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2016 WOMEN’S WATER POLO
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Release #11 — April 6, 2016
No. 1 USC Battles The Bruins Saturday In Big MPSF Battle
Undefeated Trojans look for their third straight win over No. 2 UCLA to stay perfect in conference play.
2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Date Feb. 5 Feb. 6
Opponent #19 UC San Diego at Whittier
Time/Result W 17-4 W 28-2
Triton Invitational Feb. 13 @Santa Clara Feb. 13 @#19 UC San Diego Feb. 14 @#5 Arizona State Feb. 14 @#1 UCLA
W 20-2 W 15-8 W 6-3 W 8-6
Feb. 20
#25 Cal State Northridge W 15-3
UCI Invitational Feb. 27 %#25 Cal State Northridge Feb. 27 %#9 UC Irvine Feb. 28 %#4 Stanford Feb. 28 %#2 UCLA March 5 March 11 March 17 March 26
at #9 Arizona State * #6 UC IRVINE at #4 Hawai’i at #10 San Jose State *
April 2 April 3 April 9 April 16 April 22
at #20 San Diego State #23 CSU Bakersfield * #2 UCLA * Redlands at Stanford * California * (P12)
W 13-3 W 11-10 W 7-6 W 10-7 W 8-3 W 7-3 W 9-5 W 11-6 W 13-3 W 16-3 1 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m.
MPSF Tournament (hosted by Bakersfield) April 29 &TBD April 30 &TBD May 1 &TBD
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NCAA Tournament (hosted by UCLA) May 13 !TBD May 14 !TBD May 15 !TBD
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Home games in BOLD CAPS (at Uytengsu Aquatics Center) * MPSF game ~ game played in Honolulu $UCLA Invitational (hosted by UCLA) @ Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) % UCI Invitational (hosted by UC Irvine) & MPSF Tourn. (hosted by Bakersfield) ! NCAA Champs (hosted by UCLA) (P12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks
2016 Women’s Collegiate Top-10 (Week 12 • April 6)
Rank School Last Week 1. USC 1 2. UCLA 2 3. Stanford 3 4. Hawaii 4 5. Arizona State 5 6. UC Irvine 6 7. California 7 8. Michigan 8 9. UC Davis 9 10. UC San Diego 10
Points 100 96 92 88 83 79 76 72 67 64
THIS WEEK @USCWaterPolo The top-ranked USC women’s water polo team has a hot date at home this week, hosting crosstown rival UCLA for the teams’ all-important MPSF matchup at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. The undefeated Trojans (17-0, 3-1 MPSF) will set up for a bout against the No. 2 Bruins (20-2, 3-0) at 1 p.m. on Saturday (April 9). USC is looking to pin up a third win over UCLA this year and keep its perfect record intact with the rivalry battle this weekend. Following the USC-UCLA game, the Trojans will make it a doubleheader day with a 2:30 p.m. faceoff against visiting Redlands (5-20) to wrap Saturday’s action in USC’s home pool. USC IN THE RANKINGS USC opened 2016 ranked No. 3 in the national preseason poll and at No. 2 in the MPSF preseason poll. The Trojans moved up to rank No. 2 on Feb. 10, and rose in the ranks to stand as the No. 1 team in the nation as of the Feb. 17 national poll. The last time USC was ranked No. 1 had been in March 2014. USC remains as the nation’s No. 1 team this week. SCOUTING UCLA The No. 2 Bruins are 20-2 overall and 3-0 in MPSF play after beating San Jose State 13-6, Redlands 23-2 and Pomona-Pitzer 25-3 last weekend. India Forster and Mackenzie Barrr are UCLA’s top scorer with 32 goals each to date. Senior goalie Alex Musselman averages 8.8 saves and 5.3 goals-against per game in her 41 periods played. USC is 24-49 all-time against UCLA after snapping a five-match losing skid with this year’s back-to-back wins. After the Bruins got a 9-7 win over USC in last year’s MPSF Tournament semifinal, USC rebounded with an 8-6 win at this year’s Triton Invitational and then a 10-7 win in the championship game at the 2016 UCI Invitational in February. SCOUTING REDLANDS The Bulldogs are 5-20 after falling to UCLA 23-2, San Jose State 28-8 and to Pomona-Pitzer 10-3 last weekend. USC is 8-1 all-time against Redlands after picking up a 31-0 win over the Bulldogs last season at the Lancer Invitational. LAST WEEK USC kept its undefeated 2016 record decidedly intact after grabbing two wins last weekend. The Trojans first traveled to San Diego State and snagged a 13-3 win over the No. 20 Aztecs before returning home to Los Angeles to notch a 16-3 MPSF win over visiting No. 23 CSU Bakersfield. USC was in complete control in its road visit to San Diego State. While 10 different USC scorers got in on the action offensively, the Trojan defense surrendered only a single goal in the first half as goalie Amanda Longan worked her way to a final count of 10 saves in the winning effort. The fuse was lit for the Trojans by Ioanna Haralabidis, who plugged in the opening goal of the game. Nikki Stansfied stepped up and made it 2-0. San Diego State registered its only goal of the half next, only to see USC generate an overwhelming scoring surge coupled with a stingy defensive stand. Avery Peterson, Stephania Haralabidis, Brianna Daboub, Brigitta Games and Melissa Bergesen joined forces to carry USC to an 8-1 halftime advantage. In the second half, Stephania Haralabidis clicked in with a hat trick and Games drummed up her second of the day, while three new Trojans got on the scoresheet. Brooke Presten, Annika Jensen and Courtney Fahey would help round out the decisive 13-3 win for USC. The next day back at Uytengsu Aquatics Center, USC put its balance on full display once again in an MPSF matchup against CSU Bakersfield as the Trojans shut out the Roadrunners in the first half and unleashed two sizable scoring surges to pin up a 16-3 win. Sisters Ioanna and Stephania Haralabidis each plugged in four goals for the Trojan cause to help pace USC to the win. Stephania set the tone with back-to-back goals out of the gates for USC. By halftime, the Trojan defense had kept the Roadrunners completely silent, while Hayley McKelvey, Jensen, Bergesen and Ioanna Haralabidis added goals to USC’s tally to make its 6-0 Trojan lead at the break. To start the second half, Games stretched the USC scoring run farther with her strike that make it 7-0 to open the third frame. CSU Bakersfield would break its silence with a score a minute later, only to see the Trojans regroup and buckle in for a nine-goal scoring surge paired with more smothering defense. While goalie Victoria Chamorro turned away shots on frame, the Trojans in front of her snagged steal after steal to keep feeding into the USC offense. McKelvey and both Haralabidis sisters would finish off those new opportunities in the third, while Games laced in a perfect lob to help USC to a 12-1 lead on the way into the fourth. There, Daboub got in on the scoring action with a turn and strike just before Games delivered her third goal of the day. Chamorro would provide a clutch block at close range, and Presten nabbed a steal that fed into another USC counterattack. Stansfield would find Ioanna Haralabidis for her fourth goal of the game, making it 15-1 with 4:26 left to play. Two minutes later, Stephania Haralabidis would match her sister’s count with her fourth goal, netting a 16-1 USC lead on the Trojans’ ninth consecutive goal. CSU Bakersfield would end the streak with a 6-on-5 score with a minute remaining, and then managed one last strike in the final minute to wrap the game as a 16-3 USC victory.
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2016 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo PETERSON PICKS UP THE PACE Two-meter player Avery Peterson is off to the races in her junior campaign, having already bettered her previous career total with a powerful 27 goals already scored this season alone. She set a new career high for herself with a six-goal game at Whittier on Feb. 6, and has since picked up her first career selection as MPSF Player of the Week. After punching up a hat trick in a key MPSF road win over Arizona State, Peterson earned the weekly award for the first time on March 8. UCI INVITE CHAMPS USC tacked up another tournament title to remain undefeated in 2016 with a push to the UCI Invitational championship Feb. 27-28. The Trojans opened up with a 13-3 win over CSUN on day one and would wind up in a tough battle against tournament host UC Irvine later that afternoon, pulling off an 11-10 victory to move into Sunday’s semifinals. There, USC stoned No. 4 Stanford with a ferocious 7-6 comeback win to secure a place in the title match. In another title match faceoff with rival UCLA, USC held its ground against the No. 2 Bruins and pinned up a 10-7 victory to win the championship crown. Stephania Haralabidis would come through with the clutch game-winning goals against both UC Irvine and Stanford. She’d finish the tournament with 12 goals, including a career-high seven goals in the tight win over UC Irvine. Amanda Longan and Victória Chamorro would share time in the cage, each capping up for two games apiece. Longan got the call-up for the UC Irvine game and the UCLA faceoff in the final, and would come through with 10 saves in both appearances. For their roles in helping to drive the Trojans to the championship, Stephania Haralabidis and Amanda Longan secured another MPSF sweep of weekly awards, as Haralabidis was named MPSF Player of the Week for the second time and Longan grabbed MPSF Newcomer of the Week honors for the third consecutive week. BY THE NUMBERS Through the first 17 games of 2016, undefeated USC has outscored opponents 214-77, leading the MPSF in defense (4.53 gapg) and standing at No. 2 in offense (12.59 gpg). Junior Stephania Haralabidis is the top scorer to date with 46 goals — ranking her No. 9 alltime in career scoring with 160 goals. Just a notch behind her are three fellow juniors. Twin sister Ioanna Haralabidis has cracked the century mark in career goals thanks to her 31 goals scored to date in 2016, followed by junior Brigitta Games with 28 goals. Just a step behind her is fellow junior Avery Peterson, who has already bettered her sophomore season total with her 27 goals to date. On the defensive end, freshman goalie Amanda Longan has capped in 11 games and is averaging 8.7 saves and 4.9 goals-against per game in her 32 periods of work. Returning All-American goalie Victória Chamorro has appeared in 30 periods and averages 7.2 saves and 4.9 goals-against per game. Senior goalie Alegra Hueso has allowed only one goal in her six appearances in the cage to date. The Trojan defense has held 12 opponents silent in at least one period of play while accumulating a grand total of 20 shutout periods this season so far. TROJAN SWEEPS WEEKS For their efforts in driving the Trojans to perfect performances at the Triton Invitational and UCI Invitational, USC’s Stephania Haralabidis and Amanda Longan have paired up to sweep the MPSF weekly honors twice so far this season. At the Triton Invitational Haralabidis scored nine goals, topping out with a hat trick in the title match, where the Trojans beat No. 1 UCLA 8-6 in the final. In the semifinals, Haralabidis scored twice to help generate a 6-3 win for USC over Arizona State. At the same event, freshman goalie Longan had a strong showing. In her two appearances, Longan collected a total of eight saves -- including a 5-meter penalty stop -- and allowed only four goals. She made three saves in three periods of work in the opening 20-2 win over Santa Clara and then made five saves in the same stretch of action in USC’s 6-3 semifinal win over ASU.
