{"id":594554,"date":"2024-08-03T07:40:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T14:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=594554"},"modified":"2024-08-03T07:40:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T14:40:16","slug":"olympic-womens-water-polo-maddie-musselman-helps-u-s-pound-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-womens-water-polo-maddie-musselman-helps-u-s-pound-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Women\u2019s Water Polo: Maddie Musselman Helps U.S. Pound France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympic Women\u2019s Water Polo: Maddie Musselman Helps U.S. Pound France<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maddie Musselman<\/strong> scored four goals and added an assist as the U.S. dominated France, 17-5, in group play of the Olympic women\u2019s water polo tournament Friday.<\/p>\n

The win makes the U.S. 3-1 in group play and books a quarterfinal spot, giving them an extra off day.<\/p>\n

Musselman added an assist. The U.S. led 7-3 at half and outscored France 10-2 after the break. Ashleigh Johnson<\/strong> made 10 saves, and a dogged defense held France to 5-for-29 (17 percent) shooting.<\/p>\n

Jenna Flynn<\/strong> tallied a hat trick. Maggie Steffens<\/strong> paired a goal with five assists. Rachel Fattal<\/strong> and Ryann Neushul<\/strong> scored twice each.<\/p>\n

Most of the games in Round 4 of the tournament proved lopsided. The closest was a 10-7 affair won by Australia over Canada behind hat tricks from Bronte Halligan<\/strong> and Alice Williams.<\/strong> Halligan had two of the three Australia assists. Williams required 10 shots to get her hat trick. Gabriella Palm<\/strong> made six saves.<\/p>\n