Fukuoka, Japan - July 28 - The
Women's National Team finished strong at the World Aquatics World
Championships, defeating Hungary 15-13 in a shootout to claim fifth place.
Jordan Raney scored three times in regulation and added the clinching goal in
the shootout. Amanda Longan recorded 10 saves in regulation with Ashleigh
Johnson adding a block in the penalty shootout. Team USA finishes 5-1 picking
up victories over China, Australia, France, Canada and Hungary. Following the
match, Maddie Musselman was recognized as the World Aquatics Women's Water Polo
Athlete of the Year for 2022 as she helped lead the United States to a fourth
straight world title in Budapest, Hungary.
Team USA started off solidly opening
a 3-0 lead in the first period behind goals from Musselman, Raney and Jewel
Roemer. Hungary scored two of the next three and cut the deficit to 4-2 after
one. Hungary kept the pressure on, delivering two straight goals to start the
second quarter, tying the match at 4-4 with 6:11 to play. There were no other
goals scored until Dora Leimeter connected in close to give Hungary their first
lead at 5-4 with 1:14 left in the first half. Team USA got their lone goal in
the quarter with less than thirty seconds to play as Rachel Fattal hit on the
power play for a 5-5 match at intermission.
Team USA took back control of the
match early in the second after Raney and Jovana Sekulic connected to make it
7-5 with 4:37 to go in the quarter. Hungary would not relent and they kept
chipping away until Rita Keszthelyi scored one of her four goals on the day to
tie the match at 8-8. Ryann Neushul and Musselman responded with goals for a
10-8 edge with :52 to go in the quarter. Hungary had the final word making it a
one-goal game going to the fourth. Raney scored on a power play to start the
fourth giving Team USA an 11-9 lead. Again Hungary battled back scoring two
straight, the last coming from Kamila Farago with about two-minutes to play for
a tie at 11-11. Each side had opportunities in the final moments but regulation
ended in a tie, leading to the shootout.
The shootout couldn't have started
better for Team USA. Hungary missed on their first shot and had their second
blocked by Johnson. In the meantime, Neushul and Jenna Flynn converted for a
two goal edge. Hungary started to make their shots but the math wasn't in their
favor as Steffens and Raney hit on Team USA's following shots to secure the
victory.
The United States went 6/11 on power
plays and 2/2 on penalties in regulation while Hungary was 3/8 on power plays
with no penalties attempted.
Scoring - Stats
USA 15 (4, 1, 5, 1) (4) J. Raney 3,
M. Musselman 2, J. Roemer 2, J. Sekulic 1, R. Fattal 1, M. Steffens 1, R.
Neushul 1
HUN 13 (2, 3, 4, 2) (2) R. Keszthelyi
4, Z. Mate 2, D. Szilagyi 1, R. Parkes 1, K. Garda 1, K. Farago 1, D. Leimeter
1
Saves - USA - A. Longan 10 - HUN - A.
Magyari 11
6x5 - USA - 6/11 - HUN - 3/8
Penalties - USA - 2/2 - HUN - 0/0
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