Indianapolis – The UCLA Water -Polo and USC teams will compete on Saturday in the heart of the Midwest to have the chance to go to another national match.
The seeded n ° 2 UCLA shook a deficit of three goals and beat Loyola Marymount, 11-8, Friday afternoon at the UI Natatorium, while the seeded n ° 3 USC took control early and crushed Harvard, 18-7.
The national defending champion UCLA (20-5) and the USC (28-4) will compete at 11 a.m. PT, with the match available to broadcast live on NCAA.com.
The Junior of Redsirt Emma Lineback punctuated the UCLA offensive with five career goals, while the junior Bia Mantellato added three goals and the junior Anna Pearson had two. Second -year goalkeeper Lauren Steele has managed nine stops and three interceptions.
LMU (20-12) held an advance of 3-2 at the end of the first period, then scored the first two goals of the second for an advance of 5-2 with 4:43 to play in the first half. Mantellato then scored consecutive goals to shoot the Bruins in one, and Pearson scored an electrical goal with 46 seconds to play for an equality of 5-5 at halftime.
LMU scored the first time in the third period, but the line responded with three goals unanswered to give Bruins their first advance. The Lions reduced Bruins’ advance to 9-8 with a penalty conversion with 10 seconds to play in the third, but the UCLA excluded them in the last period. Mantellato and the line scored the only two goals of the fourth to guarantee victory.
Nine players scored for the USC against the first qualification of the NCAA Harvard (26-7). Ava Stryker and Emily Ausmus each scored three, while Tilly Kearns, Sinia Plotz, Ava Knepper, Alma Yaacobi and Maggie Johnson all had two goals each. Rachel Gazzaniga and Meghan Mcaninch also marked and goalkeeper Anna Reed made six stops.
Trojan horses used a overvoltage of three goals and then beat the buzzer on a full Kearns score to take an advance of 5-2 after a period. Trojan horses extended their advance at 10-3 at halftime, but Harvard was more competitive in the third period and followed 13-6 entering the fourth.
Yaacobi scored consecutive goals for the USC to start the fourth, then Johnson added a pair of informed goals and wise shooting for an advance of 17-6 with two minutes to do while the Trojan horses were not without any doubt and took the victory.
Stanford, seeded, crushed Wagner, 28-6, and will face Hawaii, the fourth seeded, which has ahead of Cal, 8-7, in the other semi-final on Saturday (9 a.m. PT).
The title for the title is Sunday at 9 a.m. PT and will be broadcast live on Espnu.
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