Doha, Qatar - February 14 - The USA Women's National Team advanced to the gold medal match of the 2024 World Aquatics World Championships with an 11-9 win over Spain.
Jenna Flynn put three goals in net for Team USA while
Maddie Musselman,
Ryann Neushul and
Jewel Roemer added two in the win.
Ashleigh Johnson had a total of 11 saves for Team USA. The Women's National Team will play for gold against Hungary on Friday at 9:30am et/6:30am pt. Live streaming is available via Peacock by
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Team USA dominated early with goals from Musselman, Flynn and Neushul, then Spain responded with one goal to close out the first quarter of play. Spain opened the second with two goals then tied the game at four with 3:41 left in the first half. Flynn earned a hat trick and gave Team USA the lead 6-4 at the break. In the third,
Rachel Fattal and Roemer added goals to the board, then Spain converted twice to cut the deficit down by two to make it 8-6. After another Spanish goal,
Tara Prentice got on the board for USA's tenth goal of the contest. With 6:36 left in the game, Musselman scored again for the 11th goal and Spain quickly responded to make it 11-8. Despite a late Spanish goal, Team USA held on to the lead and took the win, 11-9. The Women's National team will meet Hungary in the gold medal game on Friday, February 16th at 9:30am et/6:30am pt.
The United States went 7/14 on power plays and 0/1 on penalties while Spain was 4/12 on power plays and did not attempt a penalty.
Scoring -
Scoresheet
USA 10 (3, 3, 4, 1) J. Flynn 3, M. Musselman 2, R. Neushul 2, J. Roemer 2, R. Fattal 1, T. Prentice 1
ESP 9 (1, 3, 3, 2) E. Barril 3, I. Coelho 3, P. Crespi Barriga 1, P. Pena 1, N. Perez 1
Saves - USA - A. Johnson 11, ESP - L. Ramos 6
6x5 - USA - 7/14 - ESP- 4/12
Penalties - USA - 0/1 - ESP - 0/0
