2018 women's water polo
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University of Southern California
2018 WOMEN’S WATER POLO
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Release #7 — March 28, 2018
No. 3 USC Hosts No. 12 Hartwick For Saturday Noon Showdown Trojans carry a 16-1 overall record into this weekend's action at Uytengsu Aquatics Center.
2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Date Opponent UCLA Mini Invitational Jan. 13 vs. #18 LMU CBU Mini Invitational Jan. 27 at Cal Baptist vs. Pomona-Pitzer
Time/Result
Triton Invitational@ Feb. 10 @Sonoma State @#18 San Diego St. Feb. 11 @#7 UC Irvine @#4 UCLA Barbara Kalbus Invitational% Feb. 23 #18 San José State Feb. 24 #6 Arizona State #2 California Feb. 25 #1 Stanford
W 18-0 W 20-0 W 21-3 W 13-1 W 14-2 W 7-5 W 6-4 W 17-1 W 8-6 W 6-5 L 9-3
March 7 #7 UC IRVINE W 13-7 March 8 #5 HAWAI’I W 12-7 March 17 at #5 Hawai’i W 9-5 March 22 #15 PRINCETON (P12N | P12LA) W 17-4 March 24 at #6 Arizona State* W 12-6 March 25 #8 PACIFIC W 19-3 March 31 #12 HARTWICK 12 p.m. April 7 April 13 April 14 April 21
CALIFORNIA* (P12N|P12LA|P12BA) 5 p.m. at Stanford* (P12LA | P12BA) 5:30 p.m. at San José State 2 p.m. UCLA* (P12LA) 7 p.m.
MPSF Tournament (hosted by Cal) April 27 &TBD April 28 &TBD April 29 &TBD
TBD TBD TBD
NCAA Tournament (hosted by USC) May 11 $TBD May 12 $TBD May 13 $TBD
TBD TBD TBD
Home games in BOLD CAPS (at Uytengsu Aquatics Center) * MPSF game (P12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks @ Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) % Barbara Kalbus Invitational (hosted by UC Irvine) & MPSF Tourn. (hosted by Cal) $ NCAA Champs (hosted by USC)
2018 Women’s Collegiate Top-10 (Week 10 • March 28)
Rank School Last Week Points 1. Stanford 1 (T) 98 2. California 1 (T) 96 3. USC 3 93 4. UCLA 4 88 5. Hawaii 5 84 6 Arizona State 6 80 7. UC Irvine 7 74 8. Pacific 8 71 9. Michigan 9 69 10. UC Davis 10 65
THIS WEEK USC remains in home waters for the next two weeks, with a single game on tap for this weekend. On Saturday (March 31), the No. 3 Trojans (16-1) will play host to No. 12 Hartwick (23-5) at 12 p.m. at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. USC IN THE RANKINGS USC kicked off 2018 ranked No. 2 in the national preseason poll and tied for third in the MPSF preseason poll. USC has bounced between No. 2 and No. 3 in recent weeks, and is currently ranked No. 3 the nation in the latest national poll (released March 28).
#3 USC (16-1) vs. #12 Hartwick (23-5) Saturday, March 31 | 12 p.m. Uytengsu Aquatics Center
Series Record: USC leads 11-0 Last Meeting: USC 21, Hartwick 5 (3/25/17) LIVE STATS: www.thefosh.net/livestats.php?gameid=4762
SCOUTING HARTWICK @USCWaterPolo The No. 12 Hawks enter the week 23-5 overall after playing five games last weekend, beating CSUN 12-11 in sudden death, Occidental 24-14, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 16-7 and Pomona-Pitzer 10-8 while falling to UCLA 15-7. Hartwick will face Concordia and Brown on Thursday in Irvine before visiting USC on Saturday. Zsofia Polak and Lena Kotanchyan enter the week as Hartwick's top scorers with 75 goals apiece, while goalie Hannah Edwards is averaging 7.74 saves and 11.11 goals-against per game. In a series dating back to 2006, USC is 11-0 all-time against the Hawks after a 21-5 win last season in Los Angeles. SWIM WITH MIKE ADDS MASTERS POLO On April 7, USC will host California in a crucial MPSF battle that will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Networks. But that 5 p.m. clash isn't the only big event at Uytengsu Aquatics Center that day. In the morning, USC's hosts the 38th annual Swim With Mike event, an annual fundraiser supporting physically challenged athletes around the country. In almost 40 years of existences, Swim With Mike has raised over $20 million in scholarships to help recipients overcome their tragedies and realize their dreams. In conjunction with the Swim With Mike activities, USC hosts the first-ever Masters water polo game for any and all 18-and-over players registered to compete. To get in the game, registration is free at uscwaterpolo.com. For more information on USC's Swim With Mike event and to donate to the campaign, visit https://www.swimwithmike.org/campaigns/usc/. LAST WEEK USC had a busy but rewarding week last week, notching three wins in four days in two different states. The Trojans opened up at home with a televised tilt against No. 15 Princeton, which USC topped 17-4. From there, the Trojans went to Tempe to take on No. 6 Arizona State for their first MPSF match of the year. USC would grab a 12-6 victory over the Sun Devils before returning to Los Angeles to host No. 8 Pacific the next day. The Trojans would take out the Tigers with a decisive 19-3 win to improve USC to 16-1 overall on the year. In the Thursday clash with Princeton, eight different Trojans scored and three USC goalies capped up in the cage to round out a powerful 17-4 win over the Tigers, led by four goals from Maud Megens and eight first-half saves from Amanda Longan. The Trojan defense allowed just one Tiger goal in the second half while adding to its 11-3 halftime advantage at the other end to keep USC plugging along to victory live on Pac-12 Networks. On Saturday in Tempe, USC and ASU were locked up 3-3 at the end of the first period before USC took control. Another well-balanced effort from the Trojans carried the visitors out ahead of the host Sun Devils with a three-goal surge to close the first half, and USC stayed the course in adding to its lead the rest of the way. Denise Mammolito had a first-half hat trick to help give USC the spark it needed to pocket the 12-6 road win. Mammolito would improved on that outing the very next day, as she and Megens combined for over half USC's scoring in a dominating 19-3 win over visiting No. 8 Pacific. Megens had a career-high six goals in the books by halftime, and she'd add one more in the second half to net seven — third most in a single game by a Trojans — to go along with fellow sophomore Mammolito's career-high four goals in that one. Again, USC goalies Amanda Longan and Victória Chamorro shared time in the cage to help anchor another powerful defensive stand by the Trojans. For their work in ringing up three more USC wins last week, two Trojans made it a third sweep of MPSF honors for USC. Sophomore Denise Mammolito scored her first career pick as the MPSF Player of the Week, and freshman Paige Hauschild earned her third straight and fifth overall selection as MPSF Newcomer of the Week. PAIGE PICKS UP ANOTHER USC freshman Paige Hauschild claimed her fifth MPSF Newcomer of the Week award on March 27 following another week of powerful play for the Trojan cause. Hauschild leads the conference with her five selections, thanks to
2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO three consecutive picks in the past three weeks. USC's top scorer this season with 43 goals to date, Hauschild has scored in every game in her first year as a Trojan, recording 13 multiple-goal games after two more hat tricks pinned up last week. Additionally, her 2.53 goals per game is the best in the MPSF. CLIMB ON As the 2018 season rolls on, two seniors are making moves on the USC career scoring ladder. On Feb. 11, Brianna Daboub broke into the century club, scoring her 100th career goal. Since then, she's upped her career count to 112 to rank No. 25 all-time in scoring at USC. Fellow senior Hayley McKelvey is also on the climb, holding 93 career goals to her name with an eye on hitting that century mark at Troy. On the defensive end, two USC goalies are on the rise on the all-time saves ladder. Junior Amanda Longan jumped into the No. 4 all-time slot as she now holds 484 career saves, just ahead of senior Victória Chamorro, who ranks No. 5 all-time with 438 career saves. BY THE NUMBERS Through the first 17 games of 2018, USC has outscored opponents 215-68. Freshman Paige Hauschild is the Trojans' top scorer to date with 43 goals, giving her an MPSF-best 2.53 goals per game average. Behind her on the 2018 scoresheet sits sophomore Denise Mammolito with 31 goals to date, followed by senior Brianna Daboub and sophomore Maud Megens with 21 apiece. On the defensive end, three goalies have checked into the cage to date. Junior Amanda Longan has logged minutes in 13 games, averaging 10.49 saves and 4.62 goals-against per game. She also boasts back-to-back complete-game shutouts in the cage. Senior goalie Victória Chamorro has appeared in eight games and averages 9.93 saves and 2.39 goals-against per game. Senior Nicola Gonzales made her first career appearance on Jan. 27, making two saves in one period of work in that USC victory. The Trojan defense has rendered opponents silent in at least one period of play in 14 different games while accumulating a grand total of 28 shutout periods this season so far. Overall, USC is averaging 12.65 goals per game on the offensive end and is allowing just 4.0 goals-against per game defensively. EVEN BETTER WITH AGE With a full season under their belts, USC's sophomore class is stepping up big in their second year of action as Trojans. Denise Mammolito has already eclipsed her true-freshman scoring total of 38 goals, standing as USC's second leading scorer this season with 31 goals to date. Kelsey McIntosh is just a goal away from matching her freshman year total of 20 goals. Fellow sophomore Maud Megens, meanwhile, is back to her scoring savvy after missing 10 games with injury. She was USC's second leading scorer with 58 goals as a true freshman, and she's pumped in 21 goals in just seven appearances so far this year, highlighted by a career-high seven goals vs. Pacific. Mammolito, McIntosh and Megens have combined for 72 goals to date — over a third of USC's total offensive output. 2018 TROJANS AT A GLANCE Five All-Americans and seven NCAA champions strong, the 2018 USC women’s water polo roster has the experience and the skill to lock up another national championship. This year’s arsenal of Trojans boasts a daunting blend of veterans and youth — all armed with the talent and savvy to propel USC to the top. Already ranked No. 2 in the land as the 2018 season gets underway, USC trains its focus on that NCAA trophy, which the Trojans last captured in 2016 in an undefeated run through that
