Waterpolo, Australia achieves 5th place after winning against Japan, Zimmerman: “It was great to be in Naples”

Jessica Zimmerman after winning against Japan and scoring the winning goal: “It was a really tough match. I was in the right place at the right time, the girls from the other team left some spaces and the goal came naturally. Obviously, it is disappointing, we hoped to do better, to reach at least the […]

Waterpolo, Australia defeats Japan in the 5th place final. Inoue: “We had a lot of fun despite the outcome”

After losing the finals for the 5th place against Australia, with a score of 10- 11, Ann Inoue said: “We did not finish the way we wanted to, but we did our best during the whole tournament, and I think we grew up as a team. We had a good experience, we came and  fought […]

Waterpolo, McLean leads Australia: “Now the turn of Japan, an old acquaintance”

The women’s water polo fifth place final will be played between Australia and Japan. Brooke McLean, the Aussie centre who scored 3 goals in today’s semi-final against China, has no concerns about not being able to fight anymore for a medal. “Surely, we were very dissappointed with yesterday’s defeat against Hungary – says McLean – […]

Hungary’s comeback: Australia defeated in the quarters, interview with Garda and Milliken

Thanks to the 4 goals scored by Krisztina Garda, Hungary has been able to win the final quarter against Australia (with a score of 7-4) and qualified in women’s water polo semi-finals in Napoli 2019. “I am very happy for this victory – explains the Hungarian athlete -. We did not start in the best […]

Kearns and Weber: teammates in California, rivals in Naples

Teammates in college, rivals in the Universiade. It happened to Matilda Kearns (Australia) and Bayley Weber (USA), both coming from Los Angeles’ University of Southern California, facing each other in today’s match between Australia and Unites States, which was won by the Aussies with a score of 11-9. “The team’s performance was excellent – says […]