{"id":585905,"date":"2024-05-23T11:29:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T18:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=585905"},"modified":"2024-05-23T11:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T18:37:24","slug":"hawaiis-bia-mantellato-dias-among-womens-cutino-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hawaiis-bia-mantellato-dias-among-womens-cutino-award-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii\u2019s Bia Mantellato Dias Among Women\u2019s Cutino Award Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hawaii\u2019s Bia Mantellato Dias Among Women\u2019s Cutino Award Finalists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hawaii\u2019s <strong>Bia Mantellato Dias<\/strong> was among the three finalists named for the women\u2019s Peter J. Cutino Award by USA Water Polo <a href=\"https:\/\/usawaterpolo.org\/news\/2024\/5\/21\/general-the-olympic-club-announces-womens-cutino-award-finalists-winners-revealed-june-1-in-san-francisco.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mantellato Dias is joined by a pair of goalies, California\u2019s <strong>Isabel Williams<\/strong> and <strong>Lauren Steele<\/strong> of UCLA.<\/p>\n<p>Mantellato Dias was named Big West Player of the Year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/with-curtain-set-to-drop-on-coaching-career-maureen-cole-leading-hawaii-in-chase-of-ncaa-water-polo-crown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a historic season<\/a> for the Rainbow Wahine, who finished No. 3 in the final rankings and became the first Big West squad to make the national semifinals since 2013. A sophomore from of Sao Paolo, Brazil, Mantellato Dias led that effort with 64 goals, six assists and 20 steals.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the national finalists has a representative in the balloting for water polo\u2019s Heisman trophy. Williams set Cal\u2019s single-season saves record with 326 saves while the Golden Bears allowed a nation-best 6.7 goals allowed per game. She is the all-time leader in saves for the program at 885. Cal made its first national final since 2011. Williams joins Emily Csikos as the only Cutino finalist in program history.<\/p>\n<p>Steele was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ucla-womens-water-polo-completes-perfect-season-with-ncaa-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">star of the NCAA final<\/a>, leading UCLA to a 7-4 win over Cal. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/freshman-goalie-lauren-steele-has-had-immediate-impact-for-top-ranked-ucla-womens-water-polo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instant impact freshman<\/a> made 17 saves in the NCAA final, earning MVP honors. She was also the MPSF Tournament MVP and the conference\u2019s newcomer of the year. She helped the Bruins post a 26-0 record, just the third in program history and the fifth in women\u2019s water polo D1 history.<\/p>\n<p>A goalie hasn\u2019t been named the Cutino winner since <strong>Ashleigh Johnson<\/strong> and <strong>Amanda Longan<\/strong> won it back-to-back in 2017 and 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The 25th Cutino Awards will be held in a ceremony June 1 at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. The finalists for the men&#8217;s award <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cals-nikolaos-papanikolaou-a-finalist-for-cutino-award-looking-for-third-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were announced in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawaii\u2019s Bia Mantellato Dias Among Women\u2019s Cutino Award Finalists Hawaii\u2019s Bia Mantellato Dias was among the three finalists named for the women\u2019s Peter J. 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