BAKU, Azerbaijan - Terry Steiner is a coach looking for answers.

Answers to why his team didn't attack more.

Answers to why they didn't wrestle more aggressively and push the pace more in the first session of the World Championships on Saturday morning at the Heydar Aliyev Sport and Exhibition Complex.

The end result was Americans Jenny Wong (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids), Marcie Van Dusen (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) and Leigh Jaynes (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) each were eliminated from the tournament.

"I don't think we're taking control enough," said Steiner, USA Wrestling's National Women's Freestyle Coach. "We're hoping things happen, but we're not making things happen. We're not putting ourselves in scoring situations enough. We're leaving matches too technical and too tactical, and they don't have to be like that. We need to pressure more and force our attacks more."

The U.S. is still looking for its first medal in women's freestyle after the first four weight classes. The final three weights will be contested on the final day of the seven-day event on Sunday in Baku.

Wong, a past World bronze medalist, dropped her first-round match to Oleksandra Kohut of Ukraine at 51 kg/112.25 lbs. Wong was eliminated when Kohut failed to reach the finals after a semifinal loss. Wong is filling in for World silver medalist and Olympic bronze medalist Patricia Miranda, who was unable to compete for medical reasons.

Van Dusen, competing in her first World Championships, won her first two matches before falling 7-0, 2-0 to Tetyana Lazareva of Ukraine at 55 kg/121 lbs. Lazareva then lost in the semifinals to knock Van Dusen out of the event.

Van Dusen did not place in the top eight and was unable to qualify the weight class for the 2008 Olympics. The U.S. will have three more events where it can qualify for the Olympics at 55 kilos. The U.S. did qualify for the Olympics at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. on Friday when Stephanie Murata placed fifth.

Jaynes, also competing in her first World Championships, drew World champion Ayako Shoda of Japan in the first round and dropped a close 1-1, 1-0 decision at 59 kg/130 lbs. Jaynes actually scored the first takedown midway through the first period after she won a long scramble where she eventually slipped behind Shoda for a point. Jaynes nearly won the period before Shoda was able to finish for a takedown with six seconds left in the period. Shoda won the period by virtue of scoring last.

Jaynes was eliminated when Shoda was upset by Nataliya Synyshyn of Ukraine in the quarterfinals.

The U.S. will send a strong trio of wrestlers to the mat Sunday with two-time World champion Kristie Marano (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC), Olympic silver medalist Sara McMann (Gaffney, S.C./Sunkist Kids) and World bronze medalist Katie Downing (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) set to compete. Marano wrestles at 72 kg/158.5 lbs., McMann at 63 kg/138.75 lbs. and Downing at 67 kg/147.5 lbs.

"All three of those girls are very capable of winning gold medals tomorrow," Steiner said. "We still have weights to qualify for the Olympic Games and we have medals to win ahead of us. We have to put today behind us and move on."