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04-09 Hockey Roos crushed by Dutch fighting machine

2010-09-04 10:09:00

Maartje PAUMEN took her BDO FIH Hockey World Cup goals tally to seven thanks to a hat-trick in a 4-1 victory against the Hockeyroos of Australia. PAUMEN flicked unstoppable penalty corners in the 10th, 34th and 46th minutes to give her team a comfortable triumph against a team that had won their first two matches of the tournament. The win move The Netherlands to the top of Pool A, ahead of Germany thanks to their vastly superior goal difference.

Match 17 - Australia v Netherlands 1-4
> Netherlands collected their third win in three World Cup matches at Rosario 2010.
> Australia suffered their first defeat this tournament and remain on six points.
> Maartje Paumen (NED) became the first player to score a World Cup penalty corner hat-trick since New Zealand’s Niniwa Roberts converted three penalty corners against Ukraine in 2002 (3-0).
> This is Paumen’s second hat-trick at Rosario 2010, she also netted three goals against India (2PS, 1 PS).
> Paumen is now top of the goalscorer table on seven goals (6 PC and 1 PS).
> Netherlands scored three of five penalty corners awarded in this game.
> Australia scored 1 of 1 awarded.
> Minke Smeets-Smabers scored only her second career World Cup goal in four World Cup participations. Her previous WC goal also came against Australia in 2002.
> Australia’s Nicole Arrold scored her second PC goal this tournament.
> Megan Rivers collected her 150th cap for Australia today.

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