May 1, 2013
STANFORD, Calif. -
2013 Women's Water Polo All-MPSF Team 
STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford women's water polo earned eight selections to the various All-MPSF teams, the conference announced. Melissa Seidemann and Maggie Steffens headlined the group by being named to the All-MPSF First Team.
Junior two-meter Annika Dries was named to the Second Team, Kaley Dodson and Kate Baldoni were named honorable mention, and Steffens and Anna Yelizarova were named to the All-MPSF Newcomer Team.
The seven honorees have played key roles in Stanford's 27-2 record and the program earning its 13th straight bid to the National Collegiate Championship, at which the Cardinal will aim for its third straight NCAA title from May 10-12 in Boston.
For Seidemann it was her fourth All-MPSF honor and third selection to the first team. This season the 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist leads the Cardinal with 67 goals and is third in the MPSF with 2.31 goals per game. Fellow 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist Annika Dries, the 2011 Peter J. Cutino Award winner, earned her third All-MPSF honor for a season in which she has scored 32 goals and been a key field defender for Stanford's top-ranked defense (4.52 goals allowed per game) despite missing the first month of the season due to injury.
Neushul, the reigning Peter J. Cutino Award winner and ACWPC National Player of the Year, earned her second straight first-team bid. The Goleta, Calif. native is third on the team with 48 goals and 14th in the conference with 1.66 goals per game. Joining her on the first team is the third of Stanford's 2012 Olympic Gold Medalists as Steffens has netted 54 goals with an average of 1.86 per game (10th in the MPSF) in her debut campaign on The Farm.
Baldoni, the 2012 National Collegiate Championship MVP, earned the first MPSF honor of her career. The senior goalie has anchored Stanford's MPSF-leading defense, which concedes just 4.52 goals per game, and leads the conference's No. 1 goalies with a goals-against average of 4.67. Joining her on the honorable mention list is Dodson, who earned her third MPSF honor by scoring 28 goals and being one of the Cardinal's key perimeter defenders.
Yelizarova, named to the conference's all-newcomer team along with Steffens, has scored 44 goals for the Cardinal and ranks 16th in the MPSF with 1.52 goals per game. The Canadian national team member is one of four 40-goal scorers for a Cardinal offense that is second in the MPSF with 13.03 goals per game.