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University of Southern California 2005 Men’s Water Polo USC Sports Information
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics • HER 103 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0601 • Phone: (213) 740-8480 • FAX: (213) 740-7584 Water Polo Sports Information Director: Darcy Couch • Email: [email protected]
Release # 5 — Oct. 4, 2005
NO. 2 TROJANS GET A TASTE OF HOME THIS WEEKEND
Now 7-1 on the season, USC plays host to LMU and Brown at McDonald’s Swim Stadium. 2005 Schedule
THIS WEEK: The No. 2 Trojans play their first home games of the season this weekend when No. 9 LMU and Brown come to town. USC faces the Lions on Date Opponent Time/Result Saturday (Oct. 8) at 10 a.m. and the Bears on Sunday (Oct. 9) at noon. Sept. 10 UC Irvine W 8-5 ••• Sept. 17 No. 15 Redlands^ W 12-2 Sept. 17 No. 6 Long Beach State^ W 12-6 RANKINGS: USC (7-1) moved to No. 2 in the national rankings this week Sept. 18 No. 2 California^ W 8-7 after spending the past two weeks at No. 1. LMU (10-7) is ranked No. 9, and Sept. 18 No. 4 Stanford^ W 6-5 Brown (10-6) is not ranked. ••• Sept. 24 Occidental% W 14-0 Sept. 24 Cal Baptist% W 11-5 WEEKEND RECAP: The Trojans’ undefeated run through their first seven Sept. 24 Riverside CC% (exhibition) W 14-2 games was snapped by then-No. 6 Pepperdine in a 5-4 loss on Friday (Oct. Oct. 1 No. 6 Pepperdine L 5-4 1). The Waves outscored USC 4-0 in the second quarter to take a 4-1 lead into Oct. 8 No. 9 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 10 a.m. halftime. Juraj Zatovic scored three goals for the Trojans, and Juan Delgadillo Oct. 9 BROWN 12 p.m. added one, but a late 4-meter penalty call against USC set Pepperdine’s 2004 Oct. 15-16 NorCal Tournament$ TBA Olympian Jesse Smith up for the game-winner in the fourth period. Oct. 23 *UC Santa Barbara 1 p.m. ••• Oct. 29 *LONG BEACH STATE 10 a.m. TROJAN-LIONS RIVALRY: USC is 7-0 all-time against LMU, having beatOct. 30 *UC IRVINE 12 p.m. ed the Lions 10-2 last season in nonconference action. Nov. 5 *STANFORD TBA ••• Nov. 6 *PEPPERDINE 12 p.m. USC is 6-0 all-time against Brown, although TROJAN-BEARS RIVALRY: Nov. 12 *California 10 a.m. Nov. 13 *Pacific 12 p.m. the pair have not played each other since 1992. ••• Nov. 19 *UCLA (at Sunset Rec Center) 1 p.m. Nov. 25-27 MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP& TBA SHUTTING IT DOWN: When junior goalie Don Ricci took to the cage on Dec. 3-4 NCAA Championship (at Bucknell) TBA Sept. 24 against Occidental, he also took hold of a piece of Trojan history by helping anchor USC to its first shutout victory since a 12-0 win over Cal State * MPSF game Los Angeles in 1988. Ricci posted four saves in the win, a testament to the pow^ Southern California Tournament (Irvine, Calif.) erful Trojan defense in field. % Lancer Invitational (Riverside, Calif.) ••• $ hosted by UC Berkeley & hosted by USC All times are local to game site SPRINT SPECIALIST: Junior utility Pavol Valovic has yet to lose a starting Home games in BOLD CAPS (at McDonald’s Swim Stadium) sprint for the Trojans. The speedster has taken the majority of USC’s opening sprints, and has come out ahead on every one. In the SoCal Tournament cham2005 Men’s Collegiate Top 20 pionship game against Stanford on Sept. 18, Valovic was a perfect 4-for-4 off (Oct. 5) Rank School Previous Points the lane line. He recently did the same against Pepperdine. ••• 1 UC Berkeley 3 99 2 USC 1 96 MASS PRODUCTION: Despite the low-scoring output against Pepperdine, 3 Stanford 2 90 the Trojans’ overall offensive production and defensive control have become 4 UCLA 4 84 glaringly apparant. In its first seven games, USC averaged 10.1 goals per game, 5 Pepperdine 6 81 while allowing a mere 4.3 per game to lead the nation. The Trojan defense has 6 UC San Diego 5 75 not allowed more than five goals in the past five games. 