season. Back in the captains’ roles for 2018 are two members of that title-winning team in All-Americans Brianna Daboub and Amanda Longan, who are leading a group of very hungry Women of Troy. Headlining this freshman class is U.S. National Team member Paige Hauschild, who is tabbed as a starter for the Trojans. A set of sophomores — Denise Mammolito, Maud Megens and Kelsey McIntosh are also in that mix, along with savvy seniors Daboub and Hayley McKelvey. CAGE FIGHTERS USC boasts a fearsome tagteam in the cage in AllAmerican tandem Victória Chamorro and Amanda Longan. Both compete for their respective national teams — Chamorro as a 2016 Olympian with Brazil and Longan as a gold-medalist with Team USA at the recent 2017 FINA World Championships. The Trojan defense allowed just 4.59 goals per game last season, with both Chamorro and Longan averaging over 10 saves per game in the cage. This year, Longan made some Trojan history in anchoring back-to-back shutout wins over LMU and Cal Baptist. Longan is the only USC goalie to record back-to-back complete-game shutouts. BACK ON THE ATTACK A year’s experience for last season’s freshmen — Maud Megens, Kelsey McIntosh, Denise Mammolito, Elise Stein and Kaylee Brownsberger — along with the leadership of 2016 NCAA champion seniors Victória Chamorro, Brianna Daboub, Hayley McKelvey and Annika Jensen and juniors Amanda Longan, Courtney Fahey and Brooke Presten will raise the bar again for the Trojans. As a true freshman, Megens was USC’s second leading scorer with 58 goals. Daboub, McKelvey and Mammolito combined for an even 100 goals. Add to that the depth charge that U.S. National Team member Paige Hauschild and her fellow true freshmen bring for 2018, and USC’s attack becomes well-rounded and dangerous. USC also has three new internationals in the water to diversify that attack. Canadians Verica Bakoc and Nina Ceklic are in the mix, along with New Zealand product Nadia Pavlovich. U.S. product Randi Reinhardt also stands out as a key addition to USC’s rotation for 2018. FIVE-TIME TRITON TITLISTS USC claimed its fifth straight championship at the Triton Invitational by capping off the event with a 6-4 win over rival UCLA in the title match. The Trojans never once trailed during the tournament, opening with a 13-1 win over Sonoma State and a 14-2 win over San Diego State in group play. In the semifinals, USC played a tighter match against UC Irvine, pulling away for a 7-5 win that sent the Trojans to the title match. During that semifinal win, senior captain Brianna Daboub notched her 100th career goal. Up against UCLA in the final, Paige Hauschild opened the scoring for the Trojans on a 6-on-5 finish. UCLA equalized, but junior goalie Amanda Longan made the stop on the Bruins' next try and then Daboub delivered for a 2-1 USC lead. That would do it for the first frame, but USC struck first again in the second. Kelsey McIntosh took the Trojans to a 3-1 lead before Longan roared to back-toback blocks and then slammed away a UCLA 5-meter penalty try for a huge boost to the Trojan cause. UCLA moved it to a 3-2 margin by the end of the half, then equalized early in the third, only to see Daboub earn a 5-meter penalty that Denise Mammolito hammered home for a 4-3 USC advantage. In the fourth, Daboub zipped in her second of the game to go up 5-3. Next, Hauschild took a feed from Hayley McKelvey to pad out USC's lead to 6-3. The USC defense would shut down the next few UCLA offensive series, although the Bru-
2018 AWARDS
MPSF Player of the Week: Maud Megens (Jan. 16) Amanda Longan (Feb. 13) Denise Mammolito (March 27)
MPSF Newcomer of the Week: Paige Hauschild (Jan. 16) Paige Hauschild (Feb. 13) Paige Hauschild (March 13) Paige Hauschild (March 20) Paige Hauschild (March 27)
ins would convert with 3:05 to go, making it 6-4. The stalwart Trojan defense did the rest, as USC closed out the game as a 6-4 win that locked up the Trojans' fifth straight Triton Invitational crown. USC's staunch defense was anchored by goalies Victória Chamorro and Amanda Longan. Chamorro had 14 saves vs. Sonoma State and 13 in tehwin over UC Irvine, while Longan made 12 vs. SDSU before adding her 11 vs. the Bruins. Amanda Longan would lock up her first career selection as MPSF Player of the Week for her efforts, while Paige Hauschild claimed her second MPSF Newcomer of the Week award after emerging as USC's top scorer with 12 goals at the Triton Invitational. SEASON OPENER USC stormed out of the gates of the 2018 season in churning out an 18-0 shutout of No. 22 LMU in the first official action of the season at the UCLA Mini Invite. Behind seven saves from junior goalie Amanda Longan, the USC defense turned away 10 Lion power play opportunities to help lock up the shutout win and make it a 1-0 start to the year. Senior Hayley McKelvey drummed up four goals in the first period of play — all 6-on-5 finishes — to set the tone for the Trojan offensive onslaught. Freshman Paige Hauschild should tally her first goal as a Trojan during the first frame, while Kelsey McIntosh delivered her first of two goals on the day and Maud Megens started off on her path to an eventual game-high five goals for the Trojan cause. Up 7-0 after eight minutes of action, USC received two goals from senior captain Brianna Daboub, two more from Megens and the first career goal as a Trojan for freshman Verica Bakoc to lead it 12-0 by halftime. By the final buzzer, sophomore Denise Mammolito had joined the scoresheet, while Hauschild completed her debut hat trick and Megens round out her five-goal outing. After the impressive showing, Megens was named the MPSF Player of the Week, and Hauschild was selected MPSF Newcomer of the Week. LAST SEASON In 2017, the Trojans finished up 29-4 overall with a run to the 2017 NCAA semifinals in USC’s 14th consecutive trip to the tourney. USC posted a 4-2 record in MPSF action and went on to claim third in the 2017 MPSF Tournament. The Trojans received a No. 3 seed into the NCAA Tournament, where USC was looking to win backto-back national championships for the first time in program history. USC would go up against top-seeded Stanford in the semis, coming up just short of a trip to the final with an 11-10 loss. Stephania Haralabidis was USC's top scorer in 2017 with 84 goals. She'd be named a First Team All-American to close out her USC career. Freshman Maud Megens earned Second Team honors, while senior Brigitta Games and sophomore Amanda Longan were Third Team picks, and junior captain Brianna Daboub earned All-America Honorable Mention.•
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2018 USC(16-1 SCHEDULE/RESULTS overall • 1-0 MPSF)
DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES UCLA Mini Invitational Jan. 13 vs. #18 LMU W 18-0 Megens 5, McKelvey 4, Hauschild 3, McIntosh 2, Longan 7 Daboub 2, Bakoc, Mammolito. CBU Mini Invitational Jan. 27 at Cal Baptist W 20-0 Hauschild 4, Stein 4, Mammolito 3, A. Jensen 2, Longan 12 Pavlovich 2, Bakoc 2, Fahey, Daboub, McIntosh. vs. Pomona-Pitzer W 21-3 Daboub 5, McIntosh 4, Mammolito 3, A. Jensen 2, Stein 2, Chamorro 3, Hauschild, Fahey, Pavlovich, Ceklic, Brownsberger. Gonzales 2
Triton Invitational@ Feb. 10 @Sonoma State W 13-1 Hauschild 4, Ceklic 3, Fahey 2, Mammolito, McIntosh, Chamorro 14 Stein, Brownsberger. @#18 San Diego St. W 14-2 Hauschild 4, Mammolito 3, McIntosh 2, Reinhardt, Longan 12 K. Jensen, Fahey, Bakoc, Cousineau. Feb. 11 @#7 UC Irvine W 7-5 McKelvey 2, Hauschild 2, Daboub, McIntosh, A. Jensen. Chamorro 13 @#4 UCLA W 6-4 Daboub 2, Hauschild 2, McIntosh, Mammolito. Longan 11 Barbara Kalbus Invitational% Feb. 23 #18 San José State W 17-1 Hauschild 3, Mammolito 3, Fahey 2, McIntosh 2, Chamorro 7 A. Jensen 2, Stein 2, Bakoc, Reinhardt, Brownsberger. Feb. 24 #6 Arizona State W 8-6 A. Jensen 3, Hauschild 2, Mammolito, McKelvey, Bakoc. Longan 6 #2 California W 6-5 A. Jensen 3, Daboub 2, Hauschild. Longan 18 Feb. 25 #1 Stanford L 9-3 Hauschild, Mammolito, Bakoc. Longan 11 March 7 #7 UC IRVINE W 13-7 Megens 4, Hauschild 2, McKelvey 2, Mammolito 2, Longan 6, Bakoc, McIntosh, Ceklic. Chamorro 7 March 8 #5 HAWAI’I W 12-7 Hauschild 4, Mammolito 2, Daboub, Bakoc, A. Jensen, Longan 8 McKelvey, McIntosh, Stein. March 17 at #5 Hawai’i W 9-5 Hauschild 3, Daboub 2, A. Jensen, Stein, McIntosh, Mammolito. Longan 8 March 22 #15 PRINCETON (P12N | P12LA) W 17-4 Megens 4, Daboub 3, Hauschild 3, Mammolito 2, Longan 8, McIntosh 2, Fahey, Bakoc, Ceklic. Chamorro 3, Gonzales 0 March 24 at #6 Arizona State* W 12-6 Mammolito 3, A. Jensen 2, Ceklic 2, Megens, Daboub, Longan 7, McKelvey, Hauschild, Fahey. Chamorro 0 March 25 #8 PACIFIC W 19-3 Megens 7, Mammolito 4, Hauschild 3, McKelvey 2, Longan 4, McIntosh, Daboub, Garabet. Chamorro 7 March 31 #12 HARTWICK 12 p.m. April 7 April 13 April 14 April 21
California* (P12N | P12LA | P12BA) at Stanford* (P12LA | P12BA) at San José State UCLA* (P12LA)
5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.
