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April 26, 2002     Cook Islands U-19 National Team gives top seeded Australia U-19 National Team an easy passage to semi-finals in Oceanic qualifying Australia 15 Cook Islands 0 Friday, April 26, 2002 Tongan National Stadium, Nuku'alofa, Tonga Group B Match Two Australia scoring Katie Gill 7m, 10m, Catherine Cannuli 20m, 34m, 46+m, 72m, Emma Davison 22m, Jessica Mitchell 28m, Kate McShea 37m, 62m, Thea Slatyer 64m, Elissia Canham 74m, 91+m, Selin Kuralay 82m, Lana Harch 95+m) The U-19 Matildas have a four-day break before their semi-final game in the Oceania U-19 Qualifiers in Tonga after cruising to a 15-0 victory over the Cook Islands.They will face the second-placed team, Samoa or American Samoa, in Group A in Wednesday's match. Goalkeeper Luisa Marzotto made her youth international debut, but was more of a spectator in the one-sided affair which saw Australia up 8-0 at half time. Catherine Cannuli top scored after bagging her second international four-goal haul, having first scored that many on debut against the senior Singapore team last August. Captain Kate McShea and Elissia Canham also each scored twice, from a total of nine Australian scorers. In yesterday's Group A matches New Zealand won 2-0 win against American Samoa. They found it difficult to break open the defensive entrenchment of their opponent. Samoa came from behind to win 2-1 against Fiji. Standings Group A New Zealand 6pts Samoa 3 Fiji 1 American Samoa 1 Group B Australia 6pts Tonga 0 Cook Islands 0