More recently, the duo proved instrumental again in guiding the Trojans to the 2016 UCI Invitational championship. Haralabidis’ 12 goals at the event included a career-high seven goals in a close 11-10 win over host UC Irvine, the game-winner with 5 second left in the 7-6 semifinal win over Stanford, and a hat trick in the 10-7 championship victory over UCLA. Longan, too, came up big in the cage with 10 saves vs. UCI and 10 more against the Bruins. That marked Longan’s third straight week as MPSF Newcomer of the Week, while Haralabidis secured her second MPSF Player of the Week award of 2016 with the pair’s second sweep of the season. INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES The overall young Trojans have garnered plenty of international experience on the way into this 2016 campaign for USC. Incoming freshman goalie Amanda Longan won gold with Team USA at the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships, where several other Trojans were competing with their respective countries. The Haralabidis sisters, Ioanna and Stephania were in action with Greece; goalie Victória Chamorro capped up for Brazil; and Hayley McKelvey was a high scorer for Canada. CAGE FIGHTERS USC’s goalkeeping corps this season is ferociously deep. Sophomore Victória Chamorro set a freshman goalie record last season in hauling in 207 saves in her first year as a Trojan. This year, she’s joined by freshman Amanda Longan, who was named Top Goalkeeper at the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships during the summer. Added veteran experience comes from senior captain Alegra Hueso, who appeared in 27 games during her first three seasons as a Trojan. Even more depth between the pipes comes from junior Melanie Slater and sophomore Nicola Gonzales. OH CAPTAINS, MY CAPTAINS The most experienced player in the pool this season is junior Avery Peterson — one of three Trojan captains for 2016. Sophomore Brianna Daboub and senior Alegra Hueso also have been selected as team captains for the year. Peterson weighs in as the veteran of the group in that she has logged the most playing time of the bunch. With 20 goals to her name as a Trojan, the 2-meter power was in the water for USC’s last two NCAA Tournament runs. Daboub may just be a sophomore, but her savvy helps her stand out as another key leader for the Trojans this season. She scored 27 goals as a freshman and was named to the 2015 MPSF All-Newcomer Team. A senior, Hueso has been at Troy since her freshman season in 2013, when USC won its last NCAA Championship. GUT CHECKS IN IRVINE USC was significantly tested in back-to-back games at the UCI Invitational, facing deficits against both UC Irvine and Stanford and finding a way to fight back to victory. The Anteaters are the only team this year to score in double digits against the Trojans, but USC remained unfazed in a see-saw battle against the tournament host that saw the lead change hands back and forth and lock up even seven times. UC Irvine led 4-3 after the first period of play and later got out to an 8-6 advantage with 3:38 left in the third period, only to see the Trojans rattle off three straight scores to work back into the lead. Hayley McKelvey provided the spark and Stephania Haralabidis followed with back-to-back blasts to take the Trojans ahead 9-8 with 1:22 to go in the third. A Haralabidis buzzer-beater would get USC ahead 10-9 entering the fourth. There, the Anteaters snarled it up for the seventh time with a score at 5:25. Less than a minute later, Haralabidis proved heroic again with her seventh goal of the game to get USC ahead 11-10 at 4:43, and that one would hold through a tense final few minutes get USC the victory. The very next morning, USC was in a crucial semifinal bout with Stanford, which pumped in three goals in the second frame to lead it 4-2 at halftime. The Cardinal would net one more in the third to put USC behind 5-2 entering the final period. That’s where the Trojans showed their
2016 AWARDS MPSF Player of the Week: Stephania Haralabidis (Feb. 16) Stephania Haralabidis (March 1) Avery Peterson (March 8)
MPSF Newcomer of the Week: Amanda Longan (Feb. 16) Amanda Longan (Feb. 23) Amanda Longan (March 1)
USC Career Scoring Leaders 1. Monica Vavic..................2012-15......................291 2. Aniko Pelle.....................1999-02......................255 3. Sofia Konoukh................2001-03......................224 4. Moriah Van Norman.......2003-06......................215 5. Nina Wengst..................1999-02......................213 6. Brittany Hayes................2004-07......................209 7. Katrin Dierolf..................2000-03......................204 8. Michelle Stein.................2006-09......................170 9. Stephania Haralabidis.2014-present..............168 10. Kami Craig.....................2006-10......................152 11. Christina McCall.............1995-97......................142 Alexandra Kiss................2007-10 Kaleigh Gilchrist.............2011-14 14. Erika Figge.....................2004-07......................137 15. Joelle Bekhazi.................2009-11......................135 16. Lauren Wenger...............2003-06......................127 17. Jennifer Durley...............1998-01......................122 18. Kristen Dronberger.........2008-11......................120 19. Eike Daube.....................2012-15......................119 20. Sandra Milicev................1999-02......................116 21. Eszter Gyori....................2002-05......................115 22. Ioanna Haralabidis ...2014-present.......... 114 mettle. McKelvey broke the silence with a blast to start the fourth frame, and Brianna Daboub rifled one in to get USC within one, down 5-4 with 5:57 on the clock. The Trojans would shut down a Stanford 6-on-5 chance next, and then Brigitta Games shouldered the load and dished out the equalizer to get USC even again at 5-5 with 3:05 to go. The USC scoring run continued as Ioanna Haralabidis notched USC’s first lead since the first frame, hammering home the go-ahead goal at 1:14. In the final minute, Stanford broke through and managed to level it up at 6-6 with 54 ticks to go. USC would wind up on the attack as the clock wound down, setting up Stephania Haralabidis to come through as the hero of the game as she landed a lob in the back of the net with just 5 seconds left to get USC a 7-6 lead. 2016 TROJANS AT A GLANCE The Women of Troy take aim at their 2016 campaign under the direction of head coach Jovan Vavic for the 22nd season. The USC women are looking to extend a streak of 12 straight trips to the NCAA Tournament, and the talent is certainly there to make a strong run at a title. Picked No. 2 in the MPSF Preseason Coaches Poll, the Trojans weigh in just a point behind top-picked Stanford. Both the Trojans and the Cardinal each received three first-place votes, hinting at a heated race for the 2016 title to come. USC returns three of its top five scorers from 2015 — Stephania Haralabidis (64 goals), Ioanna Haralabidis (50 goals) and Melissa Bergesen (37 goals) — along with All-American goalie Victória Chamorro and All-American two-meter power Brigitta Games. The Haralabidis twins earned All-American status last season as well. In all, USC returns 11 members of last season’s 16-player NCAA roster. •
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2016 USC(17-0 SCHEDULE/RESULTS overall • 3-0 MPSF) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES Feb. 5 #19 UC San Diego W 17-4 Games 4, S. Haralabidis 3, Peterson 3, Stansfield 2, Chamorro 4, McKelvey 2, Jensen, Daboub, I. Haralabidis. Longan 4 Feb. 6 at Whittier W 28-2 Peterson 6, I. Haralabidis 4, S. Haralabidis 3, Bergesen 3, Longan 4, Games 3, Jensen 3, Fahey 2, Flath 2, Stansfield, Daboub. Hueso 5 Triton Invitational Feb. 13 @Santa Clara W 20-2 Bergesen 3, McKelvey 3, Jensen 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Longan 3, S. Haralabidis 2, Fahey 2, Stansfield, Presten, Hueso 1 Flath, Gudmundsson, Games, Peterson. Feb. 13 @#19 UC San Diego W 15-8 Peterson 3, Jensen 2, S. Haralabidis 2, Games 2, Flath, Chamorro 6 I. Haralabidis, Blubaugh, Daboub, Fahey, Gudmundsson. Feb. 14 @#5 Arizona State W 6-3 I. Haralabidis 2, S. Haralabidis 2, McKelvey, Games. Longan 5, Hueso 2 Feb. 14 @#1 UCLA W 8-6 S. Haralabidis 3, Daboub 3, I. Haralabidis, Games. Chamorro 7 Feb. 20 #25 Cal State Northridge W 15-3 S. Haralabidis 4, McKelvey 2, Daboub 2, Games 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Jensen, Peterson, Bergesen.
