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2016 WOMEN’S WATER POLO
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Release #2 — Feb. 10, 2016
No. 2 USC Scrimmages Brazil Wednesday Before Trip To Triton Invite
Trojans will dig into some strong competition this weekend at the Triton Invitational on Saturday and Sunday in La Jolla.
2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Date Opponent Feb. 5 #19 UC San Diego Feb. 6 at Whittier Feb. 10 BRAZIL (scrimmage)
Time/Result W 17-4 W 28-2 5 p.m.
Triton Invitational Feb. 13 @Santa Clara 8 a.m. Feb. 13 @#17 Indiana/#19 UC San Diego TBD Feb. 14 @TBD TBD Feb. 14 @TBD TBD Feb. 20
Cal State Northridge
UCI Invitational Feb. 27 %TBD Feb. 27 %TBD Feb. 28 %TBD Feb. 28 %TBD
1 p.m. TBD TBD TBD TBD
March 5 March 11 March 17 March 19 March 26
at Arizona State * UC IRVINE at Hawai’i at Hawai’i (scrimmage) at San Jose State *
1 p.m. MT 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 (Week 4 • Feb. 10)
Rank School Last Week 1. UCLA 2 2. USC 3 3. California 5 (T) 4. Stanford 1 5. Arizona State 5 (T) 6. Michigan 7 7t. Hawaii 4 7t. UC Davis 8 (T) 9. UC Irvine 10 10. San Jose State 8 (T)
Points 98 96 92 90 82 78 72 72 69 62
@USCWaterPolo THIS WEEK No. 2 USC women’s water polo has a busy week ahead, setting up for a midweek scrimmage against the Brazilian National Team before heading into its first tournament competition of the year at the Triton Invitational. First, USC will line up against current sophomore goalie Victória Chamorro’s own national team for a 5 p.m. scrimmage against Brazil on Wednesday (Feb. 10). Then, the Trojans (2-0) set up camp in La Jolla, Calif., as one of 16 teams engaged in action at the Triton Invitational. No. 2 USC is in a bracket with No. 17 Indiana, No. 19 UC San Diego and Santa Clara and will open up with an 8 a.m. matchup against the Broncos on Saturday (Feb. 13) morning. A win there would put USC up against the UCSD-Indiana winner at 2:40 p.m. that same afternoon. If the Trojans get through Saturday with a pair of wins, they’ll head into the semifinals on Sunday (Feb. 14) at 12:30 p.m. The tournament championship game is set for 5:50 p.m. that evening, preceded by the third-place game at 4:30 p.m. — all at UC San Diego’s Triton 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. In this week’s poll, the Trojans have moved up to rank No. 2 in the nation. TRITON INVITATIONAL NOTES This year’s edition of the competitive Triton Invitational features 16 teams, including three MPSF teams in USC, UCLA and Arizona State. The teams will open up action playing through four-team brackets, designated as follows: Bracket A: #1 UCLA, #16 LMU, #18 San Diego State, Sonoma State Bracket B: #2 USC, #17 Indiana, #19 UC San Diego, Santa Clara Bracket C: #5 Arizona State, #11 UC Santa Barbara, #21 Marist, #25 Cal State East Bay Bracket D: #7 UC Davis, #9 UC Irvine, #22 Long Beach State, #25 Cal State Northridge On Sunday, semifinals and placement games will be held. Last year, the Trojans went undefeated at the 2015 Triton Invitational. USC beat Cal State East Bay 22-4 and Long Beach State 15-1 on the first day and then topped Cal State Northridge 19-3 in the semifinals and UC Irvine 10-5 in the title match. Follow along at the 2016 Triton Invitational page: www. ucsdtritons.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5800&ATCLID=210685892 LAST WEEK USC picked up two big wins last week in its first official competition of the year. In the Trojans’ home opener on Friday night, they whipped up a 17-4 win over UC San Diego, shining in their home pool and getting three Trojans on the scoresheet with hat tricks to kick off the 2016 campaign. The Women of Troy peeled out to a 4-0 lead on goals from four different players. Stephania Haralabidis rang up the first official USC goal of the year on her way to an eventual hat trick. Hayley McKelvey punched one through next, followed by blasts from Nikki Stansfield and Annika Jensen in USC’s well-rounded offensive onslaught out of the gates. UC San Diego would get one to go on a power play, but the Trojans reloaded and regrouped from there. Goalie Victória Chamorro and her USC defense would shut out the Tritons for the next 10-plus minutes of action. Meanwhile, USC piled on five more goals to hold a 9-1 advantage at halftime. Freshman Amanda Longan stepped into the cage for the second half of action, and the USC offense would continue to click. Another four USC goals were pinned up on the board as Brigitta Games gathered in her second and third of an eventual four goals in the game. Stansfield and Haralabidis each tacked up another for
