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Oh, well, there’s always the quarterfinals for Team USA.

For Great Britain, there’s now a target on its back.

Former Wyoming Seminary stars Kat Sharkey and Kelsey Kolojejchick and the rest of their United States women’s field hockey teammates suffered their first defeat at the Rio Olympics when Great Britain scored twice in the final eight minutes to take a 2-1 victory Saturday in Rio.

“I think we gave it our all today,” Sharkey said through a Team USA spokesperson. “We tried to give as much pressure to GB as we could. I guess we are going to look at the film and try to improve and learn from this game.”

The pressure on Great Britain can only increase.

The win gave Great Britain a 5-0 record and the top spot in Group B during the preliminary round final, while Team USA fell to 4-1 while earning the second spot in Group B.

Both teams will advance to Monday’s quarterfinals at the Rio Olympics, where eight teams will fight to advance to the semifinal round Wednesday, while a loss would mean elimination.

“I think our focus has already shifted to our quarterfinal game,” Sharkey said. “I think we’re going to learn from what we did in this game and use it to come out even stronger Monday in our quarterfinal game.”

Saturday’s result may have been different if not for a couple of near-misses by the USA.

Just 5:30 into a scoreless second half, Sharkey took a pass inside the circle and blasted a wicked backhand that was turned away by Great Britain goalie Maddie Hinch.

“Kat’s reverse shot is one of her strengths so it was exciting to see her get that chance,” Anne Sharkey, Kat’s mom, said through email after attending the game in Rio. “It was unlucky to get deflected but she’ll get more opportunities on Monday.”

It helped open opportunity for the United States, though.

Not even three minutes after Sharkey’s blazing shot was deflected, her USA teammate Michelle Vittese scored the game’s first goal by sending a long shot from the top of the circle into the far right corner of the cage.

It was the last time Team USA scored, though.

Great Britain rallied to snatch Pool B out of the United States’ hands, as Sophie Bray scored midway through the fourth period, then Alex Danson barely got the stick on a long shot and redirected it into the goal three minutes later for the clincher.

The United States would have won the pool with a draw because of goal difference, making Britain’s strong finish more dramatic.

“We have to show resilience,” British player Kate Richardson-Walsh said. “The American side are full of positive energy, full of resilience themselves. So we have to learn from that and feed off that.”

Topping the group means Britain avoids possibly running into the No. 1-ranked Netherlands, the Group A winner, until the final. The Netherlands, the two-time defending Olympic champion, has allowed just one goal in five matches at the Rio de Janeiro Games.

The Americans, who haven’t medaled since 1984, posted the best pool play performance in team history and still qualified for the quarterfinals.

“Focus has already shifted to our quarterfinal game,” Kat Sharkey said.

Britain outshot the United States 6-1 in the first half, but the match was scoreless at the break. Britain failed to score on four penalty corners, and U.S. goalkeeper Jackie Briggs had three saves in the first half.

“I think we were a bit outplayed,” U.S. midfielder Michelle Vittese said. “We don’t ever like to do that. When we know that, I think it hits us a bit harder. Our job was just to get out there and do what we know we can do.”

The Americans had been a second-half team throughout pool play, and they looked ready to produce another strong effort. Vittese scored midway through the third quarter, and the United States took a 1-0 lead into the fourth period.

Britain felt it was a matter of time before the dam burst. Briggs, who had been nearly impenetrable at the games, allowed two goals on two shots in the final period.

Two five-minute yellow cards hampered the United States in the second half. Julia Reinprecht got one late in the third period, and Vittese got one with 10 minutes remaining in the match.

Britain scored its first goal off a penalty coner with Vittese out and the USA a player short.

“Our flow was interrupted a little bit by some of the cards,” USA coach Craig Parnham said. “Playing with 10 is difficult, and we played a lot of that second half with 10. That makes a big difference.”

Sem graduates Sharkey and Kolojejchick both started for the United States and helped Team USA stave off three penalty corners and the team’s first five-minute yellow card that forced Reinprecht pout and the team to play a player short in the first half.

When Alex Danson with 4:33 on the clock, it marked the first time Team USA trailed in the tournament.

It didn’t get much more promising from there for the United States. Team USA failed to capitalize on a yellow card to Great Britain in the final four minutes that turned into a two-man advantage with 53 seconds left when Great Britain was hit with a second yellow card.

“Obviously, a loss is going to fuel us and we’re going to come out with even more intensity on Monday,” Kat Sharkey promised.

United States’ Melissa Gonzalez, right, falls as she fights for the ball with Britain’s Nicola White during a women’s field hockey match in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Great Britain won 2-1.
https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_USAFH-GB.jpg.optimal.jpgUnited States’ Melissa Gonzalez, right, falls as she fights for the ball with Britain’s Nicola White during a women’s field hockey match in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Great Britain won 2-1. Dario Lopez-Mills | AP photo

Katie Bam, left, fights for the ball with Britain’s Nicola White.
https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_USAFH-GB2.jpg.optimal.jpgKatie Bam, left, fights for the ball with Britain’s Nicola White. Dario Lopez-Mills | AP photo

USA Field Hockey Team member Kelsey Kolojejchick
https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_kelseykolojejchick04-4.jpg.optimal.jpgUSA Field Hockey Team member Kelsey Kolojejchick Dario Lopez-Mills | AP photo
Former Sem stars vow Americans will recover quickly

From staff and wire reports

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