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USA Women Open Series Against China With 17-7 Win In Long Beach

Jenna Flynn scored four goals in the win against China
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Long Beach, CA - April 20 - The USA Women's National Team began play in a three-game series with China tonight and picked up a 17-7 win at Long Beach City College. Jenna Flynn and Emma Lineback scored four goals each while Ashleigh Johnson notched seven saves in goal. The two teams return to play on Monday at Long Beach City College with a 6pm pt start. The match will stream LIVE on Overnght.com. Click here to purchase a subscription. 6-8 Sports will provide live stats of all matches at 68sports.com.

China began the game with a pair of goals from Jing Zhang and Sanfeng Nong to put Team USA on its heels. The red, white, and blue turned to Maddie Musselman on consecutive counter attacks to level the score before Rachel Fattal found the back of the net through the arms of the Chinese defense. Late in the quarter, Zewen Deng converted a player advantage for China and then Ryann Neushul earned a penalty with :01 remaining and Flynn put the United States in front 4-3.

In the second period, Zhang put home her second score and Siya Yan added to the Chinese tally as Lineback fired in her first two goals and Flynn pushed Team USA in front 7-5 at the break.

The Team USA women locked things down in the third quarter, pitching a shutout over the next eight minutes. The stellar defense and seven goals for the Americans left no doubt to the outcome of this contest. Team captain Maggie Steffens, Fattal (2), Flynn, Emily Ausmus, Jovana Sekulic, and Jordan Raney all poured in goals to set the score at 14-5 heading into the final frame.

Deng rebounded with two more goals for China in the fourth as the offensive engines Lineback (2) and Flynn answered with three for Team USA who cruised to the 17-7 win.

Team USA went 5/11 on power plays and 1/1 on penalties while China went 4/11 on power plays and 0/1 on penalties. 

Scoring - Stats
USA 17 (4, 3, 7, 3) J. Flynn 4, E. Lineback 4, R. Fattal 3, M. Musselman 2, M. Steffens 1, J. Raney 1, E. Ausmus 1, J. Sekulic 1
CHN 7 (3, 2, 0, 2) Z. Deng 3, J. Zhang 2, S. Yan 1, S. Nong 1
Saves - USA - A. Johnson 7 - CHN - W. Dong 4, Jiaqi Zhang 2
6x5 - USA - 5/11 - CHN - 4/11
Penalties - USA - 2/2 - CHN 0/1
 
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Players Mentioned

Rachel Fattal

Rachel Fattal

Attacker
5' 8"
Professional
Ashleigh Johnson

Ashleigh Johnson

Goalkeeper
6' 1"
Professional
Maddie Woepse

Maddie Woepse

Attacker
5' 11"
Sophomore
Jordan Raney

Jordan Raney

Defender
5' 10"
Senior
Maggie Steffens

Maggie Steffens

Attacker
5' 9"
Professional
Ryann Neushul

Ryann Neushul

Attacker
5' 7"
Redshirt Senior
Stanford / NYAC / Santa Barbara 805
Emily  Ausmus

Emily Ausmus

Attacker
Redshirt Freshman
USC / NYAC / SOCAL
Jovana Sekulic

Jovana Sekulic

Center
Redshirt Junior
Princeton / NYAC
Jenna Flynn

Jenna Flynn

Attacker
5' 8"
Redshirt Sophomore
Stanford / NYAC / 680
Emma Lineback

Emma Lineback

Attacker
5' 6"
Redshirt Junior
UCLA / NYAC

Players Mentioned

Rachel Fattal

Rachel Fattal

5' 8"
Professional
Attacker
Ashleigh Johnson

Ashleigh Johnson

6' 1"
Professional
Goalkeeper
Maddie Woepse

Maddie Woepse

5' 11"
Sophomore
Attacker
Jordan Raney

Jordan Raney

5' 10"
Senior
Defender
Maggie Steffens

Maggie Steffens

5' 9"
Professional
Attacker
Ryann Neushul

Ryann Neushul

5' 7"
Redshirt Senior
Stanford / NYAC / Santa Barbara 805
Attacker
Emily  Ausmus

Emily Ausmus

Redshirt Freshman
USC / NYAC / SOCAL
Attacker
Jovana Sekulic

Jovana Sekulic

Redshirt Junior
Princeton / NYAC
Center
Jenna Flynn

Jenna Flynn

5' 8"
Redshirt Sophomore
Stanford / NYAC / 680
Attacker
Emma Lineback

Emma Lineback

5' 6"
Redshirt Junior
UCLA / NYAC
Attacker