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University of Southern California 2005 Men’s Water Polo USC Sports Information
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics • HER 103 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0601 • Phone: (213) 740-8480 • FAX: (213) 740-7584 Water Polo Sports Information Director: Darcy Couch • Email: [email protected]
Release # 10 — Nov. 9, 2005
No. 1 USC Heads North For Clashes At No. 2 California and No. 9 Pacific Top-ranked Trojans take 11-game winning streak on the road for more MPSF action. 2005 Schedule Date Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 18 Sept. 24 Sept. 24 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 15 Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 19 Nov. 25-27 Dec. 3-4
Opponent Time/Result UC Irvine W 8-5 No. 15 Redlands^ W 12-2 No. 6 Long Beach State^ W 12-6 No. 2 California^ W 8-7 No. 4 Stanford^ W 6-5 Occidental% W 14-0 Cal Baptist% W 11-5 Riverside CC% (exhibition) W 14-2 No. 6 Pepperdine L 5-4 No. 9 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W 9-5 BROWN W 11-2 No. 18 Santa Clara$ W 14-1 No. 6 UC Irvine$ W 7-6 No. 3 Stanford$ W 10-9 No. 4 California$ W 9-8 *No. 14 UC Santa Barbara W 10-3 * No. 8 LONG BEACH STATE W 13-9 *No. 7 UC IRVINE W 5-4 *No. 3 STANFORD W 8-7 (OT) *No. 5PEPPERDINE W 10-4 *No. 2 California 10 a.m. *No. 9 Pacific 12 p.m. *UCLA (at Sunset Rec Center) 1 p.m. MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP& TBA NCAA Championship (at Bucknell) TBA
* MPSF game ^ Southern California Tournament (Irvine, Calif.) % Lancer Invitational (Riverside, Calif.) $ hosted by UC Berkeley & hosted by USC All times are local to game site Home games in BOLD CAPS (at McDonald’s Swim Stadium)
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2005 Men’s Collegiate Top 20 (Nov. 8) School Previous Points USC 1 100 California 2 95 UCLA 4 88 Stanford 3 85 Pepperdine 5 79 UC Irvine 6 77 UC San Diego 7 71 Long Beach State 8 65 Pacific 9 60 Loyola Marymount 11 54 UC Davis 10 50 St. Francis College (NY) 12 46 Navy 12 40 UC Santa Barbara 14 35 Princeton 15 27 BYU (Hawaii) 16 25 Bucknell 17 16 Air Force 18 11 Johns Hopkins 19 10 Slippery Rock 20 3
THIS WEEK: The top-ranked Trojans takes an 11-game winning streak into this weekend’s trip to Northern California. There, USC will face off against the nation’s No. 2 team, California, for their first conference face-off of the year at 10 a.m. on Saturday (Nov. 12). The following day, the Trojans pay a visit to No. 9 Pacific for a game at 12 p.m. on Sunday (Nov. 13). ••• RANKINGS: USC (18-1, 5-0 MPSF) is ranked No. 1 in the national rankings for the third straight week. California (18-4, 4-1) is ranked No. 2, and Pacific (15-9, 1-3) is No. 9. ••• WEEKEND RECAP: The Trojan Tro s posted two important MPSF wins last weekend, first in a dramatic 8-7 overtime win over Stanford to stand alone as the only team still undefeated in conference play. Juan Delgadillo scored the game-winning goal on a counterattack strike, notching his second goal of the game. He, Juraj Zatovic and Pavol Valovic each finished with two goals apiece, and Joe Cosentino and Tommy Corcoran added one apiece in the crucial MSPF victory. The next day, USC avenged its only loss of the season with a decisive 10-4 win over visiting Pepperdine. Zatovic led all scorers with four goals, and Delgadillo punched in a hat trick to help keep the Trojans undefeated at McDonald’s Swim Stadium this season. ••• CALIFORNIA NOTES: No. 2 California is on a two-game winning streak after beating Pepperdine and UC Santa Barbara both in 7-6 decisions. The Bears are led in scoring this season by John Mann with 47 goals. ••• TROJANS-BEARS RIVALRY RIV : USC is 37-47-2 all-time against California and is on a seven-game winning streak against the Bears after posting two more wins this season during tournament play. Both those games were onegoal decisions, first in an 8-7 USC win in the semifinals of the Southern California Tournament, and then a 9-8 win against the host Bears in the championship of the Northern California Tournament. ••• PACIFIC NOTES: No. 9 Pacific posted its first MPSF win of the season last week in a 7-6 victory over UC Santa Barbara. The Tigers’goalie Marko Popvic is ranked 12th in the nation and tops in the MPSF with 8.2 saves per game. Pacific is led in scoring by Dragan Balkic with 40 goals. --more--
2005 MPSF Standings
CONFERENCE W L PCT H 1. USC 5 0 1.000 4-0 2. California 4 1 .800 2-0 3. UCLA 3 1 .750 1-0 4. Stanford 4 2 .667 2-0 UC Irvine 4 2 .667 3-0 6. Pacific 1 3 .250 0-2 7. Pepperdine 1 4 .200 1-1 8. Long Beach State 0 4 .000 0-2 UC Santa Barbara 0 5 .000 0-4
A 1-0 2-1 2-1 2-2 1-2 1-1 0-3 0-2 0-1
OVERALL W L PCT 18 1 .947 18 4 .818 17 5 .773 15 5 .750 14 10 .583 15 9 .625 15 8 .652 15 12 .556 12 14 .462
H 5-0 5-1 5-0 7-0 8-3 2-0 6-2 0-2 3-4
A N STK 5-1 8-0 W11 5-1 8-2 W2 6-1 6-4 W2 2-3 6-2 L2 1-5 5-2 W2 1-3 11-3 W5 3-3 6-3 L3 3-5 12-5 L7 0-2 9-8 L2
Final Standings=Champ. Seeding < > Denotes Latest National Ranking. MPSF Champion determined at MPSF Championship Tournament, Nov. 25-27 at USC.