MPSF Tournament (hosted by Cal) April 27 &TBD April 28 &TBD April 29 &TBD
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NCAA Tournament (hosted by USC) May 11 $TBD May 12 $TBD May 13 $TBD
TBD TBD TBD
Player Paige Hauschild Denise Mammolito Brianna Daboub Maud Megens Kelsey McIntosh Annika Jensen Hayley McKelvey Elise Stein Verica Bakoc Courtney Fahey Nina Ceklic Kaylee Brownsberger Nadia Pavlovich Randi Reinhardt Alaina Cousineau Sabrina Garabet Kari Jensen TOTAL
Goals 43 31 21 21 20 17 13 11 10 9 8 3 3 2 1 1 1 215
* MPSF game (P12) — Televised by Pac-12 Networks @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by Cal
Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center % Barbara Kalbus Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine $ NCAA Tournament — Hosted by USC
Goalie Appearances/Pds Saves Victória Chamorro 8 / 22 54 Nicola Gonzales 2 / 2 2 Amanda Longan 13 / 45 118 Totals 17 games 174
Goals by Period 1 2 3 4 USC 69 59 42 45 Opponents 23 13 15 17
SPG 9.93 6.45 10.49 10.24
Goals Agst 13 3 52 68
GAPG 2.39 9.6 4.62 4.0
OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. - - - - 215 12.65 - - - - 68 4.0
Games Mult-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Paige Hauschild 17 13 43 Denise Mammolito 15 9 31 Kelsey McIntosh 13 5 20 Brianna Daboub 11 6 21 Annika Jensen 9 6 17 Verica Bakoc 9 1 10 Hayley McKelvey 7 4 13 Courtney Fahey 7 2 9 Elise Stein 6 3 11 Maud Megens 5 4 21 Nina Ceklic 5 2 8 Kaylee Brownsberger 3 0 3 Nadia Pavlovich 2 1 3 Randi Reinhardt 2 0 2 Alaina Cousineau 1 0 1 Sabrina Garabet 1 0 1 Kari Jensen 1 0 1
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2018 MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO OVERALL STATISTICS--Mar. 27
INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games
1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
ATHLETE Paige Hauschild Makenzie Fischer Carla Carrega Madison Berggren Dora Antal Maddie Musselman Denise Mammolito Emma Wright Kat Klass Maud Koopman Aria Fischer Alkistis Benekou Lizette Rozeboom Bente Rogge Lena Mihailovic Kitty Lynn Joustra Brianna Daboub Kelsey McIntosh Anna Illes Guara Garcia Delgado Lili Urvari
YEAR FR SO SR JR SR SO SO SO JR JR FR SR JR SO JR FR SR SO SR JR FR
SCHOOL USC Stanford California Stanford California UCLA USC California Stanford Arizona State Stanford Arizona State UCLA Arizona State Arizona State California USC USC California San Jose State San Jose State
GAMES 17 13 18 13 18 23 17 18 13 20 13 20 23 20 17 15 17 17 18 22 22
GOALS-AGAINST *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
ATHLETE Victoria Chamorro Julia Hermann Amanda Longan Carlee Kapana Hannah Storum Mia Rycraw Madison Tagg Katelynn Thompson Tayler Peters
YEAR SR R-SR JR JR SO SR JR SR SR
SCHOOL USC Stanford USC UCLA UCLA Arizona State California San Jose State San Jose State
QUARTERS 21.75 39.01875 45 47.75 33 68 57 43.75 44.25
GOALS 43 28 34 24 33 42 31 32 23 34 21 32 36 30 24 20 21 20 21 25 24
GOALS/GAME 2.53 2.15 1.89 1.85 1.83 1.83 1.82 1.78 1.77 1.70 1.62 1.60 1.57 1.50 1.41 1.33 1.24 1.18 1.17 1.14 1.09
GA 13 45 52 62 43 94 81 100 106
GAA 2.39 4.61 4.62 5.19 5.21 5.53 5.68 9.14 9.58
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation 2018 Women’s Water Polo News Release # 11 March 27, 2018
Contact: Darren Preston [email protected] www.mpsports.org @MPSFWomensWP
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California USC UCLA Stanford San Jose State Arizona State
MPSF W L
Pct.
Home
Away
Streak
OVERALL W L Pct.
Home
Away Neutral Streak
3 1 1 0 0 0
1.000 1.000 .500 .000 .000 .000
1-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-2
2-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0
W3 W1 W1 L1 L1 L2
15 16 20 12 9 14
4-0 4-0 4-0 3-1 2-1 6-3
5-1 3-0 5-1 1-0 1-2 1-0
0 0 1 1 1 2
3 1 3 1 13 6
.833 .941 .870 .923 .409 .700
6-2 9-1 11-2 8-0 6-10 7-3
W3 W6 W4 W1 W1 L2
MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at conference tournament, hosted by California, Apr. 27-29
2018 MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO OVERALL STATISTICS--Mar. 27 RECENT RESULTS
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
INDIVIDUAL STATS
SAVES Wednesday, March 28 GOALS ATHLETE Stanford at UCSB
*Must Appear In 30 % of Team Monday,Quarters March 26 *Must Appear SCHOOL In 12:00 50 %pmof Team Games YEAR GAMES SAVES/GAME No. 1 Stanford 8,SAVES No. 7 UC IRVINE 3 YEAR SCHOOL GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME 1ATHLETE Carlee Kapana JR UCLA 11.9375 130 10.89 March 31 Sunday, March 25 43 1 2Saturday, Paige Hauschild FR USC 17 2.53 Amanda Longan JR USC 11.25 118 10.49 Hartwick at USC 12:00 pm No. 3 USC 19, No. 8 Pacific 3 Mia Rycraw SR Arizona State 17 172 10.12 2 3*# Makenzie Fischer SO Stanford 13 28 2.15 Arizona State at UCLA 5:00 pm Victoria SR USC 5.44 54 9.93 Saturday, March 2434 JoseCarrega StateChamorro at CALIFORNIA 5:00 pm 3 4*San Carla SR California 18 1.89 *No. 3 Usc 12, No. 624 ARIZONA STATE 68.59 Katelynn Thompson SR San Jose State 10.9375 94 4 5Madison Berggren JR Stanford 13 1.85 Saturday, April 7 No. 19 SAN JOSE STATE 9, Santa Clara 5 6 Julia Hermann R-SR Stanford 9.7546875 82 8.41 5 *# Dora Antal SR California 18 33Hartwick 7 1.83 Stanford at UCLA 12:00 pm No. 4 UCLA 15, No.12 TaylerMusselman Peters SR SanUCLA Jose State 11.0625 88Long Beach State7.95 5 7*# Maddie SO 23 42 1.83 California at USC 5:00 pm No. 4 UCLA 9, No. 14 4 Hannah Storum SO UCLA 8.25 65 7.88 7 8Denise Mammolito SO USC 17 31 1.82 Thursday, March 22 Madison Tagg JR California 14.25 100 7.02 8 9Emma Wright SO California 18 32 1.78 # No. 3 USC 17, No. 15 Princeton 4 9 Kat Klass JR Stanford 13 23 1.77 Sunday, March 18 TEAM STATS 10 Maud Koopman JR Arizona State 20 34 1.70 *# No. 4 UCLA 15, No. 21 San Jose State 4 11 Aria Fischer FR Stanford 13 21 1.62 TEAM GOALS 2018 WOMEN’S1.60 PRESEASON POLL NOTES 12 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Alkistis Benekou SR ArizonaSCORED State 20 32 TEAM GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME (Preseason • Jan. 12) *MPSF Game 13 1Lizette Rozeboom JR UCLA 23 36 1.57 2017 Stanford 13 167 12.85 # TV: Pac-12 Networks Rank School Final Rank Points 14 2Home Bente Rogge SO Arizona State 20 30 1.50 USC 17 215 12.65 1. Stanford 1 99 Team in CAPS; All Times Local 2t. UCLA 2 93 15 3Lena Mihailovic JR Arizona State 17 24 1.41 California 18 206 11.44 2t. USC 3 93 4. California 91 UCLA 23 234 10.17 16 4Kitty Lynn Joustra FR California 15 20 1.33 4 5. Arizona State 6 82 20 194 9.70 17 5BriannaArizona DaboubState SR USC 17 21 1.24 6. Hawaii 11 76 7. UC Irvine 5 75 Jose State 22 146 6.64 18 6KelseySan McIntosh SO USC 17 20 1.18 8. Michigan 7 74 9. Pacific 73 19 Anna Illes SR California 18 21 1.17 8 10 Long Beach State 9 (T) 62 TEAM DEFENSE 20 Guara Garcia Delgado JR San Jose State 22 25 UC Davis 1.14 12 11. 56 12. Diego State 13 50 GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME 21 Lili Urvari TEAM FR San Jose State 22 24 San 1.09 18 13t. Indiana 46 13t. Hartwick 14 46 1 USC 17 68 4.00 15t. UC San Diego 17 39 2GOALS-AGAINST Stanford 13Appear In 30 55% of Team Quarters 4.23 15t. San Jose State 20 39 *Must 17. Harvard 15 (T) 35 3ATHLETE UCLA 23 119 5.17 18. 34 YEAR SCHOOL QUARTERS GA Princeton GAA 9 (T) 2018 Water Polo • Page 121 19. MPSF UC Santa Barbara 32 California 18 96 5.33 1 4Victoria Chamorro SR USC 21.75 13 2.39 20. Wagner 15 (T) 29 Arizona State 20 116 5.80 21. Cal State Northridge 19 23 2 5Julia Hermann R-SR Stanford 39.01875 45 4.61 22. Loyola Marymount 23 18 6 San Jose State 22 214 9.73 23. 11 3 Amanda Longan JR USC 45 52 Marist 4.62 24 24. Iona NR 5 4 Carlee Kapana JR UCLA 47.75 62 Brown 5.19 RV 25. 4 Others receiving votes: Fresno State, Bucknell, Cal 5 Hannah Storum SO UCLA 33 43 CSU Monterey Bay,5.21 Baptist, Pomona-Pitzer, Santa Clara, Virginia Military, CSU East Bay 6 Mia Rycraw SR Arizona State 68 94 5.53 7 Madison Tagg JR California 57 81 5.68 2018 MPSF9.14 COACHES 8 Katelynn Thompson SR San Jose State 43.75 100 PRESEASON POLL 9 Tayler Peters SR San Jose State 44.25 106 Team (1st-place9.58 votes) Points 1. Stanford (4) 2. California (1) 3t. UCLA(1) 3t. USC 5. Arizona State 6. San Jose State
