TEAM USA

hello again

2010-02-05T06:15:00.000-08:00

I havent posted since Rome and I dont think I updated my blog with the results of rome...WE back to back World Champions..we beat the canadiens in a very strange, physical game at the end of july.. we won 6-5...
Im currently in Sicily playing for my club team Orizzonte.. I love it here, cant seem to stay away for very long. We are currently in the quarter finals of champions cup. We are matched up with a team from spain, Alcorcon. We traveled to Madrid about two weeks ago to play our first game. we beat them 12-11. A very intense game.. we had a 4 goal lead at the beginning of the game and it disappeared. Regardless, we are happy with the win and now wait to play them again at home in two weeks. If we win, we are off to the final four which will take place april 9-10.. wish us luck...think of us on February 20, when we take on the team from spain..
on a side note-- there are two other american teammates playing for orizzonte and im having a blast having the opportunity to play with my own teammates and my italian teammates...lets hope for the best result...
PS- the picture above is of my view from my place here in catania..wonderful, right???
a presto friends...

Team USA wins Game 1...

2009-07-19T06:07:00.000-07:00

Game vs Kazahkstan
Nice job team USA....We beat Kazahkstan 19-6.
We started very slow and were down 0-3...We kept our composure and ended the quarter down 3-4. We picked it up a notch in the second quarter and did not look back.. The stands were empty but we did have about 10 USA fans in the crowd....
Now we rest and start focusing on Russia....
stats to come....
Scoring:

USA (3, 6, 6, 4) K. Craig 4, M. van Norman 3, B. Hayes 3, B. Villa 2, L. Wenger 2, K. Rulon 2, T. Gandy 1, A. Gregorka 1, J. Steffens 1
KAZ (4, 1, 0, 1) N. Kutuzova 1, N. Rybachek 1, A. Zubkova 1, Y. Gariyeva 1, M. Gritisenko 1, A. Rozhentseva 1

Saves - USA - B. Armstrong 6, J. Komer 2 - KAZ - G. Rytova 8

Penalties - USA 2-2 - KAZ - 0/0

6x5 - USA - 3/9 KAZ - 2/10

Roma 09

2009-07-16T14:06:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone..Its been almost a year since I have posted anything about team USA...We are currently in Rome getting ready to compete at the 13th World Aquatic Championships. We have our first game on Sunday vs Kazahstan @ 12pm...
I will try and be good about blogging about our team...We have a new coaching staff and we are ready for our new adventure...Follow our journey, it will be fun....Go tEam USA

TEAM USA GOES TO CHI TOWN TO VISIT OPRAH

2008-09-08T15:36:00.000-07:00

FOUND SHAWN JOHNSON AT OPRAH- SUCH A SWEET HEART-

TEAM USA

2008-08-26T06:51:00.000-07:00

SILVER MEDALIST!!!!!
We came away with a silver medal after going down to the netherlands 4-0 in first three minutes of game..we fought back but the netherlands beat us 9-8..our hats off to them..
I just wanted to thank all of you who have posted, sent emails and watched us live from your computers..we have never felt as much love and support as we have this time around..You have truly made Beijing and the memories of Beijing a little sweeter with your warm thoughts..Thank you.....GO USA!!!!
WE ENDED WITH 110 MEDALS THE MOST BY ANY COUNTRY...WE ARE THE BEST!!!!!

Happy Birthday to you Patty!!!

2008-08-19T03:21:00.000-07:00

We beat the Australia 9-8, today in our semifinal game..what a game it was..I cant really remember much but what I do remember is going up by 3 to end the 3th quarter and after we missed a 5meter we fell a part for a little bit and gave up our 3 goal lead..But then we cracked down on defense and made some 5on6 saves and scored a crucial 6on5 with a minute left in the game..then we did what we do best and played some great defense the last possesion to the game...We will face the Netherlands on thursday..the beat Hungary 8-7...cant wait...

Scoring:USA: 9 (2,2,4,1) B. Villa 3, B. Hayes 2, K. Craig 1, A. Gregorka 1, J. Steffens 1, N. Golda 1AUS: 8 (2,2,1,3) K. Gynther 3, R. Rippon 2, G. Beadsworth 1, B. Knox 1, M. Santoromito 1
Saves - USA - B. Armstrong 8 AUS - A. McCormack 156x5 - USA 4/7 - AUS 2/8

TEAM USA

2008-08-15T23:05:00.000-07:00

USA VS Russia

2008-08-15T20:29:00.000-07:00

We beat the Russians 12-7...
After day 2 of competition we found out that the Russians were eliminated from advancing with their loss to China and our tie with Italy..We didnt know what Russian team we would find on Day 3 of competition..What we did know is that regardless of how the Russians were going to treat their game, we needed to come out and make a statement..We needed to win to still give us a shot at advancing first in our bracket..However, with the tie we also needed to wait and see the end result of the Italy/China game..I tip my hat off to the Chinese they are playing really well and taking advantage of every opportunity they get..They lost to the Italian 10-9...which helped us win our bracket..We needed China to win, tie or not lose by more than one goal and not have a higer score than our game...to determine the tie breaker between Italy and US...I guess you could say luck was in our favor and all those things happened last night..So now we wait and train to play against the winner of the quarterfinal between Australia/china...

