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The only difference was the venue; the <strong>Indianapolis Natatorium<\/strong> is host for this year NCAAs.<\/p>\n<p>In the earlier match, UCLA was never headed in beating California 14-11. Led by Maddie Musselman&#8217;s four goals and three apiece from <strong>Mackenzie Barr<\/strong> and <strong>Rachel Fattal<\/strong>, the Bruins beat the Golden Bears for the fourth time this season to advance to their third NCAA championship game in the past four years and eleventh in program history.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/top-seeded-ucla-beats-cal-to-advance-to-ncaa-wwp-title-match\/\" target=\"_blank\">&lt;Top-Seeded UCLA Beats Cal to Advance to NCAA WWP Title Match&gt;<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>In the second semi-final, two <strong>Jordan Raney<\/strong> goals allowed Stanford to come from a goal behind in the fourth quarter and beat USC 11-10, dashing the Trojans\u2019 hopes of a second straight NCAA championship. 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