Swimmer Ryan Lochte captured six gold medals and one silver at the FINA Short Course World Championships in Dubai to lead the USA medal haul.

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1 In this edition: Biathlon Studebaker skis to personal best December 20, 2010 Bobsled Night Train victorious in Lake Placid Cycling U.S. riders strong in Cali Hockey Ogrean s contract extended Luge Solid World Cup performances Modern Pentathlon Isaksen, Bowsher notch wins Sailing U.S. wins two medals in Melbourne Skiing Ligety, Vonn back on the podium Skeleton Antoine fourth, O Shea among top 10 Snowboarding Wescott second in Telluride Speedskating Short track World Cup team named Swimming Lochte wins six gold in Dubai Lochte Takes Home Seven Medals Swimmer Ryan Lochte captured six gold medals and one silver at the FINA Short Course World Championships in Dubai to lead the USA medal haul. Skiers Ted Ligety and Lindsey Vonn continue to rise to top of the podium, and both lead the overall World Cup standings. The Night Train s new look sled proved victorious on the track in Lake Placid. After a weekend at the U.S. National Short Track Speedskating Championships, the 2011 Winter World Cup team was announced. Table Tennis Wang, Hsing earn U.S. titles All of these stories and more in this week s issue of Olympic Sports Scene. EXTRAS Garrett Weber-Gale, Swimming Tons of Military personnel in airports. Thanks y all for doing what you do to keep us all safe. U r reason we have freedoms 2 pursue Tweet Spot Elana Meyers. Bobsled Super excited to be going home and having a break- so why can t I stop thinking about the track in Nicole Joraanstad, Curling Looking forward to a busy but fun week. Going to train hard right up until Santa stuffs my Follow Us On: Olympic Sports Scene is a weekly newsletter with results and previews highlighting U.S. Olympic sporting news from around the world. Tune-in every Monday for a quick overview of America s elite athletes in action. For more information on Olympic sports, please visit

2 BIATHLON: Studebaker Skis to Personal Best 2010 Olympian Sara Studebaker (Boise, Idaho) posted a personal best in Thursday s 15k (46:22.1) on the opening day of IBU World Cup #3. In the women s individual competition, Studebaker finished on 21st place with a sensational shooting, missing just one target Olympian Laura Spector (Lenox, Mass.) finished 60th at 49:39.6, hitting all but one target in the first three shooting stages, and she missing three targets in the last standing. The men s team was struggling a bit more at the shooting range. During the competition in the morning the wind was a lot trickier than in the afternoon, leaving the U.S. team without World Cup points. On Saturday in the men s 10km sprint, Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, N.Y.) was the top U.S. finisher, ending in 35th (20:09.7). The USA mixed 2 x x 7.5 km relay team of Studebaker, Annalies Cook (Saranac Lake, N.Y.), Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, N.Y.) and Leif Nordgren (Marine, Minn.), finished 11th (1:20:57.3). fifth, while Elana Meyers (Douglasville, Ga.) threaded her way down the course to finish sixth in her World Cup debut as a driver. Schaaf teamed with Emily Azevedo (Chico, Calif.) for a total time of 1 minute, seconds. In a tightly packed competition, team USA II clocked runs of and seconds for their fourth consecutive top six finish of the season. Shauna Rohbock (Park City, Utah) and Valerie Fleming (Park City, Utah) claimed their second silver medal of the season in Friday s women s bobsled make-up race at the Olympic Sports Complex. Last week, Rohbock and Fleming were on the start line just seconds before the race was canceled because blowing snow in Park City, Utah, and the race was rescheduled for Lake Placid. Rohbock expertly drove