Budapest, Hungary - June 30 - The USA
Women's National Team advanced to the Gold Medal final at the FINA World
Championships with a 14-6 win over Italy earlier today in Hungary. Rachel
Fattal, Stephania Haralabidis, Ryann Neushul, Kaleigh Gilchrist, and Jordan
Raney all scored two goals in a balanced scoring effort throughout. Amanda
Longan notched 19 saves in net.
Team USA will take on the host
Hungary in the Gold Medal final on Saturday at 2pm et/11am pt. The USA Women
will look to win their fourth straight FINA World Championship on Saturday and
seventh in program history joining titles in 2003, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2017 and
2019. Live streaming is available via the FINA Facebook page ($PPV) by clicking
here. For those in Europe, live streaming can be accessed by clicking here.
Post game stats will be available by clicking here.
Team USA took advantage of three
mistakes from the Italians in the first quarter as Haralabidis scored a penalty
shot after a foul, then Fattal and Gilchrist both converted player advantage
opportunities following exclusions to lead 3-0 after one quarter. Longan was on
fire in the cage, blanking Italy with five saves in the opening stanza. Maddie
Musselman put another penalty shot home and Neushul found the back of the net
on another player advantage to begin the second quarter. Italy put their first
two goals on the board late in the quarter on either side of Gilchrist finding
the scoring column to put the United States up 6-2 at halftime.
Raney and Fattal scored to begin the
third quarter before Maggie Steffens and Denise Mammolito joined the party to
give Team USA a 10-3 advantage headed to the fourth. In the final frame, the
Americans added on to ensure the win. Raney, Tara Prentice, Neushul, and
Haralabidis all scored in the period to outpace three goals from the Italians
and win a fourth consecutive quarter to advance to the Gold Medal final, 14-6.
The United States went 5/10 on power
plays and 2/2 on penalty shots while Italy went 3/7 on power plays and 0/1 on
penalty shots.
Scoring - Stats
USA 14 (3, 3, 4, 4) R. Fattal 2,
S.Haralabidis 2, R. Neushul 2, K. Gilchrist 2, J. Raney 2, M. Musselman 1, T.
Prentice 1, M. Steffens 1, D. Mammolito 1
ITA 6 (0, 2, 1, 3) S. Avegno 2, R.
Bianconi 2, S. Giustini 1, G. Galardi 1
Saves - USA - A. Longan 19 - ITA - C.
Banchelli 2, L. Teani 1
6x5 - USA - 5/10 - ITA - 3/7
Penalties - USA - 2/2 - ITA - 0/1
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