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In a strong opening defense of its 2017 title, yesterday the USA Women\u2019s Youth National Team cruised to a convincing 16-4 win over Puerto Rico in its first appearance at the 2018 UANA Junior Pan American Championships in Clearwater, Florida.<\/p>\n

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Balanced scoring from\u00a0Jenna Flynn<\/strong> (three goals) and\u00a0Malia Allen<\/strong>,\u00a0Paola\u00a0Dominguez\u00a0Castro<\/strong>,\u00a0Anneliese Miller<\/strong> and Isabelle Zimmerman<\/strong> (two goals each) backed a strong defensive effort that saw the Americans outscore their opponents 9-1 in the second half. Next up for Team USA: a matchup at 10:20 a.m. today against Brazil, a 20-4 winner over Argentina on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

On the men\u2019s side of the draw, Tuesday saw the USA Men\u2019s Youth squad rally late for 10-all time with Brazil. Leading the way for the Americans were Nicholas Tierney<\/strong> and Alex Tostadze<\/strong> with three goals apiece. Down 9-6 two minutes into the fourth period, goals by Tostadze and Makato Kenney<\/strong> cut the deficit to one. After Rafael Vergara<\/strong> put Brazil up by two with his fifth goal of the game, Garret Zahn<\/strong> and then Tierney scored late to allow the Americans to snatch a draw out of the jaws of defeat.<\/p>\n

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The Long Center in Clearwater, FL. Photo Courtesy: USA Water Polo<\/p><\/div>\n

The U.S. Junior men were back in action on Wednesday, where they faced Argentina in the day\u2019s final match. Keeping pace with the Brazilians\u2014who beat Puerto Rico 17-8 behind Vergara\u2019s nine goals, including five in the fourth quarter\u2014the US registered a 15-6 win on the strength of five goals by Tanner Pulice<\/strong> and two apiece from Kenny, Tierney, Zahn and\u00a0Ethan Parrish<\/strong>. Team USA will play Puerto Rico today at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

After two full days of action, Group A standings for the men are:
\nBrazil (1-0-1)
\nU.S. (1-0-1)
\nArgentina (1-1)
\nPuerto Rico (0-2)<\/p>\n

Group B standings are:
\nCanada (2-0)
\nPeru (1-1)
\nColombia (1-1)
\nBarbados (0-2)<\/p>\n

On the women\u2019s side of the bracket, Canada is on top and will face the Americans on Saturday morning:
\nCanada (2-0)
\nU.S. (1-0)
\nBrazil (1-1)
\nPuerto Rico (1-1)
\nArgentina (0-2)<\/p>\n

All results and scoring summaries are available on the USA Water Polo website by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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