Scorers:
USA: 12 (5,3,2,2) N. Golda 3, B. Villa 2, A. Gregorka 2, B. Hayes 1, P. Cardenas 1, J. Steffens 1, E. Windes 1, M. van Norman 1RUS: 7 (0,2,4,1) O. Turova 2, S. Konukh 2, E. Prokofyeva 1, E. Pantyulina 1, E. Soboleva 1Saves - USA - B. Armstrong 10, J. Hipp 1 - RUS - V. Vorontsova 16x5 - USA - 4/6 (2/2 penalties) RUS - 2/6

USA vs ITALY

2008-08-13T04:56:00.000-07:00

Ends in a tie 9-9...
The Italians go up on us 2-0 but that did not stop us from taking shots and going right after them..We were very unfortunate with our shooting in the first quarter hitting lots of post but we were shooting with confidence...
In the second quarter we finally got one in the goal with a little commerce connection..We draw an exclusion at center and I passed the ball to patty and she buried in the goal.. The Italians scored again and that put that back ahead 3-1..We were still going after them trying to get into an offensive flow..Hayes put away another power play to give us our second goal..But the Italians would regain their two goal lead but we were not done before the half was over. Leave it to our youngest to power one into the goal from the center position from a great entry pass from Hayes..Hayes would then score her second goal of the night with a perfect lob that was out of reach of the Italian goalkeeper...We went into half with tied 4-4..
The Italians scored first coming out of the half time break..But that lead would be short lived as Villa (me) scored on a power play...Minutes went by and Jessica Steffens scores a natural goal that was a beautiful perfect corner that went bar in..This would be the first time US takes the lead..With the third quarter coming to an end the Italians would even up the score once again..
Coming out of the gates for the final quarter saw a lot of back and forth action both teams pushing the counter attack and transition to get something started, the US was finally able to convert on a counter attack, Villa scores a goal that trickles in very slowly...We will take it (they don't all have to be pretty)...The US would keep the lead and extend the lead with from Stanford alum Alison Gregorka, another beautiful natural goal..Our two goal lead would be cut to one by an outside shot and with a minute left in the game the Italians drew an exclusion and called a timeout..they converted the 60n5 and the game was tied with :22 seconds left in the game..We called a time out, ran a play and got an entry pass into the center position, Craig tried to get a shot off but the italian defender clamped down and the game ended in a tie...

***** In the last match of the game we saw China defeat Russia 13-11..which means that the russians do not have a chance of advancing to the quarterfinal rounds..We must beat Russia friday and await the outcome of the China/Italy game which is played later that day to determine which position we will end up in our bracket...

scorers:
USA - 9 (0,4,2,3) B. Hayes 2, B. Villa 2, H. Petri 1, P. Cardenas 1, J. Steffens 1, A. Gregorka 1, K. Craig 1ITA - 9 (2,2,2,3) M. Miceli 2, T. di Mario 2, E. Casanova 1, S. Bosurgi 1, E. Valkai 1, M. Zanchi 1, C. Ragusa
Armstrong 10 saves

Olympic Debut: American beat Chinese

2008-08-11T04:46:00.000-07:00

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

Getting Ready to play!!!

2008-08-10T04:10:00.000-07:00

Tonight I will watch some olympic magic in our apartment from the 24 hour feed we get here in the village..I will be inspired by other athletes competing and doing well..Last night, three fencers swept the women sabre competition..It is so sweet to see your flag being raised and having not only one flag but three american flags being raised..oh yeah!!!!! The men just beat the Chinese 8-4...we got next!!!!
Go Team USA!!!!

Opening Ceremonies!!!

2008-08-08T21:30:00.000-07:00

Great Job China!!!!
Last night was incredible and a great way to get the games started..As a special treat to the American athletes we were taken to a special venue in order to hear for ourselves a good luck from our President...He was so excited to be there and wished us all good luck and gave a direct order of winning gold medals...we took that to heart...If you look at the link below you can see our team picture with the President....
http://www.nbcolympics.com/photos/galleryid=184069.html

Ralph Lauren dressed us up really well but the china humidity made it very difficult to stay dry and beautiful..By the end of the night, I was soaked through my wonderful attire but still trying to look good and represent our country in a good way...I finally got my picture with Laker super star Kobe and he was very nice and gracious..I was also able to show off my Italian skills with him and have a conversation with him in Italian...That was awesome....
The lighting of the torch was unbelievable...a Chinese gymnast was walking on air to light the torch..hope you all caught that on TV..someone just emailed me teammate Petie and said they say us on TV....I will try to post pictures later...
Today we scrimmaged the Australians..we are back to work and getting ready for our showdown with China on 08/11...LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!

The Olympic Village Life!!

2008-08-07T05:10:00.001-07:00

I meant to add some pictures to give you some sort of idea of the make up of the village but there are so many rules and restrictions on what we can blog about so I decided to just tell you some of my adventures and maybe put up some pictures at a later time...
When we arrived at the Olympic Village a couple days ago we arrived in style sporting some new gear provided by Nike, that day we were known as the team in black..Coincidently, the USOC staff here in the village also was wearing black as their color of the day so we were on top of it..We were assigned our apartments when we arrived so the first thing we did, or I did was scope it out and see which rooms were best...Betsey and I were fortunate enough to get a room with a bathroom, kind of like a master suite...nice, huh...There are three rooms per aparment and a common area..China did a good job with the apartments..After settling in and decorating our apartments with some patriotic decorations we headed to the dining hall because we were starving...After our dining hall extravaganza (the food has been great, no complaints) we ventured around the village, acted like tourist by taking a million pictures..At one of our picture moments, the Village daily photographer thought we were a lively bunch so she took pictures of us and we were in the paper the other day..Im sure most of the teams are jealous that us the American water polo team was in the Village Daily,looking fly with our gear on.. That day we ran into so high profiled athletes like Rafael Nadal and Pau Gasol, Im not going to lie we did go up to them and asked them to take pictures with our team..Im sure they are now afraid of the that water polo team dressed in black..but they were very pleasant and put up with are many request of individual photos....So after our first afternoon in the village, we called it a night and were lucky enough to sleep in and enjoy our day off the next day...
The rest day consisted of finding the post office to get some post cards and stamps and making a pit stop at the venue store to buy some cool beijing momentos...After running around the previous day we took it easy and were getting ready for the next day which meant back to business as usual with two practices awaiting us..
Since then we have been training and having an occasional tourist moment only when the dream team walked into the dining hall last night..Lebron, Kidd, Boozer, Anthony and Wade were very gracious to the american water polo team that travels in a pack and asks for various photos...
Today we were able to practice and scrimmage in the Venue pool against Australia..We had a slow start but ended in a tie 9-9..Today gave us a reminder of what we are doing here..we are here to play good water polo and handle our business in the pool....
Go team USA!!!!

Sorry!!

2008-08-07T01:34:00.000-07:00

I have not been doing a good job on keeping you, my readers, informed on the activities of the village life..I promise to post later today some of the adventures we have been on since arriving here in the Olympic Village..Ill leave you with this thought, the chinese are doing an exceptional job...cant wait to get this show on the road...

