The USA Men’s National Team fell to 0-2 at the FINA World Cup following a 14-8 loss to Serbia. Alex Bowen (Santee, CA/Stanford/NYAC), Max Irving (Long Beach, CA/UCLA/NYAC) and Ben Stevenson (Reno, NV/Pacific/Alumni) all scored two goals in the loss with McQuin Baron (North Tustin, CA/USC/NYAC) making eight saves in net. Team USA closes out group play on Thursday when they meet South Africa at 11:30am et/8:30am pt. All matches stream live and are available on-demand on FINA TV by visiting FINATV.LIVE (
Serbia took control early posting six goals in the first quarter to open up a 6-3 lead. They kept on the offensive attack in the second quarter outscoring Team USA 3-1 to hold a 9-4 advantage at halftime. In the third quarter they put the match away scoring three unanswered goals to lead 12-4 with play moving to the fourth quarter. Team USA’s offense came to life in the final period as they outscored Serbia 4-2 but it wasn’t enough to overcome the deficit as Serbia took the match 14-8.
Team USA went 3/11 on power plays with penalties attempted while Serbia was 3/4 on power plays and 2/2 on penalties.
Scoring
USA – 8 (3. 1, 0, 4) A. Bowen 2, M. Irving 2, B. Stevenson 2, N. Carniglia 1, B. Hallock 1
SRB – 14 (6, 3, 3, 2)
Saves – USA – M. Baron 8
6×5 – USA – 3/11 – SRB – 3/4
Penalties – USA – 0/0 – SRB 2-2
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