#5 UC Davis Rogue's bracket pathway was tough, having to grind past #10 Colorado before finding #8 UC San Diego DCo in the semifinal. Rogue is one of the fresh new faces on the college scene, with star power (Jules Madigan), depth (Allyn Suzuki, Rani Shah), and great leadership, evidenced by their quarterfinals appearance at 2021 nationals. DCo has a completely revamped roster from their 2019 championship squad, but they've got the talent to make another run this year. Ava Hanna is a true shooter and her identical twin Lauren Hanna is developing into a top tier player in her own right.
#8 Cal Poly SLO SLOCORE followed their 6-1 Santa Barbara Invite with a 6-0 start at President's Day. Not only are they winning games, but they're barely being challenged by solid opponents. In the quarterfinal, they find a young Southern California Lockdown that's starting to put the pieces toget...
Wins over #20 Stanford and Cal in pool play, set Oregon Fugue up for another chance to beat a top 25 team as they face #14 UCLA BLU in the quarterfinal. BLU had a strong Santa Barbara Invite, with close losses to 3 teams ranked in the top 10 and stomping everyone else. They continued that perform...
Expectations were high for #10 Colorado Quandary and the early returns for them indicate that faith was not misplaced. The offense looked elite all day, only being slowed by #4 UCSB. #23 Utah Spiral Jetty did not find the same success – replacing star talent like Kyra Khoroujnikova was never goin...
