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2016 WOMEN’S WATER POLO
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Release #6 — March 9, 2016
No. 1 USC Is Back In Home Waters For Friday Clash With UC Irvine Undefeated Trojans host the No. 6 Anteaters at 5 p.m. on Friday at Uytengsu Aquatics Center.
2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Date Opponent Feb. 5 #19 UC San Diego Feb. 6 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
W 13-3 W 11-10 W 7-6 W 10-7
March 5 March 11 March 17 March 19 March 26
at #9 Arizona State * #6 UC IRVINE at Hawai’i at Hawai’i (scrimmage) at San Jose State *
W 8-3 5 p.m. 6 p.m. HT TBA 1 p.m.
April 2 April 3 April 9 April 16 April 22
at San Diego State CSU Bakersfield * UCLA * Redlands at Stanford * California * (P12)
10 a.m. 1 p.m. 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 Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6t. 6t. 8. 9. 10.
(Week 8 • March 9)
School USC UCLA Stanford Hawaii Michigan UC Davis UC Irvine California Arizona State San Jose State
Last Week 1 2 3 4 5 8 6t 6t 9 10
Points 100 96 92 88 83 78 78 72 69 63
THIS WEEK @USCWaterPolo The No. 1 team in the nation returns home this week, toting a perfect 12-0 record as the Trojans splash back down into home waters at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. Top-ranked USC (12-0, 1-0 MPSF) will turn to a nonconference game this week, hosting No. 6 UC Irvine (11-7) in a 5 p.m. clash on Friday (March 11). USC-UCI LIVE STATS: http://live.thefosh.net/livestats.php?gameid=1423 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 UCI The No. 6 Anteaters are 11-7 overall after picking up three wins last weekend. UCI beat Occidental 21-1 and Pomona-Pitzer 14-2 before getting a 6-5 win over San Diego State in sudden death. Sun Devils are 7-3 overall after going 3-1 at the UCI Invitational last week. Mary Brooks is UCI’s top scorer with 31 goals to date, while goalie Jenna Phreaner is averaging 5.9 saves and 6.7 goals-against per game in 12 appearances. USC is 26-3 all-time against the Anteaters after an 11-10 win two weeks ago during group play at the UCI Invitational. Last year, USC beat UC Irvine 10-5 at the Triton Invitational and then an 11-7 nonconference win in Irvine. LAST WEEK USC nabbed a strong road win to kick off MPSF action in winning fashion last weekend, beating No. 9 host Arizona State 8-3 thanks to a fierce defensive effort and consistent offensive production. Junior Avery Peterson served up a hat trick for the Trojan cause, while freshman goalie Amanda Longan locked in for five saves, including an early 5-meter penalty stop, to help keep USC undefeated on the year. Longan’s reach helped turn away the Sun Devils on a couple early opportunities for the hosts. Brigitta Games and Stephania Haralabidis, meanwhile, would hammer home goals at the other end for USC to build an early 2-0 lead. ASU would break through on a 6-on-5 before the close of the first to make it 2-1, but Longan would turn ASU away once more to open the second. Peterson punched in her first goal of the game next to take the Trojans ahead 3-1, and again ASU would close the gap. The Haralabidis sisters combined forces next, as Ioanna Haralabidis hit Stephania Haralabidis for the bar-in strike to take USC ahead 4-2 for a padded lead that would hold through to halftime. The USC defense would hold the Sun Devils silent in the next eight minutes while Brianna Daboub rifled in a blast to the top corner and Peterson followed with a score from the post to get USC up 6-2 entering the fourth. ASU broke through to make it 6-3, but USC had two more goals lying in wait. Games showed her strength and savvy again with a score out of set and then Peterson would wrap the day’s work in completing her hat trick and taking the Trojans to an 8-3 final decision. Avery Peterson would pick up her first career selection as MPSF Player of the Week for her efforts. 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 cham-
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2016 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo pionship, 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 12 games of 2016, undefeated USC has outscored opponents 150-54, leading the MPSF in offense (13.2 gpg) and in defense (4.8 gapg). Junior Stephania Haralabidis is the top scorer to date with 33 goals — ranking her No. 9 all-time in career scoring with 155 goals. Just a notch behind her are three fellow juniors. Fellow junior Avery Peterson has already bettered her sophomore season total with 22 goals to date, followed closely by Ioanna Haralabidis, who has cracked the century mark in career goals thanks to her 22 goals scored to date in 2016. Just a step behind her is Brigitta Games with 20 goalsto date. On the defensive end, freshman goalie Amanda Longan has capped in eight games and is averaging 8.6 saves and 5.1 goalsagainst per game in her 25 periods of work. Returning All-American goalie Victória Chamorro has appeared in 17 periods and averages 6.8 saves and 5.7 goals-against per game. Senior goalie Alegra Hueso has allowed only one goal in her six frames of work in the cage to date. 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 has 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 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
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. Aniko Pelle.....................1999-02......................255 2. Sofia Konoukh................2001-03......................224 3. Moriah Van Norman.......2003-06......................215 4. Nina Wengst..................1999-02......................213 5. Brittany Hayes................2004-07......................209 6. Katrin Dierolf..................2000-03......................204 7. Monica Vavic..................2012-15......................291 8. Michelle Stein.................2006-09......................170 9. Stephania Haralabidis.2014-present..............155 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 20. Kally Lucas.....................2007-10..................... 113 21. Veronika Bartunkova......2005-08......................106 22. Ioanna Haralabidis ...2014-present.......... 104 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(12-0 SCHEDULE/RESULTS overall • 1-0 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 March 11 March 17 March 19 March 26
at #9 Arizona State * #6 UC Irvine at Hawai’i at Hawai’i (scrimmage) at San Jose State *
W 5 p.m. 6 p.m. HT TBA 1 p.m.
