The U.S. women's water polo team overcame an early deficit to defeat the Russians 15-11 Thursday in an Olympic semifinal game.
Maddie Musselman led the way for Team USA with five goals on 10 shots. Captain Maggie Steffens added three goals and Makenzie Fischer punched in two.
The Americans will play the winner of the match between Spain and Hungary in the gold medal game.
TOKYO — U.S. diver Delaney Schnell placed fifth in the individual 10-meter platform final, coming up short of earning a second medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Schnell won silver in the synchronized 10-meter platform with partner Jessica Parratto last week.
Schnell finished with 340.40 points, 31 back from third-place Melissa Wu of Australia. China’s Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi took gold and silver, respectively.
Schnell’s strongest dive came on a forward three-and-a-half somersaults pike in the fourth round, which earned 79.50 points and ranked third among the competition.
U.S. women have made diving history at the Tokyo Olympics, earning multiple medals for the first time since the 1988 Seoul Olympics. At those games, U.S. women took bronze in the individual 3-meter springboard (Kelly McCormick) and silver and bronze in the individual 10-meter platform (Michele Mitchell and Wendy Williams). Synchronized diving was not added to the Olympic program until 2000.
In total, U.S. diving has won three medals in Tokyo, including Krysta Palmer’s bronze in the individual 3-meter springboard and Andrew Capobianco and Michael Hixon’s silver in the synchronized 3-meter springboard.
Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe and Christen Press get the start at forward. Lynn Williams, who had a goal and assist in the quarterfinal win over the Netherlands, won’t even be available. Neither will Catarina Macario, considered the future of the USWNT.
Sam Mewis is starting again, and Rose Lavelle is on the bench. Tierna Davidson, who was called for the penalty that gave Canada the game-winning goal in the semifinals, is starting.
Adrianna Franch is the starting goalkeeper after Alyssa Naeher was ruled out with the hyperextended knee she suffered in the first half against Canada.
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