{"id":142324,"date":"2015-07-09T14:41:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T21:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=142324"},"modified":"2015-07-09T14:41:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T21:41:13","slug":"u-s-womens-water-polo-tops-cuba-18-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-womens-water-polo-tops-cuba-18-3\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Women&#8217;s Water Polo Tops Cuba 18 &#8211; 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Pan American Women&#8217;s Water Polo Team picked up their second straight victory as they topped Cuba 18-3 earlier today.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/sports\/w-senior\/mtt\/maggie_steffens_833878.html\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie Steffens<\/a>\u00a0(Danville, CA\/Stanford\/Diablo) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/sports\/w-senior\/mtt\/makenzie_fischer_879120.html\" target=\"_blank\">Makenzie Fischer<\/a>\u00a0(Laguna Beach, CA\/Laguna Beach HS\/SET) led the offense with three goals each while\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/sports\/w-senior\/mtt\/ashleigh_johnson_906766.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ashleigh Johnson<\/a>\u00a0(Miami, FL\/Princeton\/Miami Riptides) went the distance in net with five official saves. Team USA now has two days off from competition before returning to action <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1991222385\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Saturday<\/span><\/span> morning where they will meet Argentina to close out group play. That match is set for <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1991222386\"><span class=\"aQJ\">8am et<\/span><\/span>\/5am pt, with live match updates via Twitter by following @USAWP. For full Pan Am Games water polo results,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/results.toronto2015.org\/IRS\/en\/water-polo\/schedule-and-results.htm\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cuba was the aggressor early in this one, striking first on their opening possession with a power play goal from Adriana Garlobo to take a 1-0 advantage. Their lead was short lived as Team USA came back with four straight goals to close out the period. Steffens got things started for the United States with a goal at the <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1991222387\"><span class=\"aQJ\">6:39<\/span><\/span> mark followed by scores from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/sports\/w-senior\/mtt\/melissa_seidemann_833888.html\" target=\"_blank\">Melissa Seidemann<\/a>\u00a0(Walnut Creek, CA\/Stanford\/NYAC),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/sports\/w-senior\/mtt\/rachel_fattal_846597.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Fattal<\/a>\u00a0(Seal Beach, CA\/UCLA\/SOCAL), and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/sports\/w-senior\/mtt\/kiley_neushul_846599.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kiley Neushul<\/a>\u00a0(Goleta, CA\/Stanford\/Santa Barbara).<\/p>\n<p>The second quarter was more of the same as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/sports\/w-senior\/mtt\/courtney_mathewson_833881.html\" target=\"_blank\">Courtney Mathewson<\/a>\u00a0(Anaheim Hills, CA\/UCLA\/NYAC) found the net just nine seconds into the period for a 5-1 lead. The well balanced attack continued with goals from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/sports\/w-senior\/mtt\/kami_craig_833864.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kami Craig<\/a>\u00a0(Santa Barbara, CA\/USC\/Santa Barbara),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/sports\/w-senior\/mtt\/kaleigh_gilchrist_879121.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kaleigh Gilchrist<\/a>\u00a0(Newport Beach, CA\/USC\/Trojan), and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/sports\/w-senior\/mtt\/ashley_grossman_901312.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley Grossman<\/a>\u00a0(Santa Monica, CA\/Stanford\/LAWPC) to build an 8-1 halftime lead.<\/p>\n<p>The third quarter started the same way the game did with a goal coming from Cuba as Dayana Morales delivered to cut the deficit to 8-2. Team USA responded with a vengeance running off five straight goals to close out the period. Steffens connected on a power play to start the run and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/sports\/w-senior\/mtt\/maddie_musselman_901334.html\" target=\"_blank\">Maddie Musselman<\/a>\u00a0(Newport Beach, CA\/Corona del Mar HS\/CdM Aquatics) finished it off with a goal with just three seconds left. This left the United States in comfortable control going to the fourth leading 14-2.<\/p>\n<p>Musselman added her second to open the fourth and Fischer capped the game with a hat trick in the final <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1991222388\"><span class=\"aQJ\">3:30<\/span><\/span> to push Team USA to victory 18-3. Team USA went 7\/9 on power plays while Cuba was 2\/8 with neither team attempting a penalty shot.<\/p>\n<p>Scoring &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/results.toronto2015.org\/IRS\/en\/water-polo\/results-women-a-04.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Scoresheet<\/a><br \/>\nUSA 18 (4, 4, 6, 4) M. Steffens 3, M. Fischer 3, M. Musselman 2, M. Seidemann 2, K. 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To reach our audience, contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:newsmaster@swimmingworld.com\" target=\"_blank\">newsmaster@swimmingworld.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Pan American Women&#8217;s Water Polo Team picked up their second straight victory as they topped Cuba 18-3 earlier today.\u00a0Maggie Steffens\u00a0(Danville, CA\/Stanford\/Diablo) and\u00a0Makenzie Fischer\u00a0(Laguna Beach, CA\/Laguna Beach HS\/SET) led<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":135923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[52601,3665,8920,1335,24693,54416,52602],"class_list":["post-142324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-water-polo","tag-chronological-summary-of-the-2011-pan-american-games","tag-cuba","tag-olympic-sports","tag-polo","tag-sports","tag-water-polo","tag-womens-water-polo-olympic-games-qualification-tournament"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>U.S. Women&#039;s Water Polo Tops Cuba 18 - 3<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The U.S. Pan American Women&#039;s Water Polo Team picked up their second straight victory as they topped Cuba 18-3 earlier today.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-womens-water-polo-tops-cuba-18-3\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. Women&#039;s Water Polo Tops Cuba 18 - 3\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.S. Pan American Women&#039;s Water Polo Team picked up their second straight victory as they topped Cuba 18-3 earlier today.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-womens-water-polo-tops-cuba-18-3\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-07-09T21:41:13+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ashleigh-johnson.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1146\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"515\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"James Sica\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@JSwim16\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"James Sica\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-womens-water-polo-tops-cuba-18-3\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-womens-water-polo-tops-cuba-18-3\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"James Sica\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/932f2f8c0e73ad61d3d187eb2ade5441\"},\"headline\":\"U.S. Women&#8217;s Water Polo Tops Cuba 18 &#8211; 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