April 2 April 3 April 9 April 16 April 22
at San Diego State CSU Bakersfield * UCLA * Redlands at Stanford * California * (P12)
10 a.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m.
MPSF Tournament (hosted by CSU 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
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Peterson 3, Games 2, S. Haralabidis 2, Daboub.
Player Goals Stephania Haralabidis 33 * MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center Avery Peterson 22 @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego % UCI Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine ~ game played in Honolulu Ioanna Haralabidis 21 & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by CSU Bakersfield ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by UCLA Brigitta Games 20 Brianna Daboub 13 Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Hayley McKelvey 11 Goalie 5 / 17 29 6.8 24 5.7 Annika Jensen 9 Victória Chamorro 8 / 25 54 8.6 32 5.1 Melissa Bergesen 8 Amanda Longan 5 / 6 10 6.7 1 0.7 Nikki Stansfield 7 Alegra Hueso 12 games 93 7.8 57 4.8 Courtney Fahey 5 Totals Mackenzie Flath 4 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. Dagmar Gudmundsson 3 Goals by Period 1 49 38 41 30 - - - - 158 13.2 Sydney Blubaugh 1 USC 17 12 17 11 - - - - 57 4.8 Brooke Presten 1 Opponents TOTAL 158
Longan 5
Games Mult-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Stephania Haralabidis 12 10 33 Ioanna Haralabidis 11 6 21 Brigitta Games 11 6 20 Avery Peterson 9 6 22 Brianna Daboub 9 3 13 Hayley McKelvey 7 3 11 Nikki Stansfield 5 2 7 Annika Jensen 4 3 9 Melissa Bergesen 4 2 8 Courtney Fahey 3 2 5 Mackenzie Flath 3 1 4 Dagmar Gudmundsson 3 0 3 Sydney Blubaugh 1 0 1 Brooke Presten 1 0 1
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MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Mar. 7, 2016
INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 24
ATHLETE Rae Lekness Stephania Haralabidis Carla Carrega Jamie Neushul Kat Klass Ashley Paz Avery Peterson Ioanna Haralabidis Brigitta Games Mackenzie Barr Daisy Carter India Forster Carla Toha Vilanova Emily Loughlin Anna Yelizarova Devin Grab Gurpreet Sohi Lizette Rozeboom Abbey Kerth Alexa Tielmann Dani Jackovich Katie Sverchek Maud Koopman Brianna Daboub
YEAR SR JR SO JR FR SO JR JR JR JR SR SR FR JR SR SO SR FR SR R-JR JR SR FR SO
GOALS 52 33 43 29 28 35 22 21 20 27 17 26 27 25 22 24 21 18 14 21 18 13 13 13
GOALS/GAME 2.89 2.75 2.15 1.93 1.87 1.84 1.83 1.75 1.67 1.59 1.55 1.53 1.50 1.47 1.47 1.41 1.40 1.29 1.27 1.24 1.20 1.18 1.18 1.08
*Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SO Arizona State 10.5 124 SR CSU Bakersfield 12.25 142 FR UCLA 9 91 JR CSU Bakersfield 6.75 67 FR USC 6.25 54 SR UCLA 8 69 R-SO Stanford 13.5 111 SO San Jose State 8.5 61 SO USC 4.25 29 FR San Jose State 6.75 40 JR California 11.09 65 FR California 7.94 40
SAVES/GAME 11.81 11.59 10.11 9.93 8.64 8.63 8.22 7.18 6.82 5.93 5.86 5.04
GOALKEEPER SAVES
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12
ATHLETE Mia Rycraw Courtney Wahlstrom Carlee Kapana Brittany Tyra Amanda Longan Alex Musselman Julia Hermann Tayler Peters Victoria Chamorro Alicia Magliocco Madeline Trabucco Madison Tagg
SCHOOL San Jose State USC California Stanford Stanford CSU Bakersfield USC USC USC UCLA Arizona State UCLA San Jose State California Stanford UCLA Stanford UCLA Arizona State UCLA Stanford Arizona State Arizona State USC
