QUARTERFINALS: No. 2 UNITED STATES 23, No. 7 SCOTLAND 0

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The United States erased any suspense of making its seventh consecutive IFWLA World Cup semifinal appearance by scoring early and often against No. 7 Scotland en route to a 23-0 shutout victory in the quarterfinal round before 3,500 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

"It was quickly apparent that it wasn't going to be too much of a contest," said U.S. head coach Sue Stahl, "but we tried to keep it as competitive as we could."

The U.S. (5-0-1), the second-seed, will face No. 3 England tomorrow in the first semifinal game at 5 p.m. The U.S. has won four straight IFWLA World Cups, five overall.

The U.S. had six different goal-scorers with two or more goals. Randall Goldsborough and Lauren Aumiller scored four goals each to pace the high octance U.S. offense. Crista Samaras scored three goals and had three assists as she garnered player of the match honors. U.S. team veteran Danielle Gallagher scored one goal and passed out a team-high four assists. The other multiple goal scorers for the U.S. were Quinn Carney with three goals, Cherie Greer and Kate Kaiser added two each. The U.S. recorded assists on 18 of its 23 goals.

Scotland (4-3) was held scoreless for the first time in the 2005 IFWLA World Cup. Scotland will next play tomorrow in the 7th/8th place game against the Czech Republic at 2 p.m. Tickets for all games of the final two days of competition will be on sale at the stadium gate.

QUARTERFINALS: No. 1 AUSTRALIA 26, No. 9 CZECH REPUBLIC 2

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Top-seeded Australia (5-0-1) breezed through its quarterfinal match against No. 9 Czech Republic (2-5) with a 26-2 victory under the lights at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Australia's Sarah Falcione scored five goals and one assist to earn player of the match honors. Fellow teammate Jen Adams matched Falicone's goal total of five goals and added two assists. Sarah Morlang scored a hat trick with three goals and three assists.

Australia outshot the Czech Republic 38-5 and led 16-1 at the half.

"To keep the motivation up throughout the Cup is very tough. At times, you're going through the motions," said Australian head coach Max Madonia. "But we did some key things that caught up within the mechanisms of the game, and I'm actually looking forward to a final - hopefully."

The Czech Republic received a goal apiece from Barbara Klimoszkova and Tereza Koubova.

Australia will face No. 4 Canada in the semifinals tomorrow night at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at 7:30 p.m. The Czech Republic will move onto the 7th/8th place game, where it will play No. 7 Scotland at 2 p.m. Friday.

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QUARTERFINALS: No. 3 ENGLAND 6, No. 6 WALES 5 (OT)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — 

"This is the one we probably weren't looking forward the most. Whenever the British teams gets together, the Welsh raise their game more than the other team," said England head coach Lois Richardson. "We started fine, but we didn't turn over our shots very well. In the first half, we had 12 shots and only three goals. We also didn't control any of the center draws, so it was an uphill struggle all the way for us."

Wales (0-6) will look for its first win of the World Cup when it faces Japan, loser in its quarterfinal encounter with Canada, in a the fifth-place match Saturday.

"We felt the [Lynch] got the shot off as the horn went, but that the ball had not actually crossed the line until after the horn," said a visibly upset Karen Owen, goalkeeper for Wales, regarding the game-winning goal. "We feel gutted."

Wales called for a stick check, which passed, after Lynch's goal. According to the IFWLA, there is no protest policy.

Katy Bennett and Alisa Stott of England, and Sian Astley of Wales, each had two goals.

QUARTERFINALS: No. 4 CANADA 13, No. 5 JAPAN 11

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Fourth-seeded Canada rallied from four goals down midway through the second half to defeat No. 5 Japan 13-11 in the first quarterfinal game of the 2005 IFWLA World Cup at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Canada (3-3) went on a 6-0 run to close out the game to advance to Friday's semifinal game, where it will face No. 1 Australia. Jessica Brownridge scored three of her team-high four goals in the decisive six-goal run and was named the player of the match.

Japan (5-1) broke open a 7-7 tie in the second half by scoring the first four goals. Japan's Shiho Tokunaga scored a team-high four goals and added two assists.

Riddled by injuries, including six sustained during pool play and crossover matches, the Canadians responded to head coach Tracey Coyne's urging during a timeout she called when they went down by four.

"Look in the mirror," Coyne said she told her team. "What are we about as a team?"

"We just had to pull together," said attacker Troyhann Santos. "It was go time."

Japan will next play on Saturday in the 5th/6th place game against No. 6 Wales.

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