U.S. women win Pan Am Indoor Cup
U.S. beats Canada, 3-0, in gold medal game as local Sessa earns tournament’s Top Female Player award
The United States Women’s National Indoor field hockey team capped off the Pan American Indoor Cup with a gold medal Sunday, June 28 at The Training Center in Spring City.
Led by two goals and an assist from Hope Rose (Dauphin, Pa.), the U.S. knocked off Canada, 3-0, in the gold medal game to secure its spot in the International Hockey Federation Indoor World Cup, which will take place Feb. 2-6, 2022 in Liège, Belgium
The U.S. women finished the competition a 4-1 record, tallying wins against Guyana, Canada and Uruguay and drawing Argentina in round robin play.
Ashley Sessa (Schwenksville, Pa.) had eight goals during the tournament to take home Top Female Player of the Tournament award.
She had a five-goal performance in a 20-2 victory over Guyana to open competition. She scored the team’s first goal off an assist from Rose three minutes into Sunday’s gold-medal game.
Boyertown grad Ali Campbell won her second Indoor Pan Am gold, also helping the team to a first-place finish and World Cup appearance in 2017. She scored a goal in the team’s 3-3 draw with Argentina.
The U.S. men’s team finished just short of gold and FIH World Cup qualifying. They finished competition with a 2-3 mark, falling 4-2 to Argentina in Sunday’s final.