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Maryville Player Earns 7th Internation
Cap
Maryville Rugby Football Club and SOUTH player, Candace Barley, recently
received her seventh cap in an international test match with U20 Women's
National Team in Nelspruit, South Africa. This makes Candace one of three
girls who hold the leading cap record in the history of the under-20
national team. She shares the honor with Lisa Henneman of OR and Megan
Thompson of WA.
Candace was invited to join the national team in 2006 making this her third
tour with the USA U20 Women Eagles.
Below is a report of the final of three games in USA's first-ever
international tour with South Africa's U20 WNT.
U20 WOMEN WIN FIRST EVER TEST
Article below is contributed by Alex Goff, http://www.goffonrugby.com/.
NELSPRUIT, South Africa - Before a packed crowd at Nelspruit Rugby Stadium,
the USA Under-20 Women's National Team wrapped up its South Africa tour with
a nail-biting 21-17 victory over the South Africa U-20 Women on Saturday,
June 28.
The game did not get underway exactly as the U.S. side would have liked, as
the South African team came out with incredible speed on the outside and
outpaced the USA backs on the kickoff to go up 5-0 within the first minute
of play.
A resilient USA U-20 squad regrouped and the forwards continued to gain
momentum off repeated pick-and-goes until Tayo Mafe touched down for the
first U.S. try at nine minutes in. Catherine Parkhill's conversion made the
score 7-5 in favor of the visitors.
Toward the end of the second half, a slight breakdown in discipline saw a
South African player head to the sin bin and the U.S. took advantage, with
Tara McGrady catching a swift break down the sidelines and the forwards
following close in tow with excellent support.
The ball again found the hands of USA hooker Tayo Mafe, who touched in for
her second try on the day and another spot on conversion from Catherine
Parkhill grew the U.S. lead to 14-5 at the half.
The USA U-20s came out strong after the break, with standout Seymira Salami
darting in for a try in the corner and Catherine Parkhill successfully
booting an impressive kick to bring the tally to 21-5.
However, the U.S. fell into a patch of trouble when captain Lisa Henneman
was sent to the sin bin for a high tackle and Parkhill was shown red. The
South African side capitalized on the adjustments among the U.S. backs to
pull within striking distance, 21-17, following tries in the 16th and 21st
minutes.
The final eight minutes of play saw the U.S. go down to 13 players when
Seymira Salami was sin binned for not releasing, but the team's forwards
continued to dominate and the entire U.S. team committed to fend off the
South African team for the victory. Despite one last desperate attempt for
the try line by South Africa, the final blow signaled an end result of
21-17.
"The team put in an amazingly gutsy performance. They stayed focused and
disciplined and were able to gut it out to the end. There were times when it
looked like we might miss out by one point, but this team simply would not
allow that to happen," Under-20 Women's Coach Bryn Chivers said.
"The entire coaching staff is immensely pleased with the team's performance
and we're so thankful for the great amount of support we've received from
our hosts and the fans in South Africa."
For more information on the USA Under-20 Women's National Team, please visit
www.usarugby.org/goto/womens_u20 or http://u19womensrugby.blogspot.com/ for
more information.
USA 21 v S. Africa 17
15. Tyra McGrady (Indiana), 14. Seymira Salami (State College, PA), 13.
Marie Timm (USMA), 12. Lisa Henneman (C) (Seattle Women), 11. Blaine Martin
(Brown), 10. Sadie Anderson (Fort Collins, CO), 9. Catherine Parkhill
(Armstrong, MN), 1. Joanna Kitlinski (Grand Valley State), 2. Tayo Mafe
(Michigan State), 3. Rachel Sommer (West Linn, OR), 4. Mallory Ives
(Colorado State), 5. Anneke Brand (Texas Tech), 6. Candace Barley
(Maryville, TN), 7. Jozy Gessner (Summit, CO), 8. Katie Johnson (Hopkins,
MN)
Replacements: 16. Jay Marie Hill (Stanford), 17. Brittany Rose (West Chester
East), 18. Alex Hartley (Brown) repl. Johnson, 19. Brittany Woodard (Hyde
School, DC), 20. Kayla Morisoli (San Jose State) repl. Martin, 21. Lauren
Danielsen (Summit, CO),
22. BriAnna Barto (Summit, CO) repl. Hartley
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