Although Cal Women’s Water Polo has yet to breakthrough with program’s first NCAA national championship (all of the NCAA championships in this sport to date, it only dates back to 2001, have been dominated by Stanford, USC, and UCLA), 2018 may be that special year for the California Golden Bears. In the year two of the Coralie Simmons era, Cal has itself a fairly complete team with veteran scorer (Hungarian Calympian Dora Antal), veteran all-around player (fellow Hungarian Calympian Anna Illes), more scoring options (Carla Carraga and Emma Wright), veteran defender (Kindred Paul), youth inside scoring option (Kitty Lynn Joustra, a future Dutch Calympian?
NCAA Women’s Water Polo semifinal: No.3 Cal vs. No.2 Stanford
