Indianapolis-The N ° 3 of the USC overcome an early deficit of three goals with a seven-way race and retained the N ° 2 of the UCLA for a 15-13 victory in the NCAA Water Polo semi-finals on Saturday in Iu Natatorium.
With the victory, the USC (29-4) advances to face Stanford of seeded during the national championship match on Sunday. Trojan horses will seek their eighth national title.
The USC dragged 7-4 in the second period, but reduced the deficit to one at halftime. Tilly Kearns scored twice in the last minutes of the second quarter and added two others at the start of the third.
Ava Stryker and Rachel Gazzaniga also contributed to key objectives during the USC third quarter rally, which gave the Trojans an 11-7 lead. The USC led 13-8 entering the fourth.
The USC has maintained at least one advance of two goals the rest of the path. The UCLA has reduced the gap late with goals in the last two minutes, one of which is in an advantage of 6 against 4.
Anna Reed of the USC made several stops in the fourth quarter, while Kearns recorded a block of land to help preserve the victory.
The Sunday NCAA championship match between USC and Stanford is scheduled for 12 noon.
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