22 20 17 17 9 5
USC ALL-TIME RECORDS
1999 • 2004 • NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 2010 • 2013 • 2016
— CAREER RECORDS | SEASON RECORDS — Career Scoring Leaders (thru 3/26/2018)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Monica Vavic Stephania Haralabidis Aniko Pelle Sofia Konoukh Moriah Van Norman Nina Wengst Brittany Hayes Katrin Dierolf Ioanna Haralabidis Michelle Stein Kami Craig Christina McCall Alexandra Kiss Kaleigh Gilchrist 15. Erika Figge 16. Joelle Bekhazi 17. Lauren Wenger Brigitta Games 19. Jennifer Durley 20. Kristen Dronberger 21. Eike Daube 22. Sandra Milicev 23. Eszter Gyori 24. Kally Lucas 25. Brianna Daboub 26. Veronika Bartunkova CLIMBING... Hayley McKelvey
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
2012-15 2014-present 1999-02 2001-03 2003-06 1999-02 2004-07 2000-03 2014-present 2006-09 2006-10 1995-97 2007-10 2011-14 2004-07 2009-11 2003-06 2015-present 1998-01 2008-11 2012-15 1999-02 2002-05 2007-10 2015-present 2005-08
291 269 255 224 215 213 209 204 171 170 152 142
2015-present
93
137 135 127 127 122 120 119 116 115 113 112 106
Career Saves Leaders (thru 3/26/2018) Flora Bolonyai Bernice Orwig Tumua Anae Amanda Longan Victória Chamorro Kelly Graff Whitney Morgan Sarah Mix
2011-14 1997-99 2007-10 2016-present 2015-present 2001-04 2006-08 2003-05
895 838 538 484 438 398 377 149
Single-Season Goal Leaders
(thru 3/26/2018) Name Season 1. Sofia Konoukh 2001 2. Monica Vavic 2015 3. Stephania Haralabidis 2017 4. Aniko Pelle 2001 5. Monica Vavic 2013 6. Michelle Stein 2009 Monica Vavic 2014 8. Sofia Konoukh 2002 9. Katrin Dierolf 2001 Moriah Van Norman * 2003 11. Aniko Pelle 2000 Stephania Haralabidis 2015 13. Nina Wengst 2000 Stephania Haralabidis 2016 15. Brittany Hayes * 2004 16. Christina McCall 1997 Moriah Van Norman 2004 Stephania Haralabidis * 2014 Maud Megens * 2017 20. Nina Wengst 2001 Aniko Pelle 2002 Brigitta Games 2017 23. Michelle Stein 2008 Joelle Bekhazi 2010 25. Brittany Hayes 2006 26. Christina McCall 1996 Aniko Pelle * 1999 Katrin Dierolf 2002 Nina Wengst 2002 Ioanna Haralabidis 2017 31. Moriah Van Norman 2006 32. Brittany Hayes 2005 33. Sofia Konoukh 2003 Erika Figge 2007 Veronika Bartunkova 2008 Ioanna Haralabidis 2015 * — true freshman season
Total 104 100 84 81 77 75 75 70 65 65 64 64 63 63 59 58 58 58 58 57 57 57 56 56 55 53 53 53 53 53 52 51 50 50 50 50
Single-Season Saves (thru 3/26/2018)
Name 1. Bernice Orwig 2. Bernice Orwig 3. Tumua Anae 4. Flora Bolonyai 5. Bernice Orwig 6. Kelly Graff 7. Flora Bolonyai 8. Amanda Longan 9. Flora Bolonyai 10. Victória Chamorro 11. Whitney Morgan 12. Kelly Graf
Season 1998 1997 2010 2014 1999 2004 2013 2017 2012 2015 2006 2003
Total 323 276 270 252 239 237 222 221 209 207 202 161
2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO 24th season • 545-146 (.789) HEAD COACH 14 national titles • 13 cutino award winners 13-time national coach of the year 12-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 2016 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year Men’s career coaching record: 545-88 (.861) • 23 seasons Women’s career coaching record: 545-146 (.789) • 23 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 13-time National Coach of the Year and 12-time MPSF Coach of the Year, Vavic boasts a grand total of 14 combined national titles — including a six-year run with the USC men — and has coached 13 Cutino Award winners. The USC women’s undefeated run through the 2016 season brought Vavic the 14th national championship (nine men’s and five women’s) won during his tenure at USC. Vavic has the most team titles of any USC head coach in history. Vavic’s overall career record on the women’s side looms large at 545-146 (.789) as he now enters his 24th season as the USC’s women’s head coach. In 2017, the USC women set a new national record in claiming their 52nd consecutive win. The Trojans would finish the year with their second most season wins in history, going 29-4 in 2017 after reaching the NCAA semifinals for the 14th straight season. The previous year, Vavic’s 2016 women’s team finished off the program’s second undefeated season, going 26-0 en route to an epic win in the 2016 national championship game. 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 451-75 (.857), including 13 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, 2010, 2013 and 2016 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 firstever 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.
2018 UNIVERSITY OF California SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO 2010 University of Southern Men’s Water Polo
2018 USC Women’s Water Polo Roster #
NAME
HT.
POS.
YR.
1 1A 1B 1C 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Victória Chamorro Amanda Longan Nicola Gonzales Holly Parker Annika Jensen Sabrina Garabet Brooke Presten Paige Hauschild Maud Megens Courtney Fahey Denise Mammolito Hayley McKelvey Nadia Pavlovich Brianna Daboub Kelsey McIntosh Kari Jensen Elise Stein Nina Ceklic Randi Reinhardt Verica Bakoc Kaylee Brownsberger Molly Leimbach Tamar Kazanjian Alaina Cousineau Sawyer Belville Emma Cornwell Kaitlin Leimbach Caitlin Stuewe
5-10 6-2 5-8 5-10 6-0 5-9 5-8 5-11 6-2 5-8 6-1 5-11 5-10 5-9 5-7 5-9 5-9 5-8 5-9 5-8 5-6 5-8 5-7 5-5 5-9 5-10 5-9 5-7
Goalie Goalie Goalie Goalie Utility Driver Driver Driver Utility Driver Driver Utility Utility Driver Driver Driver Driver 2-Meter 2-Meter Driver 2-Meter Driver Driver Driver Driver Goalie Driver Utility
SR JR SR SO SR FR JR FR SO JR SO SR FR SR SO FR SO FR FR FR SO FR JR SO SO SR SR SR
HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Centro Educacional de Lagoa HS) Moorpark, Calif. (Oaks Christian HS) Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach HS) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Glendora, Calif. (St. Lucy’s Priory) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Santa Barbara, Calif. (San Marcos HS) Rotterdam, Netherlands (Leonardo College) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Rancho Cucamonga HS) North Delta, B.C., Canada (Seaquam Secondary) Auckland, New Zealand (Westlake Girls School) Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Corona, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Palm Desert, Calif. (Palm Desert HS) Calgary, Canada (Henry Wise Wood HS) Murrieta, Calif. (Murrieta Valley HS) Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Silverthorn Institute) Hermosa Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Agoura Hills, Calif. (Agoura HS/Pierce College) San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente HS) Chino, Calif. (Ayala HS) San Diego, Calif. (Otay Ranch HS) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Monterey, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep)
Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Associate Head Coach: Casey Moon Assistant Coach: James Shin Volunteer Assistant Coach: Alexandra Kiss
Scouting Director: Marko Pintaric
PRONUNCIATIONS #3 Sabrina Garabet gare-ah-BET #5 Paige Hauschild HOSS-child #6 Maud Megens MOUD (as in cloud) MEG-inns #7 Courtney Fahey FAY #10 Nadia Pavlovich PAV-luh-vitch #11 Brianna Daboub bree-AH-nah dah-BO #15 Nina Ceklic CHECK-leech #17 Verica Bakoc VARE-itz-ah BACK-otch
#19 Molly Leimbach #20 Tamar Kazanjian #21 Alaina Cousineau Jovan Vavic Marko Pintaric Alexandra Kiss
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University of Southern California
2018 WOMEN’S WATER POLO
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Release #7 — March 28, 2018
No. 3 USC Hosts No. 12 Hartwick For Saturday Noon Showdown Trojans carry a 16-1 overall record into this weekend's action at Uytengsu Aquatics Center.
