Girls' water polo: Mulflur is the 'hero of the day'

The water polo hero of the day has to go out to Louisville's Katie Mulflur.

Mulflur scored three of the Royals' final four goals to spearhead Louisville's 9-8 upset of defending Division IV champion Lompoc Cabrillo. Mulflur finished with a team-best four goals and Elisabeth Leoni ruffled the twine twice in the comeback.

By the way, this may be my only "hero of the day" blog. It's pretty corny, but I figured it would be a decent way to acknowledge Mulflur's clutch scoring surge. And who knows? Maybe this big-time recognition will inspire her to put up another big-time performance against Malibu on Saturday.

Also, I guarantee a SF Valley/North team will win the Division IV title. I like my odds since seven of the eight teams playing in Saturday's quarterfinals (top-seeded Harvard-Westlake, Glendale, Rio Mesa, Malibu, Louisville, Burbank and Arroyo Grande) are from the region.

And I'm pretty sure Katie is somewhere in the photo I posted, I just don't know which one she is (although the mane-gy looking player wearing the crown has been eliminated from Mulflur contention). Maybe someone out in the blogosphere can point her out.

-- Austin Knoblauch

-- Image from http://www.louisvillehs.org

Comments

[Andy Walsh]

Hi Austin-
Katie is the furthest to the left in the middle row. LvHS used that momentum and fought out a 8-7 win at Malibu, scoring the game winner with .8 seconds to go. Typical Louisville game with no "hero" as three girls scored two times each and Heidi Carlson's lone goal was the game winner. Stef Pastore played a great game in goal with 11 Saves!

[Austin Knoblauch]

Andy,

I'm glad to hear your gals made it to the semifinals and thanks for pointing out Katie in the photo. And good luck against Arroyo Grande. Watch out for their top scorer, Chelsea de Goede.

[Glenn Martin]

Austin,

Good work on your win prediction. As an Arroyo Grande booster, I chuckled at your guarantee. Certainly Harvard Westlake has a fine team and much to be proud of, but just because 7 of 8 teams are from the valley, doesn't mean they can beat a motivated team from up north. Our girls have worked hard all season with today's game in sight, and never lost their focus. HV had a great late try, but came up short. Congrats Lady Eagles!!