Dhalluin Named MVP to Headline MPSF All-Tournament Team
Photo: Stanford's Juliette Dhalluin (by: Catharyn Hayne)
The 2026 MPSF Women’s Water Polo All-Tournament team has been announced, following No. 2 seed Stanford winning its ninth all-time conference championship tournament, contested at California’s Spieker Aquatics Complex (Apr. 10-12). Stanford redshirt-junior driver Juliette Dhalluin earned the MVP award, backed by 12 goals across three Cardinal wins. She finished with a career-high-tying six goals in the championship game against top-seed USC, following a four-goal performance in the semifinal vs. No. 3 UCLA. Dhalluin is Stanford’s seventh all-time MPSF Tournament MVP recipient, including a repeat from last year (Christine Carpenter). Also from the Cardinal, Jenna Flynn was selected for this year’s list, after scoring four of her seven goals in the finals, to go with three assists, three earned exclusions, and two field blocks.
Second-place USC also had a pair of selections, with sophomore MPSF Player of the Year Emily Ausmus for the second-straight year as well as Alma Yaacobi debuting on the all-tournament team. Ausmus tallied three goals, three assists, and three earned exclusions in the final, following three goals, two earned exclusions, two field blocks, and a steal in the semifinal. Yaacobi also delivered a hat trick to go with two drawn exclusions in the semifinal, before scoring twice more in the final.
Anna Pearson and goalkeeper Lauren Steele from third-place UCLA earned all-tournament spots, each making their second appearance. Pearson drew 15 exclusions during the tournament. Steele accumulated 41 saves over the three games, including 20 with a .625 save percentage vs. Stanford in the semifinal.
Arizona State, which won the fifth-place game, placed Millie Quin on the all-tournament team for the second-straight year. She accumulated five of her six weekend goals in Sunday’s placement win, the last of which with 1:16 left in the Sun Devil season put her on top of the MPSF’s all-time scoring list with 295 career goals.
MPSF Semifinalist California was represented by junior Feline Voordouw, her second career selection. She combined for seven earned exclusions, three field blocks, two goals, and one assist.
While the conference title gave Stanford the MPSF’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament (April 24-26 at UC San Diego; La Jolla, CA), USC, UCLA, and California received at-large bids in the nine-team field.
2026 MPSF WOMEN’S WATER POLO ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Juliette Dhalluin (MVP) Stanford
Jenna Flynn Stanford
Emily Ausmus USC
Alma Yaacobi USC
Millie Quin Arizona State
Feline Voordouw California
Anna Pearson UCLA
Lauren Steele (GK) UCLA