2005 University of Southern California Men’s Water Polo ••• TROJANS-TIGERS RIVALRY RIV : USC is 3-7 all-time against Pacific, having won the past three games, including last season’s 10-4 win in MPSF play. ••• SHILLING ON THE LIST: Sophomore goalie Adam Shilling earned his first career MPSF Player of the Week award after two big games in the cage for the Trojans last weekend. Shilling tacked up 10 saves in USC’s important overtime win over Stanford, then came back and helped dispatch Pepperdine with six saves in three periods in the cage. For those efforts, Shilling was named MPSF Mikasa Co-Player of the Week, becoming the third Trojan to win the weekly award this season. Shilling currently has posted 79 saves for the top-ranked Trojans this year and is ranked No. 24 in the nation with 7.2 saves per game. ••• BEST EVER: USC senior Juraj Zatovic chiseled his place in USC men’s water polo history on Oct. 23 when the two-meter defender rifled in five goals against UC Santa Barbara to become the Trojans’ all-time leading scorer. Zatovic needed just two goals to move into a tie with Robert Lynn at the top of the USC charts, but the senior made sure to pass up the mark with a five-goal outburst that pumps up his career total to 193 goals. Zatovic made his mark in the second quarter of the game with his 189th and 190th career goals, while the No. 1 Trojans were working their way well past the host Gauchos on the way to a 10-3 victory in their Mountain Pacific Sports Federation opener. Zatovic now is tied as the nation’s leader with 2.9 goals per game. ••• DOUBLING UP: The Trojans’ overall offensive production and defensive control have become glaringly apparent. After running up its winning streak to 11 games with last weekend’s wins, USC has maintained its scoring output at near double its goals allowed, outscoring all opponents 181-92 this season. On the attacking end of the pool, USC is averaging 9.5 goals per game, while allowing a mere 4.8 per game. That offensive number ranks the Trojans No. 10 in the nation and fourth in the conference. Defensively, USC not only leads the MPSF, but also the nation. The Trojan defense had not allowed more than five goals for eight straight games before coming up against UC Irvine in NorCal Tournament play on Oct. 15. ••• HOME POOL ADVANTAGE: After battling through regular-season competition, USC will play host to the crucial MPSF tournament (Nov. 25-27), where conference teams will vie for the championship title and an automatic bid into the eight-team NCAA Tournament. All the action is set to go down at McDonald’s Swim Stadium. •••
USC IN THE NATION (as of Nov. 6 games)
INDIVIDUAL TOP 50 Total Goals
No. 11 — Juraj Zatovic 55 goals No. 40 — Juan Delgadillo 37 goals
Goals Per Game
t-No. 1 — Juraj Zatovic 2.9 per game No. 24 — Juan Delgadillo 1.9 per game
Saves Per Game
No. 24 —
Adam Shilling 7.2 per game
USC TEAM OFFENSE Total Goals Per Game
No. 10 —
181 goals (9.5 per game)
USC TEAM DEFENSE Goals Against
No. 1 —
92 goals (4.8 per game)
2005 Stat Board Name Juraj Zatovic Juan Delgadillo Tommy Corcoran Thomas Hale Pavol Valovic Jovan Vranes Ted Zepfel Joe Cosentino Brandon Child Arjan Ligtenberg Nik Healy Matt Aksel Grant Edgcomb Adam McCall Matt Norris Dogan Aktay Stephen Meinen Jeff El-Hajj TEAM TOTAL
Goals 55 37 20 16 9 8 8 8 5 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 181
Goalie Saves
Name Adam Shilling Don Ricci Justin McCain
Saves 79 49 8
2005 USC Men’s Water Polo Roster NO. 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
NAME Ronnie Giery Justin McCain Don Ricci Adam Shilling Benjamin Weil Thomas Hale Matt Aksel Ted Zepfel Pavol Valovic Juan Delgadillo Jeff El-Hajj Juraj Zatovic Joe Cosentino Grant Edgcomb Matt Norris Brandon Child Jovan Vranes Arjan Ligtenberg Dogan Aktay Stephen Meinen Nik Healy Adam McCall Tommy Corcoran Chris Lingle Tim Pickett Daniel Lim Ryan Cummins Stephen Lacy Andrew Platt * utilized redshirt season
POS. Goalie Goalie Goalie Goalie Goalie DR 2MD 2MD UT DR 2MD 2MD DR DR DR 2M 2M 2MD DR DR DR DR 2M DR 2M DR DR DR DR
HT. 6-2 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-4 6-6 6-10½ 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-3 5-8 6-0 6-1 6-2
WT. 205 200 175 185 165 185 210 210 190 195 205 200 180 180 180 220 220 260 185 196 190 180 225 175 215 155 155 186 175
YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Fr.* Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa) Jr.* La Jolla, Calif. (The Bishop’s School) Jr.* Sacramento, Calif. (Jesuit) So.* Fremont, Calif. (Bellarmine Prep) Fr.* Hillsborough, Calif. (San Mateo) Jr. Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson) Fr. Beaverton, Ore. (Westview) Sr.* Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Harvard Westlake) Jr. Bratislava, Slovakia (Golden West College) Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake) Jr.* El Cajon, Calif. (Valhalla) Sr. Novaky, Slovakia (Gymnazium Novaky) Fr.* Greenwich, Conn. (Greenwich) Fr.* San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (San Clemente) So.* Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson) So. Atherton, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep) Fr. Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (Newport Harbor) Fr. Los Altos Hills, Calif. (Gunn) Fr.* Istanbul, Turkey (Uskudar American Academy) Fr. Carlsbad, Calif. (Carlsbad) Sr.* Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Chadwick) Fr.* Huntington Beach, Calif. (Servite) So. Coronado, Calif. (Coronado) Fr.* Seal Beach, Calif. (Servite) Fr.* Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa) Fr. Honolulu, Hawai’i (Iolani) Fr. Santa Ana, Calif. (Foothill) Fr. Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista) Fr. Beverly Hills, Calif. (Beverly Hills) Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Assistant coaches: Marko Pintaric, Peter Janov
2005 MPSF MEN'S WATER POLO STATS Through November 6, 2005
SCORING LEADERS # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10. 11. 12. 13.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.
25. 26. 27. 28.
GOALS AGAINST
PLAYER, YR., SCHOOL Zatovic, Jaraj, Sr. USC McCleave, Brett, Sr., LBSU Mann, John, Jr., Cal Hutten, Tim, Jr., UC Irvine Varellars, Peter, Sr., Stanford Barry, Dreason, Fr., UC Irvine Smith, Jesse, Sr., Pepperdine Bakic, Dragon, So., Pacific Hopkins, Thomas, Sr., Stanford Delgadillo, Juan, Jr., USC Pietsch, David, Sr., UCLA McLaughlin, Clint, Jr., Pacific Gerardi, Jay, Jr., LBSU Geoffrey, Erik, Sr., LBSU Miller, Grant, So., Peperdine Hindle-Katel, William, Fr., Stanfod Hewko, Adam, So., Pepperdine Turnbull, Matt, Jr., Pacific Scoles, Brad, Sr., LBSU Zobler, Adam, Sr., Pacific Lanzt, Coulson, So., UCSB Bacharach, Brian, Jr., Cal Powell, Logan, Jr., UCLA Sharf, Michael, So., Cal White, Nate, Sr., UC Irvine Digges, Matt, So., Pepperdine Corcoran, Tommy,So., USC Tomassi, Reid, Jr. LBSU Vasiljevic, Andrija, Jr., Cal Ludecke, Stefan, Sr., LBSU
G 19 27 21 24 20 24 22 20 20 19 22 20 27 27 23 20 23 23 27 22 24 22 22 22 24 23 19 27 22 19
GL 55 63 47 53 44 52 47 40 40 37 36 32 40 40 34 29 33 32 36 27 29 26 26 26 28 25 20 27 22 19
GL/G 2.89 2.33 2.24 2.21 2.20 2.17 2.14 2.00 2.00 1.95 1.64 1.60 1.48 1.48 1.48 1.45 1.43 1.39 1.33 1.23 1.21 1.18 1.18 1.18 1.17 1.09 1.05 1.00 1.00 1.00
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
PLAYER, YR., SCHOOL Ricci, Don, Jr., USC Shilling, Adam, So., USC Bennett, Nate, Sr., Cal Didinger, Will, Jr., UCLA Garcia, Matt, So., UC Irvine Hohener, Sandy, So., Stanford Wynne, Joe, Sr., UC Irvine Wright, Rick, So., UCBS Tait, Ben, Sr., Pepperdine Popovic, Marko, Sr., Pacific Onyshko, Thomas, Sr., LBSU
G 8 11 22 19 12 16 12 15 22 24 27
GA 31 54 109 105 76 108 86 109 162 180 204
GAA 3.88 4.91 4.95 5.53 6.33 6.75 7.17 7.27 7.36 7.50 7.56
G 24 16 27 15 22 19 12 22 11 12 8
SV SVPG 194 8.08 125 7.81 210 7.78 113 7.53 164 7.45 140 7.37 88 7.33 159 7.23 79 7.18 86 7.17 49 6.13
SV 136 167 177 161 174 178 178 229 200
GA GAA 92 4.84 118 5.36 124 5.64 126 6.30 162 6.75 163 6.79 162 7.04 216 8.00 194 8.08
SAVES PER GAME # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 11
PLAYER, YR., SCHOOL Popovic, Marko, Sr., Pacific Hohener, Sandy, So., Stanford Onyshko, Thomas, Sr., LBSU Wright, Rick, So., UCBS Tait, Ben, Sr., Pepperdine Didinger, Will, Jr., UCLA Garcia, Matt, So., UC Irvine Bennett, Nate, Sr., Cal Shilling, Adam, So., USC Wynne, Joe, Sr., UC Irvine Ricci, Don, Jr., USC
2005 MPSF MEN'S WATER POLO STATS - Team TEAM POINTS # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
TEAM UCLA Long Beach State Cal USC Stanford UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine Pacific UC Irvine
TEAM GOALKEEPING G 22 27 22 19 20 24 23 24 24
GL 232 284 228 181 190 214 200 191 186
GL/G 10.55 10.52 10.36 9.53 9.50 8.92 8.70 7.96 7.75
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
TEAM USC UCLA Cal Stanford UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine Long Beach State Pacific
G 19 22 22 20 24 24 23 27 24
MADE HIS MARK...
