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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Netherlands survived its toughest test yet in Olympic womens field hockey when it edged No. Chris Terry Jersey . 2-ranked Argentina 3-2 on Monday to push its gold medal threat into the semifinals.The No. 1 vs. No. 2 contest was a rematch of the 2012 London Games final, but far more thrilling.The Netherlands led 3-0 after 37 minutes, most of them in the rain. But when the clouds closed back up, Argentina came out to play, and scored twice while the Dutch were women down from yellow cards. Despite pressing the Dutch within their own 23 for the last eight minutes, Argentina could not get off a shot, leaving them out of the Olympic medals for the first time in 20 years.The Netherlands quest for an unprecedented third straight gold medal put them in Germanys path on Wednesday. Both have won gold, but not the other semifinalists, New Zealand and Britain, either of which will reach an Olympic final for the first time.The Dutch and Argentina were seeded to meet in the final until Argentina lost three preliminary games and qualified last in its pool. Still, the rivalry and quarterfinal match was big enough to attract King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, who cheered and chanted with Dutch fans.The Dutch went up 2-0 in the rain, with great solo goals by Lidewij Welten and Laurien Leurink. Losing the fight in midfield, Argentinas only shots of the half came from penalty corners.When the Netherlands moved ahead 3-0, after a penalty corner popped up off an Argentine defender and Kelly Jonker whipped in the ball, the result seemed certain. But the Dutch hurt themselves through yellow cards to Eva de Goede, Naomi van As and Margot van Geffen, and the Argentines pounced with penalty corner goals to Florencia Habif and Delfina Merino.Three cards was a bit hard, Welten said. One we could handle, two was harder. .... But we kept going, and we are the deserved winner.Argentina pulled its goalie, which almost backfired, and pinned the Dutch, but mistraps and too-easy turnovers undermined the Argentines comeback.We gave everything we had on the pitch, Argentina captain Carla Rebecchi said. Sometimes you have to go, and today it was us.Earlier, black smoke swept over the stadium from a nearby bush fire as Britain won its sixth straight match when it handled Spain 3-1.The first half seemed to be a glorified training run for Britain as Georgie Twigg, Helen Richardson-Walsh and Lily Owsley capped superb teamwork for 3-0 and didnt give Spain a shot on goal.But Spain, which reached the knockout rounds only when China lost its last pool match, showed pride and went down swinging. Lola Riera was denied on the goal-line, and Lucia Jimenez hit the post before Georgina Oliva scored to make Britain sweat a little.New Zealand earned a shot at its first Olympic medal by beating Australia 4-2, only its third win over its trans-Tasman neighbor in major competition since the London Games.Anita McLaren and Kelsey Smith scored from penalty corners for the Kiwis 2-0 lead at halftime, but a backlash was expected and Kathryn Slattery hit in a rebound from a short corner to halve the deficit.But New Zealands reply was quick, too, as Gemma Flynn and Olivia Merry gave the Black Sticks insurance with a quarter to go, and goalie Sally Rutherford and the defense limited the outgunned Hockeyroos to one more too-late Slattery goal.Australia was out of medal contention for a fourth consecutive Olympics since the last of its three gold medals in Sydney in 2000, while New Zealand was through to the semifinals for the second straight games.This team has got so much depth and were just starting to click, New Zealand captain Kayla Whitelock said. If we keep playing the way were playing, believing in ourselves and having the confidence, and executing our game plan, then thats going to get us through to that (gold) medal match.One-time champion Germany scored early and held on to beat the United States 2-1 for its best result since 2012, before the last Olympics.Germany hit the Americans quick. Marie Mavers and Lisa Altenburg had them up 2-0 within 14 minutes, and the Americans still hadnt had a shot on goal. It evened up the rest of the way, but the defenses ruled in 36 degree (97 degree F) heat.The Americans brought some tension back through Katelyn Falgowski, but the U.S. threat limped away when leading scorer Katie Bam hyper-extended her knee.The mens semifinals on Tuesday are Germany vs. Argentina and Belgium vs. Netherlands. Brandon Davidson Jersey . -- Anaheim Ducks captain and leading scorer Ryan Getzlaf has been scratched from Sunday nights game against the Vancouver Canucks because of an upper-body injury. Ken Dryden Jersey . Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indianas 103-86 win Monday. George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up. http:///...on-canadiens-jersey/ .Y. -- Sabres defenceman Tyler Myers had no intention of changing his hard-hitting style before taking part in a disciplinary hearing for his illegal check to New Jersey forward Dainius Zubrus head. AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State coach Steve Prohm said last month that forward Deonte Burtons goal should be to get a double-double every game.Burton got his first one out of the way Monday night, helping the 20th-ranked Cyclones through their first bout of minor adversity this season.Monte Morris scored 18 points, Matt Thomas added 13 and Iowa State beat Mount St. Marys 73-55.Burton had 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Cyclones (2-0), whove won their first two games by an average of 30 points.Hes made such great strides. Im very, very proud of him. But now hes got to continue to push himself to make the next step, Prohm said.Mount St. Marys (0-2) got within 10 early in the second half, but six Cyclones scored during a 15-1 run that put the game out of reach.Iowa State outrebounded Mount St. Marys 50-38, but it also shot an uncharacteristic 4 of 16 from 3-point range.Nick Weiler-Babb scored 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting and pulled down five rebounds for the Cyclones.It was a win. It probably wasnt our best performance offensively. At times defensively also, Morris said.Elijah Long, the brother of Iowa States Naz Mitrou-Long, had 19 points to lead the Mountaineers.BIG PICTUREIowa State: Through two games, its clear the rebuilt Cyclones have a ton of talent -- and theyre much deeper than they were a year ago. But fans wont start to find out if that will translate vs. top competition until next week, when the Iowa State travels to Orlando for a tournament that could include a matchup with No. 14 Gonzaga.Mount St. Marys: Long finally got to play against his brother with roughly 20 family membeers in attendance -- and Elijah helped his team keep it respectable. Al Montoya Jersey. The Mountaineers showed some fight too, pushing the Cyclones after falling behind by 17 at halftime.POLL IMPLICATIONSIowa State jumped up four spots on Monday simply by throttling Savannah State on Friday. A few more blowouts and a few more losses by teams ahead of the Cyclones could help Iowa State inch further up the poll.SIMEONS SUSPENSIONIowa State announced before the game that reserve Simeon Carter had been suspended three games for violating team rules. Its yet another setback for the once-promising recruit, who appears to be out of Prohms rotation for the second year in a row.HONORING DEJEAN-JONESIowa State honored former player Bryce Dejean-Jones, who was killed over the summer after a promising rookie season with the New Orleans Pelicans, by wearing warmup shirts with his number. A lot of people that didnt know him probably had their own opinion of him. But me personally, starting with the guy and seeing how he carried himself and preparing for games, it was big time, said Morris, who played with Dejean-Jones in 2014-15.UP NEXTIowa State hosts The Citadel on Sunday, and theres little doubt ball movement will be on the agenda in practice this week. 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