The Stingers are 2 from 2 successful Tokyo pursuing an awesome 15-12 triumph implicit the Netherlands successful their excavation match.
An upset was successful the framework erstwhile Australia's women's h2o polo squad fell down 8-5 successful the 3rd quarter, but the Stingers clawed their mode backmost and finished powerfully to assertion triumph and add to their triumph implicit Canada connected Saturday.
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Rowie Webster, Abby Andrews and Hannah Buckling each scored hat-tricks for the Stingers, portion 20-year-old Tilly Kearns – girl of erstwhile Wallabies hooker Phil Kearns – got connected the scoresheet successful the past quarter.
Kearns received a beautifully weighted walk from Bronte Halligan, girl of rugby league large Daryl Halligan, to past enactment the shot successful the backmost of the net.
Veteran Bronwen Knox, who has won 2 bronze medals astatine the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, besides produced 2 delicate lob shots for goals arsenic the 35-year-old searches for golden successful Tokyo.
The Stingers volition look their sternest trial adjacent erstwhile they look European powerhouse Spain connected Friday.
They volition wrapper up their excavation enactment with a clash connected Sunday against South Africa, which they should comfortably triumph to guarantee they decorativeness successful the apical 4 of their excavation and beforehand to the quarter-finals.
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