Indiana University Athletics
Preview: 2015 Stanford Invitational
1/30/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -After a 1-1 start to year, the No. 13 Hoosiers will head to Palo Alto, California to the Stanford Invitational. Indiana will join six California schools and Hawai'i for a tournament in which all schools are ranked in the top 16 of the national rankings. Five of the eight teams -- No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 UCLA, No. 4 California, No. 6 UC Irvine and No. 13 Indiana -- all participated in the 2014 NCAA Championships. Rounding out the list is No. 7 San Jose State, No. 8 Hawai'i and No. 18 UC Davis.
The Hoosier water polo team last played in the Stanford Invitational in 2013. This year, just as in 2013, Indiana will be in a bracket with California, Hawai'i and UCLA. Day number one will see the Hoosiers match-up with California at 2:30 pm (ET) and a 8 pm (ET) game with Hawai'i.
On the second day will play the Bruins of UCLA at 12:10 pm (ET). The final game of the tournament will be a match up against the team from Bracket A that finishes in the same respective place.
Bracket A |
Bracket B |
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#1 Stanford Cardinal | (2-0) |
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#13 Indiana Hoosiers | (1-1) |
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#6 UC Irvine Anteaters | (0-0) |
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#2 UCLA Bruins | (6-0) |
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#7 San Jose State Spartans | (8-0) |
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#4 California Golden Bears | (6-0) |
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#18 UC Davis Aggies | (1-1) |
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#8 Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine | (0-0) |
STANFORD INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE |
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Saturday, January 31 |
Sunday, February 1 |
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TIME |
DARK |
vs. |
LIGHT | TIME |
DARK |
vs. |
LIGHT |
11 am |
UC Irvine  |
vs. |
 San Jose State |
11 am |
Stanford  |
vs. |
San Jose State |
12:10 pm |
Stanford |
vs. |
 UC Davis |
11 am |
UC Irvine |
vs. |
UC Davis |
1:20 pm |
UCLA  |
vs. |
 Hawai'i |
12:10 pm |
California  |
vs. |
Hawai'i |
2:30 pm |
California |
vs. |
 INDIANA |
12:10 pm |
UCLA |
vs. |
INDIANA |
6:45 pm |
Stanford |
vs. |
UC Irvine |
4 pm |
4th in Bracket A |
vs. |
4th in Bracket B |
6:45 pm |
San Jose State |
vs. |
UC Davis |
4 pm |
3rd in Bracket A |
vs. |
3rd in Bracket B |
8 pm |
UCLA |
vs. |
California |
5:15 pm |
2nd in Bracket A |
vs. |
2nd in Bracket B |
8 pm |
INDIANA |
vs. |
Hawai'i |
6:30 pm |
1st in Bracket A |
vs. |
1st in Bracket B |
Media Contact: Riley Greene, rigreene@indiana.edu
