Colleges: Stanford wins water polo title; Local softball teams learn NCAA regional opponents

The top-ranked Stanford women s water polo crew used a stout defensive effort in the second half to help beat No USC - in the NCAA championship battle on Sunday in Indianapolis Related Articles CFB weekly recap Yormark s extension Trump s commission CFP expansion Mailbag CFP expansion to a Big East-ACC merger and Pac- lawsuit CFB recruiting UW lands in-state star Oregon s latest blow USC stays hot Pac- finances Legacy schools bled cash in final year of conference Trump s planned commission on college sports Will it save the NCAA or just add to the chaos Juliette Dhalluin led Stanford - with a hat trick Kamryn Barone Serena Browne and Jenna Flynn each added two goals and Ryann Neushul and Jewel Roemer both had one Roemer a redshirt senior and a Olympian is a Martinez native and a graduate of Acalanes High School in Lafayette Flynn a redshirt sophomore and also a Olympian attended Leland High and is a San Jose native Dhalluin scored with a second left in the first half to make it - and again with left in the third the only goal of the quarter gave Stanford the lead for good Browne added a goal with to play and another with remaining to make it - Neushul s goal gave her the fifth preponderance in operation history in her seven-year career as she became Stanford s first four-time NCAA unit champion After winning the national championship Neushul stepped away from the Cardinal for two years to train with the U S national group Goalkeeper Christine Carpenter was named MVP of the All-Tournament Club as she finished with nine saves and anchored a defense that surrendered only one goal in the second half The national title was Stanford s th overall and third in four seasons As an athletic department Stanford has now won at least one NCAA squad championship during each of the last seasons dating back to - Meghan McAninch led USC - with two goals and Anna Reed finished with saves College softball Stanford - was awarded the No seed for the upcoming NCAA Division I Tournament and will play in the Eugene Regional hosted by No Oregon The Cardinal will play Binghamton of New York in its first meeting on Friday at p m with the winner playing either Oregon or Weber State in the second contest of the double-elimination tournament Cal - will play in the Norman Regional and face Omaha - in its tournament opener on Friday at with the winner playing either No Oklahoma or Boston University the next day Oklahoma is the four-time defending national champion but was edged by Texas A M for the tournament s top overall seed Santa Clara - which won the West Coast Conference tournament title on Saturday to earn its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth in years will play in the Tucson Regional and face No Arizona in its first meeting on Friday at p m The winner will face either Mississippi or Grand Canyon