OH Yeah!!! Hard fought game but we got the win..WE beat the Chinese 12-11...It was definitely a nail bitter for those in the stands..I think most of us in the water were more calm and knew that we would get it done...We played pretty good 5on6 defense and great 6on5 offense...Betsey blocked a 5 meter and Natalie scored 4 goals..It was a very weird game..But most Olympic openers are with both team going 100 miles an hour and the referees always given some sort of instruction like call lots of kick outs to keep the game clean...
The Chinese jumped on us to get an early lead 2-0..After we didn't convert on our first 6on5..They had some "hot" shooters who kept hitting the corner in our zone..We tighten up our defense a little bit and were able to get our counter and offense going...At half we were up 8-7..We held a two goal lead for just a bit in the third and couldn't hold on to it..In the fourth quarter we went down by a goal early and then we cracked down on our defense...They would remain scoreless the rest of the quarter and we scored a natural from the center position and we scored our last 6on5 to put us up by 1..
Some may be doubting us at this point..But we beat a good team that may fly under the radar...One down....Next up Italy on Wednesday Aug 13......this is the fun part...Go TEAM USA!
scorers:
Hayes 2, Villa 1, Wenger 1, Golda 4, VanNorman 1, Craig 3
Armstrong 7 saves,
USA 4/6- 6on5 , 4/9- 5on6
China 1/2 penalties
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ok... I have chills. I've already read a couple other blogs w/ the notes on the game, but somehow, reading yours, really made me realize THIS IS IT! Keep up the defense and stay strong!! I know you can do it!! GO USA!
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