WOMEN'S WATER POLO: USC, UCLA ADVANCE TO SEMIS.Byline: Daily News IRVINE - Top-ranked USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and No. 2 UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX swam Friday into the semifinals at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I. women's water polo championships with victories at UC Irvine's Anteater anteater, name applied to various animals that feed on ants, termites, and other insects, but more properly restricted to a completely toothless group of the order Edentata. Aquatics Center. Moriah Van Norman Moriah van Norman (born May 30, 1984 in San Diego, California) is an American water polo player for the University of Southern California, who won the Peter J. Cutino Award in 2004, recognized as the best female collegiate player in the nation. climbed to fourth on unbeaten USC's all-time scoring list, netting three goals in an 11-4 quarterfinal romp over No. 10 San Diego State. Kelly Rulon scored three goals in UCLA's 11-7 triumph over No. 9 Arizona State. The nation's top four teams advanced to the final four. Ten of the top 11 teams in the country are in the MPSF MPSF Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . USC (25-0) will meet No. 4 Hawaii (16-9) and UCLA (25-3) will take on No. 3 Stanford (20-4) in this afternoon's semifinals. The winner of Sunday's final receives an automatic berth at the eight-team NCAA championships May 12-14 at UC Davis. The rest of the final four are favorites for at-large berths. Norman improved her career total to 206 goals as the Trojans held San Diego State (21-11) to one goal in the final three periods. UCLA took a 6-3 halftime lead to take control against Arizona State (14-12). Scotti Schafer and Lauren Silver scored four goals apiece to lead Stanford past No. 7 UC Irvine 10-4, and Iefke Van Belkum netted her fifth, sixth and seventh goals of the tournament in Hawaii's 10-8 victory over No. 5 California. No. 19 Cal State Northridge (12-21) finished 12th in the 13-team event, losing 8-5 to 13th-ranked UC Santa Barbara in a consolation game. Allison Brookes scored four goals for the Matadors; she had seven of CSUN's 10 goals in the tournament. |
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