Long Beach, CA - June 22 - The USA Women's National Team lost to Spain 7-5 today at Long Beach City College.
Emily Ausmus scored twice to lead Team USA while Isabel Williams and Christine Carpenter combined for 12 saves in the cage. The match streamed LIVE on
Overnght with stats from
6-8 Sports.
Team USA and Spain both brought the defensive intensity to this match with each offense looking lost for long stretches. This included the entirety of the first quarter, which ended with the score stuck at 0-0. In the second period, Ausmus had the first word of the game with a skip shot strike into the back of the net. Paula Camus would begin her big day by finishing to tie the score with 2:44 left in the half and then taking the lead for Spain with a power play goal one minute later. The visitors would hold the slight edge until the very end of the period when
Jenna Flynn rose up and fired home a full tank goal to beat the buzzer for Team USA and send this one into the break tied 2-2.
The third quarter saw the most total goals with five scores between the two sides. Ausmus retook the lead for the United States with a beautiful hesitation move that freed her up on a player advantage before Carlota Penalver quickly responded for Spain. Paula Leiton and Anni Espar each notched scores to push the visitors up by two midway through the quarter. Then, with the Americans on a power play,
Jewel Roemer took things into her own hands to beat the goalkeeper with a cross cage goal, leaving the score at 5-4 in favor of the Spanish at the end of three. In the final frame, Penalver and Camus pushed the lead up to three before Malia Allen scored in the final minute to set the final score, 7-5.
Team USA went 3/14 on power plays and 0/1 on penalties while Spain went 2/7 on power plays with no penalties attempted.
Scoring -
Stats
USA 5 (0, 2, 2, 1) E. Ausmus 2, J. Flynn 1, J. Roemer 1, M. Allen 1
ESP 7 (0, 2, 3, 2) P. Camus 3, C. Penalver 2, A. Espar 1, P. Leiton 1
Saves - USA - I. Williams 7, C. Carpenter 5 - ESP - E. Jimenez 6, M. Terre 2
6x5 - USA - 3/14 - ESP - 2/7
Penalties - USA - 0/1 - ESP - 0/0