GAMES 18 12 20 15 15 19 12 12 12 17 11 17 18 17 15 17 15 14 11 17 15 11 11 12
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MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at conference tournament, hosted by CSU Bakersfield, April 29-May 1
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Friday, March 11 UC Irvine at USC
Sunday, March 6
5:00 pm UCLA 9, MICHIGAN 5 MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Mar. 7, 2016 UCLA 20, Bucknell 5 (at Michigan)
Saturday, March 12 STATS INDIVIDUAL *CSU Bakersfield at ARIZONA STATE 11:00 am Saturday, March 5 *SanGOALS Jose State at CALIFORNIA 1:00 GOALS-AGAINST *MustAppear Appear Inpm 30% % of of Team Team Games Quarters *Must In 50 *USC 8, ARIZONA STATE 3 % Redlands at ARIZONA STATE 4:00 pm ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL QUARTERS GA GAA ATHLETE SCHOOL GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME % CSU Bakersfield vs. Wagner (at ArizonaYEAR State) 5:30 pm *Stanford 17, SAN JOSE STATE 3 Madeline Trabucco JR 44.375 4.69 1 1 Rae Lekness SR SanCalifornia Jose State 18 52 2.89 UCLA 22, George Washington 5 (at Michigan) March 13 2 Stephania Carlee Kapana FR UCLA 3617, Loyola Marymount 46 4 (at Michigan) 5.11 2Sunday, Haralabidis JR USC 12 33 2.75 UCLA % CSU Bakersfield vs. Redlands (at Arizona State) 9:00 am UC DAVIS 8, California 6 3 Amanda Longan FR USC 25 32 5.12 3% Wagner CarlaatCarrega SO California 20 43 2.15 ARIZONA STATE 10:30 am California Madison TaggSTATE FR California 31.75 444 (at UC Davis) 5.54 atNeushul ARIZONA 12:00 pm 4% 4Redlands Jamie JR Stanford 15 13, Santa Clara 29 1.93 CSU54 Bakersfield 10, CSUN 5 Kat Julia Hermann R-SO Stanford 76 8 (at Citrus College) 5.63 5Thursday, Klass FR Stanford 15Bakersfield 10, AZUSA 28 1.87College) CSU PACIFIC 7 (at Citrus March 17 6 Victoria Chamorro SO USC 17 24 5.65 6USCAshley SO CSU6:00 Bakersfield 19 35 1.84 at HAWAIIPaz pm
Alex Peterson Musselman SR 7 7 Avery JR Friday, March 18 8 Ioanna Mia Rycraw SO 8& San Haralabidis JR Jose State vs. Whittier (at LMU) 9 Brigitta Courtney SR Jose State at Wahlstrom LOYOLA MARYMOUNTJR 9& San Games 10 Brittany Tyra JR 10 Mackenzie Barr JR Saturday, March 19 11 Tayler Peters SO 11 Daisy Carter SR & San Jose State vs. CSUN (at LMU) 12India Alicia Magliocco FR CSU Bakersfield at FRESNO PACIFIC 12 Forster SR & San Jose State vs. Azusa Pacific (at LMU) 13 CarlaatToha Vilanova FR # Michigan ARIZONA STATE TEAM 14 Loughlin JR San Emily Diego State atSTATS CALIFORNIA CSUAnna Bakersfield vs. CSU Monterey Bay (at FPU) 14 Yelizarova SR TEAM GOALS # Pomona at ARIZONA STATE 16 Devin Grab SO TEAM GAMES Sunday, March 20 171 Gurpreet Sohi SR USC 12 # Pacific at ARIZONA STATE 18 Lizette Rozeboom FR 2 Stanford 15 Stanford at UC SAN DIEGO 19 SR 3 Abbey UCLA 17 *UCLA at CSUKerth BAKERSFIELD # Marist at ARIZONA STATE 20 Tielmann R-JR 4 Alexa California 20 215 Dani Jackovich JR CSU Bakersfield 19 226 Katie Sverchek SR San Jose State 18 227 Maud Koopman FR Arizona State 11 24 Brianna Daboub SO
