The USA Women’s Sevens team got off to a poor start this year in Dubai back in December when they went just 1-4 and finished ahead of only Ireland. With only five events in the series and the bottom two teams being relegated it was important that they got going in round two and they did that in Brazil as they went 3-3 and finished 4th with all of their losses to Australia or New Zealand.

They look to improve on that finish this weekend on home turf as they host the Atlanta Sevens. Things look solid for the US to advance to the cup quarterfinals this weekend as their pool contains New Zealand as the big dog but Japan and Spain as the other competition. The US is ahead of both teams on the series this year and you’d expect them to hold them off for second in the group.

The US kicks off play on Friday with pool matches against Spain at 2:20 PM ET, Japan at 5:04 PM ET, and finally New Zealand at 7:26 PM ET. Knockout round competition will take place on Saturday.