Beijing, China - August 21 - The U.S. Olympic Team for Women's Water Polo rallied from a four goal deficit early on but were unable to gain the upper hand as they fell to the Netherlands 9-8 in the Gold Medal game at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Beijing, China (August 21).— The Aussie Stingers put their fans into heart-attack country before winning beating Hungary 12-11 in a penalty shootout for the Olympic Games bronze medal at the Yingdong Natatorium today. photo Grant Treeby.

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 following their thrilling semi-final victory over Australia 9-8.

Beijing, China - August 19 - 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.

China beat Italy 10-7 in a Women's Water Polo classification 5th-6th match of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at Yingdong Natatorium in Beijing, China, on August 19, 2008.

The U.S. Olympic Team for Women's Water Polo and Australia will meet at the Olympics; again. The two squads are set for a match in the semi-finals at 2:20pm Beijing time on Tuesday, August 19 at the Ying Tung Natatorium.