ENGLAND UNDER-18 GIRLS BEAT RUSSIA 3-0
- Goals from Hunt, Sanders and Daly help England U18 Girls to 3-0 victory
- England are into the semi finals at the EuroHockey Youth Championships
- Coach Kelleher praises their attacking hockey and gritty defending
England Under-18 Girls booked their place in the semi finals of the EuroHockey Youth Championship in Breda, The Netherlands, with a 3-0 win over Russia on Wednesday afternoon.
Goals came from Holly Hunt, Erica Sanders and Charlotte Daly as a patient England gradually undid Russia. And with Pool B winners Germany beating Spain, England leap-frog the Spanish into second spot.
Head coach Sarah Kelleher said: “It was a good display of attacking connective hockey which was really lovely to see. We could’ve had a few more in the back of the net, but they produced some really gritty defending.”
England took the lead on 26 minutes when Stockport Grammar School’s Holly Hunt injected the ball into the D at a penalty corner, and then scored after it came back to her
Beeston ace Erica Sanders doubled their lead from a penalty corner on 39 minutes with a straight drag flick from the top of the D. And Charlotte Daly, of Reading HC, added the third goal on the hour mark from a rebound, after the goalkeeper had saved England’s initial shot at a penalty corner.
England will now prepare to play Pool A winners the Netherlands on Friday at 11.30am (GMT).
England (0) 3
Holly Hunt – 26 (PC)
Erica Sanders – 39 (PC)
Charlotte Daly – 60 (PC)
Russia (0) 0
Pool A
| Team | P | W | D | L | Diff | Pts |
| Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9 |
| Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -11 | 3 |
| Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -14 | 0 |
Pool B
| Team | P | W | D | L | Diff | Pts |
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -14 | 0 |
Fixtures for the 2015 EuroHockey Youth Championship (Under-18 Girls)
| Date/time | Fixture |
Pool |
Result |
|
| Sunday 19 July 2015 | ||||
| 09:45 | Netherlands | Belgium |
A |
9-2 |
| 12:00 | France | Scotland |
A |
1-0 |
| 17:00 | Germany | Russia |
B |
11-1 |
| 20:00 | England | Spain |
B |
1-1 |
| Monday 20 July 2015 | ||||
| 13:15 | Belgium | Scotland |
A |
5-0 |
| 15:30 | France | Netherlands |
A |
0-10 |
| Tuesday, 21 July 2015 | ||||
| 15:30 | England | Germany |
B |
1-4 |
| 17:45 | Russia | Spain |
B |
1-2 |
| Wednesday, 22 July 2015 | ||||
| 10:45 | Netherlands | Scotland |
A |
8-0 |
| 13:00 | Belgium | France |
A |
3-1 |
| 15:30 | Russia | England |
B |
0-3 |
| 17:45 | Germany | Spain |
B |
4-2 |
| Friday, July 24 2015 | ||||
| 10:00 | Belgium | Germany |
SF1 |
|
| 12:30 | Netherlands | England |
SF2 |
|
| 10:30 | Scotland | Russia |
C |
|
| 13:00 | France | Spain |
C |
|
| Saturday, 25 July 2015 | ||||
| 09:00 | France | Russia |
C |
|
| 09:30 | Scotland | Spain |
C |
|
| 14:00 | Loser SF1 | Loser SF2 |
3/4 |
|
| 17:00 | Winner SF1 | Winner SF2 | Final | |
England U18 Girls Squad for the EuroHockey Youth Championship
| No | Name | Club |
| 1 | Katherine Somerville (GK) | Bowdon |
| 2 | Miriam Pritchard (GK) | Oxford |
| 3 | Alice Wills | Queenswood School |
| 4 | Charlotte Calnan | Surbiton |
| 5 | Megan Douthwaite | Wimbledon |
| 6 | Nicola Moss | Stourport |
| 7 | Holly Munro | Surbiton |
| 8 | Erica Sanders | Beeston |
| 9 | Charlotte Daly | Reading |
| 10 | Emily Kilner | Leicester |
| 11 | Georgina Bathurst | Stourport |
| 12 | Harriet Pittard | Holcombe |
| 13 | Holly Hunt | Stockport Grammar School |
| 14 | Connie Vickers | Bowdon |
| 15 | Eloise Stenner | Surbiton |
| 16 | Elizabeth Neal | Canterbury |
| 17 | Lucy Millington | Oxford Hawks |
| 18 | Harriet Mitchell | East Grinstead |