Longan 13, Hueso 1
UCI Invitational Feb. 27 %#25 Cal State Northridge W 13-3 I. Haralabidis 4, Games 2, Peterson 2, S. Haralabidis, Chamorro 5, Daboub, Bergesen, Stansfield, Gudmundsson. Hueso 1 Feb. 27 %#9 UC Irvine W 11-10 S. Haralabidis 7, Daboub 2, McKelvey, I. Haralabidis. Longan 10 Feb. 28 %#4 Stanford W 7-6 I. Haralabidis 2, Peterson, McKelvey, Daboub, Games, Chamorro 7 S. Haralabidis. Feb. 28 %#2 UCLA W 10-7 S. Haralabidis 3, Stansfield 2, Peterson 2, I. Haralabidis, Longan 10 McKelvey, Games. March 5 at #9 Arizona State * W 8-3 Peterson 3, Games 2, S. Haralabidis 2, Daboub. Longan 5 March 11 #6 UC Irvine W 7-3 I. Haralabidis 3, Daboub 2, S. Haralabidis, Peterson. Chamorro 7, Longan 3, Hueso 0 March 17 at #4 Hawai’i W 9-5 S. Haralabidis 4, Daboub 3, Games, Jensen. Longan 2, Chamorro 5 March 26 at #10 San Jose State * W 11-6 Peterson 3, Games 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Stansfield, Chamorro 6 Bergesen, Jensen, S. Haralabidis. April 2 at #20 San Diego State W 13-3 S. Haralabidis 3, Games 2, Bergesen, Daboub, Fahey, Longan 10 I. Haralabidis, Jensen, Peterson, Presten, Stansfield. April 3 #23 CSU Bakersfield * W 16-3 S. Haralabidis 4, I. Haralabidis 4, Games 3, McKelvey 2, Chamorro 7 Jensen, Bergesen, Daboub. April 9 #2 UCLA * 1 p.m. Redlands 2:30 p.m. April 16 at Stanford * 1 p.m. April 22 California * (P12) 2 p.m. MPSF Tournament (hosted by CSU Bakersfield) April 29 &TBD April 30 &TBD May 1 &TBD
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NCAA Tournament (hosted by UCLA) May 13 !TBD May 14 !TBD May 15 !TBD
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Player Goals Stephania Haralabidis 46 * MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center Ioanna Haralabidis 31 @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego % UCI Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine ~ game played in Honolulu Brigitta Games 28 & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by CSU Bakersfield ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by UCLA Avery Peterson 27 Brianna Daboub 20 Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Annika Jensen 13 Goalie 9 / 30 54 7.2 37 4.9 Hayley McKelvey 13 Victória Chamorro 11 / 32 69 8.7 39 4.9 Melissa Bergesen 11 Amanda Longan 6 / 6 10 6.7 1 0.7 Nikki Stansfield 9 Alegra Hueso 17 games 133 7.8 77 4.5 Courtney Fahey 6 Totals Mackenzie Flath 4 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. Dagmar Gudmundsson 3 Goals by Period 1 65 50 56 43 - - - - 214 12.6 Brooke Presten 2 USC 23 17 20 17 - - - - 77 4.5 Sydney Blubaugh 1 Opponents TOTAL 214
Games Mult-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Stephania Haralabidis 17 13 46 Ioanna Haralabidis 15 9 31 Brigitta Games 15 9 28 Brianna Daboub 13 5 20 Avery Peterson 12 7 27 Hayley McKelvey 8 4 13 Annika Jensen 8 3 13 Nikki Stansfield 7 2 9 Melissa Bergesen 7 2 11 Courtney Fahey 4 2 6 Mackenzie Flath 3 1 4 Dagmar Gudmundsson 3 0 3 Brooke Presten 2 0 2 Sydney Blubaugh 1 0 1
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MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Apr. 4, 2016
INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 23 24 25
ATHLETE Rae Lekness Stephania Haralabidis Carla Carrega Jamie Neushul Ioanna Haralabidis Kat Klass Avery Peterson Brigitta Games Ashley Paz Lizette Rozeboom Emily Loughlin India Forster Mackenzie Barr Carla Toha Vilanova Devin Grab Anna Yelizarova Gurpreet Sohi Alexa Tielmann Maud Koopman Nicole Reynolds Katie Sverchek Daisy Carter Brianna Daboub Dani Jackovich Nicola Barrett
YEAR SR JR SO JR JR FR JR JR SO FR JR SR JR FR SO SR SR R-JR FR SO SR SR SO JR R-JR
GOALS 80 46 52 36 31 33 27 28 49 29 35 32 32 40 32 23 27 25 26 15 24 24 20 21 32
GOALS/GAME 2.96 2.71 2.08 1.89 1.82 1.74 1.69 1.65 1.63 1.61 1.59 1.52 1.52 1.48 1.45 1.44 1.42 1.32 1.30 1.25 1.20 1.20 1.18 1.11 1.07
*Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SR CSU Bakersfield 15.5 198 SO Arizona State 18 198 FR UCLA 11.75 114 SR UCLA 10.25 90 FR USC 8 69 R-SO Stanford 17.5 148 JR CSU Bakersfield 13.5 103 SO San Jose State 12.25 93 SO USC 7.5 54 FR San Jose State 12.4375 88 FR California 10.94 62 JR California 13.34 74
SAVES/GAME 12.77 11.00 9.70 8.78 8.63 8.46 7.63 7.59 7.20 7.08 5.67 5.55
GOALKEEPER SAVES
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12
ATHLETE Courtney Wahlstrom Mia Rycraw Carlee Kapana Alex Musselman Amanda Longan Julia Hermann Brittany Tyra Tayler Peters Victoria Chamorro Alicia Magliocco Madison Tagg Madeline Trabucco
SCHOOL San Jose State USC California Stanford USC Stanford USC USC CSU Bakersfield UCLA California UCLA UCLA San Jose State UCLA Stanford Stanford UCLA Arizona State UCLA Arizona State Arizona State USC Stanford CSU Bakersfield
GAMES 27 17 25 19 17 19 16 17 30 18 22 21 21 27 22 16 19 19 20 12 20 20 17 19 30
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MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at conference tournament, hosted by CSU Bakersfield, April 29-May 1
RECENT RESULTS MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Apr. 4, 2016
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
INDIVIDUAL STATS Sunday, April 3 Saturday, April 9 *USC 16, CSU Bakersfield 3 *Arizona State at SAN JOSE STATE *Must am% GOALS-AGAINST *MustAppear Appear11:00 In50 30 % of of Team Team Games Quarters GOALS In San Jose State 16, GOALS Pomona-Pitzer 4GOALS/GAME (at UCLA) *UCLA at USC 1:00 pm ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL QUARTERS GA GAA ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES San Jose State 28, Redlands 8 (at UCLA) Arizona State vs. CSU Monterey Bay (at SJSU) 2:00 pm 1 Rae Carlee Kapana FR UCLA 47 56 4.77 1 Redlands Lekness SR San Jose State 27 80 2.96 UCLA 23, Redlands 2 at USC 2:30 pm 2 Madeline Trabucco JR California 53.375 64 4.80 2 *# Stephania Haralabidis JR USC 17 25, Pomona-Pitzer 463 2.71 California at STANFORD 3:00 pm UCLA 3 Carla Amanda Longan FR 32 39 4.88 3 CSU Carrega California 25 52 2.08 Monterey Bay at SAN JOSE STATE SO 5:00USC pm Saturday, April 2 36 Victoria Chamorro SO USC 30 37 4.93 4 4 Jamie Neushul JR Stanford 19 1.89 Sunday, April 10 *ARIZONA STATE 7, California 6 (SV-3 OT)5.21 Madison Tagg FR California 43.75 57 5 5 Ioanna Haralabidis JR USC 17 31 1.82 *Stanford 5 San Diego State at STANFORD 1:00 pm Alex Musselman SR UCLA 41 12, CSU BAKERSFIELD 54 5.27 6 6 Kat Klass FR Stanford 19 33 1.74 *UCLA 13, San Jose State 6 7 Avery JuliaApril Hermann R-SO Stanford 7013, SAN DIEGO STATE 96 3 5.49 7 Friday, Peterson JR USC 16 27 1.69 15 USC Mia Rycraw SO Arizona 72 100 5.56 8 *#8 Brigitta Games JR USC 17 28 1.65 Arizona State at UCLA 3:30 pm State 9 Brittany Tyra JR CSU Bakersfield 54 103 7.63 Sunday, March 27 9 Ashley Paz SO CSU Bakersfield 30 49 1.63 Saturday, April 16 # CALIFORNIA 11, Long TaylerRozeboom Peters SO SanUCLA Jose State 49 109 1010 Lizette FR 18 29Beach State 5 8.90 1.61 *USCAlicia at STANFORD 1:00 pm State Magliocco FR San Jose 49.75 119 9.57 1111 Emily Loughlin California 22 35 1.59 Saturday, March 26 *San Jose State at CSU BAKERSFIELD JR 1:00 pm 12 Courtney Wahlstrom SR CSU Bakersfield 62 160 10.32 12 India Forster SR UCLA 21 32 1.52 *# STANFORD 8, Arizona State 5 April 17 *USC 12Sunday, Mackenzie Barr JR UCLA 21 11, SAN JOSE STATE 32 6 1.52 2016 WOMEN’S Preseason Poll State at STATS SAN DIEGO STATE pm State HAWAII TEAM 14Arizona Carla Toha Vilanova FR San1:00 Jose 27 16, CSU Bakersfield 40 13 (Preseason 1.48 • Jan. 13) 15 Devin Grab SO UCLA 22 32 1.45 2015 TEAM GOALS Rank School Final Rank Points Friday, April 22 16*# Anna SR Stanford 16 1.44 1 1. 23 Stanford 98 TEAM GAMES GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME CaliforniaYelizarova at USC 2:00 pm 2. 27 UCLA 2 95 171 Gurpreet Stanford Sohi SR Stanford 19 1.42 19 243 12.79 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOTES 3. USC 3 92 AprilUSC 23 18Saturday, R-JR UCLA 19 Conference Game 2 Alexa Tielmann 17 214 12.59 *MPSF 4. 25 California 1.32 4 86 *# Stanford at UCLA 11:30 am 77 #12.36 Pac-12 193 Maud Koopman FR Arizona 20 Networks 5. 26 UC Irvine 1.30 5 UCLA 22 272State Bakersfield at CALIFORNIA 1:00 pm 6. All Arizona State 9 73 Home Team in CAPS; Times Local to Site 20*CSU Nicole Reynolds SO UCLA 12 15 1.25 4 San Jose State 27 265 9.81 7. Hawaii 6 (T) 67 215 Katie Sverchek SR Arizona 20 1.20 8 8. 24 San Jose State 62 California 25 237State 9.48 9. 24 UC Davis 1.20 11 46 216 Daisy Carter SR Arizona 20 Arizona State 20 181State 9.05 10. UC Pacific 16 (T) 45 237 Brianna Daboub SO USC 17 20 Princeton 1.18 6 (T) CSU Bakersfield 30 265 8.83 11. 40 12t. 36 24 Dani Jackovich JR Stanford 19 21 Indiana 1.11 12 12t. Michigan RV 36 25 Nicola Barrett R-JR CSU Bakersfield 30 32 1.07 TEAM DEFENSE 14. UC Santa Barbara 13 (T) 34 15. Loyola Marymount 13 (T) 33 TEAM GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME MPSF Water Polo • Page 1 16. 2016 San Diego State 16 (T) 31 1 GOALKEEPER USC 77 SAVES 17 *Must Appear In 30 % of 4.53 Team Quarters 17. Long Beach State 15 28 18. Cal State Northridge 10 26 2 ATHLETE UCLA 22 110 5.00 YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SAVES/GAME 19. Hartwick 18 (T) 24 25 128 5.12 1 3 CourtneyCalifornia Wahlstrom SR CSU Bakersfield 15.5 198 12.77 20. Wagner 18 (T) 8 Arizona State 20 105State 5.25 2 4 Mia Rycraw SO Arizona 18 198 11.00 Others receiving votes: UC San Diego 7, Stanford 19 100 5.26 3 5 Carlee Kapana FR UCLA 11.75 114 7, Marist 2, Iona 9.702, Cal Baptist 1, Harvard Bucknell San Jose State 27 248 9.19 4 6 Alex Musselman SR UCLA 10.25 90 1. 8.78 CSULongan Bakersfield 5 7 Amanda 6 Julia Hermann 7 Brittany Tyra 8 Tayler Peters 9 Victoria Chamorro 10 Alicia Magliocco 11 Madison Tagg 12 Madeline Trabucco
