STANFORD, Calif. - Women's water polo senior Kiley Neushul was named #GoStanford Student-Athlete of the Week for her play at last weekend's NCAA Championship.
On Sunday, Neushul led Stanford to the program’s fourth national championship in the past five seasons with a 7-6 victory over UCLA at Avery Aquatic Center. The Cardinal, which has won five NCAA crowns in program history, also became the first host institution to claim the title in the 15 years since the tournament’s inception in 2001. The NCAA title was also the 106th won by a Stanford team and extended the school’s national-best streak of years with at least one NCAA championship to 39, dating back to 1976-77.
Neushul capped her collegiate career by converting a game-winning penalty shot with 11 seconds remaining to send the capacity crowd into a frenzy. She scored five of Stanford’s seven goals in the championship and was named to the tournament’s first team after scoring nine goals in three games.
There are worse ways to cap a career. #GoStanford pic.twitter.com/ZWaPEeqQdy
— Stanford Water Polo (@Stanfordh2opolo) May 11, 2015
A three-time All-American, Neushul’s 222 career goals are third in Cardinal history. Her 63 in 2015 were a personal best and are tied for seventh in Stanford single-season history. The communication major scored in all but one of Stanford’s 27 games, putting up 18 multi-goal efforts and 12 hat tricks. She’ll leave The Farm a three-time national champion after guiding Stanford to a 105-8 record over the last four years.
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