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Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n

Even Ashleigh Johnson<\/strong>, considered to be the\u00a0world’s top woman water polo goalie, can\u2019t slow down the Trojans of Southern Cal as they continue on a historic run.<\/p>\n

Johnson, who backstopped the U.S. Women\u2019s National Team to Olympic gold last August in Rio, was unable to stop Maud Megens<\/strong> and top-ranked University of Southern California<\/strong> from remaining perfect this season. The Trojans (22-0) claimed a 12-3 win Thursday night over #10 Princeton<\/strong> (16-2) at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center in Los Angeles on the strength of Megens powerful right arm. The freshman from the Netherlands completed a hat trick with 2 minutes remaining in the first quarter on her way to five goals on the night.<\/p>\n

Brianna Daboub<\/strong> chipped in two goals as host USC raced out to a 10-1 first half lead. Johnson was bombarded by 26 shots, leaving the 2017 Swimming World<\/em> Female Water Polo Player of the Year defenseless in the wake of the Trojan onslaught.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Princeton Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

With the win, USC extended to 49 the longest women’s water polo winning streak in NCAA history.<\/p>\n

The Tigers entered the match with a single loss\u2014a 7-6 decision to sixth-ranked Arizona State last weekend in the Roadrunner Invitational\u2014suggesting that this match-up of East and West Coast powers might have national implications. But in the latest Women’s Water Polo Division I Rating Percentage Index<\/a> for matches through March 12, Princeton had the 28th most difficult schedule in the country. USC\u2014with wins over #2 Stanford, #3 UCLA, Arizona State and # 7 Michigan\u2014checked in with the nation’s third-best strength of schedule.<\/p>\n

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation<\/strong> (MPSF) play is up next\u00a0 for the Trojans, beginning with a match this Saturday against #14 San Jose State and continuing through next month. The MPSF Championships, to be held April 28-30 at UCLA\u2019s Spieker Aquatics Center, will determine which team is awarded the conference’s automatic berth in the 2017 NCAA Women\u2019s Water Polo Tournament<\/strong>. Not only will the\u00a0MPFS champion be given a bye into the Final Four, it is also certain to be the tournament’s top-seeded team.<\/p>\n

Last year four MPSF teams\u2014Arizona State, Stanford, UCLA and USC\u2014qualified for NCAAs from the nation’s toughest water polo conference.<\/p>\n

Princeton\u2019s path to an NCAA berth is far more tenuous. After licking their wounds, the Tigers begin Collegiate Water Polo Association<\/strong> conference play next weekend with matches against newcomer Saint Francis PA and #25 Bucknell, followed by a highly anticipated April 2 match against Michigan. The Wolverines (17-8) have played the country\u2019s toughest schedule, including matches against the top six teams in the current Varsity Top 25 Poll<\/a>: USC, Stanford, UCLA, Cal, UC Irvine and Arizona State.<\/p>\n

The winner of the Princeton vs. Michigan tilt will be ideally positioned for the CWPA\u2019s automatic NCAA berth, to be decided at the CWPA Championship, April 28-30 at Indiana University in Bloomington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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