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279 USC Stanford CSU Bakersfield San Jose State USC San Jose State California California
9.30 8 17.5 13.5 12.25 7.5 12.4375 10.94 13.34
69 8.63 148 2016 MPSF8.46 COACHES 103 7.63 POLL PRESEASON 93 Team (1st-place7.59 votes) Points 1. 54 Stanford (3) 7.20 32 2. 88 USC (3) 31 7.08 3. UCLA (1) 29 4. 62 California 5.67 22 5. 74 Arizona State 5.55 15 6. 7.
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2010 University ofof Southern California Men’s Water PoloPolo 2016 UniversiTy SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer
2016 USC Women’s Water Polo Roster #
NAME
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Victória Chamorro 5-10 Goalie Amanda Longan 6-2 Goalie Alegra Hueso 5-9 Goalie Melanie Slater 5-7 Goalie Nicola Gonzales 5-8 Goalie Annika Jensen 6-0 Utility Ioanna Haralabidis 5-11 Driver Nikki Stansfield 5-11 Driver Brooke Presten 5-8 Driver Melissa Bergesen 5-10 Driver Mackenzie Flath 5-9 Driver Hayley McKelvey 5-11 Utility Stephania Haralabidis 5-11 Driver Brianna Daboub 5-9 Driver Dagmar Gudmundsson 6-0 Utility Brigitta Games 6-1 2-Meter Courtney Fahey 5-8 Driver Avery Peterson 5-11 2-Meter Cassidy Feltenberger 5-4 Driver Emma Cornwell 5-10 Goalie Ellie D’Ambra 5-5 Driver Lauren Esrig 5-7 Driver Kelly Giery 5-8 Driver Natalie Lavinsky 5-8 Driver Kaitlin Leimbach 5-9 Driver Caitlin Stuewe 5-7 Utility Nicola Welch 5-8 Driver Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Associate Head Coach: Casey Moon Volunteer Assistant Coach: Alexandra Kiss
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HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Centro Educacional de Lagoa HS) Moorpark, Calif. (Oaks Christian HS) Pasadena, Calif. (Pasadena HS) Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) Fullerton, Calif. (Foothill HS) Orinda, Calif. (Camplindo HS) South Jordan, Utah (Kearns HS/Golden West) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Vancouver, B.C., Canada (Seaquam Secondary) Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Hanford, Calif. (Hanford West HS) Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield HS/Golden West) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) San Pedro, Calif. (San Pedro HS) San Diego, Calif. (Otay Ranch HS) Rolling Hills, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Eugene, Ore. (South Eugene HS) Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Monterey, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep) Westmoorings, Trinidad (St. Joseph’s Convent Port-of-Spain)
Scouting Director: Marko Pintaric Director of Operations: Ivan Ivovic
PRONUNCIATIONS
#3 Ioanna Haralabidis #10 Stephania Haralabidis #11 Brianna Daboub #12 Dagmar Gudmundsson #13 Brigitta Games #14 Courtney Fahey Jovan Vavic Marko Pintaric Alexandra Kiss
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2016 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo HEAD COACH 22nd season • 490-142 (.775) 13 national titles • 10 cutino award winners 12-time national coach of the year 10-time mpsf coach of the year
JOVAN VAVIC VAVIC AT USC
1996 MPSF Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1998 National Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1999 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2003 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2004 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2005 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2006 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year 2008 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2009 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2010 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2011 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2012 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2013 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year Men’s career coaching record: 494-82 (.858) • 21 seasons Women’s career coaching record: 490-142 (.775) • 21 seasons
Jovan Vavic, one of the most decorated water polo coaches in the country, serves a dual role as the head coach of both the USC men’s and women’s teams. He has been with the USC women’s program since its inception in 1995, and has led both teams to national championships three times in the same school year (1998-99, 2003-04 and 2009-10). A 12-time National Coach of the Year and 10-time MPSF Coach of the Year, Vavic boasts a grand total of 13 combined national titles — including a six-year run with the USC men — and has coached 10 Cutino Award winners. With 13 national championships (nine men’s and four women’s) won during his tenure at USC, Vavic has the most team titles of any USC head coach in history. Vavic’s 2015 women’s team reached the NCAA Tournament for the 12th straight season, taking third place for the second straight season and ending with a 24-6 overall record on the year. That mark improved Vavic’s overall career record on the women’s side to 490-142 (.775) as he now enters his 22nd season as the USC’s women’s head coach. In the calendar years of 2013 and 2010, Vavic swept both sides of the game, winning national championships with the women in the spring and following that with men’s titles in the fall of those years. In 2013, the Women of Troy won the longest NCAA women’s championship game in history, beating Stanford 10-9 in triple sudden death to claim USC’s fourth national championship on the women’s side, while finishing with a 27-1 overall record. The USC men would follow with a historic feat of their own, winning an unprecedented sixth straight national championship in claiming the 2013 crown. In 2010, the USC women and men went back-to-back as Vavic followed 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year awards on the women’s side with 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year with the men in leading the Trojan men to their third consecutive national championship. Following the USC men’s 2009 NCAA title and the USC women’s run to the 2010 national championship, Vavic saw two Trojans sweep the Cutino Awards for the third time in his career, as J.W. Krumpholz and Kami Craig went back-to-back as the 2009 and 2010 Cutino Award winners following the USC women’s run to the 2010 NCAA Championship. The first Trojan pair to sweep the awards was Juraj Zatovic and Lauren Wenger in 2006. Since 1999 when the program was fully funded, Vavic’s record is 401-69 (.853), including 11 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Between 2003 and 2010, Vavic was named either MPSF or National Coach of the Year (or both) every year but one. His 2004 women’s team won the national championship and became the first team in NCAA Championship history to go undefeated (29-0). In 1999, 2004 and 2010, Vavic was named the women’s National and MPSF Coach of the Year. Vavic oversaw the team’s move from Division II in 1995 to Division I in 1996. He guided USC to its first-ever Division I National Collegiate Championships appearance in 1997 and a seventh-place national finish while the 1998 team took fifth nationally. In 1999, USC won the national championship, and Vavic was named the National Coach of the Year and the MPSF Coach of the Year. The 2000 squad added another strong showing, finishing second nationally. Vavic came to USC in 1992 as an assistant men’s water polo coach, joined John Williams as co-head coach in 1995 and took over the men’s program in 1999 after Williams retired. He and Williams were named National Coaches of the Year in 1998 after leading USC to its first-ever national championship. They were also named MPSF Co-Coaches of the Year in 1996 after leading USC to the conference title. In fact, in the 1998-99 season, Vavic did something no other coach has accomplished as his teams won three national championships. Besides capturing the 1998 men’s and 1999 women’s titles, his 1999 men’s club team won the Men’s Senior National Club Championship. In 21 seasons at the helm of the USC men’s program, Vavic has improved his career coaching record on the men’s side to 494-82 (.858) with national championships won in 1998, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Vavic, a native of Yugoslavia, spent the 1990 season as an assistant men’s coach at UCLA. Previously, he coached three seasons (1987-1990) at Palos Verdes (Calif.) High, where he led Palos Verdes to two undefeated league seasons (1987-89). Vavic also served as assistant coach to the U.S. team at the 1995 World University Games, and was the head coach of the team in 2003. In November 2012, Vavic was named interim head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, and led Team USA to World Championship qualification with success at the 2013 UANA World Aquatic Championship Qualification Tournament in Canada. Vavic graduated from UCLA in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He and his wife, Lisa, have four children: Nikola, Monica, Marko and Stefan. Nikola and Monica both played water polo for their father at USC and both won national championships with their respective USC water polo teams.