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2016 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo the Trojan cause, and USC was up 13-2 entering the fourth and final frame. There, Avery Peterson would close out her hat trick on the day, as would Haralabidis, while the Trojans finished off a decisive 17-4 victory. The next night, USC surged to victory at Whittier, topping the Poets 28-2 to bump the Trojans’ record to 2-0 to start the year. Led by junior Avery Peterson’s six-goal game, USC registered six Trojans with three or more goals, while two Trojans tallied the first goals of their career. USC utilized a secondperiod shutout to help secure compete control of the game. After Whittier finished up the first with a score to make it 8-2, the Trojans rattled off eight unanswered goals in the next eight minutes. By halftime, three Trojans would weigh in with hat tricks, led by a four-goal effort by Avery Peterson in the first half of action. In building a 16-2 lead at the half, USC had gotten eight different Trojans in on the scoring, while freshman goalie Amanda Longan held court in the cage. Fellow freshman Mackenzie Flath would tally her first career goal during the first-half scoring frenzy as well. Longan would give way to senior Alegra Hueso in goal for the second half, and USC’s offense continued to click. In the third frame, Ioanna Haralabidis served three goals all her own as USC kept its foot on the gas. Brigitta Games tallied two more goals around a save from Hueso, and USC was rolling right along to a 22-2 advantage entering the fourth frame. There, Annika Jensen would complete the first hat trick of her young Trojan career, become the sixth USC player to hit three or more in tonight’s game. Peterson, meanwhile, would make it a career day for herself as well, rifling in her fifth goal of the night to build up a 24-2 USC lead. Soon after, freshman Courtney Fahey rang up her first goals as a Trojan with back-to-back strikes. Peterson would forge on in wrapping the game with one last goal for a 28-2 final. USC had scored 20 straight unanswered goals to finish out the win. BY THE NUMBERS Through the first two games of 2016, USC has outscoring opponents 45-6, leading the MPSF in offense (22.5 gpg) and in defense (3.0 gapg). Junior Avery Peterson is the top scorer to date with 9 goals — thanks to a career-high 6 scores tallied at Whittier to put her in reach of last season’s scoring total of 13 goals. Next in line in scoring this year is junior Brigitta Games with 7 goals, followed by Stephania Haralabidis with 6, Ioanna Haralabidis with 5 and Annika Jensen with 4. Stephania Haralabidis now ranks No. 15 all-time in career scoring at USC with 128 career goals. On the defensive end, freshman goalie Amanda Longan capped up for two periods in both games, making a total of 8 saves and allowing 5 goals. Returning All-American goalie Victória Chamorro played two frames, making 4 saves and allowing one goal, while senior Alegra Hueso stepped in for 5 saves and no goals allowed in her two periods vs. Whittier.
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.
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. Kami Craig.....................2006-10......................152 10. Christina McCall.............1995-97......................142 Alexandra Kiss................2007-10 Kaleigh Gilchrist.............2011-14 13. Erika Figge.....................2004-07......................137 14. Joelle Bekhazi.................2009-11......................135 15. Stephania Haralabidis.2014-present..............128 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
power Brigitta Games. The Haralabidis twins earned All-American status last season as well. OH CAPTAINS, MY CAPTAINS The most experienced player in the pool this In all, USC returns 11 members of last season’s season is junior Avery Peterson — one of three 16-player NCAA roster. • 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. 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
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2016 USC(2-0 SCHEDULE/RESULTS overall • 0-0 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 Feb. 10 Brazil (scrimmage) 5 p.m. Triton Invitational Feb. 13 @Santa Clara Feb. 13 @#17 Indiana/#19 UC San Diego Feb. 14 @TBD Feb. 14 @TBD
8 a.m. TBD TBD TBD
Feb. 20
Cal State Northridge
1 p.m.
UCI Invitational Feb. 27 Feb. 27 Feb. 28 Feb. 28
%TBD %TBD %TBD %TBD
March 5 March 11 March 17 March 19 March 26
at Arizona State * UC Irvine at Hawai’i at Hawai’i (scrimmage) at San Jose State *
1 p.m. MT 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.