0 — goals Juraj Zatovic needs to tie as USC’s all-time leading scorer. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
USC CAREER GOALS Juraj Zatovic ............................ 2002-present ...................................... 193 Robert Lynn .............................. 1985-88 ............................................... 190 Hrvoje Cizmic ............................ 1994-96 ............................................... 179 Danny Leyson ........................... 1989-92 ............................................... 167 Giacomo Rossi ......................... 1985-89 ............................................... 162
2005 USC RESULTS DATE Sept. 10
OPPONENT UC Irvine
RESULT W
SCORE 8-5
Sept. 17
No. 15 Redlands^
W
12-2
Sept. 17
No. 6 Long Beach State^
W
12-6
Sept. 18
No. 2 California^
W
8-7
Sept. 18
No. 4 Stanford^
W
6-5
Sept. 24
Occidental%
W
14-0
Sept. 24
Cal Baptist%
W
11-5
Oct. 1 Oct. 8
No. 6 Pepperdine No. 9 LMU
L W
5-4 9-5
Oct. 9
BROWN
W
11-2
Oct. 15
No. 18 Santa Clara$
W
14-1
Oct. 15
No. 6 UC Irvine$
W
7-6
Oct. 16
No. 3 Stanford$
W
10-9
Oct. 16
No. 4 California$
W
9-8
Oct. 23
*No. 14 UC Santa Barbara
W
10-3
Oct. 29
* No. 8 LONG BEACH STATE
W
13-9
Oct. 30 Nov. 5
*No. 7 UC IRVINE *No. 3 STANFORD
W W
5-4 8-7 (OT)
Nov. 6
*No. 5 PEPPERDINE
W
10-4
Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 19 Nov. 25-27 Dec. 3-4
*California 10 a.m. *Pacific 12 p.m. *UCLA (at Sunset Rec Center) 1 p.m. MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP& TBA NCAA Championship (at Bucknell) TBA
SCORERS Zatovic 4, Corcoran 1, Delgadillo 1, Valovic 1, Zepfel 1. Zatovic 4, Delgadillo 3, Child 1, Vranes 1, Healy 1, Ligtenberg 1, Aksel 1. Delgadillo 3, Corcoran 3, Zatovic 2, Hale 1, Cosentino 1, Child 1, Edgcomb 1. Hale 2, Zepfel 1, Valovic 1, Delgadillo 1, Zatovic 1, Corcoran 1, Cosentino 1. Zatovic 2, Corcoran 1, Cosentino 1, Valovic 1, Delgadillo 1. Zatovic 5, Hale 2, Delgadillo 2, Vranes 2, Cosentino 1, Meinen 1, Aktay 1. Hale 3, Delgadillo 2, Cosentino 1, Zatovic 1, Healy 1, Corcoran 1, Vranes 1, Norris 1. Zatovic 3, Delgadillo 1. Zatovic 3, Corcoran 2, Delgadillo 2, Hale 1, Ligtenberg 1. Corcoran 3, Delgadillo 2, Hale 2, Zatovic 1, Vranes 1, Aksel 1, McCall 1. Delgadillo 3, Zatovic 3, Cosentino 2, Vranes 2, Hale 1, El-Hajj 1, Edgcomb 1, Corcoran 1 Delgadillo 2, Zatovic 2, Valovic 1, Ligtenberg 1, Corcoran 1. Delgadillo 3, Zatovic 2, Hale 1, Zepfel 1, Valovic 1, Child 1, Corcoran 1. Zatovic 4, Zepfel 2, Delgadillo 1, Child 1, Vranes 1. Zatovic 5, Delgadillo 2, Valovic 1, Corcoran 1, Zepfel 1. Zatovic 5, Corcoran 2, Delgadillo 2, Zepfel 1, Hale 1, Valovic 1, McCall 1. Zatovic 2, Hale 1, Zepfel 1, Delgadillo 1. Delgadillo 2, Zatovic 2, Valovic 2, Corcoran 1, Cosentino 1. Zatovic 4, Delgadillo 3, Hale 1, Corcoran 1, Child 1.
