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Game 51, 11:40, women, 3A CHINA 9 2B UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 12 |
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Saturday, 25 July 2009 11:40 |
Referees: Filpo GOMEZ (ITA), Gabor KISZELLY (HUN)
Quarters: 2-4, 3-3, 2-3, 2-2
Extra man: CHN 1/11; USA 3/11
Teams:
CHINA: YANG Jun, TENG Fei, LIU Ping, SUN Yujun, HE Jin (1), SUN Yating, ZHANG Lei, GAO Ao (5), WANG Yi (1), MA Huanhuan, SUN Hui Zi (2), QIAO Lei Ying, WANG Ying. Head Coach: PAN Shenghua.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Elizabeth ARMSTRONG, Heather PETRI (3), Brittany HAYES, Brenda VILLA, Lauren WENGER (1), Tanya GANDY (1), Kelly RULON (3), Jessica STEFFENS (2), Elsie WINDES, Alison GREGORKA (1), Moriah VAN NORMAN, Kameryn CRAIG (1), Jaime KOMER. Head Coach: Adam KRIKORIAN.
The USA eased into the quarter-finals with what was really a comfortable margin. China always had to come back but could never capture the draw, even trailing by five goals at one stage in the third quarter. A four-goal burst either side of the final break brought China back to 10-9 behind but STEFFENS and GREGORKA put the game beyond doubt. Both teams closed shop in the final four minutes despite each taking a timeout. China could be called unlucky in that it was given a penalty shot when the ball had already passed into the back of the net when 4-2 down. MA had the shot blocked and the USA immediately responded for a 5-2 lead. GAO revelled in the game with five goals, three from the penalty line. 
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