World League Day 4

World League
USA VS GREECE
The battle of defense was in full swing tonight.The greeks have a special talent to lure teams into a slow tempo game.They play great zone and soft press defense,that encourages other teams to slow down there play.
The greeks were first to get on board with a 6on5 goal, We responded with a great outside goal from Natalie Golda..1-1 end of first quarter...The second quarter displayed some of lauren wenger's versatality, with a goal from the center position..Then Golda fired a "nasty" shot in the goal (welcome back), to put us up 3-1.. The greeks come up big once again with a 6on5 goal..To end the second quarter 3-2..The third quarter goals by both teams were produced by 6on5 goals...We took a lot more shots in the third quarter but unfortunately most of the them connected with the bar and not the net..Going into the fourth quarter we were up 4-3..The fourth quarter was a battle, the greeks were able to draw a 5m two minutes into the 4th quarter and tied the score..Both teams were putting up shots and putting the ball into the center position to try and draw exclusions..Elsie Windes gunned a shot from the outside to put us up 5-4..With under a minute left to play Greece calls a time out and sets up a play..they draw a 6on5 and Betsey Armstrong comes up big with a save..We swim the ball and come up with the win..

USA wins...
Wenger 1, Golda 2, Windes 1, Kraig 1

tomorrow we will face the Aussies once again in the final...
The australians beat the Canadians tonight 11-8 to advance into the final...