July 19, 2015 Pomona, CA - July 19 - The New York Athletic Club men and the Stanford women won gold at the 2015 US Open of Water Polo earlier today at Pomona-Pitzer's Haldeman Pool. New York topped Golden Bear 15-12 with Tony Azevedo named Most Valuable Player of the men's competition. Stanford downed SOCAL 14-10 for the women's championship with goalkeeper Gabby Stone earning MVP honors. Third place on the men's side saw The Olympic Club edge the New York Athletic Club 'B' for bronze while third place in the women's competition was a battle of the New York Athletic Club as the 'A' team edged the 'B' team 14-13. See below for final standings and all-tournament teams. For complete tournament results, click here.
In the rest of the women's division it was Cal defeating SOCAL Black 11-8 for fifth place and Santa Barbara 805 topping Michigan 10-8 for seventh. In ninth place Bruin got past SB Premier 8-7 while USA Youth National Team defeated OC Riptide 14-10 for 11th place. Rounding out the standings Rose Bowl Red defeated Rose Bowl Black 11-5 for 13th place while Diablo took home 15th place.
On the men's side it was Stanford downing Bruin 12-10 for fifth place and Alumni topping the USA Youth National Team 14-8 for seventh place. As for the rest of the standings in the men's competition it was SB Premier in ninth place, Commerce in 10th, CHAWP in 11th, and Foothill in 12th.
2015 US OPEN OF WATER POLO - MEN'S FINAL STANDINGS
1st NEW YORK AC A
2nd GOLDEN BEAR
3rd OLYMPIC CLUB
4th NEW YORK AC B
5th STANFORD
6th BRUIN
7th ALUMNI
8th USA YOUTH NT
9th SB PREMIER
10th COMMERCE
11th CHAWP
12th FOOTHILL
MEN'S ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Tony Azevedo - MVP - NEW YORK AC A
Merrill Moses -NEW YORK AC A
Jesse Smith -NEW YORK AC A
Luca Cupido - GOLDEN BEAR
Lazar Andric - GOLDEN BEAR
Cullen Hennessy -OLYMPIC CLUB
Sage Wright - OLYMPIC CLUB
Joshua Stiling - NEW YORK AC B
2015 US OPEN OF WATER POLO - WOMEN'S FINAL STANDINGS
1st STANFORD
2nd SOCAL GOLD
3rd NEW YORK AC A
4th NEW YORK AC B
5th CAL
6th SOCAL BLACK
7th SB 805
8th MICHIGAN
9th BRUIN
10th SB PREMIER
11th USA YOUTH NT
12th OC RIPTIDE
13th ROSE BOWL RED
14th ROSE BOWL BLACK
15th DIABLO
WOMEN'S ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Gabby Stone-MVP - STANFORD
Jordan Raney - STANFORD
Jamie Neushul - STANFORD
Danielle Warde - SOCAL GOLD
Riley Shaw - SOCAL GOLD
Kelly Eaton - NEW YORK AC A
Tanya Gandy - NEW YORK AC A
Aria Fisher - NEW YORK AC B
