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Friday, September 22
Aussies beat South Korea to go 3-0-1
Associated Press
SYDNEY, Australia -- The members of the Australian women's field hockey
team are rewarding the home fans they aren't used to seeing.
Katrina Powell scored in the seventh minute and Alison Peek and
Nikki Hudson also scored as Australia downed South Korea 3-0 Friday
to advance to the medal pool.
"The crowd was fantastic," Australia's Kate Starre said.
"Because we've never played in front of a home crowd it is really
inspiring."
In other women's games, the Netherlands played to a 2-2 tie with
Germany, South Africa edged China 1-0 and Britain blanked Spain
2-0.
Hudson's goal came in the game's final seconds.
"It was nice to finish on a good note," Hudson said as
Australia improved to 3-0-1. "I was glad to get a goal even if it
was on the buzzer."
Australia will next play a medal pool game Saturday.
"We have been beaten by New Zealand before and have had hard
games against China," captain Alyson Annan said. "There is some
hard work to do in the upcoming matches."
South Korea, in fourth place, fell to 0-2-2.
Netherlands 2, Germany 2 -- The Netherlands (2-1-1), the bronze-medal winners at the 1996 Atlanta Games, got goals from Susan van Der Wielen and captain Carole Thate to earn a draw with Germany (1-1-2) and advance to the
medal pool.
Britain 2, Spain 0 -- Britain (1-2-1) finally won its first game of the tournament,
but it came too late to keep the team in medal contention. Spain
(1-1-2), which finished third in Pool C, already clinched a spot in
the next round.
South Africa 1, China 0 -- South Africa (1-2-1) also won for the first time, getting a goal
from Jacqueline Geyser in the 52nd minute to top China (2-2-0).
Despite the loss, China advanced to the medal pool ranked second in
Pool D.
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