7 UC Irvine 7 70 --more-8 Long Beach State 8 65 9 Loyola Marymount 9 59 ON THE MOVE... 10 Pacific 10 55 11 St. Francis (NY) 11 51 — goals Juraj Zatovic needs to tie as USC’s all-time second 12 Princeton 12 43 leading scorer. 13 Navy 13 41 14 UC Davis 14 36 USC CAREER GOALS 15 UC Santa Barbara 15 28 1. Robert Lynn .............................. 1985-88 ............................................... 190 16 BYU (HI) 16 26 2. Hrvoje Cizmic ............................ 1994-96 ............................................... 179 17 Redlands 17 15 3. Juraj Zatovic ............................ 2002-present ...................................... 173 18 Bucknell 20 12 4. Danny Leyson ........................... 1989-92 ............................................... 167 19 Air Force 18 11 5. Giacomo Rossi ......................... 1985-89 ............................................... 162 20 Santa Clara NR 7
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2005 University of Southern California Men’s Water Polo LEAPFROG: After five more goals at the Lancer Invitational, Juraj Zatovic launched himself past another big-time former Trojan on the all-time scoring leaderboard. And with Saturday’s hat trick, Zatovic now boasts 173 career goals, meaning he needs just six more goals in order to tie for the No. 2 spot. If Zatovic can muster up 17 more goals before season’s end, he’ll be in the history books for the top mark in USC history. ••• CAGE FIGHTERS: The red-capped tandem of sophomore Adam Shilling and junior Don Ricci has proven a potent one-two punch for the Trojans. Together, they have 55 saves, and in the SoCal Tournament title game on Sept. 18, the pair shared in the championship effort. When Shilling was ejected in the second quarter, Ricci was able to sub in and make the stop on the Cardinal 6-on-5 attack. Shilling stepped back in at the half, and anchored the Trojans the rest of the way to the win. ••• LMU NOTES: The Lions (10-7) are coming off a tournament title win at the East Meets West Invitational in Colorado Springs, Colo. LMU beat Brown in the championship game. The Lions snapped a three-game losing streak by pinning up five straight wins at the tournament. Senior Endre Rex-Kiss was named MVP of the tourney. ••• BROWN NOTES: The Bears (10-6) went 3-2 at the East Meets West Invitational last week in Colorado Springs, Colo., beating Air Force, Iona and Occidental and falling twice to tournament champ LMU. ••• HOME POOL ADVANTAGE: After battling through regular-season competition, USC will play host to the crucial MPSF tournament (Nov. 25-27), where conference teams will vie for the championship title and an automatic bid into the eight-team NCAA Tournament. All the action is set to go down at McDonald’s Swim Stadium. ••• VAVIC ON DECK: Head coach Jovan Vavic, one of the top water polo coaches in the country, serves a dual role as the head coach of both the USC men’s and women’s teams and has led both to national championships twice in the same school year (the men in 1998 and 2003 and the women in 1999 and 2004). As he begins his 11th season at the helm of the men’s program, Vavic has a 21351 (.807) record on the men’s side after leading the 2004 Trojan squad to a third-place finish in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and a 22-5 overall mark. He also boasts a winning record against all opponents on the men’s side of the game.
