2019 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship

2019 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
Dates	May 7–12, 2019
Teams	10
Champions	Stanford
Runners-up	USC
Third place	California; UCLA
Matches played	9
Best player	Makenzie Fischer, Stanford
	← 2018 2021 →

The 2019 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship was the 19th annual tournament to decide the championship of NCAA women's collegiate water polo.^[1] Two play-in games were held on May 7, with the winners advancing to the main tournament, May 10–12 at the Avery Aquatic Center in Stanford, California, hosted by Stanford University.^[2]

Qualification[]

The tournament was open to all programs from Divisions I, II, and III. Ten teams participated in the tournament: seven automatic bids and three at-large bids.^[2]

Bids[]

Team	Conference	Record	Bid	Source
No. 1 USC Trojans	MPSF	26–1	Automatic	^[3]
No. 2 Stanford Cardinal	MPSF	20–2	At-large	^[4]
No. 3 UCLA Bruins	MPSF	23–6	At-large	^[5]
No. 4 California Golden Bears	MPSF	16–8	At-large	^[6]
Hawaii Rainbow Wahine	Big West	18–5	Automatic	^[7]
Michigan Wolverines	CWPA	23–8	Automatic	^[8]
Pacific Tigers	Golden Coast	17–8	Automatic	^[9]
Wagner Seahawks	MAAC	30–9	Automatic	^[10]
California Lutheran Regals	SCIAC	21–8	Automatic	^[11]
UC San Diego Tritons	WWPA	21–13	Automatic	^[12]

Tournament bracket[]

All times Eastern.

Play–in games Tuesday, May 7, 2019		Quarterfinals Friday, May 10, 2019			Semifinals Saturday, May 11, 2019			Championship Sunday, May 12, 2019

		1	USC	14
Wagner	8		UC San Diego	8
UC San Diego	12				1	USC	10
					4	California	8
		4	California	17
			Hawaii	13
								1	USC	8
								2	Stanford	9
		2	Stanford	18
Pacific	16		Pacific	9
California Lutheran	4				2	Stanford	8
					3	UCLA	7
		3	UCLA	13
			Michigan	7

^[13]

Game summaries[]

Play–in games[]

May 7, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Report	Wagner	8–12	UC San Diego	Avery Aquatic Center Stanford, California
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–2, 1–2, 3–4
		Daisy Nankervis 3 Savannah Henshaw 2 Sofia Diaz Alvarez 1 Kristy Donkin 1 Jacqui Sjogren 1	Goals	Shelby Stender 4 Sydney Boland 2 Grace Pevehouse 2 Chanel Schilling 1 Ciara Franke 1 Jessee Ransone 1 Taylor Onstott 1

May 7, 2019 4:45 p.m.	Report	Pacific	16–4	California Lutheran	Avery Aquatic Center Stanford, California
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–1, 5–1, 4–1
		Kyra Christmas 5 Toula Falvey 3 Mariana Duarte 2 Savannah Fitzgerald 2 Truly Dorland 1 Viktoria Tamas 1 Lucy Davis 1 Brianna Utas 1	Goals	Lexi Rond 2 Nicole Roed 1 Mardell Ramirez 1

Quarterfinals[]

May 10, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Report	No. 1 USC	14–8	UC San Diego	Avery Aquatic Center Stanford, California
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–3, 6–0, 2–4
		Alejandra Aznar 3 Maud Megens 2 Verica Bakoc 2 Elise Stein 2 Denise Mammolito 1 Paige Hauschild 1 Kelsey McIntosh 1 Bayley Weber 1 Grace Tehaney 1	Goals	Grace Pevehouse 5 Chanel Schilling 1 Shelby Stender 1 Sydney Boland 1

May 10, 2019 4:45 p.m.	Report	No. 4 California	17–13	Hawaii	Avery Aquatic Center Stanford, California
		Score by quarters: 6–5, 2–3, 6–3, 3–2
		Brigit Mulder 4 Emma Wright 4 Kitty Lynn Joustra 3 Sarah Siepker 2 Elli Protopapas 2 Hannah DeRose 1 Georgia Bogle 1	Goals	Elyse Lemay-Lavoie 6 Maxine Schaap 2 Anna Bonamusa Boix 2 Femke Aan 1 Carmen Baringo 1 Irene Gonzalez 1

