MPSF Women's Water Polo Semifinal Pairings, Quarterfinal Results
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Friday, April 26
Game 1: No. 2 seed USC 19, No. 7 seed Indiana 4
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Recap by USC
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — The No. 2 USC women’s water polo team spread the scoring wealth among 10 Trojans in hitting the gas into an MPSF semifinal slot with a 19-4 quarterfinal win over Indiana today at Avery Aquatic Center. Paige Hauschild paced USC with another four-goal outburst, and goalies Amanda Longan and Holly Parker shared time in the cage to help lock down the Trojan victory. USC improves to 24-1 overall with the win.
After an opening goal from Maud Megens, the Hoosiers manufactured back-to-back goals to take a 2-1 lead over the Trojans five minutes into action. That rattled USC’s cage enough to spur the Trojans on to a 12-goal scoring onslaught. Hauschild had three during the rally, and Alejandra Aznar plugged in two as USC built out a 13-2 lead in just over an eight-minute span. Indiana broke up the run with 2:47 to go in the first half, but Courtney Fahey rocked in her second of the day to make it 13-3 USC before Longan wrapped the half with a 5-meter penalty shot save.
USC shut out the Hoosiers in the third while Bayley Weber knocked in her second, Hauschild her fourth and Stein her second, and USC was up 17-3 entering the fourth to keep USC in cruise control for a final 19-4 victory.
No. 2 seeded USC now sets up to face either No. 3 seed UCLA or No. 6 Arizona State in the semifinals tomorrow (April 27) at 12:45 p.m. at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center.
For schedule updates, scoring and streaming links, visit the MPSF Tournament Central page at http://gostanford.com/news/2019/4/11/2019-mpsf-womens-water-polo-championship.aspx
QUARTERFINALS
#2 USC 19, Indiana 4
April 26, 2019 | Avery Aquatic Center (Palo Alto, Calif.)
USC 6 - 8 - 3 - 2 = 19
IU 2 - 1 - 0 - 1 = 4
SCORING:
USC — Paige Hauschild 4, Maud Megens 2, Courtney Fahey 2, Alejandra Aznar 2, Elise Stein 2, Bayley Weber 2, Verica Bakoc 2, Kelsey McIntosh, Mireia Guiral, Denise Mammolito
IU — Megan Abarta, Emily Powell, Lauren Etnyre, Juli Hilovsky.
SAVES: Amanda Longan (USC) 5 [1st half], Holly Parker (USC) 5 [2nd half], Sarah Greeven (IU) 8.
Game 2: No. 3 seed UCLA 10, No. 6 seed Arizona State 5
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Recap by UCLA
STANFORD, Calif. -- No. 3 UCLA (22-5) advanced to the semifinals of the MPSF Championship on Friday afternoon with a 10-5 win over sixth-seeded Arizona State at Stanford's Avery Aquatics Center.
In the win over the Sun Devils, the Bruins were led by junior Bronte Halligan and freshman Val Ayala, who each scored two goals apiece. Senior Carlee Kapana got the starting nod in the cage for UCLA and went the distance, registering a 10 saves while allowing five goals.
The Bruins pitched a shutout in the first period while netting a goal from the front court by Ayala (2:13) and a power play goal by senior Grace Reego(0:14) to take a 2-0 lead into the second period.
UCLA won the second period, 3-1, to build a 5-1 lead at the break. The Bruins scored the first three goals of the second period. Kelsey Blacker opened the scoring with a goal from two meters (5:38) followed by another score from two meters by freshman Ava Johnson (4:56). Halligan netted her first of the game from the front court at the 3:56 mark. Rosie Huck ended the scoring in the first half with a power play goal (2:17).
Arizona State won the third quarter, 3-1, to trim the lead to 6-4 heading into the fourth quarter. Halligan scored the only goal for the Bruins in the third, a strike from the front court, at the 5:40 mark.
The Bruins dominated in the fourth by a score of 4-1, to provide the 10-5 final. The first three goals were all on counters with the first coming from Ayala, her second goal of the game (6:04). Freshman Katrina Drake (4:34) and junior Maddie Musselman (2:09) each added counter attack goals. Sophomore Lexi Liebowitz added the final score of the game from the front court with 22 seconds left.