2005 Stat Board Name Juraj Zatovic Juan Delgadillo Thomas Hale Tommy Corcoran Joe Cosentino Jovan Vranes Pavol Valovic Brandon Child Ted Zepfel Nik Healy Matt Aksel Grant Edgcomb Arjan Ligtenberg Matt Norris Dogan Aktay Stephen Meinen TEAM TOTAL
Goals 22 14 8 7 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 75
Goalie Saves
Name Don Ricci Adam Shilling
Saves 32 23
2005 USC Men’s Water Polo Roster
USC
IN THE NATION (as of Oct. 2 games)
INDIVIDUAL TOP 50 Total Goals
No. 29 —
Juraj Zatovic 22 goals (2.8 per game)
USC TEAM OFFENSE Total Goals Per Game
No. 9 —
75 goals (9.4 per game)
USC TEAM DEFENSE Goals Against
No. 1 —
35 goals (4.4 per game)
NO. 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
NAME Ronnie Giery Justin McCain Don Ricci Adam Shilling Benjamin Weil Thomas Hale Matt Aksel Ted Zepfel Pavol Valovic Juan Delgadillo Jeff El-Hajj Juraj Zatovic Joe Cosentino Grant Edgcomb Matt Norris Brandon Child Jovan Vranes Arjan Ligtenberg Dogan Aktay Stephen Meinen Nik Healy Adam McCall Tommy Corcoran Chris Lingle Tim Pickett Daniel Lim Ryan Cummins Stephen Lacy Andrew Platt * utilized redshirt season
POS. Goalie Goalie Goalie Goalie Goalie DR 2MD 2MD UT DR 2MD 2MD DR DR DR 2M 2M 2MD DR DR DR DR 2M DR 2M DR DR DR DR
HT. 6-2 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-4 6-6 6-10½ 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-3 5-8 6-0 6-1 6-2
WT. 205 200 175 185 165 185 210 210 190 195 205 200 180 180 180 220 220 260 185 196 190 180 225 175 215 155 155 186 175
YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Fr.* Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa) Jr.* La Jolla, Calif. (The Bishop’s School) Jr.* Sacramento, Calif. (Jesuit) So.* Fremont, Calif. (Bellarmine Prep) Fr.* Hillsborough, Calif. (San Mateo) Jr. Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson) Fr. Beaverton, Ore. (Westview) Sr.* Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Harvard Westlake) Jr. Bratislava, Slovakia (Golden West College) Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake) Jr.* El Cajon, Calif. (Valhalla) Sr. Novaky, Slovakia (Gymnazium Novaky) Fr.* Greenwich, Conn. (Greenwich) Fr.* San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (San Clemente) So.* Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson) So. Atherton, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep) Fr. Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (Newport Harbor) Fr. Los Altos Hills, Calif. (Gunn) Fr.* Istanbul, Turkey (Uskudar American Academy) Fr. Carlsbad, Calif. (Carlsbad) Sr.* Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Chadwick) Fr.* Huntington Beach, Calif. (Servite) So. Coronado, Calif. (Coronado) Fr.* Seal Beach, Calif. (Servite) Fr.* Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa) Fr. Honolulu, Hawai’i (Iolani) Fr. Santa Ana, Calif. (Foothill) Fr. Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista) Fr. Beverly Hills, Calif. (Beverly Hills) Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Assistant coaches: Marko Pintaric, Peter Janov
2005 MPSF MEN'S WATER POLO STATS Through October 2, 2005
SCORING LEADERS # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10. 11. 14. 16. 18. 19. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
29. 30. 31.
GOALS AGAINST
