UCLA came up achingly short of reaching the program's first Final Four on Sunday in the Kansas City regional final, but you can't fault the effort against top-seeded Mississippi State.
She wasn't the Bulldogs' leading scorer, far from it with only nine points, but her timing was impeccable during the second half of an 89-73 victory, which clinched a second straight trip to the Final Four.
But when the Bruins (27-8), who were playing in the program's second Elite Eight and first since 1999, threatened to make a game of it after trailing by 16 at halftime, it was Schaefer who often delivered the momentum-blunting dagger.