WJPA: USA Field Hockey U21 Women Open with Win 
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March 17, 2005
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San Juan, Puerto Rico ? Lauren Crandall (Doyelstown, Pa.) and Rachel Dawson (Berlin, N.J.) scored first half goals to lead the USA Field Hockey Under-21 team to a 2-0 win over Uruguay on the first day of play at the Pam American Junior Championships at the Roberto Gotay Field Hockey Center.
The tournament serves as a qualifying event for the Women's Junior World Cup scheduled for Sept. 14-25 in Santiago, Chile. The top three teams from the tournament, as well as Junior World Cup host Chile, will qualify for September's event.
Playing in the mid-afternoon San Juan heat, the USA jumped out to a 1-0 lead midway through the first half when Crandall connected on a penalty corner goal in the 18th minute. Dawson added a penalty stroke goal in the 32nd lead to put the USA ahead 2-0 at halftime. The USA continued to control the action in the second half while goalkeeper Katherine Blair (Louisville, Ky.) and the USA defense recorded their first shutout of the tournament.
The USA is the defending silver medalist at the tournament after earning a second place finish at the 2002 event. Entering the tournament, the USA was expected to challenge for the top spot in Pool B along with Uruguay and traditional rival Canada while defending tournament champion Argentina and Chile are picked to contend in Pool A.
The USA returns to action on Thursday against Barbados.
USA 2, Uruguay 0
USA: Lauren Crandall (PC, 18:00)
USA: Rachel Dawson (PS, 32:00)
USA Starters: Katherine Blair (GK), Lauren Crandall, Rachel Dawson, Katie Grant, Lori Hillman, Mia Link, Brooke Miller, Katie O'Donnell, Lauren Powley, Heather Schnepf, Amy Stopford.
Subs: Katelyn Falgowski, Mary Fox, Cara-Lynn Lopresti, Jamie Whitten
Coach: Tracey Fuchs
Name Pos Hometown School
Birth Date
Laree Beans Fwd/Mid Allentown, Pa. Univ. North Carolina '07 10 May 85
Katherine Blair GK Louisville, Ky. Univ. of Virginia '06 26 Jan 84
Lauren Crandall Mid/Back Doyelstown, Pa. Wake Forest '07 17 Mar 85
Rachel Dawson Mid/Back Berlin, N.J. Univ. of North Carolina '07 8 Feb 85
Katelyn Falgowski Fwd Landenberg, Pa. St. Marks HS '07 23 Oct 88
Mary Fox Fwd St. Louis, Mo. Univ. of Michigan '07 5 May 86
Katie Grant Fwd Lehighton, Pa Duke Univ. '06 13 May 84
Lori Hillman Mid Gibbsboro, N.J. Univ. of Michigan '06 23 Jan 84
Heather Kendell Fwd Chapel Hill, N.C. Univ. of North Carolina '08 15 Feb 85
Mia Link Mid Jenkintown, Pa. Univ. of Virginia '07 6 Jul 84
Cara-Lynn Lopresti Fwd San Diego, Calif. Duke Univ. '07 24 Jul 85
Brooke Miller Mid Hummelstown, Pa. Univ. of North Carolina '06 25 Jul 84
Katie O'Donnell Fwd Blue Bell, Pa. Wissahickon '07 1 Oct 87
Brianna O'Donnell GK Collegeville, Pa. Methacton '06 6 Dec 88
Lauren Powley Mid Mountaintop, Pa. Univ. of Maryland '06 5 Mar 84
Heather Schnepf B Medford Lakes, N.H. Univ. of Iowa '07 8 Jul 84
Amy Stopford Mid Hillsborough, NC Duke Univ. '07 22 Nov 85
Jamie Whitten Back Maidens, Va. Wake Forest Univ. '07 28 May 85
Head Coach
Tracey Fuchs
Staff
Justine Sowry GK coach
Andrew Griffiths Asst. Coach
Pam Bustin Asst. Coach
Kate Reisinger Manager
Pam Hixon Chef de Mission
Keri Robertson Trainer
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