{"id":415,"date":"2019-07-22T07:03:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T07:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/athleticdb.tv\/?p=415"},"modified":"2019-07-22T07:03:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T07:03:22","slug":"usa-men-fall-short-in-11-9-loss-to-greece-in-crossover-round-at-fina-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/athleticdb.tv\/?p=415","title":{"rendered":"USA Men Fall Short In 11-9 Loss To Greece In Crossover Round At FINA World Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Gwangju, South Korea – July 21 – The USA Men’s National Team lost a tight match to Greece, 11-9, in the crossover round at the FINA World Championship. The setback sends Team USA into the 9th-12th place bracket with<\/g> two more matches to play in Gwangju. Ben Hallock (Westlake Village, CA\/Stanford\/LA Premier), Hannes Daube (Long Beach, CA\/USC\/North Irvine WPC) and Johnny Hooper (Los Angeles, CA\/California\/LA Premier) all scored two goals in the loss with Alex Wolf (Huntington Beach, CA\/UCLA\/Bruin) recording eight saves in net. Team USA will now take on the loser of South Africa-Germany on Tuesday at 12:30pm<\/g> local time\/11:30pm<\/g> et\/8:30pm<\/g> pt (July 22). The match will likely stream<\/g> on FINA TV and can be accessed at FINATV<\/g>.Live<\/g> (more details will be shared when available).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team USA had a strong start going up 2-1 behind goals from Hooper and Alex Bowen (Santee, CA\/Stanford\/NYAC). After Greece tied the game at 2-2, Daube scored and then Alex Obert (Loomis, CA\/Pacific\/NYAC) cleaned up a loose ball in front of the cage for<\/g> a 4-2 advantage. Greece scored the next four in a row to go up 6-4 with 3:49 left in the second quarter. Hallock and Daube returned fire with<\/g> consecutive goals and the match was tied at 6-6 at intermission.
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Greece went in front 7-6 in the third quarter only to see Team USA come back with two straight from Luca Cupido (Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy\/California\/Olympic Club) and\u00a0Hallock\u00a0for an 8-7 lead. Greece responded by scoring three straight to<\/g> go ahead<\/g> 10-8 with 2:59 to play in the match. Hooper brought it back to<\/g> one goal at 10-9 on a power play<\/g> strike with 2:32 to play but Team USA would get no closer. Kostas\u00a0Genidounias scored his first and final goal<\/g> with a minute to play to seal the victory for Greece at 11-9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team USA went 6\/12 on power plays with no penalties attempted while Greece was 6\/10 on power plays and 2\/2 on penalties. Both teams fell victim<\/g> to own goals throughout the match as deflections off both goalies and<\/g> a field player resulted in two goals for Greece and one for Team USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more on the USA roster at the FINA World Championships,\u00a0click here\u00a0for the roster announcement. For more on broadcast coverage,\u00a0click here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scoring – Stats
USA 9 (4, 2, 2, 1) B. Hallock 2, H. Daube 2, J. Hooper 2, A. Obert 1, A. Bowen 1, L. Cupido 1
GRE 11 (3, 3, 2, 3) K. Genidounias 4, K. Mourikis 2, A. Gounas 2, I. Fountoulis 1, D. Skoumpakis 1, C. Kolomvos 1
Saves – USA – A. Wolf 8 – GRE – E. Zerdevas 9
6×5 – USA – 6\/12 – GRE 6\/10
Penalties – USA – 0\/0 – GRE 2\/2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: USA Water Polo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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