OLYMPIC VILLAGE!!

2008-08-03T16:59:00.000-07:00

Today we head to the olympic village, we will call that home till aug 25..I hope the beds are comfortable. We are so excited to get there...I decided we should look like a team, not such any team, but a very dominant looking team..we will post pictures later of our team outfit as we head into the olympic village where over 10,000 athletes will be housed and fed till closing ceremonies....
I will tell you all about the village later today or tomorrow..
On another note, we played the netherlands in two "official games" and dominated the first one, the second one saw, a less dominant game by us but still a good game..Im not sure what the final score ended from the second game but we definitely won the first game..Today is a gloomy day in China but we are hoping we can see some rays of light as we head to the village later...
oh and if you dont read my teammates Petie's blog...you should..post a comment and she will send you a postcard from the olympic village....go here.
go team USA!!!

Nike and Ralph Lauren

2008-07-31T06:00:00.000-07:00

We departed on sunday morning for san jose state university where olympic processing was going on..For those of you that dont know what olympic processing is, let me give you the short version, this is were all olympic athletes get all their cool gear..For 2008, the USOC has two new apparel sponsors, Ralph Lauren for opening and closing ceremonies and Nike for press conference,podium and lounge wear...The gear is awesome Nike and Ralph Lauren did a great job.
Just wait till you see us marching out into the "Birdnest Stadium" on 08-08-08....

three-timers.....

2008-07-20T17:35:00.000-07:00

Petie and I strolling and enjoying the moment at Blast off to Beijing..This being our third event put on by the Stanford Club prior to our departure to every Olympics....We have seen our sport grow and we can only hope and dream that it continues to grow...Stay tuned..Team USA departs so cal sunday and will be enroute to China....

Petie it has been an incredible journey "living the dream!!!!,"
lots of hugs roomie...yes, im getting more emotional in my old age....

Go TEAM USA!!!!

July 13 Dodger Game

2008-07-15T12:24:00.000-07:00

We were invited on the field of Dodger stadium...It was awesome..I was also very fortunate to throw the first pitch...Im happy to say that I made it to home plate..Nat was my catcher and she had to save my pitch a bit..but it was definitely a fast ball....

USA vs AUS

2008-07-12T21:01:00.000-07:00

We just finished a four game series with Australia...We won the series 4-1..Ending the series at my alma mater Stanford University..
In the third olympic send off, put on by the Stanford Club team..We played in a sold out crowd which set a record for the biggest crowd for a women's water polo event...
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Stanford Water polo club team for putting on this event on and making us feel like superstars..This event was a great way to end this 4 game series. The crowd and atmosphere was a good tune up and warm up for what is to come in Beijing. The game played at Stanford will be televised on MSNBC tomorrow, sunday july 13 @ 9am.....watch the last game played on american soil for the USA olympic water polo team...
game 1 @ Los Alamitos 13-12 W
game 2 @ La Jolla 12-11 L
game 3 @ Coronado 12-6 W
game 4 @ Stanford 7-5 W

OLYMPIC TEAM ANNOUCED TODAY!!!

2008-06-30T19:25:00.000-07:00

USA Olympic Team announced today at the LAAC....
Brenda Villa, Heather Petri, Natalie Golda..
Betsey Armstrong, Jaime Hipp, Lauren Wenger, Moriah VanNorman, Alison Gregorka, Elsie Windes, Patty Cardenas, Jessica Steffens, Brittany Hayes, Kami Craig...
Today at the press conference there were a few questions asked after the team was announced about how young are team is...The average age of our team is 24.6..according to Guy this team's age average is older than the past two olympic teams..On paper our team may seem young because we will have 10 first time olympian but let's not forget that this team knows what it feels like to be in the "big moment" we played australia in australia for the gold medal at world championships and won.. ..
Above are the name of the 13 girls that will represent the USA on their quest to the podium...
Go team USA!!!!

Thetis Cup- Crete, Greece

2008-06-24T12:22:00.000-07:00

Game 1 Italy vs USA L 10-9
Game 2 Germany vs USA W 13-5
Game 3 Greece vs USA w 11-10

Details to follow...

Commerce makes it into the New York Times!!!

2008-06-24T12:17:00.000-07:00

Please Read this great article on the city of commerce and water polo...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/sports/olympics/18polo.html?ref=sports

Game 6 Final USA vs Rus

2008-06-15T23:35:00.000-07:00

USA 7 Russia 8...... more details to come later...Russia scores with about :20 seconds left in game to win first world league title...

Scoring:

USA: 7 (2,0,3,2) H. Petri 2, B. Villa 2, N. Golda 1, E. Windes 1, A. Gregorka 1
RUS: 8 (3,2,1,2)

6x5 -- USA - 4-8 - RUS 3-7

Saves: USA - B. Armstrong 10

Game 5 USA vs Spain

2008-06-14T14:16:00.000-07:00

USA 11 Spain 9

Although our 5on6 defense was not very good today, our offense came to play tonight and we were able to hold off the spanish for a win. The game before us saw Russia and Australia go into a shootout.. Russia lost the shootout but still advance to the final game with the point they received from the shootout. Tomorrow should be a very fun,physical and competitive game..Just they way we like it...

USA 11 (1,4,4,2) N. Golda 4, B. Villa 2, K. Craig 2, L. Wenger 1, B. Hayes 1. M. van Norman 1
ESP 9 (2,2,3,2)

6x5 -- USA - 3-6 -- ESP - 6-8

Saves: USA - J. Hipp 8

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-06-13T15:08:00.001-07:00

Game 4 USA vs Can

2008-06-13T11:16:00.000-07:00

USA 6 Can 5
More to come after Heather Petri's birthday dinner/celebration...