2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Date Opponent UCLA Mini Invitational Jan. 13 vs. #18 LMU CBU Mini Invitational Jan. 27 at Cal Baptist vs. Pomona-Pitzer
Time/Result
Triton Invitational@ Feb. 10 @Sonoma State @#18 San Diego St. Feb. 11 @#7 UC Irvine @#4 UCLA Barbara Kalbus Invitational% Feb. 23 #18 San José State Feb. 24 #6 Arizona State #2 California Feb. 25 #1 Stanford
W 18-0 W 20-0 W 21-3 W 13-1 W 14-2 W 7-5 W 6-4 W 17-1 W 8-6 W 6-5 L 9-3
March 7 #7 UC IRVINE W 13-7 March 8 #5 HAWAI’I W 12-7 March 17 at #5 Hawai’i W 9-5 March 22 #15 PRINCETON (P12N | P12LA) W 17-4 March 24 at #6 Arizona State* W 12-6 March 25 #8 PACIFIC W 19-3 March 31 #12 HARTWICK 12 p.m. April 7 April 13 April 14 April 21
CALIFORNIA* (P12N|P12LA|P12BA) 5 p.m. at Stanford* (P12LA | P12BA) 5:30 p.m. at San José State 2 p.m. UCLA* (P12LA) 7 p.m.
MPSF Tournament (hosted by Cal) April 27 &TBD April 28 &TBD April 29 &TBD
TBD TBD TBD
NCAA Tournament (hosted by USC) May 11 $TBD May 12 $TBD May 13 $TBD
TBD TBD TBD
Home games in BOLD CAPS (at Uytengsu Aquatics Center) * MPSF game (P12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks @ Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) % Barbara Kalbus Invitational (hosted by UC Irvine) & MPSF Tourn. (hosted by Cal) $ NCAA Champs (hosted by USC)
2018 Women’s Collegiate Top-10 (Week 10 • March 28)
Rank School Last Week Points 1. Stanford 1 (T) 98 2. California 1 (T) 96 3. USC 3 93 4. UCLA 4 88 5. Hawaii 5 84 6 Arizona State 6 80 7. UC Irvine 7 74 8. Pacific 8 71 9. Michigan 9 69 10. UC Davis 10 65
THIS WEEK USC remains in home waters for the next two weeks, with a single game on tap for this weekend. On Saturday (March 31), the No. 3 Trojans (16-1) will play host to No. 12 Hartwick (23-5) at 12 p.m. at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. USC IN THE RANKINGS USC kicked off 2018 ranked No. 2 in the national preseason poll and tied for third in the MPSF preseason poll. USC has bounced between No. 2 and No. 3 in recent weeks, and is currently ranked No. 3 the nation in the latest national poll (released March 28).
#3 USC (16-1) vs. #12 Hartwick (23-5) Saturday, March 31 | 12 p.m. Uytengsu Aquatics Center
Series Record: USC leads 11-0 Last Meeting: USC 21, Hartwick 5 (3/25/17) LIVE STATS: www.thefosh.net/livestats.php?gameid=4762
SCOUTING HARTWICK @USCWaterPolo The No. 12 Hawks enter the week 23-5 overall after playing five games last weekend, beating CSUN 12-11 in sudden death, Occidental 24-14, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 16-7 and Pomona-Pitzer 10-8 while falling to UCLA 15-7. Hartwick will face Concordia and Brown on Thursday in Irvine before visiting USC on Saturday. Zsofia Polak and Lena Kotanchyan enter the week as Hartwick's top scorers with 75 goals apiece, while goalie Hannah Edwards is averaging 7.74 saves and 11.11 goals-against per game. In a series dating back to 2006, USC is 11-0 all-time against the Hawks after a 21-5 win last season in Los Angeles. SWIM WITH MIKE ADDS MASTERS POLO On April 7, USC will host California in a crucial MPSF battle that will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Networks. But that 5 p.m. clash isn't the only big event at Uytengsu Aquatics Center that day. In the morning, USC's hosts the 38th annual Swim With Mike event, an annual fundraiser supporting physically challenged athletes around the country. In almost 40 years of existences, Swim With Mike has raised over $20 million in scholarships to help recipients overcome their tragedies and realize their dreams. In conjunction with the Swim With Mike activities, USC hosts the first-ever Masters water polo game for any and all 18-and-over players registered to compete. To get in the game, registration is free at uscwaterpolo.com. For more information on USC's Swim With Mike event and to donate to the campaign, visit https://www.swimwithmike.org/campaigns/usc/. LAST WEEK USC had a busy but rewarding week last week, notching three wins in four days in two different states. The Trojans opened up at home with a televised tilt against No. 15 Princeton, which USC topped 17-4. From there, the Trojans went to Tempe to take on No. 6 Arizona State for their first MPSF match of the year. USC would grab a 12-6 victory over the Sun Devils before returning to Los Angeles to host No. 8 Pacific the next day. The Trojans would take out the Tigers with a decisive 19-3 win to improve USC to 16-1 overall on the year. In the Thursday clash with Princeton, eight different Trojans scored and three USC goalies capped up in the cage to round out a powerful 17-4 win over the Tigers, led by four goals from Maud Megens and eight first-half saves from Amanda Longan. The Trojan defense allowed just one Tiger goal in the second half while adding to its 11-3 halftime advantage at the other end to keep USC plugging along to victory live on Pac-12 Networks. On Saturday in Tempe, USC and ASU were locked up 3-3 at the end of the first period before USC took control. Another well-balanced effort from the Trojans carried the visitors out ahead of the host Sun Devils with a three-goal surge to close the first half, and USC stayed the course in adding to its lead the rest of the way. Denise Mammolito had a first-half hat trick to help give USC the spark it needed to pocket the 12-6 road win. Mammolito would improved on that outing the very next day, as she and Megens combined for over half USC's scoring in a dominating 19-3 win over visiting No. 8 Pacific. Megens had a career-high six goals in the books by halftime, and she'd add one more in the second half to net seven — third most in a single game by a Trojans — to go along with fellow sophomore Mammolito's career-high four goals in that one. Again, USC goalies Amanda Longan and Victória Chamorro shared time in the cage to help anchor another powerful defensive stand by the Trojans. For their work in ringing up three more USC wins last week, two Trojans made it a third sweep of MPSF honors for USC. Sophomore Denise Mammolito scored her first career pick as the MPSF Player of the Week, and freshman Paige Hauschild earned her third straight and fifth overall selection as MPSF Newcomer of the Week. PAIGE PICKS UP ANOTHER USC freshman Paige Hauschild claimed her fifth MPSF Newcomer of the Week award on March 27 following another week of powerful play for the Trojan cause. Hauschild leads the conference with her five selections, thanks to
2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO three consecutive picks in the past three weeks. USC's top scorer this season with 43 goals to date, Hauschild has scored in every game in her first year as a Trojan, recording 13 multiple-goal games after two more hat tricks pinned up last week. Additionally, her 2.53 goals per game is the best in the MPSF. CLIMB ON As the 2018 season rolls on, two seniors are making moves on the USC career scoring ladder. On Feb. 11, Brianna Daboub broke into the century club, scoring her 100th career goal. Since then, she's upped her career count to 112 to rank No. 25 all-time in scoring at USC. Fellow senior Hayley McKelvey is also on the climb, holding 93 career goals to her name with an eye on hitting that century mark at Troy. On the defensive end, two USC goalies are on the rise on the all-time saves ladder. Junior Amanda Longan jumped into the No. 4 all-time slot as she now holds 484 career saves, just ahead of senior Victória Chamorro, who ranks No. 5 all-time with 438 career saves. BY THE NUMBERS Through the first 17 games of 2018, USC has outscored opponents 215-68. Freshman Paige Hauschild is the Trojans' top scorer to date with 43 goals, giving her an MPSF-best 2.53 goals per game average. Behind her on the 2018 scoresheet sits sophomore Denise Mammolito with 31 goals to date, followed by senior Brianna Daboub and sophomore Maud Megens with 21 apiece. On the defensive end, three goalies have checked into the cage to date. Junior Amanda Longan has logged minutes in 13 games, averaging 10.49 saves and 4.62 goals-against per game. She also boasts back-to-back complete-game shutouts in the cage. Senior goalie Victória Chamorro has appeared in eight games and averages 9.93 saves and 2.39 goals-against per game. Senior Nicola Gonzales made her first career appearance on Jan. 27, making two saves in one period of work in that USC victory. The Trojan defense has rendered opponents silent in at least one period of play in 14 different games while accumulating a grand total of 28 shutout periods this season so far. Overall, USC is averaging 12.65 goals per game on the offensive end and is allowing just 4.0 goals-against per game defensively. EVEN BETTER WITH AGE With a full season under their belts, USC's sophomore class is stepping up big in their second year of action as Trojans. Denise Mammolito has already eclipsed her true-freshman scoring total of 38 goals, standing as USC's second leading scorer this season with 31 goals to date. Kelsey McIntosh is just a goal away from matching her freshman year total of 20 goals. Fellow sophomore Maud Megens, meanwhile, is back to her scoring savvy after missing 10 games with injury. She was USC's second leading scorer with 58 goals as a true freshman, and she's pumped in 21 goals in just seven appearances so far this year, highlighted by a career-high seven goals vs. Pacific. Mammolito, McIntosh and Megens have combined for 72 goals to date — over a third of USC's total offensive output. 2018 TROJANS AT A GLANCE Five All-Americans and seven NCAA champions strong, the 2018 USC women’s water polo roster has the experience and the skill to lock up another national championship. This year’s arsenal of Trojans boasts a daunting blend of veterans and youth — all armed with the talent and savvy to propel USC to the top. Already ranked No. 2 in the land as the 2018 season gets underway, USC trains its focus on that NCAA trophy, which the Trojans last captured in 2016 in an undefeated run through that
