Irvine, CA – July 1, 2021 – With less than a month to go before the start of competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games, the USA Women's National Team will have one more test before they look to claim a third straight Olympic crown. The top-rated women's water polo team in the world welcomes Russia for a three-game series with the first two LIVE on ESPNU and streaming on the ESPN app starting July 3. Fresh off their seventh straight FINA World League Super Final crown, Team USA will compete in their first competition since announcing the 13 athletes nominated to the U.S. Olympic Women's Water Polo Team.
Action begins on Saturday, July 3 at
8pm et/5pm pt at the William Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine, California and
continues in the same venue on Monday, July 5 at 6pm et/3pm pt. Tickets for the
two matches in Irvine are on sale now and can be purchased by clicking here.
The two teams will wrap up play in a
closed exhibition on July 6 at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos,
CA at 2pm pt. No public tickets will be made available for this match as
spectators will consist of athlete family and friends alongside training base
staff.
Veterans and two-time Olympic
champions Maggie Steffens and Melissa Seidemann lead Team USA into action ahead
of their third appearance at the Olympic Games. The fellow Stanford graduates
are joined by goalkeeping superstar Ashleigh Johnson and former World
Championship MVPs Maddie Musselman and Rachel Fattal. Fellow Rio champions
Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer and Aria Fischer round out the returners
competing. Five first-time Olympic
nominees will also cap up for Team USA including Alys Williams, Paige
Hauschild, Jamie Neushul, Stephania Haralabidis and Amanda Longan. The USA
Women have won every major international championship since 2014. Check out the
complete Olympic Team nominee announcement by clicking here.
Four-time Olympic medalist and Hall of
Famer Brenda Villa joins veteran USA Water Polo and collegiate coach John Abdou
as game analysts during the series. Greg Mescall will handle play-by-play on
both televised matches.
Live stats of all three matches will
be available at TheFOSH.net. Follow @USAWP on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
for additional updates throughout the series. For more information on the USA
Water Polo Women's National Team, including roster and schedule click here.
About USA Water Polo
USA Water Polo, Inc., is the national
governing body for water polo in America, overseeing our United States Olympic
program as well as 20 different championship events annually, such as Junior
Olympics and Masters National Championships. With more than 50,000 members,
USAWP also is the sanctioning authority for more than 500 member clubs and more
than 400 tournaments nationwide. USAWP is committed to the development of the
sport throughout the U.S., fostering grass-roots expansion while providing a
national system of affiliated clubs, certified coaches, and officials. For more
information, visit www.usawaterpolo.org.
Greg Mescall
Director of Communications, USA Water
Polo
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