PALO ALTO, Calif. — The No. 1 USC Men’s Water Polo team moves past No. 4 Fordham in the NCAA Semifinals 16-7. The Trojans will play for the NCAA Championship for the 19th time in the past 21 seasons.

In a rematch of last year’s NCAA semifinal in which USC won 18-16 in OT, USC scored first when Robert Lopez Duart scored. Fordham tied the game 1-1 with 4:14 left in the first quarter. The Rams couldn’t score for over nine minutes as the Trojans’ lead grew to 6-1 with 3:13 remaining in the first half. USC led 8-3 at the break.

In the second half, the USC defense swarmed Fordham nearly every time it had scoring opportunities. The Rams were shut out for the first 7:55 of the third quarter as USC scored the first five goals of the half, putting the game out of reach and cruising to the 16-7 vi

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