season. Back in the captains’ roles for 2018 are two members of that title-winning team in All-Americans Brianna Daboub and Amanda Longan, who are leading a group of very hungry Women of Troy. Headlining this freshman class is U.S. National Team member Paige Hauschild, who is tabbed as a starter for the Trojans. A set of sophomores — Denise Mammolito, Maud Megens and Kelsey McIntosh are also in that mix, along with savvy seniors Daboub and Hayley McKelvey. CAGE FIGHTERS USC boasts a fearsome tagteam in the cage in AllAmerican tandem Victória Chamorro and Amanda Longan. Both compete for their respective national teams — Chamorro as a 2016 Olympian with Brazil and Longan as a gold-medalist with Team USA at the recent 2017 FINA World Championships. The Trojan defense allowed just 4.59 goals per game last season, with both Chamorro and Longan averaging over 10 saves per game in the cage. This year, Longan made some Trojan history in anchoring back-to-back shutout wins over LMU and Cal Baptist. Longan is the only USC goalie to record back-to-back complete-game shutouts. BACK ON THE ATTACK A year’s experience for last season’s freshmen — Maud Megens, Kelsey McIntosh, Denise Mammolito, Elise Stein and Kaylee Brownsberger — along with the leadership of 2016 NCAA champion seniors Victória Chamorro, Brianna Daboub, Hayley McKelvey and Annika Jensen and juniors Amanda Longan, Courtney Fahey and Brooke Presten will raise the bar again for the Trojans. As a true freshman, Megens was USC’s second leading scorer with 58 goals. Daboub, McKelvey and Mammolito combined for an even 100 goals. Add to that the depth charge that U.S. National Team member Paige Hauschild and her fellow true freshmen bring for 2018, and USC’s attack becomes well-rounded and dangerous. USC also has three new internationals in the water to diversify that attack. Canadians Verica Bakoc and Nina Ceklic are in the mix, along with New Zealand product Nadia Pavlovich. U.S. product Randi Reinhardt also stands out as a key addition to USC’s rotation for 2018. FIVE-TIME TRITON TITLISTS USC claimed its fifth straight championship at the Triton Invitational by capping off the event with a 6-4 win over rival UCLA in the title match. The Trojans never once trailed during the tournament, opening with a 13-1 win over Sonoma State and a 14-2 win over San Diego State in group play. In the semifinals, USC played a tighter match against UC Irvine, pulling away for a 7-5 win that sent the Trojans to the title match. During that semifinal win, senior captain Brianna Daboub notched her 100th career goal. Up against UCLA in the final, Paige Hauschild opened the scoring for the Trojans on a 6-on-5 finish. UCLA equalized, but junior goalie Amanda Longan made the stop on the Bruins' next try and then Daboub delivered for a 2-1 USC lead. That would do it for the first frame, but USC struck first again in the second. Kelsey McIntosh took the Trojans to a 3-1 lead before Longan roared to back-toback blocks and then slammed away a UCLA 5-meter penalty try for a huge boost to the Trojan cause. UCLA moved it to a 3-2 margin by the end of the half, then equalized early in the third, only to see Daboub earn a 5-meter penalty that Denise Mammolito hammered home for a 4-3 USC advantage. In the fourth, Daboub zipped in her second of the game to go up 5-3. Next, Hauschild took a feed from Hayley McKelvey to pad out USC's lead to 6-3. The USC defense would shut down the next few UCLA offensive series, although the Bru-
2018 AWARDS
MPSF Player of the Week: Maud Megens (Jan. 16) Amanda Longan (Feb. 13) Denise Mammolito (March 27)
MPSF Newcomer of the Week: Paige Hauschild (Jan. 16) Paige Hauschild (Feb. 13) Paige Hauschild (March 13) Paige Hauschild (March 20) Paige Hauschild (March 27)
ins would convert with 3:05 to go, making it 6-4. The stalwart Trojan defense did the rest, as USC closed out the game as a 6-4 win that locked up the Trojans' fifth straight Triton Invitational crown. USC's staunch defense was anchored by goalies Victória Chamorro and Amanda Longan. Chamorro had 14 saves vs. Sonoma State and 13 in tehwin over UC Irvine, while Longan made 12 vs. SDSU before adding her 11 vs. the Bruins. Amanda Longan would lock up her first career selection as MPSF Player of the Week for her efforts, while Paige Hauschild claimed her second MPSF Newcomer of the Week award after emerging as USC's top scorer with 12 goals at the Triton Invitational. SEASON OPENER USC stormed out of the gates of the 2018 season in churning out an 18-0 shutout of No. 22 LMU in the first official action of the season at the UCLA Mini Invite. Behind seven saves from junior goalie Amanda Longan, the USC defense turned away 10 Lion power play opportunities to help lock up the shutout win and make it a 1-0 start to the year. Senior Hayley McKelvey drummed up four goals in the first period of play — all 6-on-5 finishes — to set the tone for the Trojan offensive onslaught. Freshman Paige Hauschild should tally her first goal as a Trojan during the first frame, while Kelsey McIntosh delivered her first of two goals on the day and Maud Megens started off on her path to an eventual game-high five goals for the Trojan cause. Up 7-0 after eight minutes of action, USC received two goals from senior captain Brianna Daboub, two more from Megens and the first career goal as a Trojan for freshman Verica Bakoc to lead it 12-0 by halftime. By the final buzzer, sophomore Denise Mammolito had joined the scoresheet, while Hauschild completed her debut hat trick and Megens round out her five-goal outing. After the impressive showing, Megens was named the MPSF Player of the Week, and Hauschild was selected MPSF Newcomer of the Week. LAST SEASON In 2017, the Trojans finished up 29-4 overall with a run to the 2017 NCAA semifinals in USC’s 14th consecutive trip to the tourney. USC posted a 4-2 record in MPSF action and went on to claim third in the 2017 MPSF Tournament. The Trojans received a No. 3 seed into the NCAA Tournament, where USC was looking to win backto-back national championships for the first time in program history. USC would go up against top-seeded Stanford in the semis, coming up just short of a trip to the final with an 11-10 loss. Stephania Haralabidis was USC's top scorer in 2017 with 84 goals. She'd be named a First Team All-American to close out her USC career. Freshman Maud Megens earned Second Team honors, while senior Brigitta Games and sophomore Amanda Longan were Third Team picks, and junior captain Brianna Daboub earned All-America Honorable Mention.•
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2018 USC(16-1 SCHEDULE/RESULTS overall • 1-0 MPSF)
DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES UCLA Mini Invitational Jan. 13 vs. #18 LMU W 18-0 Megens 5, McKelvey 4, Hauschild 3, McIntosh 2, Longan 7 Daboub 2, Bakoc, Mammolito. CBU Mini Invitational Jan. 27 at Cal Baptist W 20-0 Hauschild 4, Stein 4, Mammolito 3, A. Jensen 2, Longan 12 Pavlovich 2, Bakoc 2, Fahey, Daboub, McIntosh. vs. Pomona-Pitzer W 21-3 Daboub 5, McIntosh 4, Mammolito 3, A. Jensen 2, Stein 2, Chamorro 3, Hauschild, Fahey, Pavlovich, Ceklic, Brownsberger. Gonzales 2
Triton Invitational@ Feb. 10 @Sonoma State W 13-1 Hauschild 4, Ceklic 3, Fahey 2, Mammolito, McIntosh, Chamorro 14 Stein, Brownsberger. @#18 San Diego St. W 14-2 Hauschild 4, Mammolito 3, McIntosh 2, Reinhardt, Longan 12 K. Jensen, Fahey, Bakoc, Cousineau. Feb. 11 @#7 UC Irvine W 7-5 McKelvey 2, Hauschild 2, Daboub, McIntosh, A. Jensen. Chamorro 13 @#4 UCLA W 6-4 Daboub 2, Hauschild 2, McIntosh, Mammolito. Longan 11 Barbara Kalbus Invitational% Feb. 23 #18 San José State W 17-1 Hauschild 3, Mammolito 3, Fahey 2, McIntosh 2, Chamorro 7 A. Jensen 2, Stein 2, Bakoc, Reinhardt, Brownsberger. Feb. 24 #6 Arizona State W 8-6 A. Jensen 3, Hauschild 2, Mammolito, McKelvey, Bakoc. Longan 6 #2 California W 6-5 A. Jensen 3, Daboub 2, Hauschild. Longan 18 Feb. 25 #1 Stanford L 9-3 Hauschild, Mammolito, Bakoc. Longan 11 March 7 #7 UC IRVINE W 13-7 Megens 4, Hauschild 2, McKelvey 2, Mammolito 2, Longan 6, Bakoc, McIntosh, Ceklic. Chamorro 7 March 8 #5 HAWAI’I W 12-7 Hauschild 4, Mammolito 2, Daboub, Bakoc, A. Jensen, Longan 8 McKelvey, McIntosh, Stein. March 17 at #5 Hawai’i W 9-5 Hauschild 3, Daboub 2, A. Jensen, Stein, McIntosh, Mammolito. Longan 8 March 22 #15 PRINCETON (P12N | P12LA) W 17-4 Megens 4, Daboub 3, Hauschild 3, Mammolito 2, Longan 8, McIntosh 2, Fahey, Bakoc, Ceklic. Chamorro 3, Gonzales 0 March 24 at #6 Arizona State* W 12-6 Mammolito 3, A. Jensen 2, Ceklic 2, Megens, Daboub, Longan 7, McKelvey, Hauschild, Fahey. Chamorro 0 March 25 #8 PACIFIC W 19-3 Megens 7, Mammolito 4, Hauschild 3, McKelvey 2, Longan 4, McIntosh, Daboub, Garabet. Chamorro 7 March 31 #12 HARTWICK 12 p.m. April 7 April 13 April 14 April 21
California* (P12N | P12LA | P12BA) at Stanford* (P12LA | P12BA) at San José State UCLA* (P12LA)
5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.
