Australien - Italien 4:1

Australien - Italen 4:1 (0:0;2:0;2:1) Sporthalle, Wünnewil – 427 Zuschauer. SR: Sykora/Sykora (CZE). Tore: 22. Quinn 1:0, 31. Burdon (Snowden) 2:0, 48. Travis (Quinn) 3:0, 50. M.Macfarlane (Mitchell) 4:0, 51. Di Cola (Boschi) 4:1, Strafen: Australien 3x2 Minuten, Italien 5x2 Minuten. Bemerkungen: 11. Pfostenschuss Di Cola (Ita), 31.Time-Out Italien, 54. Time-Out Australien. Beste Spielerinnen: Edwina Archbold (Australien), Daniela Zacheo (Italen). Schüsse aufs Tor: Australien 17, Italien 13. Australien: Osgood; M.Macfarlane, Archbold; Snowden, Rist; Galbally, Smith; Mitchell, Maury, Laybutt; Travis, Quinn, Burdon; Wallace, Neligan, Walker, F.Macfarlane Italien: DeAntoni; Marotti, Fryia; Crimella; Zacheo; Gambetta, Vincelli; Pecoraro, Monteduro, Gruber; Micheli, Durizzo, Pondaco; Boschi, Fischione, Di Cola; Di Gennato, Gori.

The Italian ladies were already qualified for the Round Robin before this match-up and the Australian team was still in search of their first win in the Division-B encounter. No goal was scored in the first period, the opener came on the 22nd minute when Quinn netted the 1-0. At midgame, Maria Burdon doubled the lead. In the final period, the Aussies scored two more goals, the 3-0 came after a combined play by Susannah Travis and Melanie Quinn, and the 4-0 came after Meaghan Macfarlane dribbled her way through the Italian Defense and shot the ball into the far high corner. This is Australian first win in this year’s Divison B World cup.