TBD TBD TBD TBD
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
Player Avery Peterson Brigitta Games Stephania Haralabidis Ioanna Haralabidis Annika Jensen Melissa Bergesen Nikki Stansfield Brianna Daboub Hayley McKelvey Mackenzie Flath Courtney Fahey Brooke Presten Dagmar Gudmundsson Sydney Blubaugh TOTAL
Goals 9 7 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 45
* MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego % UCI Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine ~ game played in Honolulu & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by CSU Bakersfield ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by UCLA
Goalie Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Victória Chamorro 1 / 2 4 8.0 1 2.0 Amanda Longan 2 / 4 8 8.0 5 5.0 Alegra Hueso 1 / 2 5 10.0 0 0.0 Totals 2 games 17 8.5 6 3.0 Goals by Period 1 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. USC 14 11 10 10 - - - - 45 22.5 Opponents 3 0 1 2 - - - - 6 3.0
Games Mult-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Avery Peterson 2 2 9 Brigitta Games 2 2 7 Stephania Haralabidis 2 2 6 Ioanna Haralabidis 2 1 5 Annika Jensen 2 1 4 Nikki Stansfield 2 1 3 Brianna Daboub 2 0 2 Melissa Bergesen 1 1 3 Hayley McKelvey 1 1 2 Courtney Fahey 1 1 2 Mackenzie Flath 1 1 2 Sydney Blubaugh 0 0 0 Brooke Presten 0 0 0 Dagmar Gudmundsson 0 0 0
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MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Feb. 8, 2016
INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games
1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 9 9 9 13 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 23
ATHLETE Avery Peterson Brigitta Games Stephania Haralabidis Rae Lekness Maud Koopman Ioanna Haralabidis Carla Carrega Kat Klass Katie Sverchek Abbey Kerth Mackenzie Barr Annika Jensen Jamie Neushul Ashley Paz Emily Loughlin Daisy Carter Devin Grab India Forster Anna Yelizarova Alexa Tielmann Melissa Bergesen Nikki Stansfield Carla Toha Vilanova
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ATHLETE Mia Rycraw Carlee Kapana Courtney Wahlstrom Julia Hermann Amanda Longan Tayler Peters Madeline Trabucco Alicia Magliocco Madison Tagg Alex Musselman
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SCHOOL USC USC USC San Jose State Arizona State USC California Stanford Arizona State Arizona State UCLA USC Stanford CSU Bakersfield California Arizona State UCLA UCLA Stanford UCLA USC USC San Jose State
GAMES 2 2 2 12 2 2 12 8 2 2 4 2 8 10 9 2 4 4 8 4 2 2 12
GOALS 9 7 6 33 5 5 28 17 4 4 8 4 15 18 15 3 6 6 12 6 3 3 16
GOALS/GAME 4.50 3.50 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.50 2.33 2.13 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.88 1.80 1.67 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.33
*Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters SCHOOL GAMES SAVES Arizona State 2 31 UCLA 2 27 CSU Bakersfield 8 100 Stanford 6.75 55 USC 1 8 San Jose State 6 44 California 7.343 45 San Jose State 4 22 California 4.19 22 UCLA 2 10
SAVES/GAME 15.50 13.50 12.50 8.15 8.00 7.33 6.13 5.50 5.25 5.00
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MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at conference tournament, hosted by CSU Bakersfield, April 29-May 1
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
RECENT RESULTS
Saturday, February 13 Sunday, February 7 % USC vs. Santa Clara 8:00 am # California 5, STANFORD 2 % UCLA vs. Sonoma State 8:30 am # UC Davis 14, San Jose State 6 % Arizona State vs. CSU East Bay 10:40 am INDIVIDUAL STATS # Michigan 8, San Jose State 7 % Game 2: USC vs. Indiana/UC San Diego 1:20/2:40 pm # STANFORD 17, Loyola Marymount 6 GOALS-AGAINST In 30 % of Team Quarters GOALS *Must 50 pm Games % Game 2: UCLA vs. Loyola Marymount/San DiegoAppear State 1:50/3:10 # California 6, UC Davis 3 % Game 2: Arizona State vs. UCSB/Marist 4:00/5:20 pm SCHOOL QUARTERS GA GAA ATHLETE YEAR GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME
MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Feb. 8, 2016