Game 3 USA vs China

2008-06-12T13:50:00.000-07:00

USA 12 CHN 8
After playing the first game of the day for the last two days here in the canary islands, we finally had a little more down time and we played the second game.. We were able to watch some of the first game which saw an upset of Australia by the Canadiens. This forshaddowed the way our game would play out, sort of..However, we did not allow the 15 kick outs called against us to deter us from our objective of getting a win, in whatever way was necessary..
We ended the first quarter with a deficit of two.. We were not able to convert on offense and they were able to score.. We started the second quarter in a calm and calculating way. We were able to get on the scoreboard by converting a 6on5 which led us to score 5 goals to their 1 in the second quarter. The game continued to be close throughout the second half but we maintained our composure played excellent 5on6 defense and were able finally to get some natural goals and give us a cushion.
USA: 12 (0,5,4,3) E. Figge 3, B.Hayes 2, A. Gregorka 2, P.Cardenas 2, L. Wenger 1, B.Villa 1, H.Petri 1
CHN: 9 (2,1,3,3)

6x5 -- USA - 5-6 -- CHN - 5-15

Saves -- USA - B. Armstrong 8, J. Hipp 4

Game 2 USA vs Rus

2008-06-11T12:32:00.000-07:00

USA 10 Rus 6
We were able to continue or momentum from last night's win and were able jump on Russia 3-0. We did a better job today with maintaining a lead by keeping our composure and sticking to the game plan, which is simple play great defense and counter. At the end of the second quarter we kept our 3 goal lead and ended the half with 4-1 lead.
The start of the second half saw Russia pick up their offensive attack but we met their challenge and answered back matching them goal for goal and ended the quarter with 4 goals to their 3.
We started the fourth quarter with a four goal lead and we did not look back..There was about 3 minutes of chaotic play by both teams but no one was able to convert their goals. We were able to draw first blood in the fourth quarter and that gave us the confidence and composure to keep playing without letting Russia back in the game.

Tomorrow we play China, which is our first opponent at the Olympics..
Other scores: Aus 10 China 8, Spain 7 Canada 5.
Scoring:

USA: 10 (3, 1, 4, 2) E. Windes 2, B. Hayes 2, H. Petri 1, B. Villa 1, L. Wenger 1, N. Golda 1, P. Cardenas 1, K. Craig 1
RUS: 6 (0, 1, 3, 2) N. Shepelina 2, N. Vylegzhanina 2, Y. Gaufler 1, O. Turova 1

6x5 -- USA - 2-5 -- RUS - 3-7

Saves: USA - B. Armstrong 12

Game 1 Usa vs Aus

2008-06-10T11:30:00.000-07:00

USA 10 - Aus 9
The australians started out very strong and very aggresive. In the first two minutes of the game the australians scored on their first two possessions and we struggled a bit. Petie opened up our scoring with a great cross cage skip shot and that got us going... The first quarter ended up 3-3.
The second quarter saw a bit of a US surge..We lead 6-4 in the middle of the second quarter but were not able to maintain ball control and we let the australian back in the end. At half time the game was tied once again..
The third quarter saw some inconsistent play from us.. We had a couple 6on5 opportunities that we did not convert. The Aussies on the other hand connected on two of their 6on5 opportunities. The third quarter ended up with the Aussies with a one goal advantage....
We come out in the fourth quarter with a mentality that we had no option..we had to win this game.. We had three natural goals in the fourth quarter and missed a couple 6 on5 opportunities but our defense and Betsey come through to secure our win..With 40 sec left in the game Australia earned an ejection and Betsey come up with a great save which meant in we could control the ball for 20 seconds we would walk away with the win..The australians received the ball back with 1.5 seconds left but that was not enough time for them..
Tomorrow we play Russia same time...

USA: 10 (3, 3, 1, 3) H. Petri 3, N. Golda 2, L. Wenger 1, B. Villa 1, P. Cardenas 1, J. Steffens 1, E. Windes 1
AUS: 9 (3, 3, 2, 3)

6x5 -- USA 3-8 -- AUS 3-6 -- Penalty - AUS 0-1

Saves: B. Armstrong - 11

OTHER SCORES: RUSSIA 15 CANADA 7, SPAIN 6 CHINA 6 ( SPAIN WINS IN SHOOT OUT)..

opening ceremonies

2008-06-10T10:36:00.000-07:00

Here is a taste of spanish carnival..Yesterday, we had a mini opening ceremonies and the people of Tenerife wanted to give us a taste of their festivities..It was so much fun and so much energy..

World League Super Final Schedule

2008-06-06T06:39:00.000-07:00

June 10
1600 Aus vs USA
1730 CAn vs Rus
1900 ESP vs Ch

June 11
1600 USA vs Rus
1730 Aus vs Chn
1900 Esp vs Can

June 12
1600 Can vs Aus
1730 Chn vs USA
1900 Esp vs Rus

June 13
1600 Can vs USA
1730 Chn vs Rus
1900 Esp vs Aus

June 14
1600 Chn vs Can
1730 Rus vs Aus
1900 Esp vs USa

June 15
TBD

Canary Islands and Super World League Finals

2008-06-05T22:16:00.000-07:00

I know its been a long time since I have blogged and Im sorry..The daily grind of our training does not seem exciting enough to blog about for me. However, we are getting ready to leave on saturday morning for the Canary Islands..Can you believe that?? I hope that they are everything Im imagining them to be..It seems such an exotic destinations and such a random place for a water polo tournament.
However, we are all business even if its a great location. We are coming into our last big tournament that will give us a little more information about ourselves and our opponents as we prepare for Beijing. We are all very excited to play real games against real opponents. So make sure you check back june 10 as we open up the tournament against Australia. The format of the tournament is a round robin between the six teams with the best two records playing for first, etc..wish us luck and follow our path...
Go team USA!!!

The Billies

2008-04-21T19:56:00.001-07:00

April 15, The Beverly Hilton
I was invited to attend an awards ceremony put on by the Women's Sports Foundation honoring several media outlets..They were honoring media and the positive portrayals of women. They invited several hollywood celebrities as presenters; Master P, Tony Gonzalez, Sharon Osbourne, Michele Kwan and the hit of the night was Elton John's performance at the end..
I was so excited to be invited to this amazing event...I met several cool athletes and I even walked a "mini red carpet"..all in all hollywood and the women's sports foundation know how to put on an event for a great cause..If you have money to burn and your looking for a cool foundation to donate to please consider the Women's Sports Foundation....

adventures of the great wall

2008-03-15T22:58:00.000-07:00

Amazing...If i had to describe the great wall of china to anyone with one word it would be AMAZING!!!!!!To think it was man made...It was hard to just walk up the already built great wall..imagine building it...Here are a few pictures of the hike up the great wall..Our tour was limited so we only climbed for about 40 minutes and then raced back down..WE were the ultimate tourist and bought t-shirts and took lots of pictures..I will put up a team picture later..If your ever in China come see part of the great wall you will not regret it...

