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By Mat Luebbers, About.com Guide to Swimming since 1999

US Olympic Women's Water Polo Team Headed For Gold Medal Match After 9-8 Defeat Of Australia

Tuesday August 19, 2008
Brenda Villa (Commerce, CA) scored three goals late including the winner with one minute remaining to defeat Australia 9-8 and the U.S. Olympic Team for Women's Water Polo is headed back to the Gold Medal game for the first time since the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. The victory over Australia earlier today at the Ying Tung Natatorium also assures the women's team of medaling for the third consecutive Olympics something no other women's team has accomplished.

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