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Rio Roundup - Aug. 17, 2016
August 17, 2016 | Bruin Athletics
Women's Water Polo
The U.S. Olympic Women's Water Polo team returns to the gold medal match for the second-straight Olympics after downing Hungary 14-10 on Wednesday.ย Three Bruins found the back of the net in the semifinal victory, led by incoming freshman Maddie Musselman's two goals.ย Courtney Mathewson and Rachel Fattal each scored a goal as well.ย Team USA, which is coached by UCLA Hall of Famer Adam Krikorian,ย will now look to defend their gold medal from the London Games on Friday against Italy.ย The gold medal match is currently scheduled for 11:30 amย PT.ย The game will be broadcast on NBC and on NBCOlympics.com/NBC Sports App.
WE'RE GOING FOR #GOLD BABY!!! So proud of this team, let's do this thangg! #TEAMworkmakestheDREAMwork #Rio2016 @TeamUSA @USAWP ??????????????
โ Sami Hill (@samihillusa) August 17, 2016
Men's Volleyball
Coach John Speraw's U.S. men's volleyball team advanced to the Olympic semifinals with a 3-0 win over a Poland team which had posted a 4-1 record in pool B play. The U.S. will meet the winner of today's match between Italy and Iran on Friday with a trip to the gold medal match on the line. Russia also advanced to the semis on the other side of the bracket and will face the winner of today's Argentina โ Brazil match on Friday.
Women's Golf
Colombia's Mariajo Uribe is tied for 19th after the first 18 holes of the women's Olympic golf tournament. Uribe shot a 1-under 70 on Wednesday and is five shots back of the lead. She made four birdies on her front nine and two more on the back nine to go with a bogey and two doubles. Italy's Giulia Sergas shot a 6-over 77 and is tied for 51st after making two birdies, six bogeys and a double.
Bruin Olympians in the News
The U.S. Men's Volleyball Team has a Coach for the Mind (Andrea Becker)
UCLA's Lauren Fendrick Reflects on Rio Beach Days (Lauren Fendrick)
Sing-along with Team USA Rugby sevens (Kelly Griffin)
Meb Keflezighi, Bernard Lagat, and the Secret to Running Forever (Meb Keflezighi)
Karsta Lowe is on Rio volleyball high (Karsta Lowe)
How Courtney Mathewsonย gets the whole water polo team to train to old-school rap (Courtney Mathewson)
Grieving water polo coach finds his therapy at the pool (Adam Krikorian)
U.S. women's water polo playing for gold after losing 'part of our family' (USA Water Polo)
Social Media Highlights
Meb Keflezighi has finally made it to Rio!
Greetings from my family to yours from @Rio2016_en I'm fortunate that our kids are old enough to soak it all in. pic.twitter.com/eJycq5GqoB
โ meb keflezighi (@runmeb) August 18, 2016
Madison Kocian and her teammates will grace the cover of People Magazine.
Pick up the latest issue of @people featuring the #FinalFive! pic.twitter.com/Yv22iNEl7z
โ USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) August 17, 2016
Tori Pena calls it a career. Thank you, Tori, for being such a great representative for UCLA and Ireland!
