US Women's National Underwater Hockey Team
USA WOMEN'S UWH
  • Home
  • News
    • Instagram
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Past Events >
      • 2018 World Championships
      • 2016 World Championships >
        • Team Roster 2016
      • 2016 Training Events
      • 2013 World Championships
      • 2012 America's Cup
  • Team
    • Elsa Debrunner
    • Ianna Debrunner
    • Tyera Eulberg
    • Katrina Finley
    • Beth Ann Morley
    • Bryna Nielson
    • Monica Rojas-Peña
    • Cheryl Skukas
    • Kimberly Skukas
    • Jennifer Smith
    • Kristin Straily
    • Phil Hickey (Coach)
    • John Obrecht (Manager)
  • Support
  • Sponsors
  • Contact

Day 2- USA vs New Zealand

7/21/2018

0 Comments

 
We had an early start to the day with a 7:40 am game against New Zealand. We were at the facility by 6:00 am doing our dryland warm-up, apnea exercise, and mind-set preparation.  

New Zealand went up by one in the first five minutes. Their second goal was scored after Tyera, our fearless captain, was kicked out for one minute for a gloving foul. Unfortunately, we were a bit scattered, and New Zealand managed to run through our defense and score. 

They were able to sneak one more in before half, so we went into halftime down three to zero. However, Coach Phil fired us up during the halftime talk, and we went into the second half of the game with renewed energy. 

The second half of the game was a hard-fought battle. We challenged New Zealand on their end wall, but they were able to keep us out of the trough. New Zealand nearly scored a fourth goal, but one of their players gloved the puck, which resulted in a USA advantage. 

With three minutes remaining, Tyera drove the puck out of our offensive corner and swam hard to the goal. New Zealand wasn't prepared, and Tyera was able to make a clean pass to her forward Bryna. Bryna slammed the puck into the trough. 

New Zealand was able to score one more goal in the last two minutes, so the game ended four to one. 

Now we have the rest of the day off.  After the USA master's men's game, we are having a picnic at Montmorency Falls, which has waterfalls, hikes, and zip lines.

It was a hard-fought game, and we learned quite a bit. We'll come out swinging tomorrow! We play Belgium at 1:16 pm EST, and we will be white. The game number is 73, for those of you who are watching our games on YouTube.  
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Some of Team USA's women contribute blog posts.

    Archives

    August 2019
    May 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    July 2018
    January 2018
    July 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    July 2015
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014

    Categories

    All
    Fundraising
    Steering Committee
    UWH Newsletter

    RSS Feed

    Visit our affiliate.  A portion of the purchase price goes to us!