Athens, Greece - June 14 - The USA Women's National Team opened up play at the FINA World League Super Final with a 16-9 win over Greece earlier today. Maddie Musselman scored three goals and was named player of the match while Stephania Haralabidis and Rachel Fattal added three scores each to bolster the offense. Ashleigh Johnson went the distance in net turning aside 11 shots. Team USA returns to play tomorrow against Kazakhstan at 11:30am et/8:30am pt. Follow live stats by clicking here, live streaming will be available for viewers in the United States starting on Friday, via FloSports.
Team USA took the lead early on a
goal from Alys Williams followed by the first tally from Musselman for a 2-0
advantage. After Greece answered with a score, Musselman had another for a 3-1
lead. Greece tied the match with back-to-back scores but Jordan Raney had the
last word scoring to close out the first for a 4-3 Team USA edge. Fattal and
Alys Williams got the scoring started in the second quarter to rebuild the Team
USA lead, now at 6-3. Greece would score two of the next three goals but
Musselman closed the half with a goal with just one second remaining, giving
Team USA an 8-5 lead.
The red, white and blue stayed locked
in on offense to open the third quarter. Melissa Seidemann and Stephania
Haralabidis struck first to make it 10-5. Greece responded once more scoring
two of the next three goals but again the United States was prepared. Kaleigh
Gilchrist capped the quarter with her first goal of the tournament to go up
12-7. Team USA put the match away early in the fourth delivering three of the
first four goals. Maggie Steffens, Fattal and Haralabidis helped make it a 15-8
margin with 3:45 to play. Each side would trade a goal to close out the action
but the result was confirmed as Team USA took the contest 16-9.
Team USA went 9/13 on power plays and
1/1 on penalties while Greece went 6/12 on power plays and did not attempt a
penalty. Margarita Plevritou led Greece with three goals.
Scoring
USA 16 (4, 4, 4, 4) M. Musselman 3,
S. Haralabidis 3, R. Fattal 3, A. Williams 2, M. Steffens 2, M. Seidemann 1, J.
Raney 1, K. Gilchrist 1
GRE 9 (3, 2, 2, 2) M. Plevritou 3, E.
Xenaki 2, V. Plevritou 2, C. Tsoukala 1, E. Plevritou 1
Saves - USA. A. Johnson 11 - GRE - I.
Stamatopoulou 8
6x5 - USA - 9/13 - GRE - 6/12
Penalties - USA - 1/1 - GRE - 0/0
Greg Mescall
Director of Communications, USA Water
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