University of Southern California
2016 WOMEN’S WATER POLO
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Release #11 — April 6, 2016
No. 1 USC Battles The Bruins Saturday In Big MPSF Battle
Undefeated Trojans look for their third straight win over No. 2 UCLA to stay perfect in conference play.
2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Date Feb. 5 Feb. 6
Opponent #19 UC San Diego at Whittier
Time/Result W 17-4 W 28-2
Triton Invitational Feb. 13 @Santa Clara Feb. 13 @#19 UC San Diego Feb. 14 @#5 Arizona State Feb. 14 @#1 UCLA
W 20-2 W 15-8 W 6-3 W 8-6
Feb. 20
#25 Cal State Northridge W 15-3
UCI Invitational Feb. 27 %#25 Cal State Northridge Feb. 27 %#9 UC Irvine Feb. 28 %#4 Stanford Feb. 28 %#2 UCLA March 5 March 11 March 17 March 26
at #9 Arizona State * #6 UC IRVINE at #4 Hawai’i at #10 San Jose State *
April 2 April 3 April 9 April 16 April 22
at #20 San Diego State #23 CSU Bakersfield * #2 UCLA * Redlands at Stanford * California * (P12)
W 13-3 W 11-10 W 7-6 W 10-7 W 8-3 W 7-3 W 9-5 W 11-6 W 13-3 W 16-3 1 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m.
MPSF Tournament (hosted by Bakersfield) April 29 &TBD April 30 &TBD May 1 &TBD
TBD TBD TBD
NCAA Tournament (hosted by UCLA) May 13 !TBD May 14 !TBD May 15 !TBD
TBD TBD TBD
Home games in BOLD CAPS (at Uytengsu Aquatics Center) * MPSF game ~ game played in Honolulu $UCLA Invitational (hosted by UCLA) @ Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) % UCI Invitational (hosted by UC Irvine) & MPSF Tourn. (hosted by Bakersfield) ! NCAA Champs (hosted by UCLA) (P12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks
2016 Women’s Collegiate Top-10 (Week 12 • April 6)
Rank School Last Week 1. USC 1 2. UCLA 2 3. Stanford 3 4. Hawaii 4 5. Arizona State 5 6. UC Irvine 6 7. California 7 8. Michigan 8 9. UC Davis 9 10. UC San Diego 10
Points 100 96 92 88 83 79 76 72 67 64
THIS WEEK @USCWaterPolo The top-ranked USC women’s water polo team has a hot date at home this week, hosting crosstown rival UCLA for the teams’ all-important MPSF matchup at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. The undefeated Trojans (17-0, 3-1 MPSF) will set up for a bout against the No. 2 Bruins (20-2, 3-0) at 1 p.m. on Saturday (April 9). USC is looking to pin up a third win over UCLA this year and keep its perfect record intact with the rivalry battle this weekend. Following the USC-UCLA game, the Trojans will make it a doubleheader day with a 2:30 p.m. faceoff against visiting Redlands (5-20) to wrap Saturday’s action in USC’s home pool. USC IN THE RANKINGS USC opened 2016 ranked No. 3 in the national preseason poll and at No. 2 in the MPSF preseason poll. The Trojans moved up to rank No. 2 on Feb. 10, and rose in the ranks to stand as the No. 1 team in the nation as of the Feb. 17 national poll. The last time USC was ranked No. 1 had been in March 2014. USC remains as the nation’s No. 1 team this week. SCOUTING UCLA The No. 2 Bruins are 20-2 overall and 3-0 in MPSF play after beating San Jose State 13-6, Redlands 23-2 and Pomona-Pitzer 25-3 last weekend. India Forster and Mackenzie Barrr are UCLA’s top scorer with 32 goals each to date. Senior goalie Alex Musselman averages 8.8 saves and 5.3 goals-against per game in her 41 periods played. USC is 24-49 all-time against UCLA after snapping a five-match losing skid with this year’s back-to-back wins. After the Bruins got a 9-7 win over USC in last year’s MPSF Tournament semifinal, USC rebounded with an 8-6 win at this year’s Triton Invitational and then a 10-7 win in the championship game at the 2016 UCI Invitational in February. SCOUTING REDLANDS The Bulldogs are 5-20 after falling to UCLA 23-2, San Jose State 28-8 and to Pomona-Pitzer 10-3 last weekend. USC is 8-1 all-time against Redlands after picking up a 31-0 win over the Bulldogs last season at the Lancer Invitational. LAST WEEK USC kept its undefeated 2016 record decidedly intact after grabbing two wins last weekend. The Trojans first traveled to San Diego State and snagged a 13-3 win over the No. 20 Aztecs before returning home to Los Angeles to notch a 16-3 MPSF win over visiting No. 23 CSU Bakersfield. USC was in complete control in its road visit to San Diego State. While 10 different USC scorers got in on the action offensively, the Trojan defense surrendered only a single goal in the first half as goalie Amanda Longan worked her way to a final count of 10 saves in the winning effort. The fuse was lit for the Trojans by Ioanna Haralabidis, who plugged in the opening goal of the game. Nikki Stansfied stepped up and made it 2-0. San Diego State registered its only goal of the half next, only to see USC generate an overwhelming scoring surge coupled with a stingy defensive stand. Avery Peterson, Stephania Haralabidis, Brianna Daboub, Brigitta Games and Melissa Bergesen joined forces to carry USC to an 8-1 halftime advantage. In the second half, Stephania Haralabidis clicked in with a hat trick and Games drummed up her second of the day, while three new Trojans got on the scoresheet. Brooke Presten, Annika Jensen and Courtney Fahey would help round out the decisive 13-3 win for USC. The next day back at Uytengsu Aquatics Center, USC put its balance on full display once again in an MPSF matchup against CSU Bakersfield as the Trojans shut out the Roadrunners in the first half and unleashed two sizable scoring surges to pin up a 16-3 win. Sisters Ioanna and Stephania Haralabidis each plugged in four goals for the Trojan cause to help pace USC to the win. Stephania set the tone with back-to-back goals out of the gates for USC. By halftime, the Trojan defense had kept the Roadrunners completely silent, while Hayley McKelvey, Jensen, Bergesen and Ioanna Haralabidis added goals to USC’s tally to make its 6-0 Trojan lead at the break. To start the second half, Games stretched the USC scoring run farther with her strike that make it 7-0 to open the third frame. CSU Bakersfield would break its silence with a score a minute later, only to see the Trojans regroup and buckle in for a nine-goal scoring surge paired with more smothering defense. While goalie Victoria Chamorro turned away shots on frame, the Trojans in front of her snagged steal after steal to keep feeding into the USC offense. McKelvey and both Haralabidis sisters would finish off those new opportunities in the third, while Games laced in a perfect lob to help USC to a 12-1 lead on the way into the fourth. There, Daboub got in on the scoring action with a turn and strike just before Games delivered her third goal of the day. Chamorro would provide a clutch block at close range, and Presten nabbed a steal that fed into another USC counterattack. Stansfield would find Ioanna Haralabidis for her fourth goal of the game, making it 15-1 with 4:26 left to play. Two minutes later, Stephania Haralabidis would match her sister’s count with her fourth goal, netting a 16-1 USC lead on the Trojans’ ninth consecutive goal. CSU Bakersfield would end the streak with a 6-on-5 score with a minute remaining, and then managed one last strike in the final minute to wrap the game as a 16-3 USC victory.
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2016 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo PETERSON PICKS UP THE PACE Two-meter player Avery Peterson is off to the races in her junior campaign, having already bettered her previous career total with a powerful 27 goals already scored this season alone. She set a new career high for herself with a six-goal game at Whittier on Feb. 6, and has since picked up her first career selection as MPSF Player of the Week. After punching up a hat trick in a key MPSF road win over Arizona State, Peterson earned the weekly award for the first time on March 8. UCI INVITE CHAMPS USC tacked up another tournament title to remain undefeated in 2016 with a push to the UCI Invitational championship Feb. 27-28. The Trojans opened up with a 13-3 win over CSUN on day one and would wind up in a tough battle against tournament host UC Irvine later that afternoon, pulling off an 11-10 victory to move into Sunday’s semifinals. There, USC stoned No. 4 Stanford with a ferocious 7-6 comeback win to secure a place in the title match. In another title match faceoff with rival UCLA, USC held its ground against the No. 2 Bruins and pinned up a 10-7 victory to win the championship crown. Stephania Haralabidis would come through with the clutch game-winning goals against both UC Irvine and Stanford. She’d finish the tournament with 12 goals, including a career-high seven goals in the tight win over UC Irvine. Amanda Longan and Victória Chamorro would share time in the cage, each capping up for two games apiece. Longan got the call-up for the UC Irvine game and the UCLA faceoff in the final, and would come through with 10 saves in both appearances. For their roles in helping to drive the Trojans to the championship, Stephania Haralabidis and Amanda Longan secured another MPSF sweep of weekly awards, as Haralabidis was named MPSF Player of the Week for the second time and Longan grabbed MPSF Newcomer of the Week honors for the third consecutive week. BY THE NUMBERS Through the first 17 games of 2016, undefeated USC has outscored opponents 214-77, leading the MPSF in defense (4.53 gapg) and standing at No. 2 in offense (12.59 gpg). Junior Stephania Haralabidis is the top scorer to date with 46 goals — ranking her No. 9 alltime in career scoring with 160 goals. Just a notch behind her are three fellow juniors. Twin sister Ioanna Haralabidis has cracked the century mark in career goals thanks to her 31 goals scored to date in 2016, followed by junior Brigitta Games with 28 goals. Just a step behind her is fellow junior Avery Peterson, who has already bettered her sophomore season total with her 27 goals to date. On the defensive end, freshman goalie Amanda Longan has capped in 11 games and is averaging 8.7 saves and 4.9 goals-against per game in her 32 periods of work. Returning All-American goalie Victória Chamorro has appeared in 30 periods and averages 7.2 saves and 4.9 goals-against per game. Senior goalie Alegra Hueso has allowed only one goal in her six appearances in the cage to date. The Trojan defense has held 12 opponents silent in at least one period of play while accumulating a grand total of 20 shutout periods this season so far. TROJAN SWEEPS WEEKS For their efforts in driving the Trojans to perfect performances at the Triton Invitational and UCI Invitational, USC’s Stephania Haralabidis and Amanda Longan have paired up to sweep the MPSF weekly honors twice so far this season. At the Triton Invitational Haralabidis scored nine goals, topping out with a hat trick in the title match, where the Trojans beat No. 1 UCLA 8-6 in the final. In the semifinals, Haralabidis scored twice to help generate a 6-3 win for USC over Arizona State. At the same event, freshman goalie Longan had a strong showing. In her two appearances, Longan collected a total of eight saves -- including a 5-meter penalty stop -- and allowed only four goals. She made three saves in three periods of work in the opening 20-2 win over Santa Clara and then made five saves in the same stretch of action in USC’s 6-3 semifinal win over ASU.
