05-10-2015, 06:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-10-2015, 07:00 PM by Viking_Guy.)
Final 7-6, on a bizarre penalty shot call. UCLA blocked Stanford's shot with 11 seconds left, but their keeper Sami Hill got rid of the ball under pressure - just as her coach called a timeout. Timeout without possession is a penalty - which is how the Olympic semifinal in 2012 ended up in overtime.
Great game from the Stanford perimeter. Not so great for the 2-meter - Grossman called for two contra-fouls and an exclusion with the game in the balance in the fourth quarter. OTOH, their defense on Barr, Donohoe et al inside was fantastic. More generally, not great offense - a whole lot of disconnected passes from Yelizarova. But enough Neushul to offset.
And yes, CS87, the whistle is fairly constant, especially with two teams that emphasize pressing defense.
I was SO afraid UCLA's last-second lob shot was going to find the back corner, but it came off the top of the crossbar. It was damned close.
Yay!
VG
Great game from the Stanford perimeter. Not so great for the 2-meter - Grossman called for two contra-fouls and an exclusion with the game in the balance in the fourth quarter. OTOH, their defense on Barr, Donohoe et al inside was fantastic. More generally, not great offense - a whole lot of disconnected passes from Yelizarova. But enough Neushul to offset.
And yes, CS87, the whistle is fairly constant, especially with two teams that emphasize pressing defense.
I was SO afraid UCLA's last-second lob shot was going to find the back corner, but it came off the top of the crossbar. It was damned close.
Yay!
VG