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Melissa Seidemann

Fisher: Getting over overtime

Is there anything in sports quite like sudden-death overtime?

Senior Melissa Seidemann (above) will try to lead the Cardinal to its third straight national title in the final game of her Stanford career. (BOB DREBIN/stanfordphoto.com)

Stanford loses national title game in fifth overtime period

Welcome to The Daily’s live coverage of the women’s water polo national championship game. No. 2 Stanford is looking for its third straight national title, but standing in the way is No. 1 USC, which has taken two of three previous meetings between the teams this season. We’ll be updating this page instant coverage and analysis. Please refresh the page for the most recent updates.

May 12 | Comments (1)

Senior goalkeeper Kate Baldoni (above) led the Cardinal into the national championship game by holding No. 3 UCLA to just three goals in the semifinals. (BOB DREBIN/stanfordphoto.com)

Cardinal to face USC for national championship

The matchup that everyone expected all season has finally arrived, as No. 2 Stanford will take on No. 1 USC in the NCAA women’s water polo national championship game tomorrow.

May 11 | Comments (0)

Card blows out Iona, advances to NCAA semifinals

Beginning its quest to seek a third consecutive national championship, No. 2 Stanford women’s water polo made a resounding statement today in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament with a 20-3 victory over No. 7 Iona.

May 10 | Comments (0)

Junior Annika Dries (above) was one of three Cardinal players named as a Peter J. Cutino award finalist. The award is given to the best player in collegiate water polo. (BOB DREBIN/The Stanford Daily)

Water polo aims for third straight national title

After losing in the MPSF final two weeks ago, the No. 2 Cardinal (27-2) hopes to take a third straight national championship in this year’s tournament, which kicks off tonight in Boston.

May 10 | Comments (0)

Freshman driver Maggie Steffens was named the Most Valuable Player at the London 2012 Olympic Games. However, this season her 1.86 goals per game has not quite lived up to the high bar of 3.5 she set last summer. (BOB DREBIN/StanfordPhoto.com)

Women’s water polo struggles to live up to expectations

On paper, the Stanford women’s water polo team may have been the strongest in college. Ever. Featuring players who have won the national title two years running and three gold-medal winning Olympians, expectations this year were huge.

May 8 | Comments (0)

Sophomore Kiley Neushul (above) was one of two Stanford players with hat tricks in the team's 8-4 win against Cal last Friday. (ZETONG LI/The Stanford Daily)

Water polo earns bye, preps for in-state rivals

With its 33rd straight win over rival Cal last Friday, the No. 1 Stanford women’s water polo team wrapped up its fourth straight undefeated Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) regular season. The Cardinal (26-1, 6-0 MPSF) now turns its attention to the MPSF Championship, which will take place this weekend in Berkeley.

Apr 24 | Comments (0)