WOMEN'S WATER POLO: BRUINS WIN NCAA TITLE OVER RIVAL UCLA 4, STANFORD 3.Byline: Daily News Two patterns have emerged in the first three years women's water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. has had a national-championship tournament. One, 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 and Stanford will play each other for 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. title and the national championship. And, two, whichever team won the MPSF MPSF Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship game will lose the the national championship to the other. UCLA won its second national championship Sunday, defeating Stanford 4-3 at UC San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . Stanford defeated UCLA 3-2 in five overtimes in the MPSF final two weeks ago. On Sunday, the Bruins fell behind 2-0 at halftime but rallied with four consecutive goals to give UCLA its third national championship of the 2002-03 school year. Freshman Kelly Rulon scored the Bruins' first goal of the second half early in the third quarter to cut the lead in half, and a 6-on-5 goal by senior Jessica Lopez made it 2-2 with just under a minute remaining in the third. In the final period, Lauren Heineck put UCLA up with another 6-on-5 goal before senior Robin Beauregard, who was named the most valuable player of the tournament, scored to make it 4-2. Stanford converted a UCLA turnover to get within 4-3, but the Bruins stopped a 6-on-5 opportunity in the final minute and held on for the victory. Last season, Stanford defeated the Bruins 8-4 after UCLA defeated the Cardinal 11-7 for the MPSF championship. In 2001, UCLA defeated Stanford 5-4 in the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championship game after losing to the Cardinal 8-5 in the MPSF title game. |
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