PLAYER, YR., SCHOOL Zatovic, Jaraj, Sr. USC McCleave, Brett, Sr., LBSU Hopkins, Thomas, Sr., Stanford Barry, Dreason, Sr., UC Irvine Pietsch, David, Sr., UCLA Mann, John, Jr., Cal Varellars, Peter, Sr., Stanford Hingle-Katel, William, Fr., Stanfod Miller, Grant, So., Peperdine Hutten, Tim, Jr., UC Irvine Hewko, Adam, So., Pepperdine Bauer, Robbie, So., UCSB Delgadillo, Jaun, Jr., USC Lanzt, Coulson, So., UCSB Smith, Jesse, Sr., Pepperdine Bacharach, Brian, Jr., Cal Powell, Logan, Jr., UCLA Scoles, Brad, Sr., LBSU Geoffrey, Erik, Sr., LBSU Gerardi, Jay, Jr., LBSU Bakic, Dragon, So., Pacific Sharf, Michael, So., Cal McLaughlin, Will, Sr., Pacific Yamamoto, Kenny, Jr., Pacific Turnbull, Matt, Jr., Pacific Zider, Grant, Jr., UCLA Vasiljevic, Andrija, Jr., Cal Tomassi, Reid, Jr. LBSU McLaughlin, Clint, Jr., Pacific Johnson, Justin, So., UCLA Knudtsen, Mark, Fr., UCSB White, Nate, Sr., UC Irvine
G 8 17 9 11 11 11 9 9 12 11 12 12 8 12 12 11 11 17 17 17 8 11 12 12 11 11 11 17 12 11 12 11
GL 22 42 22 26 25 23 18 18 22 20 21 17 14 20 20 17 17 25 24 24 11 15 16 15 13 13 13 20 14 12 12 11
GL/G 2.75 2.47 2.44 2.36 2.27 2.09 2.00 2.00 1.83 1.82 1.75 1.75 1.75 1.67 1.67 1.55 1.55 1.47 1.41 1.41 1.38 1.36 1.33 1.25 1.18 1.18 1.18 1.18 1.17 1.09 1.00 1.00
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
PLAYER, YR., SCHOOL Shilling, Adam, So., USC Bennet, Nate, Sr., Cal Ricci, Don, Jr., USC Didinger, Will, Jr., UCLA Garcia, Matt, So., UC Irvine Hohener, Sandy, So., Stanford Onyshko, Thomas, Sr., LBSU Wright, Rick, So., UCSB Wynne, Joe, Sr., UC Irvine Popovic, Marko, Sr., Pacific Tait, Ben, Sr., Pepperdine
G GA 4 14 11 46 4 21 11 58 5 28 7 43 17 111 8 56 6 45 12 90 n/a n/a
GAA 3.50 4.18 5.25 5.27 5.60 6.14 6.53 7.00 7.50 7.50 n/a
SAVES PER GAME # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 11
PLAYER, YR., SCHOOL Popovic, Marko, Sr., Pacific Garcia, Matt, So., UC Irvine Ricci, Don, Jr., USC Onyshko, Thomas, Sr., LBSU Hohener, Sandy, So., Stanford Didinger, Will, Jr., UCLA Wright, Rick, So., UCSB Wynne, Joe, Sr., UC Irvine Bennet, Nate, Sr., Cal Shilling, Adam, So., USC Tait, Ben, Sr., Pepperdine
G SV SVPG 12 106 8.83 5 41 8.20 4 32 8.00 17 128 7.53 7 47 6.71 11 73 6.64 8 53 6.63 6 38 6.33 11 64 5.82 4 23 5.75 n/a n/a n/a
2005 MPSF MEN'S WATER POLO STATS - Team TEAM POINTS # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
TEAM UCLA Long Beach State Cal Stanford USC UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine Pacific UC Irvine
TEAM GOALKEEPING G 11 17 11 9 8 12 12 12 11
GL 142 197 121 96 75 104 102 99 77
GPG 12.91 11.59 11.00 10.67 9.38 8.67 8.50 8.25 7.00
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
TEAM USC UCLA Stanford Pepperdine UC Irvine Cal Long Beach State UC Santa Barbara Pacific
G
SV GA 8 55 35 11 76 56 9 62 53 12 98 77 11 79 73 11 56 74 17 147 123 12 85 87 12 106 96
GAA 4.38 5.09 5.89 6.42 6.64 6.73 7.24 7.25 8.00
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics • HER 103 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0601 • Phone: (213) 740-8480 • FAX: (213) 740-7584 Water Polo Sports Information Director: Darcy Couch • Email: [email protected]
Release # 5 — Oct. 4, 2005
NO. 2 TROJANS GET A TASTE OF HOME THIS WEEKEND
Now 7-1 on the season, USC plays host to LMU and Brown at McDonald’s Swim Stadium. 2005 Schedule
THIS WEEK: The No. 2 Trojans play their first home games of the season this weekend when No. 9 LMU and Brown come to town. USC faces the Lions on Date Opponent Time/Result Saturday (Oct. 8) at 10 a.m. and the Bears on Sunday (Oct. 9) at noon. Sept. 10 UC Irvine W 8-5 ••• Sept. 17 No. 15 Redlands^ W 12-2 Sept. 17 No. 6 Long Beach State^ W 12-6 RANKINGS: USC (7-1) moved to No. 2 in the national rankings this week Sept. 18 No. 2 California^ W 8-7 after spending the past two weeks at No. 1. LMU (10-7) is ranked No. 9, and Sept. 18 No. 4 Stanford^ W 6-5 Brown (10-6) is not ranked. ••• Sept. 24 Occidental% W 14-0 Sept. 24 Cal Baptist% W 11-5 WEEKEND RECAP: The Trojans’ undefeated run through their first seven Sept. 24 Riverside CC% (exhibition) W 14-2 games was snapped by then-No. 6 Pepperdine in a 5-4 loss on Friday (Oct. Oct. 1 