California 29.375 32 4.36 JR USC 2 4.50 Saturday, February 9 6 TBAUSC 4 5 5.00 JR 2 7 3.50 # STANFORD 12, Michigan 7 TBA FR California 16.75 21 5.01 JR USC 2 6 3.00 # California 19, Pacific 8 TBA # San Jose State 11, Loyola Marymount 6 SR UCLA 8 11 5.50 JR San Jose State 12 33 2.75 TBA # STANFORD 17, San Jose TBAUCLA FR 82 12 6.00 Arizona State 5 State 8 2.50 # California 7, UC Irvine 2 TBA SO Arizona State 8 13 6.50 5 Ioanna Haralabidis JR USC 2 5 2.50 USC 28, WHITTIER 2 Julia Hermann R-SO Stanford 27 46 6.81 77 Carla Carrega SO California 12 28 2.33 Friday, February 19 Santa ClaraKlass at SAN JOSE STATE 3:00 pm State Tayler Peters SO San Jose 24 8.50 88 Kat FR Stanford 8 February 5 51 17 2.13 Friday, UCLA at UC IRVINE 7:00 pm USC32 Courtney Wahlstrom JR CSU Bakersfield 9.25 99 Katie Sverchek SR Arizona State 217, UC San Diego 474 4 2.00 AliciaFebruary Magliocco FR San JoseState State 16 47 11.75 Saturday, 910 Abbey Kerth 20 SR Arizona 2 4 2.00 Saturday, January 30 ^9California vs. Pacific Barr 11:00 am Mackenzie JR UCLA 4 8 2.00 2016 WOMEN’S Preseason Poll CSUN at USC 1:00 pm CAL BAPTIST 12, CSU Bakersfield 9 9 Annika Jensen SO USC 2 4 2.00 (Preseason ^ CSUTEAM BakersfieldSTATS at UC DAVIS 1:30 pm CSU Bakersfield 10, Azusa Pacific 9 (at CBU) • Jan. 13) 2015 ^13 California vs. Brown 3:00 pm Jamie Neushul JR Stanford 8 15 School 1.88 Rank Final Rank Points TEAM GOALS 1. 18 Stanford 98 14 Ashley Paz SO CSU Bakersfield 10 1.80 1 Sunday, February 21 TEAM GAMES GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME 2. 15 UCLA 2 95 Emily Loughlin JR California 9 1.67 ^15 CSU Bakersfield vs. Brown 9:00 am SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOTES 1 USC 2 45 22.50 3. USC 3 92 ^16 Stanford at UC DAVIS 10:30 am Carter SR Arizona State 1.50 4 %13.00 UC2San Diego Invitational 4. 3 California 86 2 Daisy 8 ^ CSU BakersfieldStanford vs. Pacific 12:30104 pm 5. 6 UC Irvine 5 77 ^ UC Davis Shootout 16 Devin Grab SO UCLA 4 1.50 ^ Stanford vs. Arizona Brown 2:00 pm 3 State 2 23 11.50 6. Arizona State 9 73 # Stanford Invitational 16 SR UCLA 4 6 Hawaii 1.506 (T) 67 4 India Forster UCLA 4 43 10.75 Home Team in CAPS;7. All Times Local to Site 8. 12 San Jose State 1.50 8 62 16 SR Stanford 8 4 Anna Yelizarova California 12 129 10.75 9. UC Davis 11 46 16 Tielmann R-JR UCLA 4 6 AlexaSan Jose State 12 107 8.92 10. 6 UC Pacific 1.5016 (T) 45 16 SR USC 2 1.506 (T) 11. 3 Princeton 40 7 Melissa CSUBergesen Bakersfield 10 72 7.20 12t. 3 Indiana 36 16 Nikki Stansfield JR USC 2 1.50 12 12t. Michigan RV 36 23 Carla Toha Vilanova FR San Jose State 12 1.3313 (T) 14. 16 UC Santa Barbara 34 TEAM DEFENSE 15. Loyola Marymount 13 (T) 33 MPSF Water Polo • Page 1 TEAM GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME 16. 2016San Diego State 16 (T) 31 SAVES2 *Must Appear In 30 % of 3.00 Team Quarters 17. Long Beach State 15 28 1 GOALKEEPER USC 6 18. Cal State Northridge 10 26 YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SAVES/GAME 2 ATHLETE California 12 59 4.92 19. Hartwick 18 (T) 24 13 Mia Rycraw SO Arizona 2 15.5018 (T) Stanford 8 48 State 6.00 20. 31 Wagner 8 23 Carlee Kapana FR UCLA 2 27 receiving votes: 13.50 UCLA 4 24 6.00 Others UC San Diego 7, Harvard 2, Cal Baptist 1, 35 Courtney Wahlstrom JR CSU Bakersfield 8 100 7, Marist 2, Iona 12.50 Arizona State 2 13 6.50 Bucknell 1. 46 Julia San Hermann R-SO Stanford 6.75 55 8.15 Jose State 12 111 9.25 57 Amanda JR USC 1 8 8.00 CSU Longan Bakersfield 10 97 9.70 6 Tayler Peters SO San Jose State 6 44 MPSF7.33 2016 COACHES 7 Madeline Trabucco JR California 7.343 45 6.13 POLL PRESEASON Team votes) Points 8 Alicia Magliocco FR San Jose State 4 22 (1st-place 5.50 1. Stanford (3) 5.25 32 9 Madison Tagg FR California 4.19 22 2. USC (3) 31 10 Alex Musselman SR UCLA 2 10 3. UCLA (1) 5.00 29 4. California 22 5. Arizona State 15 6. San Jose State 12 7. CSU Bakersfield 6
Madeline Trabucco 11 Avery Peterson Sunday, February 14 % 3: Arizona State vs. TBA Amanda Longan 22Game Brigitta Games % 3: UCLA vs. TBA Madison Tagg 33Game Stephania Haralabidis % Game 3: USC vs. TBA Alex Musselman 44Game Rae Lekness % 4: Arizona State vs. TBA % Game 4: UCLA vs. TBA 5 Carlee Kapana 5 Maud Koopman %6 Game 4: USC vs. TBA Mia Rycraw
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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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Release #2 — Feb. 10, 2016
No. 2 USC Scrimmages Brazil Wednesday Before Trip To Triton Invite
Trojans will dig into some strong competition this weekend at the Triton Invitational on Saturday and Sunday in La Jolla.
