LONDON, England --- Coach Klatt and the U.S. women's water polo team finished pool play undefeated with a 7-6 win over China Friday at the Water Polo Arena in the London 2012 Olympic Games.

A slow start saw the Americans trailing at the half, but another third-period run gave USA the lead and was enough to hold off the Chinese.

Coach Klatt and the Americans now make their way to the elimination round which begins early Sunday morning, August 5th. USA finished second in the pool due to a tiebreaker, and will match up against Italy at 6:50 a.m. Pacific time. The match can be seen live online at nbcolympics.com and on MSNBC. The match will be re-aired on NBC at 2:00 p.m.

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