02-21-2026, 07:47 PM
I went to today's WWP at Avery against #5 ASU. I expected an easy win, but it was more interesting than that.
When I arrived at the end of the first quarter, Stanford was up 5-2. About what I'd expect. Stanford scored early in the second quarter to make it 6-2.
But then, ASU reeled off 5 straight goals to make it 6-7 in favor of ASU. Not what I'd expect. Stanford did score another goal before the half to tie it at 7-7.
I had to stop and ask myself what was going on. During that ASU run, they seemed to have Stanford on the ropes. It seemed that ASU was scoring each time down the pool and I felt Stanford was disorganized, especially on defense. ASU has some large players in the hole (#2 Grad from AUS, #9 Sr. from NZ). Those two only scored 1 goal each.
But the third quarter started and Stanford again was playing like it was the dominant team, winning the quarter 6-1. The 4th quarter was only 3-3, with one Stanford goal in the last minute against an empty goal.
Final score 16-11. (Stanford teams have had a bit of a rough day so I should be happy with a win.)
In terms of fouls, the only Stanford player with two or more majors, was Ella Woodhead who fouled out with 3. ASU had 5 players with 2 fouls.
For Stanford, Juliette Dhalluin scored 6 goals while Jenna Flynn scored 4 and Serena Browne scored 2. 4 other players scored.
FYI, ASU's head coach played for the Hungarian national team. Her team has 15 foreign players from 10 countries (plus 8 from the US).
While I've got you, I thought I'd give a shout-out to the Stanford Artistic Swimming team for winning its conference championship last weekend. Western Regionals (and Senior Day) will be next weekend at Avery, with the U.S. Collegiate National Championships also at Avery a month later.
When I arrived at the end of the first quarter, Stanford was up 5-2. About what I'd expect. Stanford scored early in the second quarter to make it 6-2.
But then, ASU reeled off 5 straight goals to make it 6-7 in favor of ASU. Not what I'd expect. Stanford did score another goal before the half to tie it at 7-7.
I had to stop and ask myself what was going on. During that ASU run, they seemed to have Stanford on the ropes. It seemed that ASU was scoring each time down the pool and I felt Stanford was disorganized, especially on defense. ASU has some large players in the hole (#2 Grad from AUS, #9 Sr. from NZ). Those two only scored 1 goal each.
But the third quarter started and Stanford again was playing like it was the dominant team, winning the quarter 6-1. The 4th quarter was only 3-3, with one Stanford goal in the last minute against an empty goal.
Final score 16-11. (Stanford teams have had a bit of a rough day so I should be happy with a win.)
In terms of fouls, the only Stanford player with two or more majors, was Ella Woodhead who fouled out with 3. ASU had 5 players with 2 fouls.
For Stanford, Juliette Dhalluin scored 6 goals while Jenna Flynn scored 4 and Serena Browne scored 2. 4 other players scored.
FYI, ASU's head coach played for the Hungarian national team. Her team has 15 foreign players from 10 countries (plus 8 from the US).
While I've got you, I thought I'd give a shout-out to the Stanford Artistic Swimming team for winning its conference championship last weekend. Western Regionals (and Senior Day) will be next weekend at Avery, with the U.S. Collegiate National Championships also at Avery a month later.