Stanford Athletic Communications John Cantalupi • Assistant Director stanford Cell: 650.924.8304 WATER POLO
[email protected] 2014 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship • December 6-7 • La Jolla, Calif. RESULTS WHAT’S AHEAD?: No. 1 Stanford (25-3) begins its 2014 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship in the semifinals overall ......................................................................................25-3 against No. 3 USC (23-6) on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 3:12 p.m. The Cardinal is seeded second and the Trojans third in MPSF ........................................................................................7-1 the event, which is being hosted on the campus of UC San Diego. No. 1 seed UCLA (27-3) and No. 4 seed UCSD home ........................................................................................4-0 (16-9) will meet in the other semifinal at 1 p.m. The title game takes place on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3:12 p.m. The away ........................................................................................8-1 third-place match will precede it at 1 p.m. neutral ......................................................................................13-2 NCAA HISTORY: Stanford is one of the most decorated men’s water polo programs when it comes to national SCHEDULE titles. The Cardinal’s 10 NCAA championships (1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002) are September second only to Cal’s 13, with the last trophy making its way to The Farm in 2002. Stanford has also finished as UCLA Invitational (Los Angeles, Calif.) the national runner-up on 10 occasions (1982, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008) and has 13 #22 Concordia ............................................. W, 20-8 appeared in the NCAA postseason 31 times. The Cardinal will be making back-to-back postseason appearances for the first time since it went five straight years from 2001 to 2005.