U.S. men's water polo suffers first loss

Published November 20, 2014

The United States men's water polo team lost for the first time at the London Games on Saturday, falling into second place in Group B behind Serbia.

The U.S. had won each of its first three matches of these games, but was handed an 11-6 defeat by Serbia. Ryan Bailey scored twice for the Americans, but they yielded three goals to Serb Vanja Udovicic and another two to Filip Filipovic.

Serbia remained unbeaten through four games, producing a 3-0-1 mark for a group-leading seven points while outscoring its opposition by 23. The U.S. is one point back, while Montenegro is also in the hunt with five points following a win over Romania on Saturday.

Great Britain remained without a win in the tournament, falling 17-6 to Hungary.

Group A leader Croatia moved to 4-0 with an 11-6 victory over Australia. Spain is second with six points after its 11-9 win over Greece, while Italy downed Kazakhstan on Saturday.

The United States closes out group play on Monday against Hungary, while Serbia takes on Romania.

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