MPSF Tournament (hosted by Cal) April 27 &TBD April 28 &TBD April 29 &TBD
TBD TBD TBD
NCAA Tournament (hosted by USC) May 11 $TBD May 12 $TBD May 13 $TBD
TBD TBD TBD
Player Paige Hauschild Denise Mammolito Brianna Daboub Maud Megens Kelsey McIntosh Annika Jensen Hayley McKelvey Elise Stein Verica Bakoc Courtney Fahey Nina Ceklic Kaylee Brownsberger Nadia Pavlovich Randi Reinhardt Alaina Cousineau Sabrina Garabet Kari Jensen TOTAL
Goals 43 31 21 21 20 17 13 11 10 9 8 3 3 2 1 1 1 215
* MPSF game (P12) — Televised by Pac-12 Networks @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by Cal
Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center % Barbara Kalbus Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine $ NCAA Tournament — Hosted by USC
Goalie Appearances/Pds Saves Victória Chamorro 8 / 22 54 Nicola Gonzales 2 / 2 2 Amanda Longan 13 / 45 118 Totals 17 games 174
Goals by Period 1 2 3 4 USC 69 59 42 45 Opponents 23 13 15 17
SPG 9.93 6.45 10.49 10.24
Goals Agst 13 3 52 68
GAPG 2.39 9.6 4.62 4.0
OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. - - - - 215 12.65 - - - - 68 4.0
Games Mult-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Paige Hauschild 17 13 43 Denise Mammolito 15 9 31 Kelsey McIntosh 13 5 20 Brianna Daboub 11 6 21 Annika Jensen 9 6 17 Verica Bakoc 9 1 10 Hayley McKelvey 7 4 13 Courtney Fahey 7 2 9 Elise Stein 6 3 11 Maud Megens 5 4 21 Nina Ceklic 5 2 8 Kaylee Brownsberger 3 0 3 Nadia Pavlovich 2 1 3 Randi Reinhardt 2 0 2 Alaina Cousineau 1 0 1 Sabrina Garabet 1 0 1 Kari Jensen 1 0 1
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2018 MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO OVERALL STATISTICS--Mar. 27
INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games
1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
ATHLETE Paige Hauschild Makenzie Fischer Carla Carrega Madison Berggren Dora Antal Maddie Musselman Denise Mammolito Emma Wright Kat Klass Maud Koopman Aria Fischer Alkistis Benekou Lizette Rozeboom Bente Rogge Lena Mihailovic Kitty Lynn Joustra Brianna Daboub Kelsey McIntosh Anna Illes Guara Garcia Delgado Lili Urvari
YEAR FR SO SR JR SR SO SO SO JR JR FR SR JR SO JR FR SR SO SR JR FR
SCHOOL USC Stanford California Stanford California UCLA USC California Stanford Arizona State Stanford Arizona State UCLA Arizona State Arizona State California USC USC California San Jose State San Jose State
GAMES 17 13 18 13 18 23 17 18 13 20 13 20 23 20 17 15 17 17 18 22 22
GOALS-AGAINST *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
ATHLETE Victoria Chamorro Julia Hermann Amanda Longan Carlee Kapana Hannah Storum Mia Rycraw Madison Tagg Katelynn Thompson Tayler Peters
YEAR SR R-SR JR JR SO SR JR SR SR
SCHOOL USC Stanford USC UCLA UCLA Arizona State California San Jose State San Jose State
QUARTERS 21.75 39.01875 45 47.75 33 68 57 43.75 44.25
GOALS 43 28 34 24 33 42 31 32 23 34 21 32 36 30 24 20 21 20 21 25 24
GOALS/GAME 2.53 2.15 1.89 1.85 1.83 1.83 1.82 1.78 1.77 1.70 1.62 1.60 1.57 1.50 1.41 1.33 1.24 1.18 1.17 1.14 1.09
GA 13 45 52 62 43 94 81 100 106
GAA 2.39 4.61 4.62 5.19 5.21 5.53 5.68 9.14 9.58
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation 2018 Women’s Water Polo News Release # 11 March 27, 2018
Contact: Darren Preston [email protected] www.mpsports.org @MPSFWomensWP
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California USC UCLA Stanford San Jose State Arizona State
MPSF W L
Pct.
Home
Away
Streak
OVERALL W L Pct.
Home
Away Neutral Streak
3 1 1 0 0 0
1.000 1.000 .500 .000 .000 .000
1-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-2
2-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0
W3 W1 W1 L1 L1 L2
15 16 20 12 9 14
4-0 4-0 4-0 3-1 2-1 6-3
5-1 3-0 5-1 1-0 1-2 1-0
0 0 1 1 1 2
3 1 3 1 13 6
.833 .941 .870 .923 .409 .700
6-2 9-1 11-2 8-0 6-10 7-3
W3 W6 W4 W1 W1 L2
MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at conference tournament, hosted by California, Apr. 27-29
2018 MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO OVERALL STATISTICS--Mar. 27 RECENT RESULTS
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
INDIVIDUAL STATS
SAVES Wednesday, March 28 GOALS ATHLETE Stanford at UCSB
*Must Appear In 30 % of Team Monday,Quarters March 26 *Must Appear SCHOOL In 12:00 50 %pmof Team Games YEAR GAMES SAVES/GAME No. 1 Stanford 8,SAVES No. 7 UC IRVINE 3 YEAR SCHOOL GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME 1ATHLETE Carlee Kapana JR UCLA 11.9375 130 10.89 March 31 Sunday, March 25 43 1 2Saturday, Paige Hauschild FR USC 17 2.53 Amanda Longan JR USC 11.25 118 10.49 Hartwick at USC 12:00 pm No. 3 USC 19, No. 8 Pacific 3 Mia Rycraw SR Arizona State 17 172 10.12 2 3*# Makenzie Fischer SO Stanford 13 28 2.15 Arizona State at UCLA 5:00 pm Victoria SR USC 5.44 54 9.93 Saturday, March 2434 JoseCarrega StateChamorro at CALIFORNIA 5:00 pm 3 4*San Carla SR California 18 1.89 *No. 3 Usc 12, No. 624 ARIZONA STATE 68.59 Katelynn Thompson SR San Jose State 10.9375 94 4 5Madison Berggren JR Stanford 13 1.85 Saturday, April 7 No. 19 SAN JOSE STATE 9, Santa Clara 5 6 Julia Hermann R-SR Stanford 9.7546875 82 8.41 5 *# Dora Antal SR California 18 33Hartwick 7 1.83 Stanford at UCLA 12:00 pm No. 4 UCLA 15, No.12 TaylerMusselman Peters SR SanUCLA Jose State 11.0625 88Long Beach State7.95 5 7*# Maddie SO 23 42 1.83 California at USC 5:00 pm No. 4 UCLA 9, No. 14 4 Hannah Storum SO UCLA 8.25 65 7.88 7 8Denise Mammolito SO USC 17 31 1.82 Thursday, March 22 Madison Tagg JR California 14.25 100 7.02 8 9Emma Wright SO California 18 32 1.78 # No. 3 USC 17, No. 15 Princeton 4 9 Kat Klass JR Stanford 13 23 1.77 Sunday, March 18 TEAM STATS 10 Maud Koopman JR Arizona State 20 34 1.70 *# No. 4 UCLA 15, No. 21 San Jose State 4 11 Aria Fischer FR Stanford 13 21 1.62 TEAM GOALS 2018 WOMEN’S1.60 PRESEASON POLL NOTES 12 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Alkistis Benekou SR ArizonaSCORED State 20 32 TEAM GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME (Preseason • Jan. 12) *MPSF Game 13 1Lizette Rozeboom JR UCLA 23 36 1.57 2017 Stanford 13 167 12.85 # TV: Pac-12 Networks Rank School Final Rank Points 14 2Home Bente Rogge SO Arizona State 20 30 1.50 USC 17 215 12.65 1. Stanford 1 99 Team in CAPS; All Times Local 2t. UCLA 2 93 15 3Lena Mihailovic JR Arizona State 17 24 1.41 California 18 206 11.44 2t. USC 3 93 4. California 91 UCLA 23 234 10.17 16 4Kitty Lynn Joustra FR California 15 20 1.33 4 5. Arizona State 6 82 20 194 9.70 17 5BriannaArizona DaboubState SR USC 17 21 1.24 6. Hawaii 11 76 7. UC Irvine 5 75 Jose State 22 146 6.64 18 6KelseySan McIntosh SO USC 17 20 1.18 8. Michigan 7 74 9. Pacific 73 19 Anna Illes SR California 18 21 1.17 8 10 Long Beach State 9 (T) 62 TEAM DEFENSE 20 Guara Garcia Delgado JR San Jose State 22 25 UC Davis 1.14 12 11. 56 12. Diego State 13 50 GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME 21 Lili Urvari TEAM FR San Jose State 22 24 San 1.09 18 13t. Indiana 46 13t. Hartwick 14 46 1 USC 17 68 4.00 15t. UC San Diego 17 39 2GOALS-AGAINST Stanford 13Appear In 30 55% of Team Quarters 4.23 15t. San Jose State 20 39 *Must 17. Harvard 15 (T) 35 3ATHLETE UCLA 23 119 5.17 18. 34 YEAR SCHOOL QUARTERS GA Princeton GAA 9 (T) 2018 Water Polo • Page 121 19. MPSF UC Santa Barbara 32 California 18 96 5.33 1 4Victoria Chamorro SR USC 21.75 13 2.39 20. Wagner 15 (T) 29 Arizona State 20 116 5.80 21. Cal State Northridge 19 23 2 5Julia Hermann R-SR Stanford 39.01875 45 4.61 22. Loyola Marymount 23 18 6 San Jose State 22 214 9.73 23. 11 3 Amanda Longan JR USC 45 52 Marist 4.62 24 24. Iona NR 5 4 Carlee Kapana JR UCLA 47.75 62 Brown 5.19 RV 25. 4 Others receiving votes: Fresno State, Bucknell, Cal 5 Hannah Storum SO UCLA 33 43 CSU Monterey Bay,5.21 Baptist, Pomona-Pitzer, Santa Clara, Virginia Military, CSU East Bay 6 Mia Rycraw SR Arizona State 68 94 5.53 7 Madison Tagg JR California 57 81 5.68 2018 MPSF9.14 COACHES 8 Katelynn Thompson SR San Jose State 43.75 100 PRESEASON POLL 9 Tayler Peters SR San Jose State 44.25 106 Team (1st-place9.58 votes) Points 1. Stanford (4) 2. California (1) 3t. UCLA(1) 3t. USC 5. Arizona State 6. San Jose State
