USA Women Pull Away Late to Defeat China 13-9 in Torrance to Open Exhibition Series

Torrance, CA - December 14 - In front of a capacity crowd at Torrance Aquatic Center the USA Women's National Team opened up their exhibition series with a 13-9 victory over China. Jamie Neushul (Goleta, CA/Stanford/SB 805) led the way with three goals for Team USA. Gabby Stone (La Jolla, CA/Stanford/NYAC) and Ashleigh Johnson (Miami, FL/Princeton/NYAC) split time in the cage.

A full replay of the match is available by clicking here. The two teams will meet again on Sunday afternoon at Woollett Aquatic Center in Irvine, CA at 2:00 PM PT. The match on Sunday is also free admission. The game will live stream at Facebook.com/usawp and YouTube.com/usawp with live stats offered at TheFOSH.net. Also, the Netherlands take on China tomorrow at 3:00 PM PT at Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base. Admission is also free.

It was China who jumped to a 1-0 lead right off the start, but Team USA stormed back to score the next four goals as they took a 4-1 lead at the end of the first quarter. China responded with two early goals to pull within one, but Team USA responded with back to back goals to push their lead up to 6-3. The teams then exchanged goals with Melissa Seidemann (Walnut Creek, CA/Stanford/NYAC) firing home right before the end of the period to put Team USA up 7-4 at halftime.

The third quarter belonged to China as they used stifling defense to hold Team USA to one goal to get within 8-7 at the end of the third quarter. Team USA regrouped at the intermission and came out firing in the fourth quarter as they scored three straight goals to take an 11-7 advantage. They continued to pour it on as Jordan Raney (Manhattan Beach, CA/Stanford/NYAC) scored to put Team USA up by five. China would get one back with three seconds left as Team USA won 13-9. 

Team USA went 3/6 on power plays and 0/1 on penalties while China was 1/8 on power plays and 1/1 on penalties.

Scoring
USA 13 (4, 3, 1, 5)
CHN 9 (1, 3, 3, 2)
USA: J. Neushul 3, M. Seidemann 2, S. Haralabidis 2, J. Raney 1, R. Fattal 1, M. Steffens 1, K. Gilchrist 1, A. Williams 1, P. Hauschild 1,
CHN: Z. Danyi 2, N. Sanfeng 2, L. Yiwen 1, Z. Cong 1, C. Xiao 1, Z. Jing 1, W. Xinyan 1
Saves - USA - G. Stone 1, A. Johnson 0 - CHN - S. Yineng 4
6-on-5 - USA - 3/6 - CHN - 1/8
Penalties - USA 0/1 - CHN - 1/1
Referees - Sergio Macias and Hadi Farid