Who knew?? from tecalitlan, mexico to commerce CA

2008-02-09T17:17:00.000-08:00

check out this story "http://universalsports.nbcsports.com/water+polo"
Hopefully, water polo can get more coverage for the upcoming olympics..We, team USA have supporters in different walks of life..in more than one language. Maybe the different mediums will provide more options to watch water polo in beijing via television...

Team USA played a game in commerce on january 27 and we had a full house..In attendance were Patty's parents and my mom and uncle all from the little "pueblito" of tecalitlan that has produced many water polo players...what was in that water???

Let the New year begin!!!!

2008-02-03T14:58:00.000-08:00

We started the new year with a training trip to the land down under...Our first destination was Perth, Australia and finished the trip off in Sydney, Australia.
This training trip consisted of lots of training and 5 official games at various locations in Australia..We had a few beach workouts that provided us with new war stories to tell friends and families...During a swim session at the beach half the team was stung by jellyfish..can you believe it....luckily no one is allergic and we survived...In sydney, the australians tried to get us off our game and scheduled a game in a playing field located in a bay..Bay, you say, its true..the water was not clear and it was very salty..It was a fun bonding experience..we were out of our comfort zone but we were still able to perform..that is what our program is all about...
Unfortunately, we didnt win any of the games on the road..we tied 2 games and lost three...But dont you worry...we collected lots of information and we are so competitive that this will get us through the next month of training....

Semi Final

2007-12-01T16:47:00.001-08:00

We played Russia in the semi final of the 4 nations cup...They had beat us soundedly a couple days ago so we were excited for the rematch..It was a hard fought game..We were able to control the game with good ball control on offense and fairly good defense..We are still struggling with our 5on6 and 6on5...We were only able to convert 2 of 6 on 6on5 and a 5m...Russia was able to covert 5for 9...With two big 5on6 saves in the last part of the 4th quarter...they game was a high scoring game ending 12-10

figee 1, villa 2,golda 2,cardenas 2,steffans 2, gregorka 1,van norman 2

We play Australia in the final tomorrow at 1130 am est...

Shoot out!!!!

2007-12-01T16:06:00.000-08:00

We beat Australia in a shoot out....
The game began with lots of intensity and aggresiveness from both teams..The rivalry between Australia and the US has grown with the success of both teams..We tend to meet up in lots of knockout games..
All I remember from the game is being down 7-4 going into the 4th quarter..I actually got to watch a lot of the game because I was majored by the end of the second quarter..To start of the fourth quarter we came out with two unaswered goals..We finally started focusing and listening to the coaching staffs instructions and we were patient and broke down their defense...We had an opportunity to win the game in regulation but missed a 5 m...So we played defense after that and went into a shoot out..One of our shooter's hit the bar and Betsey responded buy blocking one of the 5m..When it came down to both teams last shooters australia's captain sailed it over the goal and Petri without a second thought nailed the game winning penalty...It was such an exciting game..We should a lot of character coming back from the loss yesterday and getting back on track in the 4th quarter today..
petri 2, wenger 2,golda 2,cardenas 1, gregorka 1
final score 8-8--after shoot out 12-11...

let it snow!!!

2007-11-30T20:53:00.000-08:00

as we were getting ready to depart for our game vs Australia...it started snowing in montreal....so we walked through the snow to catch the metro to our game...here we are outside the pool, getting ready to battle the aussies!!!!!

Winning streak is over!!!!!

2007-11-30T20:17:00.000-08:00

36 games without losing...we didnt think about this winning streak or talk about this winning streak..but now that it is gone...we miss it...Today at the 4 nations tournament the Russian showed up with their A game and we started with our A game and ended with our B game...They handed our butts to us with a loss of 7-11 and ended the winning streak...But we thank the Russians...we will learn from that loss and move forward..
On a side note..it was very fitting that the Russians handed us our first loss in 36 games...they were the last team to beat us before we went on this streak..We walked away from the world cup last summer with a 4th place finish with a loss to the russians..That made us raise the bar and that fueled our wonderful year of 2007..now we are on our next little journey..so thanks russia..were back on track...

4 NATIONS TOURNAMENT

2007-11-28T20:23:00.000-08:00

So, I was once promised never to come back to Canada during the winter months because it gets really cold and we usually have to catch the metro to practices and games...However, it seems that the promise was broken...We are back to montreal for a 4 nations tournament that consists of Canada, Australia, Russia and USA..
Tonight we opened up with the home country...
Villa 3, Golda 2, Steffens 1, Van Norman 1, Craig 1
2 for 5...6on5 1-1 penalty
2 for 7...5on6 1-1 penalty
the game started off pretty slow...at the end of the first quarter the score was 1-1.. You could definately tell that we have not played an official game since we qualified for the Olympics in july..I think our goal is to get better each quarter and each game.We definately picked up our play in the second half and went up by 2 goals..However, we let them back in the game with some miscommunication on defense and a lack of attack on offense..But we figured it out pretty quickly and went to work on offense...
the final score was 8-6 but at the begginng of the fourth quarter is was 7-4 at one point...Tomorrow we play Russia at 6:30pm est
wish us luck...

Team Tornado Top 40 Champs..

2007-11-07T17:43:00.002-08:00

The injury curse at top 40 continues...there were a couple broken noses, a pulled groin and a plethora of black eyes...
However, the last team standing in the water was Team Tornado....Members of Team Tornado=== Van Norman, Steffen, Villa, Hipp, Davies, Stein, Nueshel, Moss and Krug..
Hipp was awarded Most valuable Goalkeeper..I was given most valuable player but passed it on to Steffens, she did it all for us this weekend, defended all the centers and scored some goals...
Here is an awesome picture taken in the first quarter of the final game..Hipp making one of her 8 saves to help us win the title..Team Tornado ended up beating team Camo 5to3....