UCLA 32 49 6.13 USC 12 22 1.83 Arizona State 42 65 6.19 USC 12 21 1.75 10:15 am CSU Bakersfield 49 104 8.49 3:15USC pm 12 20 1.67 CSUUCLA Bakersfield 27 60 8.89 17 27 1.59 San Jose State 34 82 WOMEN’S Preseason 9.65 Arizona 11 17 1.55 2016 Poll 8:00 am State San Jose 27 70 10.37 (Preseason • Jan. 13) 11:00 am State UCLA 17 26 1.53 2015 am San11:45 Jose 18 27 School 1.50 Rank Final Rank Points 12:00 pm State SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOTES 1. 25 Stanford 98 California 17 1.47 1 1:00 pm 2. UCLA 2 95 *MPSF Conference Game 2:00 pm Stanford 15 22 1.47 3. 3 92 % Arizona State Invitational IIUSC 3:30 pm 4. 24 California 1.41 4 86 UCLA 17 State Invitational GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME # Arizona III 5. UC Irvine 5 77 Stanford 15 Marymount 6. 21 Arizona State 1.40 9 &13.17 Loyola Invitational 158 73 10:00 am Home Times Local to Site1.29 6 (T) UCLA 14Team in CAPS;7. All18 Hawaii 67 196 13.07 12:00 pm 8. 14 San Jose State 1.27 8 62 Arizona 11 11.82 1:00 201 pm State 9. UC Davis 11 46 1:30 pm UCLA 17 195 9.75 10. 21 UC Pacific 1.2416 (T) 45 11. 18 Princeton 40 Stanford 15 1.20 6 (T) 172 9.05 12t. Indiana 12 36 Arizona 11 13 1.18 158State 8.78 12t. Michigan RV 36 14. 13 UC Santa Barbara 34 Arizona 11 1.1813 (T) 88State 8.00 15. Loyola Marymount 13 (T) 33 USC 12 13 MPSF 1.0816 (T) Water Polo 1 16. 2016San Diego State • Page 31
17. TEAM DEFENSE 18. TEAM GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME GOALKEEPER SAVES *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters 19.
1 ATHLETE USC California 1 2 Mia Rycraw 2 3 Courtney Stanford Wahlstrom UCLA 3 4 Carlee Kapana 5 Arizona 4 Brittany Tyra State CSULongan Bakersfield 5 6 Amanda 7 San Jose 6 Alex MusselmanState 7 Julia Hermann 8 Tayler Peters 9 Victoria Chamorro 10 Alicia Magliocco 11 Madeline Trabucco 12 Madison Tagg
12 YEAR 20 SO 15 SR 17 FR 11 JR 19 FR 18 SR R-SO SO SO FR JR FR
57 SCHOOL 103State Arizona 80 CSU Bakersfield 95 UCLA 68 CSU Bakersfield 164 USC 172 UCLA Stanford San Jose State USC San Jose State California California
4.75 GAMES 5.15 10.5 5.33 12.25 5.59 9 6.18 6.75 8.63 6.25 9.56 8 13.5 8.5 4.25 6.75 11.09 7.94
Long Beach State 15 28 Cal State Northridge 10 26 Hartwick 18 (T) 24 20. Wagner SAVES/GAME 18 (T) 8 SAVES Others UC San Diego 7, 124 receiving votes: 11.81 Harvard 2, Cal Baptist 1, 142 7, Marist 2, Iona 11.59 Bucknell 1.
91 10.11 67 9.93 2016 COACHES 54 MPSF8.64 PRESEASON 69 8.63 POLL Team (1st-place votes) Points 1. 111 Stanford (3) 8.22 32 7.18 2. 61 USC (3) 31 3. 29 UCLA (1) 6.82 29 4. 40 California 5.93 22 5. Arizona State 15 6. 65 San Jose State 5.86 12 7. 40 CSU Bakersfield5.04 6
2010 University ofof Southern California Men’s Water PoloPolo 2016 UniversiTy SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer
2016 USC Women’s Water Polo Roster #
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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 Sydney Blubaugh 5-8 2-Meter Nikki Stansfield 5-11 2-Meter 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 Janiero, 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) Los Alamitos, Calif. (Mater Dei 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: TBD
PRONUNCIATIONS
#3 Ioanna Haralabidis #5 Sydney Blubaugh #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.
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2016 WOMEN’S WATER POLO
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Release #6 — March 9, 2016
No. 1 USC Is Back In Home Waters For Friday Clash With UC Irvine Undefeated Trojans host the No. 6 Anteaters at 5 p.m. on Friday at Uytengsu Aquatics Center.
