pair of goals. The two sides continued trading scores for the remainder of the period with
Corbin Stanley,
Kiefer Black, and Schneider connecting for the United States opposite three more goals for Montenegro, leaving the score knotted at 5-5 after one. The second quarter was when the Americans began to take control. Montenegro struck first but then went silent while
Landon Akerstrom, Schneider, and
Max Zelikov (2) pushed the lead to 9-6 at the half.
In the third, each side notched three scores. Montenegro was able to score the first two goals of the period to cut the deficit to one but they would get no closer than that. Schneider recorded the next two goals for the United States and then
Benjamin Liechty pushed the lead to four before a late Montenegrin goal left the score 12-9 in favor of Team USA. The Americans were able to shut the door on any potential comeback with four straight goals from
Bode Brinkema (3) and Dodd to begin the final frame. Montenegro managed a lone goal midway through the quarter to set the final score at 16-10 for the United States.
Team USA went 4/7 on power plays and 6/9 on penalties while Montenegro went 4/6 on power plays and 1/2 on penalties.
Scoring -
Stats
USA 16 (5, 4, 3, 4) W. Schneider 4, R. Dodd 3, B. Brinkema 3, M. Zelikov 2, L. Akerstrom 1, K. Black 1, B. Liechty 1, C. Stanley 1
MNE 10 (5, 1, 3, 1) I. Markovic 2, T. Perov 2, M. Nikaljevic 1, D. Dragovic 1, D. Stupar 1, D. Samardzic 1, N. Petrovic 1, N. Petrovic 1
Saves - USA - C. Mills 11 - MNE - A. Bjelica 4, D. Rajevic 1
6x5 - USA - 4/7 - MNE - 4/6
Penalties - USA - 6/9 - MNE - 1/2
