KUNSHAN, China, June 12. THE USA Women’s National Team finished group play at the FINA World League Super Final undefeated after topping Spain 8-5. Kaleigh Gilchrist (Newport Beach, CA\/USC\/Trojan) and Kiley Neushul (Goleta, CA\/Stanford\/SBWPF) scored two goals in victory while Sami Hill (Santa Barbara, CA\/UCLA\/SBWPF) went the distance in net. Team USA moves on to the quarterfinal round where they will meet Brazil on Friday at 6pm local time\/3am pacific time. The semifinals and finals of the tournament will be streamed courtesy of FINA TV.<\/p>\n
The defending World Champions came out on fire scoring the first two goals of the match for a 2-0 lead before Gilchrist stopped the run with a score. Trailing 2-1 in the second, the United States evened the match at 2-2 with a score from Rachel Fattal (Seal Beach, CA\/UCLA\/SOCAL). The two teams then traded goals over the remainder of the period before an Annika Dries (Laguna Beach, CA\/Stanford\/SET) goal put the United States in the lead 5-4. Spain’s Jennifer Pareja scored to close the half, leaving the two teams tied at 5-5 at intermission.<\/p>\n
Team USA’s defense was rock solid from that point forward holding Spain scoreless over the final two periods. Even when Fattal failed to get a shot off on a penalty attempt the United States had an answer moments later with a goal from Melissa Seidemann (Walnut Creek, CA\/Stanford\/Stanford). Gilchrist added her second after that and the United States built their largest lead at 7-5 going to the final eight minutes.<\/p>\n
In the fourth Neushul had the final word, scoring the last goal of the match to put the United States up 8-5 en route to the victory. Team USA went 2\/5 on power plays and 0\/1 on penalty shots while Spain was 3\/7 on power plays and 1\/1 on penalty shots.<\/p>\n
Scoring
\nUSA 8 (1, 4, 2, 1) K. Gilchrist 2, K. Neushul 2, M. Seidemann 1, A. Dries 1, R. Fattal 1, K. Clark 1
\nESP 5 (2, 3, 0, 0)
\n6×5 – USA – 2\/5 – ESP – 3\/7
\nPenalties – USA – 0\/1 – ESP – 1\/1<\/p>\n
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