Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain - November 2 - The USA Women's National Team began play today at the FINA World League Super Final with a 9-6 victory over the Netherlands. Jenna Flynn,
Jewel Roemer, and
Jordan Raney each scored twice in the win while
Ashleigh Johnson recorded 13 saves in the cage. Team USA will face Canada tomorrow morning at 4:40am et/1:40am pt. The match can be streamed live on the FINA YouTube page by
clicking here.
Team USA jumped out to an early 3-2 lead after the first period via goals from Raney, Flynn, and
Ryann Neushul. In the second quarter, the Americans added to the lead when
Rachel Fattal scored on a counter attack and Flynn notched her second goal of the contest as The United States would hold a 5-2 lead at halftime. The Netherlands got back on the scoreboard with a pair of goals in the third period, while Roemer (2) and Raney added three for Team USA to make it 8-4 going to the final frame. The Dutch cut the deficit to one in the fourth quarter behind two penalty shot conversions before
Bayley Weber scored on a player advantage with 2:59 left in the match. That would be the end of the scoring as the United States claimed the 9-6 win.
The United States went 3/9 on power plays and 1/1 on penalties while the Netherlands went 2/9 on power plays and 2/3 on penalties.
Scoring -
Stats via 6-8 Sports
USA 9 (3, 2, 3, 1) J. Flynn 2, J. Roemer 2, J. Raney 2, R. Fattal 1, R. Neushul 1, B. Weber 1
NED 6 (2, 0, 2, 2) L. Moolhuijzen 2, B. Sleeking 1, M. Keuning 1, B. Rogge 1, V. Sevenich 1
Saves - USA - A. Johnson 13 - NED - S. Buis 6
6x5 - USA - 3/9 - NED - 2/9
Penalties - USA - 1/1 - NED - 2/3