Next thing on the agenda is HOLIDAY CUP being held at Belmont Dec 5-9...You wont have to freeze at Los Alamitos so no excuses come watch us in action..

Happy Halloween/ Come watch Top 40

2007-10-29T21:09:00.000-07:00

happy halloween...
we are finally back in the pool doing are usual routine...Most of the california fires are under control and the air quality is back to normal...We are getting ready to play in the top 40 this weekend...we play sat and sunday....here is how the national team was split up...the rest of the team is made up by youth and junior team players and some wild cards...
Team 1 Tornado--Brenda, Jessica, Jaime, Moriah
Team 2 Solar----Lauren, Allison, Erika
Team 3 Camo-----Petie, Elsie, Patty, Kami
Team 4 Tribal---Betsey,Natalie,Brittany

Pike's Peak kicked our ASS!!!!

2007-10-21T00:29:00.000-07:00

We believe we are well conditioned athletes..take us out of our element and we get our butts kicked...However, we took on the challenge of getting to the summit of pikes peak..we didnt complete our challenge but it didnt stop us from trying...This is one of the strengths of our team..with no fear we take on challenges and push our limits...We are just getting started...
"Outcondition your opponents"

Who knew???

2007-10-02T18:23:00.000-07:00

Today to my surprise I found out there is a mini video of me with some pictures and some goals of the last few years..wether its me with Stanford, Team USA or Orizzonte..kind of fun..enjoy...It makes me excited to see that their putting women polo players on the web not just the men....

We are grinding away....306 days till Opening Ceremonies!

2007-10-01T20:31:00.000-07:00

Sleep...Polo...Eat...Sleep...Polo....
This is the cycle most of us on the USA olympic water polo now follow that we are in our full time training regiment..We go seven practices a week...We are incorporating new elements to our training...we play land sports like ultimate water polo and we pretend we are in boot camp and run in formation on the base...pretty hilarious..we also do some agility drills on land that would make some land sports peeps giggle...but we can hold our own...
Our next "competition" will be the Top 40...This tournament consist of splitting up the national, jr national, youth team into 4 teams and hosting a festival type tournament..This is a great way to showcase the pipeland the Women's water polo team has build in the last 8 years...
Till then we find other ways to entertain ourselves and to try and stay sane...watch this video and enjoy our wacky personalities...stay tuned because we are brainstorming some other wacky ideas to pursue..any ideas...post a comment.

Summer polo comes to an end!!

2007-08-27T12:13:00.000-07:00

Most of international water polo ended this weekend.. Here in Los Alamitos, California, I was able to attend the Men's Junior World Championships and watch some pretty good water polo..I was really impressed with Team USA they beat Croatia and played Italy tough in the quarterfinal..They lost that game and I was heart broken..But the saving grace was that there was a packed house every evening supporting team USA..They finished 6th losing to Australia on the final day of competition..I was glad I was able to be apart of this event and experience the excitement for water polo here in the US..I just want to be able to spread that excitement throughout the country and for all levels of water....
On a personal note, the summer vacation has come to an end..training begins this week...and our journey to Beijing for TEAM USA will now begin....Im so excited...
On a water polo note, the European qualification tournament held in Kirishi, Russia ended on sunday with the a surprise to most...The Dutch team clinched that berth going through the tournament unbeaten..They opened up their first game with a tie agaisnt Russia but then and never lost...The Dutch beat the italians in the semifinal and the russians in the final game in overtime..Congrats to the Dutch team...very impressed..So, as of now, their are three teams now qualified for the 2008 Olympic games..Team USA, Holland and China....The next opportunity for countries to qualify will be at the Olympic Qualification tournament held in Trieste, Italy..February, 2008...

we won

2007-07-21T03:05:00.000-07:00

we won 6-4...more info to come later...
petri 1, figge 1,villa 1, wenger 1, gregorka 2....
Betsy...like one hundred saves...
Pictures and more details to come..Not our best game of water polo..but we found a way to win..
we held Canada to 0-7 on 6on5...and we went 2-5 on 6on5..the difference in the game...

We're going to Beijing...

Pan American's: Game 5

2007-07-18T17:31:00.000-07:00

Game 5
USA vs Puerto Rico

Last game of prelimanary round and Team USA displays whats its capable of doing when they are in tune from the beginning of the game...Team USA starts out with a 5-0 run...Wenger converts on a 6on5 goal to open up the scoring..Wenger gives an assists to Villa on a 3on2 counter attack....Then Kami Craig converts a center goal....Team USA earns another ejection and Van Norman with a perfect pause scores from the post...Figgee scores her first of five with a natural goal from the outside...Puerto Rico earns an exclusion with :40 sec left in the quarter and converts...to end the quarter 5-1..
The first couple minutes of the second quarter passed by as both teams had a couple of turnovers...With 3 min into the quarter team USA earns an ejection...Petri gives Gregorka an awesome pass on the post which she converts into the first goal of the quarter....Another couple minutes pass by and Figge fires her second goal past the puerto rican goalie..The half ends 7-1 for Team USA...
The first 4 minutes of the third quarter seemed like a swim meet...finally team USA earns an ejection and Villa converts...Figee then scores her 3rd goal of the goal with another outside bullet.....Puerto Rico then gets on the board again with an outside shot....
VanNorman open up the fourth quarter with another perfect shot from the post...In the next offensive posession Figge once again fires in another goal....Two posessions later Team USA comes down with a counter attack which Gregorka converts...But it was a great structured counter attack which started with a pass from Petri to Steffens and finally to gregorka to finish it with a goal...The last goal of the game was scored by Figee after outsmarted the goalie..she ball facked a pass into set the goalie bit come out and Figee lobbed it into the goal...The final score was 13-2....

Figee 5, Villa 2, Wenger 1, Gregorka 1,VanNorman 2, Kraig 1

**** Brazil beat Cuba 10-5...
Team USA will play Cuba tomorrow at 4:30pm in the Semi’s....

TEAM USA visits brazilian beach!!

