{"id":21724,"date":"2009-07-19T13:24:11","date_gmt":"2009-07-19T18:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2009\/07\/fina-world-championships-water-polo-womens-preliminary-matches-commence\/"},"modified":"2014-07-27T23:34:59","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T06:34:59","slug":"fina-world-championships-water-polo-womens-preliminary-matches-commence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-world-championships-water-polo-womens-preliminary-matches-commence\/","title":{"rendered":"FINA World Championships, Water Polo: Women&#8217;s Preliminary Matches Commence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/specialevents\/2009WorldChampionships target=_blank>Click here for the latest Swimming World coverage of the FINA World Championships, including full results and recaps<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.universalsports.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=11652&#038;DB_OEM_ID=23000&#038;ATCLID=3758469 target=_blank>UniversalSports.com Daily Coverage, including webcasts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ROME, Italy, July 19. THE first day of water polo action featured women&#39;s preliminary competition at the FINA World Championships held in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary topped China, 10-7, in the first match. Rita Dravucz notched a hat trick for Hungary, which went 10-for-19 from the field. Sun Yu Jun, Wang Yi and Ma Huanhuan each tallied two goals for China, which converted on 7 of 28 shots.<\/p>\n<p>Russia followed with a 14-9 defeat of Greece.  Ekaterina Pantyulina scored four goals for Russia, which connected on 14 of 28 shots for a 50 percent success rate. Kyriaki Liosi matched Pantyulina&#39;s output with four goals for Greece, but the team went 9 for 20 overall.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. smashed Kazakhstan, 19-6. Kameryn Craig led the way for the American with four goals, while Brittany Hayes and Moriah van Norman each tallied a hat trick. The U.S. went 19-for-34 from the field.  Six separate players scored for Kazakhstan, which went 6-for-23.<\/p>\n<p>In another thrashing, New Zealand downed South Africa, 12-5.  Kelly Mason paced New Zealand with a hat trick, as the squad went 12-for-36 from the field.  Sarah Harris notched three goals for South Africa, which converted on 5 of 19 shots.<\/p>\n<p>Canada and Australia tied in their match, 6-6. Dominique Perreault led Canada with two goals, as the Canadians went 6-for-21. Rowena Webster also had two goals for Australia, which connected on 6 of 29 shots.<\/p>\n<p>Spain beat Germany, 17-12, on the back of a tremendous effort from Blanca Gil.  Germany did not have an answer for Gil, as she tallied 7 goals on 12 shots.  Overall, Spain went 17-for-26, a 65.4 percent success rate, from the field.  Katrin Dierolf proved to be nearly as dominant as Gil with a 6-for-12 effort for Germany.  The Germans went 12-for-30.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands defeated Brazil, 11-7. 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