into medal position and posted the fastest time of the second heat, seconds, for a total time of 1: Teammates Schaaf and Azevedo secured a fifth place result with a two-run total of 1: Two-Man Holcomb and Langton finished just 0.04 seconds out of the medals to finish fourth in the men s two-man bobsled World Cup event. Holcomb piloted his sled to the finish in and seconds, both fourth fastest of the heats, for a combined time of 1 minute, seconds. Last year s two-man bobsled winner was hometown hero Napier. The weekend marked one month since Napier returned to the U.S. after a six-month deployment in Afghanistan, and he had a little extra trackside support. Napier teamed with Vandracsek to finish seventh with a two-run total of 1: CYCLING: U.S. Riders Strong in Cali Photo: USBSF BOBSLED: BMW Night Train Victorious in Lake Placid All the pieces of the puzzle came together Sunday for the BMW Night Train crew in the men s four-man bobsled World Cup race at the Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, N.Y. Steven Holcomb (Park City, Utah) threaded together two perfect runs to win the race by 0.58 seconds. Holcomb and his crew of Justin Olsen (San Antonio, Texas), Steve Langton (Melrose, Mass.) and Curt Tomasevicz (Shelby, Neb.) powered at the start with push times of 5.07 and 5.08 seconds to give USA I a head start. Holcomb effortlessly guided the sled to the finish with a two-run total of 1 minute, seconds for the victory. John Napier (Lake Placid, N.Y.) and his USA II push crew of Jesse Beckom (Chicago, Ill.), Colin Campbell (Ventura, Calif.) and Laszlo Vadracsek (Phoenix. Ariz.) posted a two-run total of 1:49.47 to finish seventh in his third race this season. Ethan Albrecht-Carrie (North Tonowanda, N.Y.) teamed with Sean Hopkins (Polo, Ill.), Jared Clugston (Red Hill, Pa.) and Mike Snyder (Louisville, Ky.) to round out the first half of the season with a 10th place finish. Team USA III slid a two-run total of 1: Women Race Twice Two U.S. sleds posted top six finishes in the women s bobsled World Cup event at Mount Van Hoevenberg on Saturday. Bree Schaaf (Bremerton, Wash.) piloted her Susan G. Komen sled to The U.S. was well-represented at the second round of the UCI Track World Cup in Cali, Colombia, December Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif.), Dotsie Bausch (Irvine, Calif.) and Lauren Tamayo (Asheville, N.C.) rode to the silver medal in team pursuit. In the final, the ladies finished second behind the New Zealand team. Following her silver medal ride in the team pursuit, Hammer went on to dominate the women s omnium, winning the gold medal after a commanding performance. USA Cycling also sent a men s sprint group to the World Cup for the first time this season. Giddeon Massie (Cypress, Calif.), Dean Tracy (Portland, Ore.) and Kevin Mansker (Long Beach, Calif.) were 14th in the qualifying round of the men s team sprint. Massie and Mansker also competed in the sprint, placing 32nd and 36th, respectively. In addition, Bobby Lea (Mertztown, Pa.) represented the U.S., riding to 21st place in the men s omnium. Cyclo-cross Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo.) won her third UCI Cyclocross World Cup of the season on Sunday in Kalmthout, Belgium. Compton finished more than 30 seconds ahead of reigning world champion Marianne Vos (Netherlands). Compton now sits second in the elite women s World Cup standings, just five points behind Sanne van Paassen (Netherlands). HOCKEY: Ogrean s Contract Extended Through 2014 Dave Ogrean, executive director of USA Hockey, will remain in that capacity at least through Since returning to USA Hockey for his second stint as executive director in August of 2005, Ogrean has helped the organization reach new heights, including an unprecedented partnership with the National Hockey League.