SAVES Shillling 8 Ricci 14 Shilling 8 Ricci 6 Shilling 4 Ricci 4 Shilling 3 Ricci 7 Shilling 6 McCain 0 Ricci 2 McCain 4 Ricci 6 McCain 3 Shilling 9 Shilling 6 Ricci 4 Shilling 8 McCain 1 Ricci 5 Shililng 11 Shilling 10 Shilling 6 McCain 0
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics • HER 103 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0601 • Phone: (213) 740-8480 • FAX: (213) 740-7584 Water Polo Sports Information Director: Darcy Couch • Email: [email protected]
Release # 10 — Nov. 9, 2005
No. 1 USC Heads North For Clashes At No. 2 California and No. 9 Pacific Top-ranked Trojans take 11-game winning streak on the road for more MPSF action. 2005 Schedule Date Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 18 Sept. 24 Sept. 24 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 15 Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 19 Nov. 25-27 Dec. 3-4
Opponent Time/Result UC Irvine W 8-5 No. 15 Redlands^ W 12-2 No. 6 Long Beach State^ W 12-6 No. 2 California^ W 8-7 No. 4 Stanford^ W 6-5 Occidental% W 14-0 Cal Baptist% W 11-5 Riverside CC% (exhibition) W 14-2 No. 6 Pepperdine L 5-4 No. 9 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W 9-5 BROWN W 11-2 No. 18 Santa Clara$ W 14-1 No. 6 UC Irvine$ W 7-6 No. 3 Stanford$ W 10-9 No. 4 California$ W 9-8 *No. 14 UC Santa Barbara W 10-3 * No. 8 LONG BEACH STATE W 13-9 *No. 7 UC IRVINE W 5-4 *No. 3 STANFORD W 8-7 (OT) *No. 5PEPPERDINE W 10-4 *No. 2 California 10 a.m. *No. 9 Pacific 12 p.m. *UCLA (at Sunset Rec Center) 1 p.m. MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP& TBA NCAA Championship (at Bucknell) TBA
* MPSF game ^ Southern California Tournament (Irvine, Calif.) % Lancer Invitational (Riverside, Calif.) $ hosted by UC Berkeley & hosted by USC All times are local to game site Home games in BOLD CAPS (at McDonald’s Swim Stadium)
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2005 Men’s Collegiate Top 20 (Nov. 8) School Previous Points USC 1 100 California 2 95 UCLA 4 88 Stanford 3 85 Pepperdine 5 79 UC Irvine 6 77 UC San Diego 7 71 Long Beach State 8 65 Pacific 9 60 Loyola Marymount 11 54 UC Davis 10 50 St. Francis College (NY) 12 46 Navy 12 40 UC Santa Barbara 14 35 Princeton 15 27 BYU (Hawaii) 16 25 Bucknell 17 16 Air Force 18 11 Johns Hopkins 19 10 Slippery Rock 20 3
THIS WEEK: The top-ranked Trojans takes an 11-game winning streak into this weekend’s trip to Northern California. There, USC will face off against the nation’s No. 2 team, California, for their first conference face-off of the year at 10 a.m. on Saturday (Nov. 12). The following day, the Trojans pay a visit to No. 9 Pacific for a game at 12 p.m. on Sunday (Nov. 13). ••• RANKINGS: USC (18-1, 5-0 MPSF) is ranked No. 1 in the national rankings for the third straight week. California (18-4, 4-1) is ranked No. 2, and Pacific (15-9, 1-3) is No. 9. ••• WEEKEND RECAP: The Trojan Tro s posted two important MPSF wins last weekend, first in a dramatic 8-7 overtime win over Stanford to stand alone as the only team still undefeated in conference play. Juan Delgadillo scored the game-winning goal on a counterattack strike, notching his second goal of the game. He, Juraj Zatovic and Pavol Valovic each finished with two goals apiece, and Joe Cosentino and Tommy Corcoran added one apiece in the crucial MSPF victory. The next day, USC avenged its only loss of the season with a decisive 10-4 win over visiting Pepperdine. Zatovic led all scorers with four goals, and Delgadillo punched in a hat trick to help keep the Trojans undefeated at McDonald’s Swim Stadium this season. ••• CALIFORNIA NOTES: No. 2 California is on a two-game winning streak after beating Pepperdine and UC Santa Barbara both in 7-6 decisions. The Bears are led in scoring this season by John Mann with 47 goals. ••• TROJANS-BEARS RIVALRY RIV : USC is 37-47-2 all-time against California and is on a seven-game winning streak against the Bears after posting two more wins this season during tournament play. Both those games were onegoal decisions, first in an 8-7 USC win in the semifinals of the Southern California Tournament, and then a 9-8 win against the host Bears in the championship of the Northern California Tournament. ••• PACIFIC NOTES: No. 9 Pacific posted its first MPSF win of the season last week in a 7-6 victory over UC Santa Barbara. The Tigers’goalie Marko Popvic is ranked 12th in the nation and tops in the MPSF with 8.2 saves per game. Pacific is led in scoring by Dragan Balkic with 40 goals. --more--
2005 MPSF Standings
CONFERENCE W L PCT H 1. USC 5 0 1.000 4-0 2. California 4 1 .800 2-0 3. UCLA 3 1 .750 1-0 4. Stanford 4 2 .667 2-0 UC Irvine 4 2 .667 3-0 6. Pacific 1 3 .250 0-2 7. Pepperdine 1 4 .200 1-1 8. Long Beach State 0 4 .000 0-2 UC Santa Barbara 0 5 .000 0-4
A 1-0 2-1 2-1 2-2 1-2 1-1 0-3 0-2 0-1
OVERALL W L PCT 18 1 .947 18 4 .818 17 5 .773 15 5 .750 14 10 .583 15 9 .625 15 8 .652 15 12 .556 12 14 .462
H 5-0 5-1 5-0 7-0 8-3 2-0 6-2 0-2 3-4
A N STK 5-1 8-0 W11 5-1 8-2 W2 6-1 6-4 W2 2-3 6-2 L2 1-5 5-2 W2 1-3 11-3 W5 3-3 6-3 L3 3-5 12-5 L7 0-2 9-8 L2
Final Standings=Champ. Seeding < > Denotes Latest National Ranking. MPSF Champion determined at MPSF Championship Tournament, Nov. 25-27 at USC.
