U.S. flattens Canada to cruise into women's water polo semis | Tokyo Olympics | NBC Sports

that he has been in a bit of a shooting slump so Adam Krikorian would love to see him get off to a good start and give the U. S. R. one nothing lead and that's exactly what she does wearable PZ it was no match for that there you see aria Fischer the underwater shot she's got her seat grabbed from behind Kenzie Fisher from nearby for close up and a great insight password Rachel the tall so this will be six on five for the next twenty seconds back up to a lease Williams to Maddie Musselman she's to for two at the U. S. leads by three Americans coming so close the first thing I noticed with Maggie Steffens brought the ball actually but she got up ten twelve feet away without any kind of resistance at all you decide what a pass from Fisher to Elise Williams and it's for nothing and a big smile from at least Williams I think she was a little stuff that she was on the three meter life ahead nobody chose to guard her it was just a very simple one on one drives probably one of the first things that you learned a waterpolo site from a computer she just took a couple strokes and at that nobody picked up they go for the lob shot on Ashley Johnson not even close she has five saves to start yeah it's tough to speak a lopsided on Ashley Johnson before a lock to be taken he really got a take the goalie good to get her a job to get her to come towards you so you can live the other way U. S. is having its way with this Canadian defense that's aria Fischer you know this the shot clock with two twenty seconds at one of the new rules after exclusion of having thirty seconds on the shot clock twenty of the exclusion is just a twenty second shot clock if there's a goal actually Johnson and into the goal for Shea laroche the all time leading scorer at Indiana University makes it five one Maggie Steffens first player in the history of women's water polo at the Olympics to hit fifty goals that would makes it six one and her second makes seven to one U. S. just inside of one minute left in the first quarter Maggie Steffens has such a powerful shot there you see that because we Gilchrist dropped the ball she had somebody coming over her back I was a clear definition of RT the penalty shot Maddie Musselman how to Makenzie Fischer she scores for the second time it it's eight to one the kids the Fisher with just a beautiful shot there well within the reach of clerical PZ for Canada but she just does not have a lateral movement needed to get to that corner Kelly Gilchrest takes advantage Cayley's first goal and it's now nine one thank you L. Christie see she's got a very strong legs but she also really uses are headed shoulders to create some our on that shot she brings everything for it it's just a beautiful weight issue six different scores already for the U. S. at some point here this game they often other lauded Ashley Johnson gets just tied up with that reach with the left hand for another save eight the Canadians love to live I said earlier all seat again unless you can get Ashley Johnson to really jump hard had a convincing fake that is not going to work on he's great looking inside to Elise Williams she has to the Americans it hit double digits and they now lead by eight just a lot of grabby that's going on at the water here the PD's the rides that ball through the defenders Sunday slate won by Ashley Johnson second goal of the day for Shayla Roach twelve seconds left in the quarter to fix all the UCLA grad skips it in and the leaders once again eight with ten seconds left the Jackson so it sockshare right away for a long getting a close there was actual crabby a south shot eleven for and with that goalies hands are straight up overhead it's easy to sneak it in nationally Johnson won the catena war and there's a great look inside one of pastor Maggie Steffens that's our third goal the United States on the board for the first time in the second half baggy seventy credits her teammate for making that pass through the Beatty's just a beautiful shot she knows exactly where to go and there's here liberties with her first goal she's had a couple of nice is this already the the Gilchrest has one she skipped out to Maddie Musselman one more goal for the U. S. to make it forty to five U. S. now with a chance on the power play okay the Gilchrest think look inside to Elise Williams she's having the best scoring day of her Olympic career she now has three Chris was such a great read to get that ball up and over the defense the biggest margin of victory the playoff portion of the Olympics ever so they could push this up to eleven and keep it there and there is with fifty five seconds left another goal for aria Fischer this would be the largest margin of victory in the quarters semis or final in women's water polo Olympic history almost like aria her geo the US wins by eleven with a sixty five victory high fives all around and they know they will move on to more wins away from what would be a third consecutive gold medal

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Length: 6min 50sec (410 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 03 2021