2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Date Opponent Feb. 5 #19 UC San Diego Feb. 6 at Whittier Feb. 10 BRAZIL (scrimmage)
Time/Result W 17-4 W 28-2 5 p.m.
Triton Invitational Feb. 13 @Santa Clara 8 a.m. Feb. 13 @#17 Indiana/#19 UC San Diego TBD Feb. 14 @TBD TBD Feb. 14 @TBD TBD Feb. 20
Cal State Northridge
UCI Invitational Feb. 27 %TBD Feb. 27 %TBD Feb. 28 %TBD Feb. 28 %TBD
1 p.m. TBD TBD TBD TBD
March 5 March 11 March 17 March 19 March 26
at Arizona State * UC IRVINE at Hawai’i at Hawai’i (scrimmage) at San Jose State *
1 p.m. MT 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 (Week 4 • Feb. 10)
Rank School Last Week 1. UCLA 2 2. USC 3 3. California 5 (T) 4. Stanford 1 5. Arizona State 5 (T) 6. Michigan 7 7t. Hawaii 4 7t. UC Davis 8 (T) 9. UC Irvine 10 10. San Jose State 8 (T)
Points 98 96 92 90 82 78 72 72 69 62
@USCWaterPolo THIS WEEK No. 2 USC women’s water polo has a busy week ahead, setting up for a midweek scrimmage against the Brazilian National Team before heading into its first tournament competition of the year at the Triton Invitational. First, USC will line up against current sophomore goalie Victória Chamorro’s own national team for a 5 p.m. scrimmage against Brazil on Wednesday (Feb. 10). Then, the Trojans (2-0) set up camp in La Jolla, Calif., as one of 16 teams engaged in action at the Triton Invitational. No. 2 USC is in a bracket with No. 17 Indiana, No. 19 UC San Diego and Santa Clara and will open up with an 8 a.m. matchup against the Broncos on Saturday (Feb. 13) morning. A win there would put USC up against the UCSD-Indiana winner at 2:40 p.m. that same afternoon. If the Trojans get through Saturday with a pair of wins, they’ll head into the semifinals on Sunday (Feb. 14) at 12:30 p.m. The tournament championship game is set for 5:50 p.m. that evening, preceded by the third-place game at 4:30 p.m. — all at UC San Diego’s Triton 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. In this week’s poll, the Trojans have moved up to rank No. 2 in the nation. TRITON INVITATIONAL NOTES This year’s edition of the competitive Triton Invitational features 16 teams, including three MPSF teams in USC, UCLA and Arizona State. The teams will open up action playing through four-team brackets, designated as follows: Bracket A: #1 UCLA, #16 LMU, #18 San Diego State, Sonoma State Bracket B: #2 USC, #17 Indiana, #19 UC San Diego, Santa Clara Bracket C: #5 Arizona State, #11 UC Santa Barbara, #21 Marist, #25 Cal State East Bay Bracket D: #7 UC Davis, #9 UC Irvine, #22 Long Beach State, #25 Cal State Northridge On Sunday, semifinals and placement games will be held. Last year, the Trojans went undefeated at the 2015 Triton Invitational. USC beat Cal State East Bay 22-4 and Long Beach State 15-1 on the first day and then topped Cal State Northridge 19-3 in the semifinals and UC Irvine 10-5 in the title match. Follow along at the 2016 Triton Invitational page: www. ucsdtritons.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5800&ATCLID=210685892 LAST WEEK USC picked up two big wins last week in its first official competition of the year. In the Trojans’ home opener on Friday night, they whipped up a 17-4 win over UC San Diego, shining in their home pool and getting three Trojans on the scoresheet with hat tricks to kick off the 2016 campaign. The Women of Troy peeled out to a 4-0 lead on goals from four different players. Stephania Haralabidis rang up the first official USC goal of the year on her way to an eventual hat trick. Hayley McKelvey punched one through next, followed by blasts from Nikki Stansfield and Annika Jensen in USC’s well-rounded offensive onslaught out of the gates. UC San Diego would get one to go on a power play, but the Trojans reloaded and regrouped from there. Goalie Victória Chamorro and her USC defense would shut out the Tritons for the next 10-plus minutes of action. Meanwhile, USC piled on five more goals to hold a 9-1 advantage at halftime. Freshman Amanda Longan stepped into the cage for the second half of action, and the USC offense would continue to click. Another four USC goals were pinned up on the board as Brigitta Games gathered in her second and third of an eventual four goals in the game. Stansfield and Haralabidis each tacked up another for
