Tbilisi, Georgia - July 1 - The USA Men's National Team took silver at the FINA World League Super Final following a hard fought loss to Montenegro, 9-8, earlier today. Hannes Daube continued to pace the Team USA offense with three goals while Drew Holland played strong again in net recording nine saves. Holland was named goalkeeper of the tournament for his efforts. This is the third silver medal in Super Final history for the men's program joining second place finishes in 2008 and 2016. Stats are available for each match by clicking here, with streaming replays available of the final three days of competition via FloSports, by clicking here (subscription required). Nominees to the U.S. Olympic Men's Water Polo roster will be announced tomorrow, July 2 at 11am pt.
Montenegro took a quick start in this
one grabbing a 2-0 lead after the first quarter. Daube and Ben Hallock got Team
USA back in the mix with two straight goals to start the second quarter, tying
the game at 2-2 with 5:26 to play. Montenegro answered with two more of their
own, including one of five goals on the day from Aleksander Ivovic, for a 4-2
edge at halftime. Daube scored the first goal in the third quarter to draw
within 4-3 but Montenegro fired back with two straight for a 6-3 lead with 1:59
left in the period. Alex Bowen and Max Irving delivered on penalty shot scores
to make it 6-5 with time running out in the quarter. Montenegro added another
Ivovic goal with just four seconds left to secure a two goal lead headed to the
fourth.
In the final quarter it was Ivovic
scoring first to put Montenegro ahead 8-5. Johnny Hooper and Hallock answered
to cut the deficit down to one at 8-7 with 3:05 to play. After Montenegro went
ahead 9-7, Daube scored his final goal with :39 left to make it 9-8. A final
hope for Team USA was thwarted when Montenegro drew a perimeter exclusion with
:32 left and then got their own rebound on a missed shot to run out the clock.
Team USA and Montenegro both
struggled on the advantage going 1/7. Team USA went 2/3 on penalty shots while
Montenegro was 2/2.
Scoring - Stats
USA 8 (0, 2, 3, 3) H. Daube 3, B.
Hallock 2, J. Hooper 1, A. Bowen 1, M. Irving 1
MNE 9 (2, 2, 3, 2) A. Ivovic 5, M.
Petkovic 2, V. Spaic 1, D. Matkovic 1
Saves - USA - D. Holland 9 - MNE - S.
Kandic 8
6x5 - USA - 1/7 MNE - 1/7
Penalties - USA - 2/3 - MNE - 2/2
Greg Mescall
Director of Communications, USA Water
Polo
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