2007-07-18T17:28:00.000-07:00

Pan American's: Game 4

2007-07-18T17:01:00.000-07:00

Pan American Game’s
USA vs Brazil....
Game 4

Cheering has been taken to a new level..I have never been booed getting off a bus...Today we played Brazil in the last game of the day...During warm up the lights the light up the field of play were turned off and the only lights on were in the stands...There the brazilians were dancing singing and getting ready to cheer the home team on and to boo the Americans..
But as the lights went on Team USA was up to the challenge of hearing “the silence”...
The Brazilian were first to draw blood of a US exclusion...Next possesion US scores a natural goal...A lob by Villa....Once again Brazil draws another ejection and scores...We come down on offense and draw our on ejection, Figge converts..First quarter ends in a 2-2 tie..The crowd was fired up by the Brazilian team which gave the brazilian players some confidence...The second quarter started with a natural counter attack goal from Windes..To put team USA up for the first time in the game..We then earned another ejection and Steffens converted.....That was followed by a natural outside bullet by Golda..the quarter ended with a USA exclusion and a USA 5on6 stuff..We went into the Half with a 5-2 lead...We started the half with a 6on5 goal from Cardenas...3:00 min went by before any team was able to convert any ejections or posessions..With 3:00 min left in the 3rd quarter team USA was called for an ejection...Brazil converted and the place went wild...That would be the last time the crowd would be heard.....To close out the quarter Gregorka and Windes converted natural goals to give team USA a 5 goal led to end the quarter 8-3....Team USA scored first in the fourth quarter with a fabulous center goal by vanNorman which then brought on the silence in the stands..4:00min went by and Team USA earned an ejection..Villa converted and that was the last goal scored of the game which ended 10-3....

Figee 1, Villa 2, Golda 1, Cardenas 1, Steffens 1, Windes 2, Gregorka 1, vanNorman 1
*****Cuba ties Canada 7-7....

BRASIL

2007-07-17T08:47:00.000-07:00

We play brasil tonight...so excited to play in such a hostile environment...wish all water polo games and tournaments had such great atmosphere and fans..
GO USA!!!!!

Pan American's: Game 3

2007-07-17T08:12:00.000-07:00

USA vs CANADA

Maybe there was a little hope in thinking that the brazilian crowd would cheer for us instead of Canada..Who likes canada anyways??..But I was definately wrong....Good thing we never have huge crowds and if there are huge crowds its never in our favor...
The Canadiens definately won the 6on5 battle last night but we walked away with the win...We didnt start as sharp as we had talked about but we definately picked up our play as the game went on and matched their intensity..They came out throwing the kitchen sink at us..
Canada drew first blood scoring a 6on5 goal...But we responded with a natural goal from Villa....Then it became a swim meet with both teams trying to push the counter and pick up the tempo of the game..
We continued to struggle a bit in the second quarter but we were able to score a nice transition goal from the center Van norman put one in the net after a great entry pass by Gregorka..The half ended tied at 4-4...
The third quarter we found some new energy and came out attacking...we were able to came back from being down 5-6 to going up 8-6.Their was some great teamwork and exection..Kraig scored a ball from the center position that was perfect.We also scored a a couple 6on5 by lauren wenger with patience after Canada stormed..however at the end of the quarter Villa was excluded with 12 secs left in the third quarter and Canada found the back of the net with 3 sec left in the game...to bring Canada back within one...
The fourth quarter began with a US natural goal that put them back up by two...The rest of the fourth quarter was a defensive battle..The US maintained composure with their 6on5 scored to maintain their two goal led....

Villa 2, Wenger 2, Golda 2, Windes 1, Kraig 2, VanNorman 1...
10-5~~~6on5
5-8~~~~5on5

Pan American's: Game 2

2007-07-15T17:12:00.000-07:00

Pan American Games
Game 2
USA vs Cuba...
The cubans came out with their A game..while we struggled with our C game...we had 7 turnovers in the first half...Not good...The score at the end of the first quarter was 3-2...The Cubans were up 3-1 at one point...the second quarter we continued to turn the ball over on offense and give the cubans some pretty good opportunities that they did not waste...The half ended with us leading 5-3....The second half was an entirely new USA team...the first two offensive posession goals were produced by Cardenas and Windes..To give us a cushion that we kind of ran away with...Golda then came in and blasted a perfect bar in that even the crowd had to admire...the just "ooed" instead of booed..The rest of the third quarter saw some great counter attacking by Gregorka and Golda...The fourth quarter saw a couple more goals by team USA and a couple from Cuba...They got most of their goals on 6on5...Tomorrow we will need to ready for everything..I have no doubt that we will..
goals~~~~Villa 1, Wenger 1, Golda 4, Cardenas 1, Steffens 2, Windes 1, Gregorka 3, VanNorman 1
**11 turnovers total...7 in first half
**1/6 --6on5
**4/9--5on6
Tomorrow
USA vs Canada....

Pan American's: Game 1

2007-07-14T17:51:00.000-07:00

Pan American Games...
Game 1
USA vs Venezuela..
Villa 3, Wenger 3, Golda 3, Steffens 2, Gregorka 3, Kraig 6, VanNormon 1

Walking onto the ramp for introductions was definately a thrill tonight..When the home crowd boo’s you it definately gets your attention and gives you a little extra motivation to demonstrate why you are #1 in the world...The first half of the game we come out counter attacking...the score at the end of the first was 5-0...We continued to counter attack and push our transition in the second..we ended the second quarter 12-0 at half....The third quarter we decided to work on our transition game we earned a couple more ejections and our centers went to work and had a scoring festival with perfect form at set...The venezuelans were able to score a backhand and a 6on5..to end the quarter 19-2...The fourth quarter went by with the least amount of goals scored...the venezuelans scored one more 6on5 goal and we put up 2 more goals...The final score was 21-3...

****Canada vs Brazil 4-2...
the brazilians had a packed stadium filled with dancing and cheering..the canadiens struggling a litle bit with the energy and aggresiveness the brazilians showed up with...The end of the first quarter was 1-1...then 2-1...2-1...the canadiens finally opened up the game with two quick goals in the fourth and brazil added a one more to keep it interesting..Brazil played really well...

