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Olympic gold medalists\u00a0<strong>Melissa Seidemann<\/strong>\u00a0(Walnut Creek, CA\/Stanford\/NYAC) and\u00a0<strong>Aria Fischer<\/strong>\u00a0(Laguna Beach, CA\/Laguna Beach HS\/SET) pilot Team USA into action which opens against Kazakhstan <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1176685341\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Tuesday<\/span><\/span> at <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1176685342\"><span class=\"aQJ\">7:30pm pt<\/span><\/span>. Australia, Canada, China, and Japan round out the rest of the competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available at the entrance to the Schaal Aquatics Center for the entirety of the tournament with no advance or online sales. The final three days of competition will be streamed live at Facebook.com\/USAWP. For more information on the event including team rosters,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/sports\/w-senior\/spec-rel\/fina-intercontinental-tournament-17.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.usawaterpolo.org\/sports\/w-senior\/spec-rel\/fina-intercontinental-tournament-17.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1493827028777000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH815mTKNfl49aHBLq4tMsQtUTcrQ\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Press releases courtesy of FINA and USA Water Polo.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FINA Women&#8217;s Water Polo World League Intercontinental Tournament\u00a0kicks-off today, Tuesday May 2, in Davis, Calif., with six strong teams from America, Asia and Oceania. 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