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2016 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo the Trojan cause, and USC was up 13-2 entering the fourth and final frame. There, Avery Peterson would close out her hat trick on the day, as would Haralabidis, while the Trojans finished off a decisive 17-4 victory. The next night, USC surged to victory at Whittier, topping the Poets 28-2 to bump the Trojans’ record to 2-0 to start the year. Led by junior Avery Peterson’s six-goal game, USC registered six Trojans with three or more goals, while two Trojans tallied the first goals of their career. USC utilized a secondperiod shutout to help secure compete control of the game. After Whittier finished up the first with a score to make it 8-2, the Trojans rattled off eight unanswered goals in the next eight minutes. By halftime, three Trojans would weigh in with hat tricks, led by a four-goal effort by Avery Peterson in the first half of action. In building a 16-2 lead at the half, USC had gotten eight different Trojans in on the scoring, while freshman goalie Amanda Longan held court in the cage. Fellow freshman Mackenzie Flath would tally her first career goal during the first-half scoring frenzy as well. Longan would give way to senior Alegra Hueso in goal for the second half, and USC’s offense continued to click. In the third frame, Ioanna Haralabidis served three goals all her own as USC kept its foot on the gas. Brigitta Games tallied two more goals around a save from Hueso, and USC was rolling right along to a 22-2 advantage entering the fourth frame. There, Annika Jensen would complete the first hat trick of her young Trojan career, become the sixth USC player to hit three or more in tonight’s game. Peterson, meanwhile, would make it a career day for herself as well, rifling in her fifth goal of the night to build up a 24-2 USC lead. Soon after, freshman Courtney Fahey rang up her first goals as a Trojan with back-to-back strikes. Peterson would forge on in wrapping the game with one last goal for a 28-2 final. USC had scored 20 straight unanswered goals to finish out the win. BY THE NUMBERS Through the first two games of 2016, USC has outscoring opponents 45-6, leading the MPSF in offense (22.5 gpg) and in defense (3.0 gapg). Junior Avery Peterson is the top scorer to date with 9 goals — thanks to a career-high 6 scores tallied at Whittier to put her in reach of last season’s scoring total of 13 goals. Next in line in scoring this year is junior Brigitta Games with 7 goals, followed by Stephania Haralabidis with 6, Ioanna Haralabidis with 5 and Annika Jensen with 4. Stephania Haralabidis now ranks No. 15 all-time in career scoring at USC with 128 career goals. On the defensive end, freshman goalie Amanda Longan capped up for two periods in both games, making a total of 8 saves and allowing 5 goals. Returning All-American goalie Victória Chamorro played two frames, making 4 saves and allowing one goal, while senior Alegra Hueso stepped in for 5 saves and no goals allowed in her two periods vs. Whittier.
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.
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. Kami Craig.....................2006-10......................152 10. Christina McCall.............1995-97......................142 Alexandra Kiss................2007-10 Kaleigh Gilchrist.............2011-14 13. Erika Figge.....................2004-07......................137 14. Joelle Bekhazi.................2009-11......................135 15. Stephania Haralabidis.2014-present..............128 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
power Brigitta Games. The Haralabidis twins earned All-American status last season as well. OH CAPTAINS, MY CAPTAINS The most experienced player in the pool this In all, USC returns 11 members of last season’s season is junior Avery Peterson — one of three 16-player NCAA roster. • 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. 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
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2016 USC(2-0 SCHEDULE/RESULTS overall • 0-0 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 Feb. 10 Brazil (scrimmage) 5 p.m. Triton Invitational Feb. 13 @Santa Clara Feb. 13 @#17 Indiana/#19 UC San Diego Feb. 14 @TBD Feb. 14 @TBD
8 a.m. TBD TBD TBD
Feb. 20
Cal State Northridge
1 p.m.
UCI Invitational Feb. 27 Feb. 27 Feb. 28 Feb. 28
%TBD %TBD %TBD %TBD
March 5 March 11 March 17 March 19 March 26
at Arizona State * UC Irvine at Hawai’i at Hawai’i (scrimmage) at San Jose State *
1 p.m. MT 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.