2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Date Opponent Feb. 5 #19 UC San Diego Feb. 6 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
W 13-3 W 11-10 W 7-6 W 10-7
March 5 March 11 March 17 March 19 March 26
at #9 Arizona State * #6 UC IRVINE at Hawai’i at Hawai’i (scrimmage) at San Jose State *
W 8-3 5 p.m. 6 p.m. HT TBA 1 p.m.
April 2 April 3 April 9 April 16 April 22
at San Diego State CSU Bakersfield * UCLA * Redlands at Stanford * California * (P12)
10 a.m. 1 p.m. 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 Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6t. 6t. 8. 9. 10.
(Week 8 • March 9)
School USC UCLA Stanford Hawaii Michigan UC Davis UC Irvine California Arizona State San Jose State
Last Week 1 2 3 4 5 8 6t 6t 9 10
Points 100 96 92 88 83 78 78 72 69 63
THIS WEEK @USCWaterPolo The No. 1 team in the nation returns home this week, toting a perfect 12-0 record as the Trojans splash back down into home waters at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. Top-ranked USC (12-0, 1-0 MPSF) will turn to a nonconference game this week, hosting No. 6 UC Irvine (11-7) in a 5 p.m. clash on Friday (March 11). USC-UCI LIVE STATS: http://live.thefosh.net/livestats.php?gameid=1423 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 UCI The No. 6 Anteaters are 11-7 overall after picking up three wins last weekend. UCI beat Occidental 21-1 and Pomona-Pitzer 14-2 before getting a 6-5 win over San Diego State in sudden death. Sun Devils are 7-3 overall after going 3-1 at the UCI Invitational last week. Mary Brooks is UCI’s top scorer with 31 goals to date, while goalie Jenna Phreaner is averaging 5.9 saves and 6.7 goals-against per game in 12 appearances. USC is 26-3 all-time against the Anteaters after an 11-10 win two weeks ago during group play at the UCI Invitational. Last year, USC beat UC Irvine 10-5 at the Triton Invitational and then an 11-7 nonconference win in Irvine. LAST WEEK USC nabbed a strong road win to kick off MPSF action in winning fashion last weekend, beating No. 9 host Arizona State 8-3 thanks to a fierce defensive effort and consistent offensive production. Junior Avery Peterson served up a hat trick for the Trojan cause, while freshman goalie Amanda Longan locked in for five saves, including an early 5-meter penalty stop, to help keep USC undefeated on the year. Longan’s reach helped turn away the Sun Devils on a couple early opportunities for the hosts. Brigitta Games and Stephania Haralabidis, meanwhile, would hammer home goals at the other end for USC to build an early 2-0 lead. ASU would break through on a 6-on-5 before the close of the first to make it 2-1, but Longan would turn ASU away once more to open the second. Peterson punched in her first goal of the game next to take the Trojans ahead 3-1, and again ASU would close the gap. The Haralabidis sisters combined forces next, as Ioanna Haralabidis hit Stephania Haralabidis for the bar-in strike to take USC ahead 4-2 for a padded lead that would hold through to halftime. The USC defense would hold the Sun Devils silent in the next eight minutes while Brianna Daboub rifled in a blast to the top corner and Peterson followed with a score from the post to get USC up 6-2 entering the fourth. ASU broke through to make it 6-3, but USC had two more goals lying in wait. Games showed her strength and savvy again with a score out of set and then Peterson would wrap the day’s work in completing her hat trick and taking the Trojans to an 8-3 final decision. Avery Peterson would pick up her first career selection as MPSF Player of the Week for her efforts. 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 cham-
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2016 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo pionship, 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 12 games of 2016, undefeated USC has outscored opponents 150-54, leading the MPSF in offense (13.2 gpg) and in defense (4.8 gapg). Junior Stephania Haralabidis is the top scorer to date with 33 goals — ranking her No. 9 all-time in career scoring with 155 goals. Just a notch behind her are three fellow juniors. Fellow junior Avery Peterson has already bettered her sophomore season total with 22 goals to date, followed closely by Ioanna Haralabidis, who has cracked the century mark in career goals thanks to her 22 goals scored to date in 2016. Just a step behind her is Brigitta Games with 20 goalsto date. On the defensive end, freshman goalie Amanda Longan has capped in eight games and is averaging 8.6 saves and 5.1 goalsagainst per game in her 25 periods of work. Returning All-American goalie Victória Chamorro has appeared in 17 periods and averages 6.8 saves and 5.7 goals-against per game. Senior goalie Alegra Hueso has allowed only one goal in her six frames of work in the cage to date. 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 has 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 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
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. Aniko Pelle.....................1999-02......................255 2. Sofia Konoukh................2001-03......................224 3. Moriah Van Norman.......2003-06......................215 4. Nina Wengst..................1999-02......................213 5. Brittany Hayes................2004-07......................209 6. Katrin Dierolf..................2000-03......................204 7. Monica Vavic..................2012-15......................291 8. Michelle Stein.................2006-09......................170 9. Stephania Haralabidis.2014-present..............155 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 20. Kally Lucas.....................2007-10..................... 113 21. Veronika Bartunkova......2005-08......................106 22. Ioanna Haralabidis ...2014-present.......... 104 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(12-0 SCHEDULE/RESULTS overall • 1-0 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 March 11 March 17 March 19 March 26
at #9 Arizona State * #6 UC Irvine at Hawai’i at Hawai’i (scrimmage) at San Jose State *
W 5 p.m. 6 p.m. HT TBA 1 p.m.