UCLA returns to action tomorrow in the semifinals against No. 2 USC at 12:45 p.m. PT at Stanford's Avery Aquatics Center.
| SCOREBOARD |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
FINAL |
| No. 6 ASU |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
| No. 3 UCLA |
2 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
6x5 - UCLA - 1/5 - ASU - 1/6
Penalties - UCLA - 0/0 - ASU - 0/0
ASU Goals: Lieke Rogge 2, Maud Koopman 2, Rosie Huck 1
ASU Saves: Bridget Johnston 3
UCLA Goals: Bronte Halligan 2, Val Ayala 2, Grace Reego 1, Maddie Musselman 1, Kelsey Blacker 1, Ava Johnson 1, Katrina Drake 1, Lexi Liebowitz 1
UCLA Saves: Carlee Kapana 10
Game 3: No. 4 seed California 18, No. 5 seed San Jose State 9
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Recap by Cal
STANFORD – A day after being named to the All-MPSF First Team for the first time in her career, Cal junior Emma Wright demonstrated why she is one of the nation's top players in the first round of the MPSF Championships.
Wright tied a career-high with seven goals on seven shots and added two steals as the No. 4 Cal women's water polo team ousted No. 20 San Jose State 18-9 at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center.
Wright's outburst matched her seven-goal performance in a game at Cal State Bakersfield in 2017. It's tied for the second-most goals in a game in Cal history and it's the second-most goals scored in a game by an MPSF player this season.
Colette Glinkowski holds the Cal record with eight goals in a game, set back in 1997.
"She doesn't need much space to finish," Cal head coach Coralie Simmons said. "There are a number of ways she can convert. She's hard to mark because of all of her abilities."
The Bears (16-6) advanced to the MPSF semifinals, where they will face No. 1 Stanford on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
Wright had a hat trick by the end of the first quarter and five goals at the half. She played sparingly in the second half as Cal built a commanding lead.
"We just wanted to come out really strong today, come out shooting in preparation for a tough game tomorrow," Wright said. "That was just in the back of my mind the whole time, so when I was open, I was looking to shoot."
Wright, who earned All-MPSF Honorable Mention and ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention in each of her first two seasons in Berkeley, finished the regular season ranked second in the MPSF at 2.83 goals per game. She now has a career-high 58 goals on the season and needs just six more to break in to Cal's all-time single-season top-10.
Wright also now has 145 career goals, two short of breaking into the program's all-time top-10 for career scoring.
It actually took about a half a quarter for the Bears to get going. The score was tied 1-1 midway through the first quarter before Cal scored four straight goals in the final 3:28 of the period, including two by Wright that gave her a hat trick by the end of the quarter.
The teams traded goals for much of the second period and the Bears led 10-6 at halftime, but Cal began the third period with five unanswered scores to take control, including the final two by Wright.
Sophomore center Kitty Lynn Joustra added three goals for the Bears. Ten different players ended up scoring for Cal, which registered a season-high in goals.
"In a tournament like this, it's about getting the jitters out in the first game," Wright said. "I think that's why we had a slower start. That's why it was so important to get that out of the way in this game to prepare for tomorrow."
Senior goalie Madison Tagg played just the first period and held San Jose State to one goal. Sophomore Cassidy Ball was in the cage for the remainder of the game and recorded seven saves.
The Bears are 0-2 against Stanford this season, but dominated the second half in the teams' last meeting before losing 13-12 at home on April 13. The Cardinal held a 10-3 lead late in the second quarter before Cal marched back to within one.
"For us against Stanford, it's about controlling our emotions," Simmons said. "We really have to focus, especially on the defensive end. Offensively, we've really been putting it together with some balanced attacks."
No. 4 Cal 18, No. 20 San Jose State 9
SJSU 1 5 1 2 – 9
Cal 4 6 5 3 – 18
SJSU Goals: Olga Descalzi Portell 4, Tyanna Supreme 2, Jacqui Maisey, Sierra Painter, Caroline Kerwin.
Cal Goals: Emma Wright 7, Kitty Lynn Joustra 3, Brigit Mulder, Claire Sonne, Elli Protopapas, Rachael Lewin, Georgia Gilmore, Carla Traplin, Hannah DeRose, Cynthia Mulder.
SJSU Saves: Anna Maria Luther 7.
Cal Saves: Madison Tagg 2, Cassidy Ball 7.
Saturday, April 27
Game 4: No. 7 seed Indiana vs. No. 6 seed Arizona State----11:00 am
Game 5: No. 2 seed USC vs. No. 3 seed UCLA (Semifinal)----12:45 pm
Game 6: No. 1 seed Stanford vs. No. 4 seed Califormnia (Semifinal)----2:30 pm
Sunday, April 28
Game 7: No. 5 seed San Jose State vs. Winner Game 4 (5th-Place)----11:00 am
Game 8: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6 (3rd-Place)----1:00 pm
Game 9: Semifinal Winners (Championship)----3:00 pm