May 10, 2019 6:30 p.m.	Report	No. 2 Stanford	18–9	Pacific	Avery Aquatic Center Stanford, California
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–3, 5–2, 3–3
		Aria Fischer 5 Madison Berggren 4 Makenzie Fischer 2 Kat Klass 2 Madison Stamen 2 Chloe Harbilas 1 Sarah Klass 1 Mackenzie Wiley 1	Goals	Kyra Christmas 2 Viktoria Szmodics 2 Savannah Fitzgerald 2 Truly Dorland 1 Viktoria Tamas 1 Ana Martinez do Amaral 1

May 10, 2019 8:15 p.m.	Report	No. 3 UCLA	13–7	Michigan	Avery Aquatic Center Stanford, California
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–2, 2–2, 3–0
		Maddie Musselman 4 Lizette Rozeboom 4 Bronte Halligan 3 Kelsey Blacker 1 Rachel Whitelegge 1	Goals	Maddy Steere 2 Julia Sellers 2 Sofie Pontre 1 Abby Andrews 1 Maddie O'Reilly 1

Semifinals[]

May 11, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Report	No. 1 USC	10–8	No. 4 California	Avery Aquatic Center Stanford, California
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 1–1, 1–2 OT: 3–1
		Paige Hauschild 3 Alejandra Aznar 2 Maud Megens 1 Tilly Kearns 1 Grace Tehaney 1 Bayley Weber 1 Mireia Guiral 1	Goals	Brigit Mulder 2 Lauren Charter 1 Emma Wright 1 Sarah Siepker 1 Claire Sonne 1 Kitty Lynn Joustra 1 Elli Protopapas 1

May 11, 2019 8:00 p.m.	Report	No. 2 Stanford	8–7	No. 3 UCLA	Avery Aquatic Center Stanford, California
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 1–2, 0–3, 1–1 OT: 2–1
		Aria Fischer 5 Makenzie Fischer 1 Kat Klass 1 Ryann Neushul 1	Goals	Maddie Musselman 2 Lexi Liebowitz 2 Rachel Whitelegge 1 Roxy Wheaton 1 Val Ayala 1

National Championship[]

May 12, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Report	No. 1 USC	8–9	No. 2 Stanford	Avery Aquatic Center Stanford, California
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 3–3, 0–1
		Mireia Guiral 4 Maud Megens 2 Tilly Kearns 1 Kelsey McIntosh 1	Goals	Makenzie Fischer 3 Aria Fischer 2 Ryann Neushul 2 Kat Klass 1 Hannah Shabb 1

Tournament awards[]

All–tournament first team
Player	Team
Emalia Eichelberger	Stanford
Aria Fischer	Stanford
Makenzie Fischer	Stanford
Paige Hauschild	USC
Maud Megens	USC
Maddie Musselman	UCLA
Ryann Neushul	Stanford

All–tournament second team
Player	Team
Mireia Guiral	USC
Bronte Halligan	UCLA
Kitty Lynn Joustra	California
Kat Klass	Stanford
Amanda Longan	USC
Denise Mammolito	USC
Emma Wright	California

Tournament MVP
Makenzie Fischer
Stanford

^[14]

References[]

^ "NC Women's Water Polo Championship History | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "2019 National Collegiate women's water polo championship selections announced | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "2019 Women's Water Polo Schedule". USC Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "2019 Women's Water Polo Schedule". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "2019 Women's Water Polo Schedule". UCLA. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "2019 Women's Water Polo Schedule". University of California Golden Bears Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "2019 Women's Water Polo Schedule". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "2019 Water Polo Schedule". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "2019 Pacific Women's Water Polo Schedule". Pacific. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "2019 Women's Water Polo Schedule". Wagner College Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "2019 Regals Water Polo Schedule". California Lutheran University. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "W Water Polo - News - UCSDTritons.com - Official Web Site of UC San Diego Athletics". www.ucsdtritons.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "2019 NC Women's Water Polo Official Bracket | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
^ "Stanford Reigns Supreme". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2019.

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[about-2] "2019 National Collegiate women's water polo championship selections announced | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

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[4] "2019 Women's Water Polo Schedule". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[5] "2019 Women's Water Polo Schedule". UCLA. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[6] "2019 Women's Water Polo Schedule". University of California Golden Bears Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[7] "2019 Women's Water Polo Schedule". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[8] "2019 Water Polo Schedule". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[9] "2019 Pacific Women's Water Polo Schedule". Pacific. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[10] "2019 Women's Water Polo Schedule". Wagner College Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[11] "2019 Regals Water Polo Schedule". California Lutheran University. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[12] "W Water Polo - News - UCSDTritons.com - Official Web Site of UC San Diego Athletics". www.ucsdtritons.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

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