April 2 April 3 April 9 April 16 April 22
at San Diego State CSU Bakersfield * UCLA * Redlands at Stanford * California * (P12)
10 a.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m.
MPSF Tournament (hosted by CSU 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
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Peterson 3, Games 2, S. Haralabidis 2, Daboub.
Player Goals Stephania Haralabidis 33 * MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center Avery Peterson 22 @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego % UCI Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine ~ game played in Honolulu Ioanna Haralabidis 21 & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by CSU Bakersfield ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by UCLA Brigitta Games 20 Brianna Daboub 13 Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Hayley McKelvey 11 Goalie 5 / 17 29 6.8 24 5.7 Annika Jensen 9 Victória Chamorro 8 / 25 54 8.6 32 5.1 Melissa Bergesen 8 Amanda Longan 5 / 6 10 6.7 1 0.7 Nikki Stansfield 7 Alegra Hueso 12 games 93 7.8 57 4.8 Courtney Fahey 5 Totals Mackenzie Flath 4 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. Dagmar Gudmundsson 3 Goals by Period 1 49 38 41 30 - - - - 158 13.2 Sydney Blubaugh 1 USC 17 12 17 11 - - - - 57 4.8 Brooke Presten 1 Opponents TOTAL 158
Longan 5
Games Mult-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Stephania Haralabidis 12 10 33 Ioanna Haralabidis 11 6 21 Brigitta Games 11 6 20 Avery Peterson 9 6 22 Brianna Daboub 9 3 13 Hayley McKelvey 7 3 11 Nikki Stansfield 5 2 7 Annika Jensen 4 3 9 Melissa Bergesen 4 2 8 Courtney Fahey 3 2 5 Mackenzie Flath 3 1 4 Dagmar Gudmundsson 3 0 3 Sydney Blubaugh 1 0 1 Brooke Presten 1 0 1
2016 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo
MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Mar. 7, 2016
INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games
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ATHLETE Rae Lekness Stephania Haralabidis Carla Carrega Jamie Neushul Kat Klass Ashley Paz Avery Peterson Ioanna Haralabidis Brigitta Games Mackenzie Barr Daisy Carter India Forster Carla Toha Vilanova Emily Loughlin Anna Yelizarova Devin Grab Gurpreet Sohi Lizette Rozeboom Abbey Kerth Alexa Tielmann Dani Jackovich Katie Sverchek Maud Koopman Brianna Daboub
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GOALS 52 33 43 29 28 35 22 21 20 27 17 26 27 25 22 24 21 18 14 21 18 13 13 13
GOALS/GAME 2.89 2.75 2.15 1.93 1.87 1.84 1.83 1.75 1.67 1.59 1.55 1.53 1.50 1.47 1.47 1.41 1.40 1.29 1.27 1.24 1.20 1.18 1.18 1.08
*Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SO Arizona State 10.5 124 SR CSU Bakersfield 12.25 142 FR UCLA 9 91 JR CSU Bakersfield 6.75 67 FR USC 6.25 54 SR UCLA 8 69 R-SO Stanford 13.5 111 SO San Jose State 8.5 61 SO USC 4.25 29 FR San Jose State 6.75 40 JR California 11.09 65 FR California 7.94 40
SAVES/GAME 11.81 11.59 10.11 9.93 8.64 8.63 8.22 7.18 6.82 5.93 5.86 5.04
GOALKEEPER SAVES
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ATHLETE Mia Rycraw Courtney Wahlstrom Carlee Kapana Brittany Tyra Amanda Longan Alex Musselman Julia Hermann Tayler Peters Victoria Chamorro Alicia Magliocco Madeline Trabucco Madison Tagg
SCHOOL San Jose State USC California Stanford Stanford CSU Bakersfield USC USC USC UCLA Arizona State UCLA San Jose State California Stanford UCLA Stanford UCLA Arizona State UCLA Stanford Arizona State Arizona State USC