3 LUGE: Solid World Cup Performances in Park City A pair of Austrian doubles sleds tied for first place in Saturday s Viessmann World Cup luge race at the Utah Olympic Park, in Park City, Utah. The Americans were fifth and sixth, led by Matt Mortensen (Huntington Station, N.Y.) and Preston Griffall (Salt Lake City, Utah). The fifth-place effort qualified them for the World Championships in six weeks near Torino, Italy. The newest team of Christian Niccum (Woodinville, Wash.) and Jayson Terdiman (Berwick, Pa.) were.03 from their teammates in sixth place. The youngest U.S. team of Shane Hook (Grapevine, Texas) and Zac Clark (Salt Lake City, Utah), both 20 years old, wound up 15th. Moore (North Pomfret, Vt.) collected a bronze medal in the 49er class. Other USSTAG sailors had strong results during the week: Zach Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) finished in seventh in the 23-boat Finn class, and Clay Johnson (Tom s River, N.J.) finished 14th in the 66-boat Laser fleet. For the US Sailing Development Team, Adam Roberts and Nick Martin (both San Diego, Calif.) finished fifth in the Men s 470, their best result at an ISAF Sailing World Cup event, and Sarah Lihan (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) finished 21st in the Laser Radial class. Walden Top Singles Slider In men s singles competition, Bengt Walden (Lake Placid, N.Y.) was 19th with two runs totaling 1: Joe Mortensen (Huntington Station, N.Y.) placed 27th in 1:32.927, and Tyler Andersen (Alpine, Utah) made his first World Cup start, at age 16, and took 29th in 1: Clukey Season-Best The German women s luge machine keeps ticking along, namely the team and its leader, Tatyana Huefner. The 2010 Olympic champion won her 25th World Cup event Friday night in Park City, Utah, and it marked Germany s 102nd consecutive women s World Cup luge victory, dating back to December The United States showed depth as its top three women placed in the first 10, led by Julia Clukey (Augusta, Maine), whose two consistent runs placed her fifth. Clukey s individual runs were fifth and sixth best, respectively. Her aggregate time was 1: and just.14 from the podium. Clukey combined one of the fastest starts on the circuit and posted her second best career result. The effort qualified Clukey for the World Championships next month. Ashley Walden (Westborough, Mass.) took eighth, while Erin Hamlin (Remsen, N.Y.), rallied from 16th to a 10th place finish. Nations Cup The USA walked away with two gold medals in the Nations Cup race in Park City, Utah on Thursday, Dec. 16. Clukey won the women s race, while Mortensen and Griffall took the doubles event. MODERN PENTATHLON: Isaksen, Bowsher Notch Wins in Domestic Qualifier The 2011 season for USA Pentathlon got off to a chilly start this weekend as athletes from 20 states took part in the first of two U.S. domestic qualifying competitions at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Margaux Isaksen (Fayetteville, Ark.) won the women s event while Dennis Bowsher (Dallas, Texas) took home first place honors in the men s division. The second domestic qualifying event will be held in Palm Springs, Calif., on Jan. 9. The top 12 athletes of each gender from the two competitions will compete in the first World Cup event of 2011, held in Palm Springs on Feb SAILING: U.S. Wins Two Medals in Melbourne The first stop on the International Sailing Federation s Sailing World Cup series concluded Saturday in Melbourne, Australia, and the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) members captured two medals silver and bronze. Stuart McNay (Boston, Mass.) and Graham Biehl (San Diego, Calif.) won a silver medal in the Men s 470, while Erik Storck (Huntington, N.Y.) and Trevor ALPINE SKIING: Ligety, Vonn Back on the Podium Photo: Getty Images Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah) mastered the icy Alta Badia, Italy, slope to capture his third consecutive GS victory Sunday and take the first World Cup overall lead of his career. The last time a World Cup male won three consecutive GS races was Austrian great Hermann Maier during the 2001 season. Bode Miller (Franconia, N.H.) also landed in the GS points for his second time this season with 15th. Just over an hour after Ligety stepped off the podium, his teammate Lindsey Vonn (Vail, Colo.) stepped back up, winning the super combined in Val d Isere, France to mark the second time this season she and Ligety have won on the same day. Two weeks ago, Ligety thrilled the home crowd in Beaver Creek while Vonn snagged a super G win at Lake Louise, Alberta. Vonn regained the overall lead over German Maria Riesch, winning the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super combined to sweep the weekend in Val d Isere. On Saturday, Vonn captured a stunning victory in the downhill to regain the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill standings. Teammate Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, Calif.) was eighth with five Americans finishing inside the top 30, including Leanne Smith (18th, Conway, N.H.), Laurenne Ross (25th, Klamath Falls, Ore.) and Alice McKennis (30th, Glenwood Springs, Colo.). In Val Gardena, Italy, Miller and Steven Nyman (Sundance, Utah) finished in the famed Saslong classic downhill on Saturday. In Friday s racing, Miller led Americans with 16th in an Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super G. Marco Sullivan (Squaw Valley, Calif.) also landed in the points with 30th. Europa Cup American men kept the Europa Cup steam rolling Friday as Olym-

