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Match Review USA - IRL 6-1

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Lauren Crandall and Katie O’Donnell struck twice as USA found their scoring mojo to beat Ireland 6-1 and keep alive their Olympic hopes as they advance to the 5th/6th place playoff at the Hockey World League Semi-Final in Valencia.

The Irish had beaten USA 2-0 in the group stages but the world number five side were too strong and were assured and in control for most of the match. In their first meeting, the US let slide eight penalty corners but there was no repeat performance.

Lauren Crandall knocked in two before the 10 minute mark, the first after a smart dodge right and her bouncing shot clipped the top of Emma Gray’s pads en route to the goal. The second was far more direct, scooting through Gray’s defences.

Gray subsequently made a trio of great stops in the second quarter but was powerless to stop O’Donnell making it 3-0 in the 35th minute. She turned delightfully in mid-circle to create space and powered home. She added another six minutes later from a corner rebound. Anna O’Flanagan – with her fourth goal of the tournament – reduced the deficit in similar fashion from Ireland’s second corner.

But the US came back strong and were 5-1 up when Paige Selenski picked up the pieces from a scrappy attack that was initially cleared off the Irish line by Shirley McCay but only as far as the striker. She showed little mercy in picking out the top corner. Jill Witmer then completed the rout two minutes from the end when she finished off a one on one chance in style.

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
USA	8	27	CRANDALL Lauren	PC	1 - 0
USA	9	27	CRANDALL Lauren	PC	2 - 0
USA	35	16	O'DONNELL Katie	FG	3 - 0
USA	41	16	O'DONNELL Katie	PC	4 - 0
IRL	43	26	O'FLANAGAN Anna	PC	4 - 1
USA	47	21	SELENSKI Paige	FG	5 - 1
USA	58	10	WITMER Jill	FG	6 - 1

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
USA	30	5	GONZALEZ Melissa	G
IRL	34	26	O'FLANAGAN Anna	G
IRL	40	29	DILLON Kate	G
IRL	52	10	McCAY Shirley	Y

USA

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
6	2	FEE Stefanie
X	5	GONZALEZ Melissa		1
X	6	WIDDALL Alesha
X	7	KOLOJEJCHICK Kelsey
X	8	DAWSON Rachel
X	9	VITTESE Michelle
3	10	WITMER Jill	1
X	12	REINPRECHT Julia
4	14	REINPRECHT Katie
X	16	O'DONNELL Katie	2
X	18	KASOLD Michelle
5	21	SELENSKI Paige	1
X	23	FALGOWSKI Katelyn
X	24	SHARKEY Kathleen
X	27	CRANDALL Lauren	2
5	28	VAN SICKLE Caitlin
5	29	MANLEY Alyssa
Bench	31	BRIGGS Jackie
		Team Manager	JENNINGS Steve
		Head Coach	PARNHAM Craig
		Stand-In Manager	KNAPP Kelly
		Assistant Coach	SCHOPMAN Janneke
		Physiotherapist	URETSKY Lori
		Medical Doctor	HIGGINS David

IRL

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
X	1	GRAY Emma
X	4	O'BYRNE Yvonne
X	5	SARGENT Cliodhna
X	6	SMYTH Emma
X	8	EVANS Nicola
5	9	MULLAN Katie
X	10	McCAY Shirley			1
X	11	FRAZER Megan
6	15	PINDER Gillian
2	16	CONNERY Aine
Bench	19	McFERRAN Ayeisha
5	20	WATKINS Chloe
X	21	COLVIN Lizzie
X	22	DALY Nicola
X	23	MATTHEWS Hannah
X	26	O'FLANAGAN Anna	1	1
12	29	DILLON Kate		1
8	30	MEEKE Alison
		Team Manager	PETRAKOS George
		Stand-In Manager	BOYLES Arlene
		Head Coach	SMITH Darren
		Assistant Coach	SHAW Graham
		Physiotherapist	RYAN Deirdre
		Medical Doctor	McCARTHY Sinead

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	SANDERS Hannah
Umpire 2	REYDO Mariana
Reserve Umpire	BRUNEKREEF Caroline
Video Umpire	McCLEAN Ayanna
Judge 1	CORA-XAVIER Viviane
Judge 2	ROSS Ginny
Technical Officer	RUTTEN Edna

Pool A

Pool B

USA V IRL ( 5th - 8th ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Valencia