More recently, the duo proved instrumental again in guiding the Trojans to the 2016 UCI Invitational championship. Haralabidis’ 12 goals at the event included a career-high seven goals in a close 11-10 win over host UC Irvine, the game-winner with 5 second left in the 7-6 semifinal win over Stanford, and a hat trick in the 10-7 championship victory over UCLA. Longan, too, came up big in the cage with 10 saves vs. UCI and 10 more against the Bruins. That marked Longan’s third straight week as MPSF Newcomer of the Week, while Haralabidis secured her second MPSF Player of the Week award of 2016 with the pair’s second sweep of the season. INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES The overall young Trojans have garnered plenty of international experience on the way into this 2016 campaign for USC. Incoming freshman goalie Amanda Longan won gold with Team USA at the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships, where several other Trojans were competing with their respective countries. The Haralabidis sisters, Ioanna and Stephania were in action with Greece; goalie Victória Chamorro capped up for Brazil; and Hayley McKelvey was a high scorer for Canada. CAGE FIGHTERS USC’s goalkeeping corps this season is ferociously deep. Sophomore Victória Chamorro set a freshman goalie record last season in hauling in 207 saves in her first year as a Trojan. This year, she’s joined by freshman Amanda Longan, who was named Top Goalkeeper at the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships during the summer. Added veteran experience comes from senior captain Alegra Hueso, who appeared in 27 games during her first three seasons as a Trojan. Even more depth between the pipes comes from junior Melanie Slater and sophomore Nicola Gonzales. OH CAPTAINS, MY CAPTAINS The most experienced player in the pool this season is junior Avery Peterson — one of three Trojan captains for 2016. Sophomore Brianna Daboub and senior Alegra Hueso also have been selected as team captains for the year. Peterson weighs in as the veteran of the group in that she has logged the most playing time of the bunch. With 20 goals to her name as a Trojan, the 2-meter power was in the water for USC’s last two NCAA Tournament runs. Daboub may just be a sophomore, but her savvy helps her stand out as another key leader for the Trojans this season. She scored 27 goals as a freshman and was named to the 2015 MPSF All-Newcomer Team. A senior, Hueso has been at Troy since her freshman season in 2013, when USC won its last NCAA Championship. GUT CHECKS IN IRVINE USC was significantly tested in back-to-back games at the UCI Invitational, facing deficits against both UC Irvine and Stanford and finding a way to fight back to victory. The Anteaters are the only team this year to score in double digits against the Trojans, but USC remained unfazed in a see-saw battle against the tournament host that saw the lead change hands back and forth and lock up even seven times. UC Irvine led 4-3 after the first period of play and later got out to an 8-6 advantage with 3:38 left in the third period, only to see the Trojans rattle off three straight scores to work back into the lead. Hayley McKelvey provided the spark and Stephania Haralabidis followed with back-to-back blasts to take the Trojans ahead 9-8 with 1:22 to go in the third. A Haralabidis buzzer-beater would get USC ahead 10-9 entering the fourth. There, the Anteaters snarled it up for the seventh time with a score at 5:25. Less than a minute later, Haralabidis proved heroic again with her seventh goal of the game to get USC ahead 11-10 at 4:43, and that one would hold through a tense final few minutes get USC the victory. The very next morning, USC was in a crucial semifinal bout with Stanford, which pumped in three goals in the second frame to lead it 4-2 at halftime. The Cardinal would net one more in the third to put USC behind 5-2 entering the final period. That’s where the Trojans showed their
2016 AWARDS MPSF Player of the Week: Stephania Haralabidis (Feb. 16) Stephania Haralabidis (March 1) Avery Peterson (March 8)
MPSF Newcomer of the Week: Amanda Longan (Feb. 16) Amanda Longan (Feb. 23) Amanda Longan (March 1)
USC Career Scoring Leaders 1. Monica Vavic..................2012-15......................291 2. Aniko Pelle.....................1999-02......................255 3. Sofia Konoukh................2001-03......................224 4. Moriah Van Norman.......2003-06......................215 5. Nina Wengst..................1999-02......................213 6. Brittany Hayes................2004-07......................209 7. Katrin Dierolf..................2000-03......................204 8. Michelle Stein.................2006-09......................170 9. Stephania Haralabidis.2014-present..............168 10. Kami Craig.....................2006-10......................152 11. Christina McCall.............1995-97......................142 Alexandra Kiss................2007-10 Kaleigh Gilchrist.............2011-14 14. Erika Figge.....................2004-07......................137 15. Joelle Bekhazi.................2009-11......................135 16. Lauren Wenger...............2003-06......................127 17. Jennifer Durley...............1998-01......................122 18. Kristen Dronberger.........2008-11......................120 19. Eike Daube.....................2012-15......................119 20. Sandra Milicev................1999-02......................116 21. Eszter Gyori....................2002-05......................115 22. Ioanna Haralabidis ...2014-present.......... 114 mettle. McKelvey broke the silence with a blast to start the fourth frame, and Brianna Daboub rifled one in to get USC within one, down 5-4 with 5:57 on the clock. The Trojans would shut down a Stanford 6-on-5 chance next, and then Brigitta Games shouldered the load and dished out the equalizer to get USC even again at 5-5 with 3:05 to go. The USC scoring run continued as Ioanna Haralabidis notched USC’s first lead since the first frame, hammering home the go-ahead goal at 1:14. In the final minute, Stanford broke through and managed to level it up at 6-6 with 54 ticks to go. USC would wind up on the attack as the clock wound down, setting up Stephania Haralabidis to come through as the hero of the game as she landed a lob in the back of the net with just 5 seconds left to get USC a 7-6 lead. 2016 TROJANS AT A GLANCE The Women of Troy take aim at their 2016 campaign under the direction of head coach Jovan Vavic for the 22nd season. The USC women are looking to extend a streak of 12 straight trips to the NCAA Tournament, and the talent is certainly there to make a strong run at a title. Picked No. 2 in the MPSF Preseason Coaches Poll, the Trojans weigh in just a point behind top-picked Stanford. Both the Trojans and the Cardinal each received three first-place votes, hinting at a heated race for the 2016 title to come. USC returns three of its top five scorers from 2015 — Stephania Haralabidis (64 goals), Ioanna Haralabidis (50 goals) and Melissa Bergesen (37 goals) — along with All-American goalie Victória Chamorro and All-American two-meter power Brigitta Games. The Haralabidis twins earned All-American status last season as well. In all, USC returns 11 members of last season’s 16-player NCAA roster. •
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2016 USC(17-0 SCHEDULE/RESULTS overall • 3-0 MPSF) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES Feb. 5 #19 UC San Diego W 17-4 Games 4, S. Haralabidis 3, Peterson 3, Stansfield 2, Chamorro 4, McKelvey 2, Jensen, Daboub, I. Haralabidis. Longan 4 Feb. 6 at Whittier W 28-2 Peterson 6, I. Haralabidis 4, S. Haralabidis 3, Bergesen 3, Longan 4, Games 3, Jensen 3, Fahey 2, Flath 2, Stansfield, Daboub. Hueso 5 Triton Invitational Feb. 13 @Santa Clara W 20-2 Bergesen 3, McKelvey 3, Jensen 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Longan 3, S. Haralabidis 2, Fahey 2, Stansfield, Presten, Hueso 1 Flath, Gudmundsson, Games, Peterson. Feb. 13 @#19 UC San Diego W 15-8 Peterson 3, Jensen 2, S. Haralabidis 2, Games 2, Flath, Chamorro 6 I. Haralabidis, Blubaugh, Daboub, Fahey, Gudmundsson. Feb. 14 @#5 Arizona State W 6-3 I. Haralabidis 2, S. Haralabidis 2, McKelvey, Games. Longan 5, Hueso 2 Feb. 14 @#1 UCLA W 8-6 S. Haralabidis 3, Daboub 3, I. Haralabidis, Games. Chamorro 7 Feb. 20 #25 Cal State Northridge W 15-3 S. Haralabidis 4, McKelvey 2, Daboub 2, Games 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Jensen, Peterson, Bergesen.
