Jenny Rizzo and Ashley Hoffman each grew up within the Route 422-322 Hall, and had been pre-teens when the primary skilled subject hockey competitors, The Harrow Cup, was contested in Philadelphia.
Right now, the 2 Workforce USA roster gamers competed with the Shrachi Rahr Bengal Tigers of the Ladies’s Hockey India League of their opening fixture in opposition to Soorma Hockey Membership.
Rizzo was the beginning goalie for the Bengals, and saved Soorma off the board within the first half. However when she was pulled for Eire worldwide Grace O’Hanlon within the second half, the fortunes of the groups modified utterly.
Soorma solved the Shrachi Rahr protection with regularity, scoring 4 targets in 9 minutes in a 4-1 win. New Zealand’s Olivia Shannon opened the Blues’ account with a well-finished break, adopted by the eventual game-winner off the in-form Charlotte Englebert from Belgium. The final two targets had been scored by Indian hockey stars Salima Tete and Sonam.
Hoffman, the U.S. captain, was an alternative choice to the Bengal Tigers on protection and made some key interpositions in opposition to Soorma’s assault within the first half.
