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

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. In a match that encapsulated all the anxiety and delight, all the joy and dejection of perhaps one of the greatest seasons of NCAA varsity women\u2019s water polo, the 2017 NCAA Women\u2019s Water Polo<\/strong> Championship<\/strong> final was reduced to a single moment.<\/p>\n

After top-seeded UCLA had turned the ball over with mere seconds left in a deadlocked contest, Stanford attacker Madison Berggren<\/strong> delivered a perfect pass to Maggie Steffens<\/strong>, the Cardinal\u2019s all-world player. The Stanford co-captain didn\u2019t hesitate\u2014there was barely a moment for the UCLA defense to react\u2014as she fired an absolute rocket past goalie Carlee Kapana <\/strong>to give the Cardinal an 8-7 win over the stunned Bruins.<\/p>\n

Afterwards an exhausted but exhilarated Steffens talked about what it was like to be her at that moment.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Justin Casterline<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s less about that last-second shot and more about hearing that final buzzer and looking back at Gabby [Stone, Stanford goalie] holding the ball and looking around and seeing the rest of my Stanford teammates,\u201d she said. \u201cThat is truly the moment you\u2019re fighting for.\u201d<\/p>\n

The win caps an amazing college career for Steffens and four other Sanford seniors\u2014Dani Jackovich<\/strong>, Sophia Monaghan<\/strong>, Jamie Neushul<\/strong> and Stone<\/strong>\u2014who competed in four straight title games, winning three of them. The Cardinal\u2019s only loss in this run was last year to USC, when Steffens was on sabbatical leading Team USA to Olympic gold at the 2016 Rio Games.<\/p>\n

Perhaps almost as inconceivable as a sindle class qualifying for four consecutive championship finals is Stanford head coach John Tanner\u2019s<\/strong> record of success. Though he is the first to say that he\u2019s lost more title games than he\u2019s won\u2014which is true\u2014he\u2019s now 6-8 in 14 NCAA finals and his record of eight-straight championship game appearances is mind-boggling.<\/p>\n

For UCLA, the loss was a bitter pill to swallow in what had until the waning moments appeared to be a championship season. Prior to today\u2019s loss, the Bruins had only lost one game\u2014to arch-rival USC\u2014and had swept both previous meetings with the Cardinal. Despite falling behind 2-0 barely four minutes into the first period, the Bruins had clawed their way back even with 51 second left on Maddie Musselman’s<\/strong> third goal.<\/p>\n

Then came the match\u2019s two most pivotal plays. First was that the Bruins had the ball and\u2014with a full shot clock\u2014controlled the final 31 seconds of regulation. They used their last time out to set up for a game winning shot. With time winding down and UCLA\u2019s Bronte Halligan<\/strong> holding the ball to the left of the Stanford cage, Steffens made her penultimate play. As\u00a0Halligan attempted a pass back to the wing, Steffens, shadowing Rachel Fattal<\/strong>, anticipated the play and made the steal with 15 second remaining. In a heartbeat the Bruins went from setting up for a game-winning shot to defending one.<\/p>\n

The ultimate play was Steffens\u2019 brilliant goal\u2014her third of the match\u2014made possible by her teammates. The Bruins, out of timeouts, could not set up to defend the Cardinal’s play call. During Stanford’s final timeout, Tanner took Associate Head Coach Susan Ortwein\u2019s<\/strong> suggestion for a play that would offer Berggren three different looks. One was a dangerous option: over the top of the defense if an attacker breaks free on the left or the right of the goal. A Bruin steal would leave Stone, who started the play mid-pool, out of position on a long shot.<\/p>\n

After the fact it seemed absurd to suggest that anyone but Steffens would get the ball but Tanner insisted this was not the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not that we drew up some special play, it\u2019s just that we had options throughout the pool,\u201d Tanner said. \u201cObviously we want Maggie if she\u2019s in a spot where\u2014given a chance\u2014she can take a shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also revealed that the Cardinal had successfully run the identical play in last year\u2019s NCAA final against USC, when Kat Klass<\/strong> narrowed a two goal deficit to one with 52 seconds left. Stanford ultimately lost 8-7 to USC on a goal by Stephania Haralabidis<\/strong> with six seconds remaining.<\/p>\n

Just because Steffens\u2019 ability is unworldly doesn\u2019t automatically mean she was going to hit the shot of a lifetime. The Bruins knew she was the target; they had assigned Fattal, their best player\u2014and a fellow gold medal winner at Rio along with Musselman and Stanford\u2019s Mackenzie Fischer<\/strong>\u2014to Steffens the entire game.<\/p>\n

On the decisive play Stanford\u2019s Jordan Raney<\/strong> and Fischer surrounded Fattal and\u2014even though they both had defenders\u2014their primary task was to clear a shooting lane for Steffens by basically puling Fattal out of the way. Which they executed to perfection.<\/p>\n

The Bruins’ loss was that much more painful because they had been through this before; in the 2015 title match a contested possession call with 11 seconds remaining\u2014UCLA was penalized for calling timeout before their goalie Sami Hill<\/strong> had clearly established control of the ball\u2014resulted in the referees awarding Stanford a game-winning penalty shot.<\/p>\n

The Cardinal\u2019s Kiley Neushul<\/strong> scored on the ensuing five-meter shot to give Stanford a 7-6 win.<\/p>\n

Prior to the epic moments that will only add to Steffens\u2019 growing reputation, the match was a struggle that saw the Bruins misfire continuously in a first half which ended with Stanford leading 5-2. The Cardinal capitalized on three power play opportunities as Berggren, Raney and Neushul\u2014Kiley\u2019s sister\u2014connected before Steffens put in two even strength goals, the second with a UCLA defender literally pulling her from behind before a lunge allowed Steffens to push the ball past Kapana. <\/strong>UCLA goals were by Musselman and Kodi Hill.
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The Bruins\u2019 Alys Williams<\/strong> scored with just under six minutes gone in the third, but Neushul countered two minutes later. Another Williams score at 2:39 again cut UCLA\u2019s deficit to two at 6-4.<\/p>\n

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Maddie Musselman. Photo Courtesy: Justin Casterline<\/p><\/div>\n

The fourth quarter saw UCLA head coach Brandon Brook\u2019s<\/strong> team finally show their championship form. Williams collected her third goal of the game just 21 seconds into the period on a three-meter shot from the left side of the Stanford cage. A Shannon Cleary<\/strong> score again gave the Cardinal a two-goal bulge before Musselman delivered twice to knot the score at seven.<\/p>\n

First the freshman struck an unbelievable skip shot from seven meters out that handcuffed Stone. Then, with the seconds of UCLA\u2019s championship hopes tick, tick ticking away, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Newcomer of the Year beat Stone at two meters off of a beautiful feed from Hill. Not only did Musselman\u2019s score bring UCLA back from what seemed an insurmountable deficit, it was her 69th tally of the season, breaking the Bruin freshman goal-scoring record established by Fattal.<\/p>\n

Musselman’s three scores and spectacular play when her team needed it most verified that she should be in the conversation about the country\u2019s best female water polo players. It’s shocking that she was not selected as a finalist for the 2017 Peter Cutino Award, given to the top female water polo player.<\/p>\n

Not that the vote really matters any more. With her monumental goal\u2014and a weekend where she delivered seven goals in leading her team to wins<\/a> over the country\u2019s #1 and #3 teams\u2014Steffens proved without a doubt that she is the best player in America. And the world, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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