4 pians Nolan Kasper (Warren, Vt,) and Will Brandenburg (Spokane, Wash.) finished second and fifth in the Pozza di Fassa night slalom. Earlier in the week Will Gregorak (Longmont, Colo.) finished second in a Europa Cup slalom in Obereggen with David Chodounsky (Crested Butte, Colo.) fifth. Athlete of the Year Saturday, Vonn received one of the highest honors in global sport. The Associated Press announced her as its Female Athlete of the Year the first time a skier has received the honor. CROSS-COUNTRY SKI- ING: Career Bests for Stephen, Arritola The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team s Liz Stephen (E. Montpelier, Vt.) and Morgan Arritola (Sun Valley, Idaho) skied to career best finishes with 18th and 19th in the women s 15k mass start event. Kris Freeman (Andover, N.H.) finished in 25th in the men s 30k mass start. FREESTYLE SKIING: Teller Third in Skicross World Cup Great weekend for U.S. skiers By Alan Abrahamson If only skiing were like the NFL in these United States, Lindsey Vonn and Ted Ligety would be famous like Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. A ski fan can dream. American John Teller (Mammoth, Calif.) raced his way onto the podium Sunday with third in the skicross World Cup in Innichen, Italy. It marked a career best on the World Cup stage for Teller. He is the first American to stand on a World Cup skicross podium since Daron Rahlves finished second in St. Johann, Austria, last January. A weekend like the one the U.S. ski and snowboard team enjoyed this third weekend of December underscores the enormous American talent now on display on mountains all over the world -- a thing that over the years could not always be said about the Americans. Individual talent, yes. Consistent talent, no. Now, though, there s consistency, and consistency is the hallmark of any great program. In this post-olympic season, the weekend showing also highlights the enormous backstage commitment, continuity, purpose and leadership it takes to get the athletes in position to deliver their best -- the systems that include trainers, technicians, coaches and, at the top, longtime U.S. Ski and Snowboard Assn. boss Bill Marolt. Marolt, in a telephone interview, downplayed his own role, as he routinely does, saying the credit is due the athletes, the coaches and the support staff. It all starts with talent, he said. Click HERE to read more. NORDIC SKIIING: Breakthrough Finish for Fletcher Christmas came a week early for Bryan Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) who set himself up with a strong jump then carried his own to finish a career-best eighth in the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup Individual Normal Hill/10k Gundersen in Ramsau, Austria. It was his fourth point scoring finish of the year. Todd Lodwick (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) finished 18th. Bryan Fletcher s brother, Taylor Fletcher, had an impressive cross country segment sixth fastest to move up from 58th in jumping to take 37th. Nick Hendrickson (Park City, Utah) was 22nd in cross country to finish 45th overall. Lodwick came back to the World Cup in style Saturday, finishing fourth in the Individual Normal Hill/10k and missing the podium by Photos: Ted Ligety (top) & Lindsey Vonn by Getty Images a tenth. It marked a return to the World Cup for the Olympic silver medalist, who took the opening two weekends off to train at home. Fletcher took 23rd. Ski Jumping Defending World Champion Lindsey Van (Park City, Utah) continued to be a factor in the women s Continental Cup Saturday finishing fourth in the final competition of a two-day event. SKELETON: Antoine Fourth, O Shea Among Top 10 in Lake Placid Matt Antoine (Prairie du Chien, Wisc.) finished just one spot out of the medals in men s skeleton World Cup event at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. The accomplished slider slid a total time of 1:49.05 after posting runs of and seconds to finish fourth. John Daly (Smithtown, N.Y.) could taste victory after unofficially breaking the track record in Thursday s training. He was in fourth after a first run of seconds, but fell back into 10th after sliding a second run of U.S. veteran Eric Bernotas (Avondale, Pa.) finished 12th with a total time of 1:49.65.

