Lewisville, TX – February 16 – The USA Women’s National Team got off to an excellent start at the FINA Women’s Intercontinental Tournament with a 17-2 victory over Brazil. Kiley Neushul (Goleta, CA/Stanford/Santa Barbara) scored a game high five goals in the win while Ashleigh Johnson (Miami, FL/Princeton/NYAC) stopped 13 shots in net. Team USA returns to play tomorrow against China at7:20pm cst. In other action on day one it was Australia beating China 12-10 and Canada over Japan 19-10. For complete information on the tourney including box scores, live streaming, and live stats, click here.
Brazil started off with a goal to get things going ahead 1-0 early on a tally from Marina Duarte. That would be as good as things got for Brazil as Team USA ran off four straight goals including two from Neushul to go up 4-1 early in the second period. Brazil countered with a goal to make it 4-2 before the United States rallied with a string of goals including two from Neushul and two more from Melissa Seidemann (Walnut Creek, CA/Stanford/NYAC) on the way to an 11-2 lead at halftime.
Team USA continued to pour it on in the second half scoring six more unanswered goals en route to the victory.
Scoring
USA 17 (3, 8, 4, 2) K. Neushul 5, R. Fattal 2, M. Fischer 2, M. Musselman 2, M. Seidemann 2, K. Clark 1, M. Steffens 1, A. Fischer 1, K. Gilchrist 1
BRA 2 (1, 1, 0, 0) M. Duarte 1, L. Carvalho 1
Saves – USA – A. Johnson – 13 – BRA – T. Oliveira 3, V. Chamorro 8
Swimming news courtesy of USA Water Polo.