Longan 13, Hueso 1
UCI Invitational Feb. 27 %#25 Cal State Northridge W 13-3 I. Haralabidis 4, Games 2, Peterson 2, S. Haralabidis, Chamorro 5, Daboub, Bergesen, Stansfield, Gudmundsson. Hueso 1 Feb. 27 %#9 UC Irvine W 11-10 S. Haralabidis 7, Daboub 2, McKelvey, I. Haralabidis. Longan 10 Feb. 28 %#4 Stanford W 7-6 I. Haralabidis 2, Peterson, McKelvey, Daboub, Games, Chamorro 7 S. Haralabidis. Feb. 28 %#2 UCLA W 10-7 S. Haralabidis 3, Stansfield 2, Peterson 2, I. Haralabidis, Longan 10 McKelvey, Games. March 5 at #9 Arizona State * W 8-3 Peterson 3, Games 2, S. Haralabidis 2, Daboub. Longan 5 March 11 #6 UC Irvine W 7-3 I. Haralabidis 3, Daboub 2, S. Haralabidis, Peterson. Chamorro 7, Longan 3, Hueso 0 March 17 at #4 Hawai’i W 9-5 S. Haralabidis 4, Daboub 3, Games, Jensen. Longan 2, Chamorro 5 March 26 at #10 San Jose State * W 11-6 Peterson 3, Games 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Stansfield, Chamorro 6 Bergesen, Jensen, S. Haralabidis. April 2 at #20 San Diego State W 13-3 S. Haralabidis 3, Games 2, Bergesen, Daboub, Fahey, Longan 10 I. Haralabidis, Jensen, Peterson, Presten, Stansfield. April 3 #23 CSU Bakersfield * W 16-3 S. Haralabidis 4, I. Haralabidis 4, Games 3, McKelvey 2, Chamorro 7 Jensen, Bergesen, Daboub. April 9 #2 UCLA * 1 p.m. Redlands 2:30 p.m. April 16 at Stanford * 1 p.m. April 22 California * (P12) 2 p.m. MPSF Tournament (hosted by CSU Bakersfield) April 29 &TBD April 30 &TBD May 1 &TBD
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Player Goals Stephania Haralabidis 46 * MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center Ioanna Haralabidis 31 @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego % UCI Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine ~ game played in Honolulu Brigitta Games 28 & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by CSU Bakersfield ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by UCLA Avery Peterson 27 Brianna Daboub 20 Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Annika Jensen 13 Goalie 9 / 30 54 7.2 37 4.9 Hayley McKelvey 13 Victória Chamorro 11 / 32 69 8.7 39 4.9 Melissa Bergesen 11 Amanda Longan 6 / 6 10 6.7 1 0.7 Nikki Stansfield 9 Alegra Hueso 17 games 133 7.8 77 4.5 Courtney Fahey 6 Totals Mackenzie Flath 4 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. Dagmar Gudmundsson 3 Goals by Period 1 65 50 56 43 - - - - 214 12.6 Brooke Presten 2 USC 23 17 20 17 - - - - 77 4.5 Sydney Blubaugh 1 Opponents TOTAL 214
Games Mult-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Stephania Haralabidis 17 13 46 Ioanna Haralabidis 15 9 31 Brigitta Games 15 9 28 Brianna Daboub 13 5 20 Avery Peterson 12 7 27 Hayley McKelvey 8 4 13 Annika Jensen 8 3 13 Nikki Stansfield 7 2 9 Melissa Bergesen 7 2 11 Courtney Fahey 4 2 6 Mackenzie Flath 3 1 4 Dagmar Gudmundsson 3 0 3 Brooke Presten 2 0 2 Sydney Blubaugh 1 0 1
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MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Apr. 4, 2016
INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games
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ATHLETE Rae Lekness Stephania Haralabidis Carla Carrega Jamie Neushul Ioanna Haralabidis Kat Klass Avery Peterson Brigitta Games Ashley Paz Lizette Rozeboom Emily Loughlin India Forster Mackenzie Barr Carla Toha Vilanova Devin Grab Anna Yelizarova Gurpreet Sohi Alexa Tielmann Maud Koopman Nicole Reynolds Katie Sverchek Daisy Carter Brianna Daboub Dani Jackovich Nicola Barrett
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GOALS 80 46 52 36 31 33 27 28 49 29 35 32 32 40 32 23 27 25 26 15 24 24 20 21 32
GOALS/GAME 2.96 2.71 2.08 1.89 1.82 1.74 1.69 1.65 1.63 1.61 1.59 1.52 1.52 1.48 1.45 1.44 1.42 1.32 1.30 1.25 1.20 1.20 1.18 1.11 1.07
*Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SR CSU Bakersfield 15.5 198 SO Arizona State 18 198 FR UCLA 11.75 114 SR UCLA 10.25 90 FR USC 8 69 R-SO Stanford 17.5 148 JR CSU Bakersfield 13.5 103 SO San Jose State 12.25 93 SO USC 7.5 54 FR San Jose State 12.4375 88 FR California 10.94 62 JR California 13.34 74
SAVES/GAME 12.77 11.00 9.70 8.78 8.63 8.46 7.63 7.59 7.20 7.08 5.67 5.55
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ATHLETE Courtney Wahlstrom Mia Rycraw Carlee Kapana Alex Musselman Amanda Longan Julia Hermann Brittany Tyra Tayler Peters Victoria Chamorro Alicia Magliocco Madison Tagg Madeline Trabucco
SCHOOL San Jose State USC California Stanford USC Stanford USC USC CSU Bakersfield UCLA California UCLA UCLA San Jose State UCLA Stanford Stanford UCLA Arizona State UCLA Arizona State Arizona State USC Stanford CSU Bakersfield
GAMES 27 17 25 19 17 19 16 17 30 18 22 21 21 27 22 16 19 19 20 12 20 20 17 19 30
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MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at conference tournament, hosted by CSU Bakersfield, April 29-May 1
RECENT RESULTS MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Apr. 4, 2016
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
INDIVIDUAL STATS Sunday, April 3 Saturday, April 9 *USC 16, CSU Bakersfield 3 *Arizona State at SAN JOSE STATE *Must am% GOALS-AGAINST *MustAppear Appear11:00 In50 30 % of of Team Team Games Quarters GOALS In San Jose State 16, GOALS Pomona-Pitzer 4GOALS/GAME (at UCLA) *UCLA at USC 1:00 pm ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL QUARTERS GA GAA ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES San Jose State 28, Redlands 8 (at UCLA) Arizona State vs. CSU Monterey Bay (at SJSU) 2:00 pm 1 Rae Carlee Kapana FR UCLA 47 56 4.77 1 Redlands Lekness SR San Jose State 27 80 2.96 UCLA 23, Redlands 2 at USC 2:30 pm 2 Madeline Trabucco JR California 53.375 64 4.80 2 *# Stephania Haralabidis JR USC 17 25, Pomona-Pitzer 463 2.71 California at STANFORD 3:00 pm UCLA 3 Carla Amanda Longan FR 32 39 4.88 3 CSU Carrega California 25 52 2.08 Monterey Bay at SAN JOSE STATE SO 5:00USC pm Saturday, April 2 36 Victoria Chamorro SO USC 30 37 4.93 4 4 Jamie Neushul JR Stanford 19 1.89 Sunday, April 10 *ARIZONA STATE 7, California 6 (SV-3 OT)5.21 Madison Tagg FR California 43.75 57 5 5 Ioanna Haralabidis JR USC 17 31 1.82 *Stanford 5 San Diego State at STANFORD 1:00 pm Alex Musselman SR UCLA 41 12, CSU BAKERSFIELD 54 5.27 6 6 Kat Klass FR Stanford 19 33 1.74 *UCLA 13, San Jose State 6 7 Avery JuliaApril Hermann R-SO Stanford 7013, SAN DIEGO STATE 96 3 5.49 7 Friday, Peterson JR USC 16 27 1.69 15 USC Mia Rycraw SO Arizona 72 100 5.56 8 *#8 Brigitta Games JR USC 17 28 1.65 Arizona State at UCLA 3:30 pm State 9 Brittany Tyra JR CSU Bakersfield 54 103 7.63 Sunday, March 27 9 Ashley Paz SO CSU Bakersfield 30 49 1.63 Saturday, April 16 # CALIFORNIA 11, Long TaylerRozeboom Peters SO SanUCLA Jose State 49 109 1010 Lizette FR 18 29Beach State 5 8.90 1.61 *USCAlicia at STANFORD 1:00 pm State Magliocco FR San Jose 49.75 119 9.57 1111 Emily Loughlin California 22 35 1.59 Saturday, March 26 *San Jose State at CSU BAKERSFIELD JR 1:00 pm 12 Courtney Wahlstrom SR CSU Bakersfield 62 160 10.32 12 India Forster SR UCLA 21 32 1.52 *# STANFORD 8, Arizona State 5 April 17 *USC 12Sunday, Mackenzie Barr JR UCLA 21 11, SAN JOSE STATE 32 6 1.52 2016 WOMEN’S Preseason Poll State at STATS SAN DIEGO STATE pm State HAWAII TEAM 14Arizona Carla Toha Vilanova FR San1:00 Jose 27 16, CSU Bakersfield 40 13 (Preseason 1.48 • Jan. 13) 15 Devin Grab SO UCLA 22 32 1.45 2015 TEAM GOALS Rank School Final Rank Points Friday, April 22 16*# Anna SR Stanford 16 1.44 1 1. 23 Stanford 98 TEAM GAMES GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME CaliforniaYelizarova at USC 2:00 pm 2. 27 UCLA 2 95 171 Gurpreet Stanford Sohi SR Stanford 19 1.42 19 243 12.79 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOTES 3. USC 3 92 AprilUSC 23 18Saturday, R-JR UCLA 19 Conference Game 2 Alexa Tielmann 17 214 12.59 *MPSF 4. 25 California 1.32 4 86 *# Stanford at UCLA 11:30 am 77 #12.36 Pac-12 193 Maud Koopman FR Arizona 20 Networks 5. 26 UC Irvine 1.30 5 UCLA 22 272State Bakersfield at CALIFORNIA 1:00 pm 6. All Arizona State 9 73 Home Team in CAPS; Times Local to Site 20*CSU Nicole Reynolds SO UCLA 12 15 1.25 4 San Jose State 27 265 9.81 7. Hawaii 6 (T) 67 215 Katie Sverchek SR Arizona 20 1.20 8 8. 24 San Jose State 62 California 25 237State 9.48 9. 24 UC Davis 1.20 11 46 216 Daisy Carter SR Arizona 20 Arizona State 20 181State 9.05 10. UC Pacific 16 (T) 45 237 Brianna Daboub SO USC 17 20 Princeton 1.18 6 (T) CSU Bakersfield 30 265 8.83 11. 40 12t. 36 24 Dani Jackovich JR Stanford 19 21 Indiana 1.11 12 12t. Michigan RV 36 25 Nicola Barrett R-JR CSU Bakersfield 30 32 1.07 TEAM DEFENSE 14. UC Santa Barbara 13 (T) 34 15. Loyola Marymount 13 (T) 33 TEAM GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME MPSF Water Polo • Page 1 16. 2016 San Diego State 16 (T) 31 1 GOALKEEPER USC 77 SAVES 17 *Must Appear In 30 % of 4.53 Team Quarters 17. Long Beach State 15 28 18. Cal State Northridge 10 26 2 ATHLETE UCLA 22 110 5.00 YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SAVES/GAME 19. Hartwick 18 (T) 24 25 128 5.12 1 3 CourtneyCalifornia Wahlstrom SR CSU Bakersfield 15.5 198 12.77 20. Wagner 18 (T) 8 Arizona State 20 105State 5.25 2 4 Mia Rycraw SO Arizona 18 198 11.00 Others receiving votes: UC San Diego 7, Stanford 19 100 5.26 3 5 Carlee Kapana FR UCLA 11.75 114 7, Marist 2, Iona 9.702, Cal Baptist 1, Harvard Bucknell San Jose State 27 248 9.19 4 6 Alex Musselman SR UCLA 10.25 90 1. 8.78 CSULongan Bakersfield 5 7 Amanda 6 Julia Hermann 7 Brittany Tyra 8 Tayler Peters 9 Victoria Chamorro 10 Alicia Magliocco 11 Madison Tagg 12 Madeline Trabucco
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69 8.63 148 2016 MPSF8.46 COACHES 103 7.63 POLL PRESEASON 93 Team (1st-place7.59 votes) Points 1. 54 Stanford (3) 7.20 32 2. 88 USC (3) 31 7.08 3. UCLA (1) 29 4. 62 California 5.67 22 5. 74 Arizona State 5.55 15 6. 7.
