Italy Edges USA Senior Men 12-11
7/24/2010 12:00:00 AM
Syracuse, Italy - July 24 - Italy just got past the USA Men's Senior National Team 12-11 earlier today at the eight nations tourney in Italy. Ryan Bailey (Long Beach, CA/Newport WPF) paced the USA attack while Merrill Moses (Palos Verdes, CA/NYAC) put up 13 saves in net.
The two teams were even after the first quarter as the match was tied at 2-2. In the second quarter Italy surged ahead to grab a 6-5 lead at halftime, but the United States rallied in the third quarter to tie the game back up, this time at 9-9 going to the fourth. The final quarter of action saw Italy get one more goal than the United States to take the 12-11 win.
Team USA went 4/12 on power plays and 0/1 on penalty shots, Italy went 1/10 on power plays and 0/1 on penalties.
Scoring
USA 11 (2, 3, 4, 2) R. Bailey 3, T. Hopkins 2, A. Wright 2, J. Tyrrell 1, J. Powers 1, B. Alexander 1, M. Sharf 1
ITA 12 (2, 4, 3, 3)
Saves - USA - M. Moses 13
6x5 - USA 4/12 - ITA 1/10
Penalties - USA 0/1 - ITA 0/1
Mens' National Team