IRVINE, Calif. – UC Irvine women's water polo head coach Dan Klatt and assistant coach Jamie Neushul represented Team USA at the 2018 FINA World Cup in Surgut, Russia.

Klatt, an assistant coach on the Women's Senior National Team, and Neushul an attacker on the Women's National Team both helped Team USA win the FINA World Cup title for the third-straight time.

Team USA earned an 8-5 victory over Russia in the final to take home the gold medal for the fourth time in history. The World Cup gold joins titles in 1979, 2010 and 2014.

Neushul scored two goals in the gold medal game and five goals total over the week long tournament.

Klatt, who just led the Anteaters to a second-straight Big West Championship and NCAA Tournament berth, serves as an assistant coach with the USA Women's team that won consecutive gold medals in 2012 and 2016. He also led the USA Women's Team at the 2017 World University Games and has been involved in the USA Water Polo ODP pipeline as a coach since 2005.

The seven-time Big West coach of the year will begin his 15^th season at the helm of the UCI women's water polo team in 2019. Neushul will enter her second season as an assistant coach for the Anteaters.