5 Annie O Shea (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.) secured her first top 10 finish of the season in front of a strong contingent of family and friends in today s World Cup event. O Shea had the best start times in both heats. She powered off the block in 5.38 seconds and followed up with a 5.36 in the second run, and she finished with a combined time of 1:53.24, 1.29 seconds off the pace of winner Marion Thees of Germany. USA s other slider, Kimber Gabryszak (Park City, Utah), finished 15th with a combined time of 1: PGS The LG FIS Snowboard World Cup continued in a snowy Telluride Resort on Thursday with Slovenian rider Rok Flander and Fraenzi Maegert-Kohli from Switzerland taking wins in the men s and women s Visa Parallel Giant Slalom races. U.S. athletes Tyler Jewell (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) and Vic Wild (White Salmon, Wash.) did not make the flip into the final round. Lindsay Lloyd (Centerville, Utah) finished in 26th. SPEEDSKATING: Short Track World Cup Team Named The U.S. National Short Track Speedskating Championships concluded Sunday in Kearns, Utah, as Katherine Reutter (Champaign, Ill.) and Jeff Simon (Las Vegas, Nev.) skated to national championship titles. Reutter won her fourth consecutive senior national title and won both the 1000m (1:33.350) and the 3000m (5:14.207). Simon won the 1000m at 1: and finished fourth in the men s 3000m (5:00.699). Photo: Seth Wescott by Getty Images SNOWBOARDING: Wescott Second in Telluride World Cup Two-time Olympic champion Seth Wescott (Sugarloaf, Maine) charged every heat Friday in Telluride, Colo., for a second-place finish at the Visa U.S. Snowboardcross Cup. Though it was the third SBX World Cup of the year, it was Wescott s first since the Olympic Winter Games, marking only the eighth podium of his tenured snowboarding career. Wescott led the way for two other U.S. athletes into the top 10 with Jonathan Cheever (Saugus, Mass.) finishing sixth and Alex Deibold (Manchester Center, Vt.) in seventh. On the women s side U.S. teammates Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, Vt.) and Callan Chythlook-Sifsof (Girdwood, Alaska) took the lead in the day s small final finishing fifth and sixth, respectively. The day was an important milestone for Chythlook- Sifsof, marking her best finish since the 2007 season. In the team competition on Saturday, USA teams took three of the six podiums during the Paul Mitchell Team SBX event in Telluride. Team Cheever and Deibold were second, team Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, Mich.) and Jayson Hale (Sierraville, Calif.) were third, and for the women Jacobellis and Chythlook-Sifsof were third. Halfpipe It was another day and another win for Louie Vito (Sandy, Utah) Saturday as he took to the Winter Dew Tour pipe in Breckenridge, Colo., to solidify his second victory in as many weeks. Vito was followed on the men s podium by U.S. Snowboarding teammates Matt Ladley (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) in second and Greg Bretz (Mammoth Mountain, Colo.) in third. On the women s side, Spain s Queralt Castellet took the victory, followed in second by Olympian Elena Hight (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.) and in third was Kaitlyn Farrington (Sun Valley, Idaho). On Saturday, Reutter won the 1500m distance with a time of 2:24.601, ahead of Lana Gehring (Glenview, Ill.) 2:25.607, and Emily Scott (Springfield, Mo.) at 2: Simon skated a strong 1500m race, winning with a time of 2:26.685, ahead of Simon Cho (Laurel, Md.) at 2:26.793, and Travis Jayner (Midland, Mich.) finishing at 2: In the semifinal round, Simon dominated the distance, skating an American record time of 2: Jessica Smith (Melvindale, Mich.) won the 500m ladies final with a time of , followed by Sarah Chen (San Marino, Calif.) at , and Reutter at Cho skated to a win in the men s 500m final with a time of , ahead of Simon (41.809) and Kyle Carr (Peachtree City, Ga.) finishing at Following the U.S. Short Track National Championships, the 2011 World Cup Team was selected to represent the U.S. at the ISU World Cups #5 (Moscow, Russia) and #6 (Dresden, Germany). U.S. Short Track 2011 Winter World Cup Team Men: Jeff Simon (Las Vegas, Nev.), Simon Cho (Laurel, Md.), Travis Jayner (Midland, Mich.), Anthony Lobello (Tallahassee, Fla.), Jonathan Garcia (Houston, Texas), Kyle Uyehara (Lakewood, Calif.). Ladies: Katherine Reutter (Champaign, Ill.), Lana Gehring (Glenview, Ill.), Jessica Smith (Melvindale, Mich.), Emily Scott (Springfield, Mich.), Sarah Chen (San Marino, Calif.), Morgan Izykowski (Bay City, Mich.) SWIMMING: Lochte Wins Six Gold in Dubai Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.) collected three more gold medals, bringing his meet total to six, and the U.S. men s 4x100m medley relay team won gold in American record-time on the final night of competition at the FINA Short Course World Championships in Dubai, UAE. Team USA finished atop the medal count with 25 medals. American swimmers took home 12 gold, six silver and seven bronze throughout the five-day competition. China was behind Team USA in the medal count with a total of 14 medals (three gold, five silver and six bronze). Lochte picked up his first gold medal of the night in the men s 200m back. Lochte and Tyler Clary (Riverside, Calif.) were in first and second at the 100 meter mark and held on for first and second, respectively. Lochte broke the championship and American record with his time of 1:46.68, while Clary finished in 1: Lochte s

