Stingers Set for Bronze Medal Match After US Semi-Final Defeat
The Aussie Stingers will go through to the bronze medal
playoff of the FINA World Championships after going down to reigning World
Champions USA, 7-2.
The Aussie Stingers weren’t able to hold off the USA who
are looking to take their third consecutive World title.
They will now face Hungary on Friday 26 July at 6:00pm
AEST for the bronze medal playoff.
Aussie Stingers Assistant Coach, Rebecca Rippon, said
despite the score-line the Aussies delivered a good defensive game.
“There were a couple of goals let in that we shouldn’t
have, but we were happy with our defence.
“In the second half we were a bit more aggressive on
attack. We will now watch the next semi-final and find out who our opposition
will be and do an analysis on ourselves and them. We will look for areas to
improve and fix them,’ said Rippon.
The Aussie Stingers struggled to convert goals until the
second half when Captain Rowie Webster blasted her 13thgoal of the
tournament.
There was a further ten minutes with no goals recorded
before Bronte Halligan produced a great goal to put the score at 2-6. But with
just two minutes left on the clock there was little time for the Aussie
Stingers to recover.
While the scoreline didn’t go the Stingers way, their
ability to keep the world’s best team to only one goal apiece in the final two
quarters shows the strong defensive abilities of the team.
Meanwhile:
The Australian Sharks men’s national team have moved into
the play-off for 5th/6th place after defeating Greece 9-8
in their classification match today.
They will now face Serbia on Saturday in their last match
of the 2019 FINA World Championships.
The Sharks earlier, had lost their quarter-final match
with Hungary (9-10) despite holding a one goal-advantage at half-time.
-WaterPoloAus