No. 6 Pepperdine L 5-4 1). The Waves outscored USC 4-0 in the second quarter to take a 4-1 lead into Oct. 8 No. 9 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 10 a.m. halftime. Juraj Zatovic scored three goals for the Trojans, and Juan Delgadillo Oct. 9 BROWN 12 p.m. added one, but a late 4-meter penalty call against USC set Pepperdine’s 2004 Oct. 15-16 NorCal Tournament$ TBA Olympian Jesse Smith up for the game-winner in the fourth period. Oct. 23 *UC Santa Barbara 1 p.m. ••• Oct. 29 *LONG BEACH STATE 10 a.m. TROJAN-LIONS RIVALRY: USC is 7-0 all-time against LMU, having beatOct. 30 *UC IRVINE 12 p.m. ed the Lions 10-2 last season in nonconference action. Nov. 5 *STANFORD TBA ••• Nov. 6 *PEPPERDINE 12 p.m. USC is 6-0 all-time against Brown, although TROJAN-BEARS RIVALRY: Nov. 12 *California 10 a.m. Nov. 13 *Pacific 12 p.m. the pair have not played each other since 1992. ••• Nov. 19 *UCLA (at Sunset Rec Center) 1 p.m. Nov. 25-27 MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP& TBA SHUTTING IT DOWN: When junior goalie Don Ricci took to the cage on Dec. 3-4 NCAA Championship (at Bucknell) TBA Sept. 24 against Occidental, he also took hold of a piece of Trojan history by helping anchor USC to its first shutout victory since a 12-0 win over Cal State * MPSF game Los Angeles in 1988. Ricci posted four saves in the win, a testament to the pow^ Southern California Tournament (Irvine, Calif.) erful Trojan defense in field. % Lancer Invitational (Riverside, Calif.) ••• $ hosted by UC Berkeley & hosted by USC All times are local to game site SPRINT SPECIALIST: Junior utility Pavol Valovic has yet to lose a starting Home games in BOLD CAPS (at McDonald’s Swim Stadium) sprint for the Trojans. The speedster has taken the majority of USC’s opening sprints, and has come out ahead on every one. In the SoCal Tournament cham2005 Men’s Collegiate Top 20 pionship game against Stanford on Sept. 18, Valovic was a perfect 4-for-4 off (Oct. 5) Rank School Previous Points the lane line. He recently did the same against Pepperdine. ••• 1 UC Berkeley 3 99 2 USC 1 96 MASS PRODUCTION: Despite the low-scoring output against Pepperdine, 3 Stanford 2 90 the Trojans’ overall offensive production and defensive control have become 4 UCLA 4 84 glaringly apparant. In its first seven games, USC averaged 10.1 goals per game, 5 Pepperdine 6 81 while allowing a mere 4.3 per game to lead the nation. The Trojan defense has 6 UC San Diego 5 75 not allowed more than five goals in the past five games. 7 UC Irvine 7 70 --more-8 Long Beach State 8 65 9 Loyola Marymount 9 59 ON THE MOVE... 10 Pacific 10 55 11 St. Francis (NY) 11 51 — goals Juraj Zatovic needs to tie as USC’s all-time second 12 Princeton 12 43 leading scorer. 13 Navy 13 41 14 UC Davis 14 36 USC CAREER GOALS 15 UC Santa Barbara 15 28 1. Robert Lynn .............................. 1985-88 ............................................... 190 16 BYU (HI) 16 26 2. Hrvoje Cizmic ............................ 1994-96 ............................................... 179 17 Redlands 17 15 3. Juraj Zatovic ............................ 2002-present ...................................... 173 18 Bucknell 20 12 4. Danny Leyson ........................... 1989-92 ............................................... 167 19 Air Force 18 11 5. Giacomo Rossi ......................... 1985-89 ............................................... 162 20 Santa Clara NR 7
