Prague, Czech Republic - September 5 - The USA Men's National Team earned seventh place at the FINA Junior World Championship with a 12-11 win over Greece. Nico Tierney scored four goals and Adrian Weinberg recorded 12 saves in net. Match stats are available via Total Water Polo by
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Greece got off to a good start building a 6-3 lead after the first quarter. Team USA turned the tables in the second quarter outscoring Greece 5-1 to take an 8-7 advantage at halftime. The scoring slowed in the third quarter but the United States kept building their lead going in front 11-8 as action moved to the fourth. Tierney scored his fourth goal with 2:21 to play in the match giving Team USA a 12-9 lead. Greece added two goals late but the United States was able to hang on for the win.
Scoring -
Stats
USA 12 (3, 5, 3, 1) N. Tierney 4, C. Kranz 1, G. Avakian 1, S. Untrecht 1, C. Hosea 1, E. Cain 1, T. Moore 1, B. Zamanian 1, T. Reynolds 1
GRE 11 (6, 1, 1, 3) M. Korderas 4, N. Gkillas 3, D. Sgouridis 2, E. Pouros 1, A. Chalyvopoulos 1
Saves - USA - A. Weinberg 12 - GRE - S. Koutroulakis 9