Cuba vs Puerto Rico
was a nail bitter...with the cubans coming out on top 12-11...Puerto Rico missed a 5m with 45 sec left in the game..Cuba on the next possesion earned an ejection and scored the winning goal..

USA plays CUBA tomorrow at 4:30pm...Go USA!!!!

Viva Essa Energia

2007-07-14T17:34:00.000-07:00

LOOK HOW CUTE WE LOOK AT OPENING CEROMONIES!!

Opening ceremonies....Brasil knows what its doing and did a fantastic job....We as athletes only paraded for about 15 min and we were able to sit and watch most of the entertainment....Some how we, the water polo girls made it to front of the US delegation right behind the flag bearer....we also were able to sit in the front row in the stadium right next to the torch that was light at the end of the opening ceremonies to officially open the games...The village is brand new and well done...About half the US delegation is here...lots of sports are coming in next week...The theme of the games is “Viva essa energia” ~~Share the energy...Brasil certainly knows how to bring the energy..Go USA..

"THE TORCH"

Team USA visits nation's capital

2007-07-10T20:06:00.001-07:00

We are currently in DC training for a couple of days before heading down to Brazil for the Pan American Games..We will be in action on Saturday beginning with Venezuela...In the meantime we ran around the historical area of DC getting inspired and being proud to represent our country....GO USA!!!!

2007-07-08T20:38:00.000-07:00

World League Champions...

Thanks Mr. Figge for the pictures....!!!

WORLD LEAGUE CHAMPIONS BACK TO BACK!!!!

2007-07-08T19:02:00.000-07:00

Game 5
USA vs Australia
Championship Game
We were able to defend our World League Title against the Australians today ..We talked about minimizing our turnovers and working a little harder on offense...We were able to break down their very aggresive press and over committing offense..the battle of 6on5 and 5on6 made a difference in the game..We won that battle..we kept their 6on5 to 1 of 9....and we were able to connect on 5 of 11..6on5...nice job girls...Petie opened up the scoring with a 6on5 goal in the first posession of the game..We continued with a outside bullet by Natalie Golda..Petie scored one more 6on5 goal to end the first quarter with a 3-1 lead..
I think the half ended with a lead of 5-3.Two goals contributed by lauren wenger, one on 6on5 and another natural from the outside..The details are a little blurry..I do remember that Kami Craig had an awesome goal from center in the 3rd quarter...followed up by another goal on 6on5 by cardenas...The third quarter ended with a 7-3 US lead..The fourth quarter was rounded up by 1 more goal from each team...I added the last goal for us on a 6on5...
US wins 8-4....
Petri 2, Villa 1, Wenger 2,golda 1, Cardenas 1, Kraig 1...
****The greeks ended up beating the canadiens in the 3rd place game....**
Now we head to DC for a couple days before we head to Brasil for the Pan American games...

New website

2007-07-08T06:59:00.000-07:00

Here's a new website dedicated to information about all women's national teams..quick up to date info.
http://www.usawomenswaterpolo.org
check it out....
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GO USA!!

2007-07-07T19:09:00.001-07:00

Who is Clarissa?? any guesses??

2007-07-07T19:02:00.000-07:00

TEAM USA 2007 "RIDING THE METRO" AFTER WATCHING THE CANADA VS AUSTRALIA GAME.. WE PLAY AUSTRALIA TOMORROW IN THE FINAL!!! GO USA!!!

World League Day 4

2007-07-07T18:28:00.001-07:00

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...

2007-07-06T18:20:00.000-07:00

World League
Game 3
USA vs CHINA

I first want to welcome back Golda and Betsy.. This is their first game back after sickness and injuty..Moriah was sick today and wasnt able to join us in the battle against the chinese..So...The chinese are getting a little better at water polo..At the end of the first quarter we were tied 1-1...believe it...We must have hit about 5 bars in the first quarter..Second quarter rolled around and it was still a close game..We put away some shots and the half ended with 4-1 lead for us...We cracked it open a little more in the 3rd quarter and it ended up 7-2..The fourth quarter seemed a bit of a swim meet..With not many goals..the game ended 9-2 for the US...Both goalies played today..

Figge 1, Wenger 1, Cardenas 3, Steffens 2, Windes 1, Kraig 1..
With today's win we are definately in the finals of of the world league..Tomorrow we play greece...
Go USA!!!

2007-07-05T17:10:00.000-07:00

World League
Day 2
Usa vs Australia
Tough game..Today was the first one goal game of the summer..We were tested..We were down 3-2 at the end of the first quarter..They scored their first 2 6on5s and we were struggling with our 6on5...With the officiating being really inconsistent it was really hard to get into a flow but we stepped up our team defense...Australia forces you to play really good team defense with all the driving and cutoffs they do..In the second half we were able to break down their press and score a couple 6on5..we were up 8-7 going into the fourth quarter..The momentum had swung our way and our conditioning definately paid off..we stepped up our defense and didnt give them many offensive options...We were able to create a counter attack opportunity and score it..Heather Petri scored this counter attack goal that deflated the aussies a bit...They were rewarded a 6on5 with 1;35 left in the game..We come up with a big block..I believe Moriah got a hand on it (YES)..We were able to control the ball play one more posession of good defense and pull out the tough win..Good thing our 5on6 was on tonight because our 6on5 struggled..
We won...9-8
Petri 1, Figge 1, Villa 1, Wenger 1, Windes 2, Gregorka 2, VanNorman

2007-07-04T18:35:00.001-07:00

2007-07-04T17:48:00.001-07:00

2007-07-04T17:33:00.000-07:00

World League
Game 1
USA vs Spain..
We started out our summer adventure with a little rain on opening day.Our first rival was Spain.The final score was 12-3..We started out a little slow on the offensive side but our defense kept them to one goal in the first quarter...Our 5on6 was was money tonight..The game was called really tight and a lot of ejections were called..
goal scorers: petri 2, villa 1, wenger 2, cardenas 1, steffens 3, windes 1, van norman 1, craig 1

Tomorrow we play Australia..wish us luck...
GO USA!!!
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY...HOPE YOU ATE LOTS OF HOT DOGS!