Australia completed a 4-0 campaign in Pool C at the women’s U20 championship in Hong Kong, China with a day five 19-6 win over Mexico at Shek Kip Mei Sports Park.
Australia entered the day with the top spot in Pool C already locked up. It will enter the quarterfinals on Wednesday as a top three seed, with it final seed determined after pool play concludes on Tuesday.
While Australia maximized its single-game goal differential, which is capped at 12, in all four wins, it will likely be the No. 3 seed since the next tiebreaker is goals conceded and the United States and Canada have conceded 17 and 16 less goals overall than Australia with just one game remaining for both teams. The winner of Pool D cannot catch Australia in goal differential.
Australia impressed in each phase of the game yet again in the win over Mexico. Ocea Leavy scored six goals with 22 goals in four games, stands atop the goals leaderboard in Hong Kong.
Holly Plummer was named the player of the match with two goals, one assist, and four draws collected.
Marley Dawson won 11 of 17 draws and goalkeeper Natalie Eastwood excelled again with seven saves and a save percentage over 50 percent.
Lola Aguirre scored three goals for Mexico and Elena Torres added two. Goalkeepers Camila Gabrian and Bella McCullough made three saves.
Mexico finished pool play 2-2 and will await the results of the final days to determine its next matchup.