6 second gold of the night and fifth of the meet came in the final of the men s100m IM. Lochte finished the race in 50.86, just one-tenth off the world record. The 4x100m medley relay team of Nick Thoman (Cincinnati, Ohio), Mike Alexandrov (Champaign, Ill.), Lochte and Garrett Weber- Gale (Milwaukee, Wis.) posted a time of 3:20.99 on its way to gold. Rebecca Soni (Plainsboro, N.J.) picked up her third gold medal of the meet with a win in the women s 200m breaststroke. Soni led the field from the start and set both the championship and American record with her time of 2: Katie Hoff (Towson, Md.) earned a silver medal in the women s 200m free. Hoff earned the American record with her time of 1: B (Granbury, Texas) also had a strong showing Sunday, earning the bronze medal in the 100m fly. Vollmer set the American record with her time of Soni won gold Saturday on day four of competition. Team USA earned a total of three medals on the penultimate night of competition, including Soni s gold in the 100m breast, a silver medal in the women s 4x100m free relay and a bronze medal for Ariana Kukors (Auburn, Wash.) in the 200m IM. Hoff won gold in the women s 400m free with a time of 3: Kukors also picked up a gold medal with her performance in the 100m IM. The first night of competition saw Lochte earn a gold medal in the men s 200m free, breaking both the American and championship record in the event with a time of 1: The U.S. relay teams also broke American records in the men s 4x100m free relay and the women s 4x200m free relay. For complete recaps and results, visit usaswimming.org. TABLE TENNIS: Wang, Hsing Earn U.S. Titles The 2010 U.S. National Table Tennis Championships concluded Saturday in Las Vegas with Timothy Wang (Houston, Texas) and Ariel Hsing (San Jose, Calif.) each earning U.S. National Table Tennis Singles crowns. Wang defeated Peter Li (Lauren, Md.) in straight games in the men s final, 11-4, 11-2, 11-6, 11-4; and 15-year-old Hsing defeated 14-year-old Lily Zhang (Palo Alto, Calif.) in a marathon women s championship match, 11-7, 11-7, 10-12, 11-13, 11-4, 2-11, On Friday, Lochte, Hoff and Kukors led Team USA gold medal haul. Lochte smashed the 200m IM world record with a time of 1: NGB Schedule for December HOCKEY: The 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship will take place Dec. 26-Jan. 5 in Buffalo, N.Y. The U.S. National Junior Team, along with five other nations, will compete in pre-tournament games in Rochester and Jamestown, N.Y. On Dec. 21, Team USA will face off against the Czech Republic at The Sports Centre at MCC in Rochester, N.Y. The following day, The Sports Centre at MCC will play host to a pre-tournament match-up between the Czech Republic and Germany. Both games will start at 7 p.m. (EST). TEAM HANDBALL: Months of anticipation and preparation will finally be consummated on December 21 and 23 when the United States Men s and Women s National Teams tackle Canada for the right to participate in the 2011 Pan American Games. The first of the two qualifying matches for both the men s and women s teams will take place in Lake Placid, N.Y. on December 21. The women will play at 4:00 PM with the men competing immediately after at 6:30 PM. The matches will take place at the Lake Placid Olympic Training Center. The away leg in Canada will take place in the city of La Prarie (just outside of Montreal) at the La Magdeleine School. Game times are 5:30 PM for the women and 7:30 PM for the men. Also on TeamUSA.org Moore gives it one more college try By Tommy Hine STORRS, Conn. Maya Moore has sat in a losers locker room only twice in four years. Now, with only 21 regular-season games, a Big East conference tournament and a nearcertain NCAA tournament berth remaining in a spectacular college basketball career, she has an even broader goal. The greatest scorer in University of Connecticut history wants to make sure her teammates don t ever sit in a losers locker room certainly not before she plays her final college game and the Huskies third straight NCAA championship banner hangs on the wall. Click HERE to read more. Photo: USA Basketball