Last week, the US women's water polo team went to Europe. They won a squeaker over Catalonia (Spain) 13-12.
This week is the FINA Women's Water Polo World League Super Final 2021 in Athens with the European teams, leading up to the Olympics.
The US took 14 athletes but only 13 can be designated for any game. After the end of the tournament, the 13 US athletes that will go to the Olympics will be announced. (FINA rules only allow 11 players in a game at the Olympics. )
The players' schools are (years indicate their last potential year of eligibility for Stanford)
Stanford: 6 Melissa Seideman('13), Maggie Steffens('17), Jamie Neushul ('17), Aria Fischer('22), Mackenzie Fischer('21), Jordan Raney('18)
USC: 4
UCLA: 3
Princeton: 1
(The US Senior National team has 18 athletes.
Ryann Neuschul (Stanford '23) and Gabby Stone (Stanford '17) did not make the trip.)
If the US continues winning, they will play a game every day this week. Monday, they defeated Greece 16-9. On Tuesday, they play Kazahkstan. On Wednesday, they play Spain. (The US has never lost to Greece or Kazahkstan; Spain has tied the US twice, but the US has won the last 10 matches.)
Thursday, Friday, Saturday are the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.
The games are being streamed live. Oh wait, it may be that free US streaming from Europe may be blocked, and you'll have to purchase a subscription at FloSports.
Tues: USA-KAZ 8:30AM PDT (18:30 EEST)
Wed: USA-ESP 6:45AM PDT (16:45 EEST)
Times below here are valid if the USA wins each preceding game.
Thu: TBD 10:15AM PDT (20:15 EEST)
Fri: TBD 8:30AM PDT (18:30 EEST)
Sat: TBD 10:15AM PDT (20:15 EEST)
Edit: The above link for streaming doesn't work in the US. I managed to get a poor stream out of Germany so I was able to watch bits of the game against Spain. The US doubled up on Spain at the end of each quarter (4-2; 10-5; 14-7; final 18-9). Most of what I watched was the 2nd quarter and the US was amazingly efficient. Very good water polo played against a pretty decent opponent. They also beat KAZ 20-2, so the US was the winner of group B and will play in a quarterfinal Thursday at 10:15AM PDT.
This week is the FINA Women's Water Polo World League Super Final 2021 in Athens with the European teams, leading up to the Olympics.
The US took 14 athletes but only 13 can be designated for any game. After the end of the tournament, the 13 US athletes that will go to the Olympics will be announced. (FINA rules only allow 11 players in a game at the Olympics. )
The players' schools are (years indicate their last potential year of eligibility for Stanford)
Stanford: 6 Melissa Seideman('13), Maggie Steffens('17), Jamie Neushul ('17), Aria Fischer('22), Mackenzie Fischer('21), Jordan Raney('18)
USC: 4
UCLA: 3
Princeton: 1
(The US Senior National team has 18 athletes.
Ryann Neuschul (Stanford '23) and Gabby Stone (Stanford '17) did not make the trip.)
If the US continues winning, they will play a game every day this week. Monday, they defeated Greece 16-9. On Tuesday, they play Kazahkstan. On Wednesday, they play Spain. (The US has never lost to Greece or Kazahkstan; Spain has tied the US twice, but the US has won the last 10 matches.)
Thursday, Friday, Saturday are the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.
The games are being streamed live. Oh wait, it may be that free US streaming from Europe may be blocked, and you'll have to purchase a subscription at FloSports.
Tues: USA-KAZ 8:30AM PDT (18:30 EEST)
Wed: USA-ESP 6:45AM PDT (16:45 EEST)
Times below here are valid if the USA wins each preceding game.
Thu: TBD 10:15AM PDT (20:15 EEST)
Fri: TBD 8:30AM PDT (18:30 EEST)
Sat: TBD 10:15AM PDT (20:15 EEST)
Edit: The above link for streaming doesn't work in the US. I managed to get a poor stream out of Germany so I was able to watch bits of the game against Spain. The US doubled up on Spain at the end of each quarter (4-2; 10-5; 14-7; final 18-9). Most of what I watched was the 2nd quarter and the US was amazingly efficient. Very good water polo played against a pretty decent opponent. They also beat KAZ 20-2, so the US was the winner of group B and will play in a quarterfinal Thursday at 10:15AM PDT.