The USA Water Polo Women’s National Team punched their ticket to the 2016 Olympic Games with a 19-0 shutout France earlier today at the Olympic Qualification Tournament. The victory assured Team USA of a top four finish at the qualification event and secured them the opportunity to defend their Olympic gold medal this Summer in Rio. Makenzie Fischer (Laguna Beach, CA/Laguna Beach HS/SET) led an offensive overload with six goals while Ashleigh Johnson (Miami, FL/Princeton/NYAC) and Sami Hill (Santa Barbara, CA/UCLA/Santa Barbara) recorded eight saves in net in the win. Today’s match will re-air on NBC Sports Network at 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt. Team USA now advances in this tournament to the semi-final round where they will take on the winner of Spain and the Netherlands on Sunday at 4pm local time. That match will be webcast live and can be accessed by clicking here. For complete tournament results, click here.
In their first meeting against France in Head Coach Adam Krikorian’s tenure, dating back to 2009, Team USA left little doubts of their Olympic-minded intentions. Makenzie Fischer scored the first of her six goals just 22 seconds into the match and Kiley Neushul (Goleta, CA/Stanford/Santa Barbara) followed with a score for a quick 2-0 lead. Fischer added two more goals after that and Maggie Steffens (Danville, CA/Stanford/NYAC) finished off the period with a power play goal for a 5-0 USA lead.
The second period was where Team USA put the match away as six different scorers accounted for seven goals. Maddie Musselman (Newport Beach, CA/Corona del Mar HS/CdM Aquatics) got things started with a score followed by the first of three goals on the day from Aria Fischer (Laguna Beach, CA/Laguna Beach HS/NYAC) for a 7-0 margin. Sister Makenzie came back with another goal followed by a Kaleigh Gilchrist (Newport Beach,CA/USC/NYAC) conversion on a penalty shot for a 9-0 lead. Steffens took a dish from Neushul for a score to go up 10-0 and then Kami Craig (Santa Barbara, CA/USC/NYAC) ripped a back hand to make it 11-0. Makenzie Fischer ended the half the way she started it, by scoring a goal, to put the United States up 12-0 at intermission.
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