Lima, Peru - March 11 - The USA Men's National Team dropped their first game at the FINA Intercontinental Cup, falling to Australia 12-11 earlier today.
Ben Stevenson scored three goals to lead the offense with Adrian Weinberg recording 13 saves in net. A full replay of the match is available below. Team USA is back in the pool tomorrow in semifinal action against Canada at 5:30pm et/2:30pm pt. Live streaming is available by
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Australia took the lead early holding a 3-2 edge after the opening eight minutes. Team USA buckled down in the second quarter outscoring Australia 2-0 to go ahead 4-3 at intermission. The offenses exploded in the third with nine combined goals as Australia tied the game at 8-8 with a five goal surge. In the fourth the Aussies were able to find the net one more time to snare the one goal win. Team USA went 2/6 on power plays and 2/3 on penalties while Australia went 4/7 on power plays and 1/1 on penalties.Â
Scoring
USA 11 (2, 2, 4, 3) B. Stevenson 3, T. Gruwell 2, C. Dodd 2, T. Abramson 1, S. Rhodes 1, D. Woodhead 1, J. Ehrhardt 1
AUS 12 (3, 0, 5, 4) B. Edwards 4, N. Power 3, L. Pavillard 2, C. Negus 1, T. McJannett 1, T. Putt 1
Saves - USA - A. Weinberg 13, - AUS - N. Porter 4
6x5 - USA - 2/6 - AUS - 4/7
Penalties - USA - 2/3 - AUS - 1/1
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