Maggie Steffens of Danville scored five goals as Bay Area swimmers led the U.S. women's water polo team to a gold medal against Spain on Thursday.
Heather Petri, an Oakland native living in Orinda, and Melissa Seidemann of Walnut Creek each scored goals as the United States beat Spain eight to five in the final. Brenda Villa of Los Angeles scored the other U.S. goal.
The U.S. dominated most of the match, but had to fight back a surge from Spain at the end.
The team also included University of California graduate Elsie Windes; Annika Dries, a Stanford alumna; and Maggie's sister Jessica Steffens a Danville resident who has attended Stanford. All the team members have lived in California.
Earlier on Thursday, another Northern California swimmer, Haley Anderson, had her moment of glory.