GAMES 18 12 20 15 15 19 12 12 12 17 11 17 18 17 15 17 15 14 11 17 15 11 11 12
2016 MPSF Women’s Water Polo News Release # 7 2016 of March 8,UniversiTy 2016
USC Stanford UCLA California CSU Bakersfield Arizona State San Jose State
Contact: Darren Preston [email protected] WOMen’s WaTer www.mpsports.org
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MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at conference tournament, hosted by CSU Bakersfield, April 29-May 1
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Friday, March 11 UC Irvine at USC
Sunday, March 6
5:00 pm UCLA 9, MICHIGAN 5 MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Mar. 7, 2016 UCLA 20, Bucknell 5 (at Michigan)
Saturday, March 12 STATS INDIVIDUAL *CSU Bakersfield at ARIZONA STATE 11:00 am Saturday, March 5 *SanGOALS Jose State at CALIFORNIA 1:00 GOALS-AGAINST *MustAppear Appear Inpm 30% % of of Team Team Games Quarters *Must In 50 *USC 8, ARIZONA STATE 3 % Redlands at ARIZONA STATE 4:00 pm ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL QUARTERS GA GAA ATHLETE SCHOOL GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME % CSU Bakersfield vs. Wagner (at ArizonaYEAR State) 5:30 pm *Stanford 17, SAN JOSE STATE 3 Madeline Trabucco JR 44.375 4.69 1 1 Rae Lekness SR SanCalifornia Jose State 18 52 2.89 UCLA 22, George Washington 5 (at Michigan) March 13 2 Stephania Carlee Kapana FR UCLA 3617, Loyola Marymount 46 4 (at Michigan) 5.11 2Sunday, Haralabidis JR USC 12 33 2.75 UCLA % CSU Bakersfield vs. Redlands (at Arizona State) 9:00 am UC DAVIS 8, California 6 3 Amanda Longan FR USC 25 32 5.12 3% Wagner CarlaatCarrega SO California 20 43 2.15 ARIZONA STATE 10:30 am California Madison TaggSTATE FR California 31.75 444 (at UC Davis) 5.54 atNeushul ARIZONA 12:00 pm 4% 4Redlands Jamie JR Stanford 15 13, Santa Clara 29 1.93 CSU54 Bakersfield 10, CSUN 5 Kat Julia Hermann R-SO Stanford 76 8 (at Citrus College) 5.63 5Thursday, Klass FR Stanford 15Bakersfield 10, AZUSA 28 1.87College) CSU PACIFIC 7 (at Citrus March 17 6 Victoria Chamorro SO USC 17 24 5.65 6USCAshley SO CSU6:00 Bakersfield 19 35 1.84 at HAWAIIPaz pm
Alex Peterson Musselman SR 7 7 Avery JR Friday, March 18 8 Ioanna Mia Rycraw SO 8& San Haralabidis JR Jose State vs. Whittier (at LMU) 9 Brigitta Courtney SR Jose State at Wahlstrom LOYOLA MARYMOUNTJR 9& San Games 10 Brittany Tyra JR 10 Mackenzie Barr JR Saturday, March 19 11 Tayler Peters SO 11 Daisy Carter SR & San Jose State vs. CSUN (at LMU) 12India Alicia Magliocco FR CSU Bakersfield at FRESNO PACIFIC 12 Forster SR & San Jose State vs. Azusa Pacific (at LMU) 13 CarlaatToha Vilanova FR # Michigan ARIZONA STATE TEAM 14 Loughlin JR San Emily Diego State atSTATS CALIFORNIA CSUAnna Bakersfield vs. CSU Monterey Bay (at FPU) 14 Yelizarova SR TEAM GOALS # Pomona at ARIZONA STATE 16 Devin Grab SO TEAM GAMES Sunday, March 20 171 Gurpreet Sohi SR USC 12 # Pacific at ARIZONA STATE 18 Lizette Rozeboom FR 2 Stanford 15 Stanford at UC SAN DIEGO 19 SR 3 Abbey UCLA 17 *UCLA at CSUKerth BAKERSFIELD # Marist at ARIZONA STATE 20 Tielmann R-JR 4 Alexa California 20 215 Dani Jackovich JR CSU Bakersfield 19 226 Katie Sverchek SR San Jose State 18 227 Maud Koopman FR Arizona State 11 24 Brianna Daboub SO
