VIENNA, Austria — College of Michigan sophomore Abby Burnett, together with the USA Subject Hockey girls’s nationwide indoor staff, captured a gold medal on the Rohrmax Cup on Sunday (Jan. 5) at Waldstadion.
Crew USA defeated Belgium, 7-4, within the championship ultimate to avenge its solely loss from pool play. The Crimson, White and Blue scored early in each the primary and second quarters and led 5-3 on the halftime break, however solely took a slim one-point benefit into the fourth. USA prolonged its lead within the opening two minutes of the ultimate body earlier than Burnett got here up with a goal-line defensive save on a Belgium penalty nook. The Eagles iced it with a nook aim of their very own late within the quarter.
In all, Crew USA posted a 5-1 report, together with three wins over top-10 ranked opponents — No. 2 Czechia, No. 8 Belgium and No. 10 Poland. USA, ranked No. 9 on the planet itself, scored the win over Czechia in its ultimate sport of pool play, pulling away with 4 unanswered targets, together with three within the fourth quarter, en path to a 7-3 choice.
The occasion served as a ultimate tune-up for the 2025 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup, scheduled for Feb. 3-9 in Porec, Croatia. The World Cup roster might be named within the upcoming weeks.
Burnett isn’t any stranger to worldwide competitors. She performed with the USA Indoor Crew on the 2023 FIH Hockey Indoor Girls’s World Cup in South Africa, the place she contributed to a ninth-place end, and helped Crew USA seize the Challenger Trophy on the first-ever FIH Hockey5s World Cup in Oman in 2024. She additionally earned a silver medal on the Junior Pan American Championships final summer season in Surrey, British Columbia.
She began all 20 video games for the Wolverines this previous fall, posting six saves as a stick stopper on Michigan’s offensive nook unit whereas contributing to a defensive effort of 1.1 targets and three.6 corners per sport.
