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USA U20 Women Hold Off Wales

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USA U20 Women Hold Off Wales

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The USA Women’s U20 team held off Wales U20s 28-27 Tuesday in a Fourth of July victory in the Canadian Capital.

The Junior Eagles ran out to a 14-5 lead in the first half.

Wales mounted a comeback but couldn’t quite hail the USA in.

A key reason for that was flyhallf Alissa Eisenhart. The West Point freshman was perfect on her conversions, going 4-for-4 to help win the game by a point.

Lock Nikki Lynch (Pleasanton Cavaliers and now Brown University) , wing Serena Vualono (Chicago Lions), fullback Ashley Cowdrey (Sparta Rock and now Davenport University), and center Tiahna Padilla (Fallbrook HS and now Harvard) all scored tries.

It was a big day for Lynch who started her career as a center-wing but has managed the conversion to lock nicely.

The USA started much the stronger and with Eisenhart's conversions actually led 28-5 at one point. Wales started to claw their way back, scoring twice out wide, meaning the conversions were difficult, and that made ot 28-15. A try under the posts was converted to make it 28-22, and then with time just about done the Welsh got their 5th try. The kick was from touchline was away, and the USA had held on.

A New Experience as USA U20 Women Face Wales in Canada

USA Lineup

1. Olivia Woods 2. Sia Mni 3. Kambria Hartrick 4. Nikki Lynch 5. Cindy Taulava 6. Lennox London 7. AJ Haughey 8. Amelia Clarke 9. Sadie Shier 10. Alissa Eisenhart 11. Serena Vualono 12. Tiahna Padilla 13. Katelyn Walker 14. Hattie Greenwood 15. Ashley Cowdrey 

16. Cecilia Ellis 17. Akilah Cathey 18. Reece Woods 19. Jordan Duncan 20. Amelia Gibson 21. Cassidy Dugdale 22. Salome Schmitt 23. Julia Murray 24. Ella Slaby

 

Wales Lineup

1 Cana Williams 2 Rosie Carr 3 Katie Carr 4 Alaw Pyrs 5 Erin Jones 6 Jess Rogers 7 Lucy Issac 8 Gwennan Hopkins 9 Molly Reardon 10 Chelsea Williams 11 Nel Metcalfe 12 Jenna De Vera 13 Ellie Tromans 14 Seren Singleton 15 Bethan Adkins

Replacements: Molly Wakely, Chloe Thomas-Bradley, Cadi-Lois Davies, Robyn Davies, Masie Davies, Finley Jones, Sian Jones, Molly Anderson Thomas, Molly Powell, Carys Hughes, Kim Thurlow. TRS: Kate Davies, Dali Hopkins

This game will be shown in its entirety on YouTube on Wednesday. Watch this space for the link.