UCLA 32 49 6.13 USC 12 22 1.83 Arizona State 42 65 6.19 USC 12 21 1.75 10:15 am CSU Bakersfield 49 104 8.49 3:15USC pm 12 20 1.67 CSUUCLA Bakersfield 27 60 8.89 17 27 1.59 San Jose State 34 82 WOMEN’S Preseason 9.65 Arizona 11 17 1.55 2016 Poll 8:00 am State San Jose 27 70 10.37 (Preseason • Jan. 13) 11:00 am State UCLA 17 26 1.53 2015 am San11:45 Jose 18 27 School 1.50 Rank Final Rank Points 12:00 pm State SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOTES 1. 25 Stanford 98 California 17 1.47 1 1:00 pm 2. UCLA 2 95 *MPSF Conference Game 2:00 pm Stanford 15 22 1.47 3. 3 92 % Arizona State Invitational IIUSC 3:30 pm 4. 24 California 1.41 4 86 UCLA 17 State Invitational GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME # Arizona III 5. UC Irvine 5 77 Stanford 15 Marymount 6. 21 Arizona State 1.40 9 &13.17 Loyola Invitational 158 73 10:00 am Home Times Local to Site1.29 6 (T) UCLA 14Team in CAPS;7. All18 Hawaii 67 196 13.07 12:00 pm 8. 14 San Jose State 1.27 8 62 Arizona 11 11.82 1:00 201 pm State 9. UC Davis 11 46 1:30 pm UCLA 17 195 9.75 10. 21 UC Pacific 1.2416 (T) 45 11. 18 Princeton 40 Stanford 15 1.20 6 (T) 172 9.05 12t. Indiana 12 36 Arizona 11 13 1.18 158State 8.78 12t. Michigan RV 36 14. 13 UC Santa Barbara 34 Arizona 11 1.1813 (T) 88State 8.00 15. Loyola Marymount 13 (T) 33 USC 12 13 MPSF 1.0816 (T) Water Polo 1 16. 2016San Diego State • Page 31
17. TEAM DEFENSE 18. TEAM GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME GOALKEEPER SAVES *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters 19.
1 ATHLETE USC California 1 2 Mia Rycraw 2 3 Courtney Stanford Wahlstrom UCLA 3 4 Carlee Kapana 5 Arizona 4 Brittany Tyra State CSULongan Bakersfield 5 6 Amanda 7 San Jose 6 Alex MusselmanState 7 Julia Hermann 8 Tayler Peters 9 Victoria Chamorro 10 Alicia Magliocco 11 Madeline Trabucco 12 Madison Tagg
12 YEAR 20 SO 15 SR 17 FR 11 JR 19 FR 18 SR R-SO SO SO FR JR FR
57 SCHOOL 103State Arizona 80 CSU Bakersfield 95 UCLA 68 CSU Bakersfield 164 USC 172 UCLA Stanford San Jose State USC San Jose State California California
4.75 GAMES 5.15 10.5 5.33 12.25 5.59 9 6.18 6.75 8.63 6.25 9.56 8 13.5 8.5 4.25 6.75 11.09 7.94
Long Beach State 15 28 Cal State Northridge 10 26 Hartwick 18 (T) 24 20. Wagner SAVES/GAME 18 (T) 8 SAVES Others UC San Diego 7, 124 receiving votes: 11.81 Harvard 2, Cal Baptist 1, 142 7, Marist 2, Iona 11.59 Bucknell 1.
91 10.11 67 9.93 2016 COACHES 54 MPSF8.64 PRESEASON 69 8.63 POLL Team (1st-place votes) Points 1. 111 Stanford (3) 8.22 32 7.18 2. 61 USC (3) 31 3. 29 UCLA (1) 6.82 29 4. 40 California 5.93 22 5. Arizona State 15 6. 65 San Jose State 5.86 12 7. 40 CSU Bakersfield5.04 6
2010 University ofof Southern California Men’s Water PoloPolo 2016 UniversiTy SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer
2016 USC Women’s Water Polo Roster #
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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 Sydney Blubaugh 5-8 2-Meter Nikki Stansfield 5-11 2-Meter 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
SO FR SR JR SO SO JR SO JR FR SR FR SO JR SO FR JR FR JR SO SO JR JR FR SR SO SO SR
HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) Rio de Janiero, 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) Los Alamitos, Calif. (Mater Dei 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: TBD
PRONUNCIATIONS
#3 Ioanna Haralabidis #5 Sydney Blubaugh #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.