2005 University of Southern California Men’s Water Polo ••• TROJANS-TIGERS RIVALRY RIV : USC is 3-7 all-time against Pacific, having won the past three games, including last season’s 10-4 win in MPSF play. ••• SHILLING ON THE LIST: Sophomore goalie Adam Shilling earned his first career MPSF Player of the Week award after two big games in the cage for the Trojans last weekend. Shilling tacked up 10 saves in USC’s important overtime win over Stanford, then came back and helped dispatch Pepperdine with six saves in three periods in the cage. For those efforts, Shilling was named MPSF Mikasa Co-Player of the Week, becoming the third Trojan to win the weekly award this season. Shilling currently has posted 79 saves for the top-ranked Trojans this year and is ranked No. 24 in the nation with 7.2 saves per game. ••• BEST EVER: USC senior Juraj Zatovic chiseled his place in USC men’s water polo history on Oct. 23 when the two-meter defender rifled in five goals against UC Santa Barbara to become the Trojans’ all-time leading scorer. Zatovic needed just two goals to move into a tie with Robert Lynn at the top of the USC charts, but the senior made sure to pass up the mark with a five-goal outburst that pumps up his career total to 193 goals. Zatovic made his mark in the second quarter of the game with his 189th and 190th career goals, while the No. 1 Trojans were working their way well past the host Gauchos on the way to a 10-3 victory in their Mountain Pacific Sports Federation opener. Zatovic now is tied as the nation’s leader with 2.9 goals per game. ••• DOUBLING UP: The Trojans’ overall offensive production and defensive control have become glaringly apparent. After running up its winning streak to 11 games with last weekend’s wins, USC has maintained its scoring output at near double its goals allowed, outscoring all opponents 181-92 this season. On the attacking end of the pool, USC is averaging 9.5 goals per game, while allowing a mere 4.8 per game. That offensive number ranks the Trojans No. 10 in the nation and fourth in the conference. Defensively, USC not only leads the MPSF, but also the nation. The Trojan defense had not allowed more than five goals for eight straight games before coming up against UC Irvine in NorCal Tournament play on Oct. 15. ••• HOME POOL ADVANTAGE: After battling through regular-season competition, USC will play host to the crucial MPSF tournament (Nov. 25-27), where conference teams will vie for the championship title and an automatic bid into the eight-team NCAA Tournament. All the action is set to go down at McDonald’s Swim Stadium. •••
USC IN THE NATION (as of Nov. 6 games)
INDIVIDUAL TOP 50 Total Goals
No. 11 — Juraj Zatovic 55 goals No. 40 — Juan Delgadillo 37 goals
Goals Per Game
t-No. 1 — Juraj Zatovic 2.9 per game No. 24 — Juan Delgadillo 1.9 per game
Saves Per Game
No. 24 —
Adam Shilling 7.2 per game
USC TEAM OFFENSE Total Goals Per Game
No. 10 —
181 goals (9.5 per game)
USC TEAM DEFENSE Goals Against
No. 1 —
92 goals (4.8 per game)
2005 Stat Board Name Juraj Zatovic Juan Delgadillo Tommy Corcoran Thomas Hale Pavol Valovic Jovan Vranes Ted Zepfel Joe Cosentino Brandon Child Arjan Ligtenberg Nik Healy Matt Aksel Grant Edgcomb Adam McCall Matt Norris Dogan Aktay Stephen Meinen Jeff El-Hajj TEAM TOTAL
Goals 55 37 20 16 9 8 8 8 5 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 181
Goalie Saves
Name Adam Shilling Don Ricci Justin McCain
Saves 79 49 8
2005 USC Men’s Water Polo Roster NO. 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
NAME Ronnie Giery Justin McCain Don Ricci Adam Shilling Benjamin Weil Thomas Hale Matt Aksel Ted Zepfel Pavol Valovic Juan Delgadillo Jeff El-Hajj Juraj Zatovic Joe Cosentino Grant Edgcomb Matt Norris Brandon Child Jovan Vranes Arjan Ligtenberg Dogan Aktay Stephen Meinen Nik Healy Adam McCall Tommy Corcoran Chris Lingle Tim Pickett Daniel Lim Ryan Cummins Stephen Lacy Andrew Platt * utilized redshirt season
POS. Goalie Goalie Goalie Goalie Goalie DR 2MD 2MD UT DR 2MD 2MD DR DR DR 2M 2M 2MD DR DR DR DR 2M DR 2M DR DR DR DR
HT. 6-2 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-4 6-6 6-10½ 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-3 5-8 6-0 6-1 6-2
WT. 205 200 175 185 165 185 210 210 190 195 205 200 180 180 180 220 220 260 185 196 190 180 225 175 215 155 155 186 175
YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Fr.* Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa) Jr.* La Jolla, Calif. (The Bishop’s School) Jr.* Sacramento, Calif. (Jesuit) So.* Fremont, Calif. (Bellarmine Prep) Fr.* Hillsborough, Calif. (San Mateo) Jr. Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson) Fr. Beaverton, Ore. (Westview) Sr.* Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Harvard Westlake) Jr. Bratislava, Slovakia (Golden West College) Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake) Jr.* El Cajon, Calif. (Valhalla) Sr. Novaky, Slovakia (Gymnazium Novaky) Fr.* Greenwich, Conn. (Greenwich) Fr.* San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (San Clemente) So.* Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson) So. Atherton, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep) Fr. Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (Newport Harbor) Fr. Los Altos Hills, Calif. (Gunn) Fr.* Istanbul, Turkey (Uskudar American Academy) Fr. Carlsbad, Calif. (Carlsbad) Sr.* Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Chadwick) Fr.* Huntington Beach, Calif. (Servite) So. Coronado, Calif. (Coronado) Fr.* Seal Beach, Calif. (Servite) Fr.* Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa) Fr. Honolulu, Hawai’i (Iolani) Fr. Santa Ana, Calif. (Foothill) Fr. Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista) Fr. Beverly Hills, Calif. (Beverly Hills) Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Assistant coaches: Marko Pintaric, Peter Janov
2005 MPSF MEN'S WATER POLO STATS Through November 6, 2005
SCORING LEADERS # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10. 11. 12. 13.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.
25. 26. 27. 28.
GOALS AGAINST
PLAYER, YR., SCHOOL Zatovic, Jaraj, Sr. USC McCleave, Brett, Sr., LBSU Mann, John, Jr., Cal Hutten, Tim, Jr., UC Irvine Varellars, Peter, Sr., Stanford Barry, Dreason, Fr., UC Irvine Smith, Jesse, Sr., Pepperdine Bakic, Dragon, So., Pacific Hopkins, Thomas, Sr., Stanford Delgadillo, Juan, Jr., USC Pietsch, David, Sr., UCLA McLaughlin, Clint, Jr., Pacific Gerardi, Jay, Jr., LBSU Geoffrey, Erik, Sr., LBSU Miller, Grant, So., Peperdine Hindle-Katel, William, Fr., Stanfod Hewko, Adam, So., Pepperdine Turnbull, Matt, Jr., Pacific Scoles, Brad, Sr., LBSU Zobler, Adam, Sr., Pacific Lanzt, Coulson, So., UCSB Bacharach, Brian, Jr., Cal Powell, Logan, Jr., UCLA Sharf, Michael, So., Cal White, Nate, Sr., UC Irvine Digges, Matt, So., Pepperdine Corcoran, Tommy,So., USC Tomassi, Reid, Jr. LBSU Vasiljevic, Andrija, Jr., Cal Ludecke, Stefan, Sr., LBSU
G 19 27 21 24 20 24 22 20 20 19 22 20 27 27 23 20 23 23 27 22 24 22 22 22 24 23 19 27 22 19
GL 55 63 47 53 44 52 47 40 40 37 36 32 40 40 34 29 33 32 36 27 29 26 26 26 28 25 20 27 22 19
GL/G 2.89 2.33 2.24 2.21 2.20 2.17 2.14 2.00 2.00 1.95 1.64 1.60 1.48 1.48 1.48 1.45 1.43 1.39 1.33 1.23 1.21 1.18 1.18 1.18 1.17 1.09 1.05 1.00 1.00 1.00
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
PLAYER, YR., SCHOOL Ricci, Don, Jr., USC Shilling, Adam, So., USC Bennett, Nate, Sr., Cal Didinger, Will, Jr., UCLA Garcia, Matt, So., UC Irvine Hohener, Sandy, So., Stanford Wynne, Joe, Sr., UC Irvine Wright, Rick, So., UCBS Tait, Ben, Sr., Pepperdine Popovic, Marko, Sr., Pacific Onyshko, Thomas, Sr., LBSU
G 8 11 22 19 12 16 12 15 22 24 27
GA 31 54 109 105 76 108 86 109 162 180 204
GAA 3.88 4.91 4.95 5.53 6.33 6.75 7.17 7.27 7.36 7.50 7.56
G 24 16 27 15 22 19 12 22 11 12 8
SV SVPG 194 8.08 125 7.81 210 7.78 113 7.53 164 7.45 140 7.37 88 7.33 159 7.23 79 7.18 86 7.17 49 6.13
SV 136 167 177 161 174 178 178 229 200
GA GAA 92 4.84 118 5.36 124 5.64 126 6.30 162 6.75 163 6.79 162 7.04 216 8.00 194 8.08
SAVES PER GAME # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 11
PLAYER, YR., SCHOOL Popovic, Marko, Sr., Pacific Hohener, Sandy, So., Stanford Onyshko, Thomas, Sr., LBSU Wright, Rick, So., UCBS Tait, Ben, Sr., Pepperdine Didinger, Will, Jr., UCLA Garcia, Matt, So., UC Irvine Bennett, Nate, Sr., Cal Shilling, Adam, So., USC Wynne, Joe, Sr., UC Irvine Ricci, Don, Jr., USC
2005 MPSF MEN'S WATER POLO STATS - Team TEAM POINTS # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
TEAM UCLA Long Beach State Cal USC Stanford UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine Pacific UC Irvine
TEAM GOALKEEPING G 22 27 22 19 20 24 23 24 24
GL 232 284 228 181 190 214 200 191 186
GL/G 10.55 10.52 10.36 9.53 9.50 8.92 8.70 7.96 7.75
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
TEAM USC UCLA Cal Stanford UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine Long Beach State Pacific
G 19 22 22 20 24 24 23 27 24
MADE HIS MARK...
