Team falls short in Stanford match-up

In the first game of the 2003 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championships, the Hoosiers fell to No. 1 Stanford Cardinal 13-2. This loss places IU at 26-10 while Stanford improves its record to 21-2.\nIU's plan was to stop the Cardinal's potent offense by focusing primarily upon the counterattack, but this also slowed down the Hoosier's offense as well.\n"We had to be so focused on the counterattack coming into today's game, that we were so worried about getting back on defense, we didn't have very good offensive sets," coach Barry King said in a statement.\nStanford's first goal came with 4:02 left in the first quarter, and the Cardinal proceeded to score two more goals to close out the quarter with a 3-0 lead. Stanford added three more goals before the end of the first half. \nDespite allowing six goals in only one half, Hoosier sophomore goalie Jessica Goldner managed to stop eight of 16 goal attempts, including two Cardinal one-on-one breakaway shots.\nAt the half, IU failed to score on eight attempts, committed 10 turnovers and was on the wrong end of a 6-0 shutout. In the third quarter, Stanford displayed even more prowess by adding five more goals while the Hoosiers remained scoreless to place the score at 11-0 at the end of the third.\nIn the fourth quarter, Stanford's freshman Lauren Boreta added another goal with only one second left on the shot clock. Just 46 seconds later, Boreta added yet another goal to place the Hoosiers underneath a 13-0 deficit.\nHowever, IU simply refused to just lay down. Sophomore Krista Peterson would answer back to Boreta's charge with two goals of her own in the final quarter. The first goal came off of an assist by freshman Courtney Livak with 5:25 left in the contest. Fighting through double-team coverage, Peterson scored her second goal less than two minutes later, matching Stanford's fourth-quarter offensive production. \nDespite taking a 13-2 beating from the No. 1 team in the nation, the Hoosiers said they were happy with their play.\n"I was pretty pleased with our first-half offense," King said. "It was disappointing to see that our lack of response to Stanford's big third quarter. But we finished well, and we're all pleased with that"