ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Four different players scored and Jessie Vetter (Cottage Grove, Wis.) stopped all 20 shots she faced, as the U.S. Women's Select Team posted a 4-0 shutout against Sweden at the 2010 Women's Four Nations Cup here today at Mile One Centre. With the win, Team USA topped the round-robin standings with a 2-1-0-0 record and will play for the championship tomorrow (Nov. 13) against the winner of tonight's Canada-Finland game.

"It was another good win," said Katey Stone, head coach for Team USA. "We got better as the game went on, kept it simple and made a lot more team plays."

Team USA opened the scoring just 3:20 into the contest, marking the third consecutive game that the Americans took a 1-0 lead in the first five minutes of opening period. The all-University of Wisconsin line of Hilary Knight (Sun Valley, Idaho), Brianna Decker (Dousman, Wis.) and Meghan Duggan (Danvers, Mass.) combined for goal No. 4 in the last two games. Duggan skated the puck into the Swedish zone and passed to Decker in the left faceoff circle. Decker spun the puck around to Knight, who beat Sweden goaltender Sara Grahn from the slot.

In the second period, Kacey Bellamy (Westfield, Mass.) knocked in Jenny Potter's (Edina, Minn.) rebound from the right post on the power play at 2:24 to put the U.S. up, 2-0. Team USA had three additional man-advantage opportunities in the frame and a total of 15 shots, but was unable to solve Grahn again as the score remained 2-0 after 40 minutes.

Monique Lamoureux-Kolls (Grand Forks, N.D.) extended the U.S. lead to 3-0 just :29 in to the final stanza when her wrist shot from the right faceoff dot hit the crossbar and went into Sweden's net. Kendall Coyne (Palos Heights, Ill.) assisted on the play. Erika Lawler (Fitchburg, Mass.) closed out the scoring with an empty-netter at 19:06 to account for the 4-0 final score.

NOTES: The U.S. outshot Sweden, 42-20 ... Kacey Bellamy was named U.S. Player of the Game ... Team USA was 1-for-6 on the power play, while holding Sweden scoreless on three chances ... The shutout was the seventh in Jessie Vetter's career.

GAME SUMMARY

Scoring By Period

First Period - Scoring: 1, USA, Knight (Decker, Duggan), 3:20. Penalties: SWE, Rundqvist (hooking), 3:56; USA, Engstrom (hooking), 10:50; SWE, Holst (holding), 15:26.

Second Period - Scoring: 2, USA Bellamy (Potter, Duggan), 2:24. Penalties: SWE, Eliasson (body checking), 1:32; SWE, Backman (roughing), 4:27; USA, Lamoureux (tripping), 8:04; SWE, Malmstrom (body checking), 11:01; SWE, Malmstrom (body checking), 13:30.

Third Period - Scoring: 3, USA, Lamoureux-Kolls (Coyne), :29.; 4, USA, Lawler (unassisted), 19:06 (en). Penalties: USA, Mangene (tripping), 16:41.

Power Play: USA 1-6; SWE 0-3
Penalties: USA 3-6; SWE 6-12
Officials: Referee-Melanie Bordeleau; Linesmen-Vanessa Stratton, Haley Wieler