The highest-ranked Stanford ladies’s water polo crew used a stout defensive effort within the second half to assist beat No. 3 USC 11-7 within the NCAA championship sport on Sunday in Indianapolis.
Juliette Dhalluin led Stanford (25-1) with a hat trick, Kamryn Barone, Serena Browne, and Jenna Flynn every added two targets and Ryann Neushul and Jewel Roemer each had one.
Roemer, a redshirt senior and a 2024 Olympian, is a Martinez native and a graduate of Acalanes Excessive Faculty in Lafayette. Flynn, a redshirt sophomore and in addition a 2024 Olympian, attended Leland Excessive and is a San Jose native.
Dhalluin scored with a second left within the first half to make it 6-6 and once more with 6:47 left within the third — the one objective of the quarter — gave Stanford the lead for good. Browne added a objective with 6:04 to play and one other with 3:06 remaining to make it 9-6.
Neushul’s objective gave her 228 — the fifth most in program historical past — in her seven-year profession as she grew to become Stanford’s first four-time NCAA crew champion. After successful the 2019 nationwide championship, Neushul stepped away from the Cardinal for 2 years to coach with the U.S. nationwide crew.
Goalkeeper Christine Carpenter was named MVP of the All-Match Group as she completed with 9 saves and anchored a protection that surrendered just one objective within the second half.
The nationwide title was Stanford’s tenth general and third in 4 seasons. As an athletic division, Stanford has now gained not less than one NCAA crew championship throughout every of the final 49 seasons, relationship again to 1976-77.
Meghan McAninch led USC (29-5) with two targets, and Anna Reed completed with 11 saves.
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Stanford (40-11) was awarded the No. 17 seed for the upcoming NCAA Division I Match and can play within the Eugene Regional, hosted by No. 16 Oregon. The Cardinal will play Binghamton of New York in its first sport on Friday at 2 p.m., with the winner enjoying both Oregon or Weber State within the second sport of the double-elimination event.
Cal (35-19) will play within the Norman Regional and face Omaha (39-11) in its event opener on Friday at 12:30, with the winner enjoying both No. 2 Oklahoma or Boston College the subsequent day. Oklahoma is the four-time defending nationwide champion, however was edged by Texas A&M for the event’s high general seed.
Santa Clara (32-20), which gained the West Coast Convention event title on Saturday to earn its first-ever NCAA Match berth in 46 years, will play within the Tucson Regional and face No. 13 Arizona in its first sport on Friday at 4:30 p.m. The winner will face both Mississippi or Grand Canyon.