TBD TBD TBD TBD
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
Player Avery Peterson Brigitta Games Stephania Haralabidis Ioanna Haralabidis Annika Jensen Melissa Bergesen Nikki Stansfield Brianna Daboub Hayley McKelvey Mackenzie Flath Courtney Fahey Brooke Presten Dagmar Gudmundsson Sydney Blubaugh TOTAL
Goals 9 7 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 45
* MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego % UCI Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine ~ game played in Honolulu & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by CSU Bakersfield ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by UCLA
Goalie Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Victória Chamorro 1 / 2 4 8.0 1 2.0 Amanda Longan 2 / 4 8 8.0 5 5.0 Alegra Hueso 1 / 2 5 10.0 0 0.0 Totals 2 games 17 8.5 6 3.0 Goals by Period 1 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. USC 14 11 10 10 - - - - 45 22.5 Opponents 3 0 1 2 - - - - 6 3.0
Games Mult-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Avery Peterson 2 2 9 Brigitta Games 2 2 7 Stephania Haralabidis 2 2 6 Ioanna Haralabidis 2 1 5 Annika Jensen 2 1 4 Nikki Stansfield 2 1 3 Brianna Daboub 2 0 2 Melissa Bergesen 1 1 3 Hayley McKelvey 1 1 2 Courtney Fahey 1 1 2 Mackenzie Flath 1 1 2 Sydney Blubaugh 0 0 0 Brooke Presten 0 0 0 Dagmar Gudmundsson 0 0 0
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MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Feb. 8, 2016
INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games
1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 9 9 9 13 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 23
ATHLETE Avery Peterson Brigitta Games Stephania Haralabidis Rae Lekness Maud Koopman Ioanna Haralabidis Carla Carrega Kat Klass Katie Sverchek Abbey Kerth Mackenzie Barr Annika Jensen Jamie Neushul Ashley Paz Emily Loughlin Daisy Carter Devin Grab India Forster Anna Yelizarova Alexa Tielmann Melissa Bergesen Nikki Stansfield Carla Toha Vilanova
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ATHLETE Mia Rycraw Carlee Kapana Courtney Wahlstrom Julia Hermann Amanda Longan Tayler Peters Madeline Trabucco Alicia Magliocco Madison Tagg Alex Musselman
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SCHOOL USC USC USC San Jose State Arizona State USC California Stanford Arizona State Arizona State UCLA USC Stanford CSU Bakersfield California Arizona State UCLA UCLA Stanford UCLA USC USC San Jose State
GAMES 2 2 2 12 2 2 12 8 2 2 4 2 8 10 9 2 4 4 8 4 2 2 12
GOALS 9 7 6 33 5 5 28 17 4 4 8 4 15 18 15 3 6 6 12 6 3 3 16
GOALS/GAME 4.50 3.50 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.50 2.33 2.13 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.88 1.80 1.67 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.33
*Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters SCHOOL GAMES SAVES Arizona State 2 31 UCLA 2 27 CSU Bakersfield 8 100 Stanford 6.75 55 USC 1 8 San Jose State 6 44 California 7.343 45 San Jose State 4 22 California 4.19 22 UCLA 2 10
SAVES/GAME 15.50 13.50 12.50 8.15 8.00 7.33 6.13 5.50 5.25 5.00
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MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at conference tournament, hosted by CSU Bakersfield, April 29-May 1
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
RECENT RESULTS
Saturday, February 13 Sunday, February 7 % USC vs. Santa Clara 8:00 am # California 5, STANFORD 2 % UCLA vs. Sonoma State 8:30 am # UC Davis 14, San Jose State 6 % Arizona State vs. CSU East Bay 10:40 am INDIVIDUAL STATS # Michigan 8, San Jose State 7 % Game 2: USC vs. Indiana/UC San Diego 1:20/2:40 pm # STANFORD 17, Loyola Marymount 6 GOALS-AGAINST In 30 % of Team Quarters GOALS *Must 50 pm Games % Game 2: UCLA vs. Loyola Marymount/San DiegoAppear State 1:50/3:10 # California 6, UC Davis 3 % Game 2: Arizona State vs. UCSB/Marist 4:00/5:20 pm SCHOOL QUARTERS GA GAA ATHLETE YEAR GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME
MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Feb. 8, 2016