0 — goals Juraj Zatovic needs to tie as USC’s all-time leading scorer. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
USC CAREER GOALS Juraj Zatovic ............................ 2002-present ...................................... 193 Robert Lynn .............................. 1985-88 ............................................... 190 Hrvoje Cizmic ............................ 1994-96 ............................................... 179 Danny Leyson ........................... 1989-92 ............................................... 167 Giacomo Rossi ......................... 1985-89 ............................................... 162
2005 USC RESULTS DATE Sept. 10
OPPONENT UC Irvine
RESULT W
SCORE 8-5
Sept. 17
No. 15 Redlands^
W
12-2
Sept. 17
No. 6 Long Beach State^
W
12-6
Sept. 18
No. 2 California^
W
8-7
Sept. 18
No. 4 Stanford^
W
6-5
Sept. 24
Occidental%
W
14-0
Sept. 24
Cal Baptist%
W
11-5
Oct. 1 Oct. 8
No. 6 Pepperdine No. 9 LMU
L W
5-4 9-5
Oct. 9
BROWN
W
11-2
Oct. 15
No. 18 Santa Clara$
W
14-1
Oct. 15
No. 6 UC Irvine$
W
7-6
Oct. 16
No. 3 Stanford$
W
10-9
Oct. 16
No. 4 California$
W
9-8
Oct. 23
*No. 14 UC Santa Barbara
W
10-3
Oct. 29
* No. 8 LONG BEACH STATE
W
13-9
Oct. 30 Nov. 5
*No. 7 UC IRVINE *No. 3 STANFORD
W W
5-4 8-7 (OT)
Nov. 6
*No. 5 PEPPERDINE
W
10-4
Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 19 Nov. 25-27 Dec. 3-4
*California 10 a.m. *Pacific 12 p.m. *UCLA (at Sunset Rec Center) 1 p.m. MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP& TBA NCAA Championship (at Bucknell) TBA
SCORERS Zatovic 4, Corcoran 1, Delgadillo 1, Valovic 1, Zepfel 1. Zatovic 4, Delgadillo 3, Child 1, Vranes 1, Healy 1, Ligtenberg 1, Aksel 1. Delgadillo 3, Corcoran 3, Zatovic 2, Hale 1, Cosentino 1, Child 1, Edgcomb 1. Hale 2, Zepfel 1, Valovic 1, Delgadillo 1, Zatovic 1, Corcoran 1, Cosentino 1. Zatovic 2, Corcoran 1, Cosentino 1, Valovic 1, Delgadillo 1. Zatovic 5, Hale 2, Delgadillo 2, Vranes 2, Cosentino 1, Meinen 1, Aktay 1. Hale 3, Delgadillo 2, Cosentino 1, Zatovic 1, Healy 1, Corcoran 1, Vranes 1, Norris 1. Zatovic 3, Delgadillo 1. Zatovic 3, Corcoran 2, Delgadillo 2, Hale 1, Ligtenberg 1. Corcoran 3, Delgadillo 2, Hale 2, Zatovic 1, Vranes 1, Aksel 1, McCall 1. Delgadillo 3, Zatovic 3, Cosentino 2, Vranes 2, Hale 1, El-Hajj 1, Edgcomb 1, Corcoran 1 Delgadillo 2, Zatovic 2, Valovic 1, Ligtenberg 1, Corcoran 1. Delgadillo 3, Zatovic 2, Hale 1, Zepfel 1, Valovic 1, Child 1, Corcoran 1. Zatovic 4, Zepfel 2, Delgadillo 1, Child 1, Vranes 1. Zatovic 5, Delgadillo 2, Valovic 1, Corcoran 1, Zepfel 1. Zatovic 5, Corcoran 2, Delgadillo 2, Zepfel 1, Hale 1, Valovic 1, McCall 1. Zatovic 2, Hale 1, Zepfel 1, Delgadillo 1. Delgadillo 2, Zatovic 2, Valovic 2, Corcoran 1, Cosentino 1. Zatovic 4, Delgadillo 3, Hale 1, Corcoran 1, Child 1.
SAVES Shillling 8 Ricci 14 Shilling 8 Ricci 6 Shilling 4 Ricci 4 Shilling 3 Ricci 7 Shilling 6 McCain 0 Ricci 2 McCain 4 Ricci 6 McCain 3 Shilling 9 Shilling 6 Ricci 4 Shilling 8 McCain 1 Ricci 5 Shililng 11 Shilling 10 Shilling 6 McCain 0
