GRR: USA Women 7s
The USA Women's 7s team going to the Dubai is largely the same lineup that played at the RWC 7s, but there are some important changes.
Young standouts Sam Sullivan and Spiff Sedrick are in the squad and the hope is that they will see more game time as both continue to make an impact when they take the field.
The USA women's 7s team finished 4th at the Rugby World Cup 7s, certainly a finish higher than what could have happened, but also perhaps lower than was their goal.
The USA is through to quarterfinals of the Rugby World CUp 7s women's bracket fter a pretty effective 39-7 defeat of Poland.
The Rugby World Cup 7s kicks off for the USA Women's National Team on Friday in Cape Town.
Unlike the men's team, which had a short turnaround following the LA Sevens August 27-28, the women have had some time to prepare for what will be a very unforgiving tournament. That preparation included a series of games at Chula Vista with Canada and Brazil.
Former Stanford and USA 7s star Jessica Watkins will be part of an Earth-to-Space in a broadcast conversation on Friday.
Watkins, who said when she was in college that she wanted to become an astronaut, is serving on the International Space Station along with Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Samantha Cristiforetti.
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