California 29.375 32 4.36 JR USC 2 4.50 Saturday, February 9 6 TBAUSC 4 5 5.00 JR 2 7 3.50 # STANFORD 12, Michigan 7 TBA FR California 16.75 21 5.01 JR USC 2 6 3.00 # California 19, Pacific 8 TBA # San Jose State 11, Loyola Marymount 6 SR UCLA 8 11 5.50 JR San Jose State 12 33 2.75 TBA # STANFORD 17, San Jose TBAUCLA FR 82 12 6.00 Arizona State 5 State 8 2.50 # California 7, UC Irvine 2 TBA SO Arizona State 8 13 6.50 5 Ioanna Haralabidis JR USC 2 5 2.50 USC 28, WHITTIER 2 Julia Hermann R-SO Stanford 27 46 6.81 77 Carla Carrega SO California 12 28 2.33 Friday, February 19 Santa ClaraKlass at SAN JOSE STATE 3:00 pm State Tayler Peters SO San Jose 24 8.50 88 Kat FR Stanford 8 February 5 51 17 2.13 Friday, UCLA at UC IRVINE 7:00 pm USC32 Courtney Wahlstrom JR CSU Bakersfield 9.25 99 Katie Sverchek SR Arizona State 217, UC San Diego 474 4 2.00 AliciaFebruary Magliocco FR San JoseState State 16 47 11.75 Saturday, 910 Abbey Kerth 20 SR Arizona 2 4 2.00 Saturday, January 30 ^9California vs. Pacific Barr 11:00 am Mackenzie JR UCLA 4 8 2.00 2016 WOMEN’S Preseason Poll CSUN at USC 1:00 pm CAL BAPTIST 12, CSU Bakersfield 9 9 Annika Jensen SO USC 2 4 2.00 (Preseason ^ CSUTEAM BakersfieldSTATS at UC DAVIS 1:30 pm CSU Bakersfield 10, Azusa Pacific 9 (at CBU) • Jan. 13) 2015 ^13 California vs. Brown 3:00 pm Jamie Neushul JR Stanford 8 15 School 1.88 Rank Final Rank Points TEAM GOALS 1. 18 Stanford 98 14 Ashley Paz SO CSU Bakersfield 10 1.80 1 Sunday, February 21 TEAM GAMES GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME 2. 15 UCLA 2 95 Emily Loughlin JR California 9 1.67 ^15 CSU Bakersfield vs. Brown 9:00 am SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOTES 1 USC 2 45 22.50 3. USC 3 92 ^16 Stanford at UC DAVIS 10:30 am Carter SR Arizona State 1.50 4 %13.00 UC2San Diego Invitational 4. 3 California 86 2 Daisy 8 ^ CSU BakersfieldStanford vs. Pacific 12:30104 pm 5. 6 UC Irvine 5 77 ^ UC Davis Shootout 16 Devin Grab SO UCLA 4 1.50 ^ Stanford vs. Arizona Brown 2:00 pm 3 State 2 23 11.50 6. Arizona State 9 73 # Stanford Invitational 16 SR UCLA 4 6 Hawaii 1.506 (T) 67 4 India Forster UCLA 4 43 10.75 Home Team in CAPS;7. All Times Local to Site 8. 12 San Jose State 1.50 8 62 16 SR Stanford 8 4 Anna Yelizarova California 12 129 10.75 9. UC Davis 11 46 16 Tielmann R-JR UCLA 4 6 AlexaSan Jose State 12 107 8.92 10. 6 UC Pacific 1.5016 (T) 45 16 SR USC 2 1.506 (T) 11. 3 Princeton 40 7 Melissa CSUBergesen Bakersfield 10 72 7.20 12t. 3 Indiana 36 16 Nikki Stansfield JR USC 2 1.50 12 12t. Michigan RV 36 23 Carla Toha Vilanova FR San Jose State 12 1.3313 (T) 14. 16 UC Santa Barbara 34 TEAM DEFENSE 15. Loyola Marymount 13 (T) 33 MPSF Water Polo • Page 1 TEAM GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME 16. 2016San Diego State 16 (T) 31 SAVES2 *Must Appear In 30 % of 3.00 Team Quarters 17. Long Beach State 15 28 1 GOALKEEPER USC 6 18. Cal State Northridge 10 26 YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SAVES/GAME 2 ATHLETE California 12 59 4.92 19. Hartwick 18 (T) 24 13 Mia Rycraw SO Arizona 2 15.5018 (T) Stanford 8 48 State 6.00 20. 31 Wagner 8 23 Carlee Kapana FR UCLA 2 27 receiving votes: 13.50 UCLA 4 24 6.00 Others UC San Diego 7, Harvard 2, Cal Baptist 1, 35 Courtney Wahlstrom JR CSU Bakersfield 8 100 7, Marist 2, Iona 12.50 Arizona State 2 13 6.50 Bucknell 1. 46 Julia San Hermann R-SO Stanford 6.75 55 8.15 Jose State 12 111 9.25 57 Amanda JR USC 1 8 8.00 CSU Longan Bakersfield 10 97 9.70 6 Tayler Peters SO San Jose State 6 44 MPSF7.33 2016 COACHES 7 Madeline Trabucco JR California 7.343 45 6.13 POLL PRESEASON Team votes) Points 8 Alicia Magliocco FR San Jose State 4 22 (1st-place 5.50 1. Stanford (3) 5.25 32 9 Madison Tagg FR California 4.19 22 2. USC (3) 31 10 Alex Musselman SR UCLA 2 10 3. UCLA (1) 5.00 29 4. California 22 5. Arizona State 15 6. San Jose State 12 7. CSU Bakersfield 6
Madeline Trabucco 11 Avery Peterson Sunday, February 14 % 3: Arizona State vs. TBA Amanda Longan 22Game Brigitta Games % 3: UCLA vs. TBA Madison Tagg 33Game Stephania Haralabidis % Game 3: USC vs. TBA Alex Musselman 44Game Rae Lekness % 4: Arizona State vs. TBA % Game 4: UCLA vs. TBA 5 Carlee Kapana 5 Maud Koopman %6 Game 4: USC vs. TBA Mia Rycraw
2010 University ofof Southern California Men’s Water PoloPolo 2016 UniversiTy SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer
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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.
