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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – June 25 – The U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Italy, 14-5, today in an exhibition match at the University of California, San Diego. Maddie Musselman He led the attack with six goals. Ashley Johnson He made nine saves in goal. The teams will meet Saturday at Mount San Antonio College for the season opener at 7pm PST. The game will be streamed live on Overnght.com. Click here to purchase a subscription. 6-8 Sports will provide live stats from every game on 68sports.com.
Rachel Fattal Italy opened the scoring with a cross-cage shot and then Musselman scored her first goal of the game to put them up 2-0, but Chiara Ranalli and Daphne Bettini scored goals to tie the game for Europe. Jovana Sekulić The goal ended the quarter and gave Team USA a 3-2 lead.
Musselman started the second period with her man advantage, and Italy fought back through Giuditta Galardi, but the U.S. began to take control after that. Kayleigh GilchristMusselman and Fattal scored for the Americans, who led 7-3 at halftime.
Musselman scored his fourth and fifth points of the game early in the third quarter before Fattal pushed Team USA’s points total into double figures. Musselman then added another point for good measure. Emily Ausmus He got a steal in front of the goal and scored, giving the U.S. a 12-3 lead heading into the final frame.
The two teams exchanged two goals, with Italy’s Claudia Roberta Marletta and Valeria Palmieri scoring for the visitors and the Americans Jordan Ranney and Maggie Stephens They secured the victory with a score of 14-5.
The U.S. team was 5/8 on the power play and 1/1 on penalties, while Italy was 1/7 on the power play and 1/2 on penalties.
Scores – Statistics
USA 14 (3, 4, 5, 2) M. Musselman 6, R. Fattal 3, M. Steffens 1, J. Rainey 1, K. Gilchrist 1, E. Ausmus 1, J. Sekulich 1
ITA 5 (2, 1, 0, 2) G. Galardi 1, D. Bettini 1, V. Palmieri 1, C. Roberta Marletta 1, C. Ranalli 1
Saves – USA – A. Johnson 9, A. Longan 1 – Italy – O. Cesena 2, C. Bancelli 2
6×5 – USA – 5/8 – Italy – 1/7
Penalties – USA – 1/1 – Italy 1/2