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Victória Chamorro 5-10 Goalie Amanda Longan 6-2 Goalie Alegra Hueso 5-9 Goalie Melanie Slater 5-7 Goalie Nicola Gonzales 5-8 Goalie Annika Jensen 6-0 Utility Ioanna Haralabidis 5-11 Driver Nikki Stansfield 5-11 Driver Brooke Presten 5-8 Driver Melissa Bergesen 5-10 Driver Mackenzie Flath 5-9 Driver Hayley McKelvey 5-11 Utility Stephania Haralabidis 5-11 Driver Brianna Daboub 5-9 Driver Dagmar Gudmundsson 6-0 Utility Brigitta Games 6-1 2-Meter Courtney Fahey 5-8 Driver Avery Peterson 5-11 2-Meter Cassidy Feltenberger 5-4 Driver Emma Cornwell 5-10 Goalie Ellie D’Ambra 5-5 Driver Lauren Esrig 5-7 Driver Kelly Giery 5-8 Driver Natalie Lavinsky 5-8 Driver Kaitlin Leimbach 5-9 Driver Caitlin Stuewe 5-7 Utility Nicola Welch 5-8 Driver Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Associate Head Coach: Casey Moon Volunteer Assistant Coach: Alexandra Kiss
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HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Centro Educacional de Lagoa HS) Moorpark, Calif. (Oaks Christian HS) Pasadena, Calif. (Pasadena HS) Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) Fullerton, Calif. (Foothill HS) Orinda, Calif. (Camplindo HS) South Jordan, Utah (Kearns HS/Golden West) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Vancouver, B.C., Canada (Seaquam Secondary) Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Hanford, Calif. (Hanford West HS) Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield HS/Golden West) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) San Pedro, Calif. (San Pedro HS) San Diego, Calif. (Otay Ranch HS) Rolling Hills, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Eugene, Ore. (South Eugene HS) Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Monterey, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep) Westmoorings, Trinidad (St. Joseph’s Convent Port-of-Spain)
Scouting Director: Marko Pintaric Director of Operations: Ivan Ivovic
PRONUNCIATIONS
#3 Ioanna Haralabidis #10 Stephania Haralabidis #11 Brianna Daboub #12 Dagmar Gudmundsson #13 Brigitta Games #14 Courtney Fahey Jovan Vavic Marko Pintaric Alexandra Kiss
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2016 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo HEAD COACH 22nd season • 490-142 (.775) 13 national titles • 10 cutino award winners 12-time national coach of the year 10-time mpsf coach of the year
JOVAN VAVIC VAVIC AT USC
1996 MPSF Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1998 National Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1999 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2003 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2004 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2005 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2006 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year 2008 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2009 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2010 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2011 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2012 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2013 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year Men’s career coaching record: 494-82 (.858) • 21 seasons Women’s career coaching record: 490-142 (.775) • 21 seasons
Jovan Vavic, one of the most decorated water polo coaches in the country, serves a dual role as the head coach of both the USC men’s and women’s teams. He has been with the USC women’s program since its inception in 1995, and has led both teams to national championships three times in the same school year (1998-99, 2003-04 and 2009-10). A 12-time National Coach of the Year and 10-time MPSF Coach of the Year, Vavic boasts a grand total of 13 combined national titles — including a six-year run with the USC men — and has coached 10 Cutino Award winners. With 13 national championships (nine men’s and four women’s) won during his tenure at USC, Vavic has the most team titles of any USC head coach in history. Vavic’s 2015 women’s team reached the NCAA Tournament for the 12th straight season, taking third place for the second straight season and ending with a 24-6 overall record on the year. That mark improved Vavic’s overall career record on the women’s side to 490-142 (.775) as he now enters his 22nd season as the USC’s women’s head coach. In the calendar years of 2013 and 2010, Vavic swept both sides of the game, winning national championships with the women in the spring and following that with men’s titles in the fall of those years. In 2013, the Women of Troy won the longest NCAA women’s championship game in history, beating Stanford 10-9 in triple sudden death to claim USC’s fourth national championship on the women’s side, while finishing with a 27-1 overall record. The USC men would follow with a historic feat of their own, winning an unprecedented sixth straight national championship in claiming the 2013 crown. In 2010, the USC women and men went back-to-back as Vavic followed 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year awards on the women’s side with 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year with the men in leading the Trojan men to their third consecutive national championship. Following the USC men’s 2009 NCAA title and the USC women’s run to the 2010 national championship, Vavic saw two Trojans sweep the Cutino Awards for the third time in his career, as J.W. Krumpholz and Kami Craig went back-to-back as the 2009 and 2010 Cutino Award winners following the USC women’s run to the 2010 NCAA Championship. The first Trojan pair to sweep the awards was Juraj Zatovic and Lauren Wenger in 2006. Since 1999 when the program was fully funded, Vavic’s record is 401-69 (.853), including 11 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Between 2003 and 2010, Vavic was named either MPSF or National Coach of the Year (or both) every year but one. His 2004 women’s team won the national championship and became the first team in NCAA Championship history to go undefeated (29-0). In 1999, 2004 and 2010, Vavic was named the women’s National and MPSF Coach of the Year. Vavic oversaw the team’s move from Division II in 1995 to Division I in 1996. He guided USC to its first-ever Division I National Collegiate Championships appearance in 1997 and a seventh-place national finish while the 1998 team took fifth nationally. In 1999, USC won the national championship, and Vavic was named the National Coach of the Year and the MPSF Coach of the Year. The 2000 squad added another strong showing, finishing second nationally. Vavic came to USC in 1992 as an assistant men’s water polo coach, joined John Williams as co-head coach in 1995 and took over the men’s program in 1999 after Williams retired. He and Williams were named National Coaches of the Year in 1998 after leading USC to its first-ever national championship. They were also named MPSF Co-Coaches of the Year in 1996 after leading USC to the conference title. In fact, in the 1998-99 season, Vavic did something no other coach has accomplished as his teams won three national championships. Besides capturing the 1998 men’s and 1999 women’s titles, his 1999 men’s club team won the Men’s Senior National Club Championship. In 21 seasons at the helm of the USC men’s program, Vavic has improved his career coaching record on the men’s side to 494-82 (.858) with national championships won in 1998, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Vavic, a native of Yugoslavia, spent the 1990 season as an assistant men’s coach at UCLA. Previously, he coached three seasons (1987-1990) at Palos Verdes (Calif.) High, where he led Palos Verdes to two undefeated league seasons (1987-89). Vavic also served as assistant coach to the U.S. team at the 1995 World University Games, and was the head coach of the team in 2003. In November 2012, Vavic was named interim head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, and led Team USA to World Championship qualification with success at the 2013 UANA World Aquatic Championship Qualification Tournament in Canada. Vavic graduated from UCLA in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He and his wife, Lisa, have four children: Nikola, Monica, Marko and Stefan. Nikola and Monica both played water polo for their father at USC and both won national championships with their respective USC water polo teams.
