Stanford single-handedly defeated the Italian water polo team to jump up to 23 medals.
Stanford once again proved its dominance in women's water polo, as the four Stanford athletes representing Team USA scored more goals than the entire Italian team... combined. In the United States' 12-5 rout of Italy in the gold medal round, Stanford combined for 7 goals. The entire Italian team got only 5.
With Stanford's dominance in the pool, Team USA has now won the gold medal in women's water polo in back to back years, and Stanford athletes alone are up to 11 medals in the five Olympics that the sport has been existence.