San Marcos alum Ava Stryker poured in a game-high six goals to lead the U.S. Women’s National Water Polo Team to a 26-3 rout of Argentina in its final group-play match Monday at the World Aquatics World Championship in Singapore.
The six goals was a career best for Stryker as a senior national team member. She had two goals in an earlier group-play win over China.
Team USA went 3-0 in the group and advanced to the quarterfinals on Saturday against either Great Britain or Japan at 2:35 a.m. PT. Live streaming of all USA matches will be available on Peacock (login required).
In their other pool-play games, Team USA defeated China, 15-7, and Netherlands, 11-9. Santa Barbara’s Ryann Neushul scored two goals against each opponent.