Villa Leads Water Polo Team Past Australia

Stanford’s Brenda Villa scored three goals, including the game winner, to lead the USA Women’s Water Polo team to a 9-8 victory over Australia and a berth in the Olympic final. Team USA will look to add a gold medal to its collection of silver (2000) and bronze (2004) when it takes on the Netherlands, winners over Hungary in the other semifinal.

The Gold Medal Game opening sprint is scheduled for 3:20am Thursday.

It will be broadcast live online at nbcolympics.com. Check NBC listings for possible broadcast on MSNBC and/or USA. The game will also be played during NBC’s 11:00am-2:00pm coverage.

If you or anyone you know is interested in improving your water polo skills or learning about the sport, we are offering two water polo clinics for girls age 8 to 8th grade. Clinic dates and times:

Wednesday, August 20 4:30-7:00pm Avery Aquatic Center @ Stanford
Saturday, August 23 8:30-11:00am Avery Aquatic Center @ Stanford

Fee: $50 7th-8th grade, $35 8 years old-6th grade No need to advance register- just come to Avery Aquatic Center