Waterpolo overtime thriller sees the Stingers playing for Bronze
When Centre forward Ash Southern converted a penalty with just one second left to equalise and send the match into overtime, the Stingers were heading for an upset over their USA rivals. However extra time saw USA star Maggie Seffens score a vital goal and setup another to send the Stingers to the Bronze playoff.
The Autralian Stingers will face Hungary in the Olympic Park pool Friday morning August 10 at 3:40am AEST playing for Bronze. Watch them finish off a successful Olympics live on Foxtel London 2.
Go to Deakin.edu.au/deakin-spirit/ to get behind the Stingers and show them just how proud we are of their gutsy effort through two overtime matches in a row.
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