The power-play struggles continued for Team USA in a 3-2 water polo loss to Italy in a fifth-place semifinal game at the FINA Women’s Junior World Championships in Trieste, Italy.
The Americans went 1 for 6 on player-advantage situations in the physical, defensive battle.
Kiley Neushul (Dos Pueblos/Stanford) scored a goal for the U.S., which plays the Netherlands for seventh place.
The U.S. had beaten Italy 11-4 in group play.
