The USA Women’s Sevens team has not finished a tournament this year with a winning record. They still need to win one more on Saturday to change that fact but it would certainly be shocking if they failed to do that now after a sweep of pool play on Friday in Atlanta. The US started things off with dominant wins 24-0 over Spain and 33-12 over Japan setting up a showdown with New Zealand for the top spot in the pool. A fantastic match saw the US go in front 5-0 after a Leyla Kelter try three minutes in but New Zealand was able to answer and even things up before the half.
Eventually the US broke through with Jessica Javelet coming off the bench and scoring the game winning try for the US giving them a 12-5 win and top spot in Pool C. If you thought winning the pool would result in an easy match for the US, think again. Australia finished second in their pool to England so the US ends up playing the Aussies in a tough Cup Quarterfinal on Saturday at 1:14 PM ET. The other two teams on the US side of the bracket are Canada and Fiji while the other side of the bracket features England, Russia, New Zealand, and France.
