May 14, 2010
Tournament Central | Postgame Quotes
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Top-seeded Stanford women's water polo made its statement to the rest of the field Friday afternoon, ringing up a 23-3 victory over eight-seeded Pomona-Pitzer in the National Collegiate Championship quarterfinals at San Diego State's Aztec Aquaplex.
With the win, Stanford (25-2) advances to Saturday's semifinal round, where it will take on cross-bay rival California at 4 p.m. at Aztec Aquaplex. California defeated Michigan, 12-8, in Friday's quarterfinal finale.
Eleven Cardinal players found the back of the cage in Friday's win, while eight of those scorers recorded multiple goals. Alex Koran and Melissa Seidemann paced the team with four goals apiece, while Annika Dries, Kelly Eaton, Kelsey Holshouser, Kim Krueger, Alyssa Lo and Pallavi Menon each scored twice.
Cassie Churnside, Vee Dunlevie and Jillian Garton all added goals to the effort.
Defensively, freshman Kate Baldoni got the start and made five saves, while Kim Hall finished things up and stopped a Pomona-Pitzer shot.
The Cardinal made sure early on that there would be no doubt about the decision, taking a 7-0 lead after the opening frame. The advantage got up to as much as 10-0 before the Sagehens got on the board, but even then Stanford pushed its lead to 14-1 by halftime.
Seven more goals in the third frame made it 21-2 after three periods and the Cardinal cruised to the win from there.
Karen Bonner, Monica Loomba and Annie Oxborough-Yankus scored Pomona-Pizter's three goals, while goalie Sarah Tuggy made three saves.
Pomona-Pitzer - 0 1 1 1 = 3
Stanford - 7 7 7 2 = 23
Stanford Goal Scorers: Koran 4, Seidemann 4, Dries 2, Eaton 2, Holshouser 2, Krueger 2, Lo 2, Menon 2, Churnside, Dunlevie, Garton
Pomona-Pitzer Goal Scorers: Bonner, Loomba, Oxborough-Yankus
Goalie Saves: Baldoni 5, Hall 1 (S); Tuggy 3 (P-P)