22 20 17 17 9 5
USC ALL-TIME RECORDS
1999 • 2004 • NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 2010 • 2013 • 2016
— CAREER RECORDS | SEASON RECORDS — Career Scoring Leaders (thru 3/26/2018)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Monica Vavic Stephania Haralabidis Aniko Pelle Sofia Konoukh Moriah Van Norman Nina Wengst Brittany Hayes Katrin Dierolf Ioanna Haralabidis Michelle Stein Kami Craig Christina McCall Alexandra Kiss Kaleigh Gilchrist 15. Erika Figge 16. Joelle Bekhazi 17. Lauren Wenger Brigitta Games 19. Jennifer Durley 20. Kristen Dronberger 21. Eike Daube 22. Sandra Milicev 23. Eszter Gyori 24. Kally Lucas 25. Brianna Daboub 26. Veronika Bartunkova CLIMBING... Hayley McKelvey
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
2012-15 2014-present 1999-02 2001-03 2003-06 1999-02 2004-07 2000-03 2014-present 2006-09 2006-10 1995-97 2007-10 2011-14 2004-07 2009-11 2003-06 2015-present 1998-01 2008-11 2012-15 1999-02 2002-05 2007-10 2015-present 2005-08
291 269 255 224 215 213 209 204 171 170 152 142
2015-present
93
137 135 127 127 122 120 119 116 115 113 112 106
Career Saves Leaders (thru 3/26/2018) Flora Bolonyai Bernice Orwig Tumua Anae Amanda Longan Victória Chamorro Kelly Graff Whitney Morgan Sarah Mix
2011-14 1997-99 2007-10 2016-present 2015-present 2001-04 2006-08 2003-05
895 838 538 484 438 398 377 149
Single-Season Goal Leaders
(thru 3/26/2018) Name Season 1. Sofia Konoukh 2001 2. Monica Vavic 2015 3. Stephania Haralabidis 2017 4. Aniko Pelle 2001 5. Monica Vavic 2013 6. Michelle Stein 2009 Monica Vavic 2014 8. Sofia Konoukh 2002 9. Katrin Dierolf 2001 Moriah Van Norman * 2003 11. Aniko Pelle 2000 Stephania Haralabidis 2015 13. Nina Wengst 2000 Stephania Haralabidis 2016 15. Brittany Hayes * 2004 16. Christina McCall 1997 Moriah Van Norman 2004 Stephania Haralabidis * 2014 Maud Megens * 2017 20. Nina Wengst 2001 Aniko Pelle 2002 Brigitta Games 2017 23. Michelle Stein 2008 Joelle Bekhazi 2010 25. Brittany Hayes 2006 26. Christina McCall 1996 Aniko Pelle * 1999 Katrin Dierolf 2002 Nina Wengst 2002 Ioanna Haralabidis 2017 31. Moriah Van Norman 2006 32. Brittany Hayes 2005 33. Sofia Konoukh 2003 Erika Figge 2007 Veronika Bartunkova 2008 Ioanna Haralabidis 2015 * — true freshman season
Total 104 100 84 81 77 75 75 70 65 65 64 64 63 63 59 58 58 58 58 57 57 57 56 56 55 53 53 53 53 53 52 51 50 50 50 50
Single-Season Saves (thru 3/26/2018)
Name 1. Bernice Orwig 2. Bernice Orwig 3. Tumua Anae 4. Flora Bolonyai 5. Bernice Orwig 6. Kelly Graff 7. Flora Bolonyai 8. Amanda Longan 9. Flora Bolonyai 10. Victória Chamorro 11. Whitney Morgan 12. Kelly Graf
Season 1998 1997 2010 2014 1999 2004 2013 2017 2012 2015 2006 2003
Total 323 276 270 252 239 237 222 221 209 207 202 161
2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO 24th season • 545-146 (.789) HEAD COACH 14 national titles • 13 cutino award winners 13-time national coach of the year 12-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 2016 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year Men’s career coaching record: 545-88 (.861) • 23 seasons Women’s career coaching record: 545-146 (.789) • 23 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 13-time National Coach of the Year and 12-time MPSF Coach of the Year, Vavic boasts a grand total of 14 combined national titles — including a six-year run with the USC men — and has coached 13 Cutino Award winners. The USC women’s undefeated run through the 2016 season brought Vavic the 14th national championship (nine men’s and five women’s) won during his tenure at USC. Vavic has the most team titles of any USC head coach in history. Vavic’s overall career record on the women’s side looms large at 545-146 (.789) as he now enters his 24th season as the USC’s women’s head coach. In 2017, the USC women set a new national record in claiming their 52nd consecutive win. The Trojans would finish the year with their second most season wins in history, going 29-4 in 2017 after reaching the NCAA semifinals for the 14th straight season. The previous year, Vavic’s 2016 women’s team finished off the program’s second undefeated season, going 26-0 en route to an epic win in the 2016 national championship game. 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 451-75 (.857), including 13 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, 2010, 2013 and 2016 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 firstever 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.
2018 UNIVERSITY OF California SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO 2010 University of Southern Men’s Water Polo
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Victória Chamorro Amanda Longan Nicola Gonzales Holly Parker Annika Jensen Sabrina Garabet Brooke Presten Paige Hauschild Maud Megens Courtney Fahey Denise Mammolito Hayley McKelvey Nadia Pavlovich Brianna Daboub Kelsey McIntosh Kari Jensen Elise Stein Nina Ceklic Randi Reinhardt Verica Bakoc Kaylee Brownsberger Molly Leimbach Tamar Kazanjian Alaina Cousineau Sawyer Belville Emma Cornwell Kaitlin Leimbach Caitlin Stuewe
5-10 6-2 5-8 5-10 6-0 5-9 5-8 5-11 6-2 5-8 6-1 5-11 5-10 5-9 5-7 5-9 5-9 5-8 5-9 5-8 5-6 5-8 5-7 5-5 5-9 5-10 5-9 5-7
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HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Centro Educacional de Lagoa HS) Moorpark, Calif. (Oaks Christian HS) Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach HS) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Glendora, Calif. (St. Lucy’s Priory) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Santa Barbara, Calif. (San Marcos HS) Rotterdam, Netherlands (Leonardo College) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Rancho Cucamonga HS) North Delta, B.C., Canada (Seaquam Secondary) Auckland, New Zealand (Westlake Girls School) Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Corona, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Palm Desert, Calif. (Palm Desert HS) Calgary, Canada (Henry Wise Wood HS) Murrieta, Calif. (Murrieta Valley HS) Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Silverthorn Institute) Hermosa Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Agoura Hills, Calif. (Agoura HS/Pierce College) San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente HS) Chino, Calif. (Ayala HS) San Diego, Calif. (Otay Ranch HS) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Monterey, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep)
Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Associate Head Coach: Casey Moon Assistant Coach: James Shin Volunteer Assistant Coach: Alexandra Kiss
Scouting Director: Marko Pintaric
PRONUNCIATIONS #3 Sabrina Garabet gare-ah-BET #5 Paige Hauschild HOSS-child #6 Maud Megens MOUD (as in cloud) MEG-inns #7 Courtney Fahey FAY #10 Nadia Pavlovich PAV-luh-vitch #11 Brianna Daboub bree-AH-nah dah-BO #15 Nina Ceklic CHECK-leech #17 Verica Bakoc VARE-itz-ah BACK-otch
#19 Molly Leimbach #20 Tamar Kazanjian #21 Alaina Cousineau Jovan Vavic Marko Pintaric Alexandra Kiss
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