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USA Women Roll To 2nd Straight Win At FINA Intercontinental Tournament

Lewisville, TX – February 17 – The USA Women’s National Team cruised to victory for the second straight game at the FINA Women’s Intercontinental Tournament defeating China 19-5. Kiley Neushul (Goleta, CA/Stanford/Santa Barbara), Maggie Steffens (Danville, CA/Stanford/NYAC), and Makenzie Fischer (Laguna Beach, CA/Laguna Beach HS/SET) scored three goals each with Ashleigh Johnson (Miami, FL/Princeton/NYAC) stopping 18 shots in the win. Team USA returns to action tomorrow against Japan at 6pm cst. In other action on day two it was Australia topping Canada 11-2 and Brazil over Japan 10-7. For full tournament information including schedules, results, recaps, scoresheets, and live video, click here.

The USA Women opened strong on two quick goals from Rachel Fattal (Seal Beach, CA/UCLA/SOCAL) and Neushul for a 2-0 lead with 5:08 to play. China answered with a goal from Zhang Cong to make it 2-1 with 4:24 to play in the first quarter and that would be as close as the match would get. Team USA used the remainder of the first half to score eight unanswered goals to build a 10-1 lead at halftime with Steffens scoring all three of her goals in that run.

Kami Craig (Santa Barbara, CA/USC/NYAC) and Melissa Seidemann (Walnut Creek, CA/Stanford/NYAC) scored to open the third quarter to grab a 12-1 lead before China scored to stop the 10 goal run. Fischer scored twice in the period on the way to a 15-3 lead after three quarters. Four more goals materialized in the fourth period include another from Craig and Fischer as the United States rolled to the big win.

Team USA went 5/8 on power plays and did not attempt a penalty while China was 1/6 on power plays and 1/1 on penalty shots.

Scoring
USA 19 (5, 5, 5, 4) K. Neushul 3, M. Steffens 3, M. Fischer 3, M. Musselman 2, M. Seidemann 2, C. Mathewson 2, K. Craig 2, R. Fattal 1, K. Gilchrist 1
CHN 5 (1, 0, 2, 2) Xiong D. 1, Zhang C. 1, Zhao Z. 1, Zhang J. 1, Wang X. 1
Saves – USA – A. Johnson 18 – CHN – Peng L. 6
6×5 – USA – 5/8 – CHN – 1/6
Penalties – USA – 0/0 – CHN – 1/1

Swimming news courtesy of USA Water Polo.

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