The South African women’s hockey team needed to accept a 2-all draw towards the USA of their third match of pool A on the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup in Pretoria.
The Proteas proceed to enhance and after narrowly shedding to a strong Netherlands outfit final night time, will see a draw towards the US as a step in the precise route.
They’re left with matches towards Australia and New Zealand to attempt to safe a berth to the quarter-finals.
Each South Africa and the USA had been looking for their first win of the World Cup. The US opened the scoring within the second quarter by way of a area purpose from Hannah Miller.
The Individuals, who had already endured losses to Australia and Austria, had been concentrating on a victory towards the Proteas. Abigail Burnett put the US additional forward in the beginning of the third quarter.
South Africa, nonetheless, got here into this tie off the again of a strong efficiency towards the quantity two ranked Netherlands.
They struck again within the third quarter when Tegan Fourie pounced after a poor clearance. The Proteas then drew stage only a minute later, Jessica O’Connor’s effort snick by way of a napping US protection.
Two-all was the way it ended, with South Africa coming so near registering their first win of the World Cup.
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