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2005 University of Southern California Men’s Water Polo LEAPFROG: After five more goals at the Lancer Invitational, Juraj Zatovic launched himself past another big-time former Trojan on the all-time scoring leaderboard. And with Saturday’s hat trick, Zatovic now boasts 173 career goals, meaning he needs just six more goals in order to tie for the No. 2 spot. If Zatovic can muster up 17 more goals before season’s end, he’ll be in the history books for the top mark in USC history. ••• CAGE FIGHTERS: The red-capped tandem of sophomore Adam Shilling and junior Don Ricci has proven a potent one-two punch for the Trojans. Together, they have 55 saves, and in the SoCal Tournament title game on Sept. 18, the pair shared in the championship effort. When Shilling was ejected in the second quarter, Ricci was able to sub in and make the stop on the Cardinal 6-on-5 attack. Shilling stepped back in at the half, and anchored the Trojans the rest of the way to the win. ••• LMU NOTES: The Lions (10-7) are coming off a tournament title win at the East Meets West Invitational in Colorado Springs, Colo. LMU beat Brown in the championship game. The Lions snapped a three-game losing streak by pinning up five straight wins at the tournament. Senior Endre Rex-Kiss was named MVP of the tourney. ••• BROWN NOTES: The Bears (10-6) went 3-2 at the East Meets West Invitational last week in Colorado Springs, Colo., beating Air Force, Iona and Occidental and falling twice to tournament champ LMU. ••• HOME POOL ADVANTAGE: After battling through regular-season competition, USC will play host to the crucial MPSF tournament (Nov. 25-27), where conference teams will vie for the championship title and an automatic bid into the eight-team NCAA Tournament. All the action is set to go down at McDonald’s Swim Stadium. ••• VAVIC ON DECK: Head coach Jovan Vavic, one of the top water polo coaches in the country, serves a dual role as the head coach of both the USC men’s and women’s teams and has led both to national championships twice in the same school year (the men in 1998 and 2003 and the women in 1999 and 2004). As he begins his 11th season at the helm of the men’s program, Vavic has a 21351 (.807) record on the men’s side after leading the 2004 Trojan squad to a third-place finish in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and a 22-5 overall mark. He also boasts a winning record against all opponents on the men’s side of the game.
2005 Stat Board Name Juraj Zatovic Juan Delgadillo Thomas Hale Tommy Corcoran Joe Cosentino Jovan Vranes Pavol Valovic Brandon Child Ted Zepfel Nik Healy Matt Aksel Grant Edgcomb Arjan Ligtenberg Matt Norris Dogan Aktay Stephen Meinen TEAM TOTAL
Goals 22 14 8 7 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 75
Goalie Saves
Name Don Ricci Adam Shilling
Saves 32 23
2005 USC Men’s Water Polo Roster
USC
IN THE NATION (as of Oct. 2 games)
INDIVIDUAL TOP 50 Total Goals
No. 29 —
Juraj Zatovic 22 goals (2.8 per game)
USC TEAM OFFENSE Total Goals Per Game
No. 9 —
75 goals (9.4 per game)
USC TEAM DEFENSE Goals Against
No. 1 —
35 goals (4.4 per game)
NO. 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
NAME Ronnie Giery Justin McCain Don Ricci Adam Shilling Benjamin Weil Thomas Hale Matt Aksel Ted Zepfel Pavol Valovic Juan Delgadillo Jeff El-Hajj Juraj Zatovic Joe Cosentino Grant Edgcomb Matt Norris Brandon Child Jovan Vranes Arjan Ligtenberg Dogan Aktay Stephen Meinen Nik Healy Adam McCall Tommy Corcoran Chris Lingle Tim Pickett Daniel Lim Ryan Cummins Stephen Lacy Andrew Platt * utilized redshirt season
POS. Goalie Goalie Goalie Goalie Goalie DR 2MD 2MD UT DR 2MD 2MD DR DR DR 2M 2M 2MD DR DR DR DR 2M DR 2M DR DR DR DR
HT. 6-2 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-4 6-6 6-10½ 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-3 5-8 6-0 6-1 6-2
WT. 205 200 175 185 165 185 210 210 190 195 205 200 180 180 180 220 220 260 185 196 190 180 225 175 215 155 155 186 175
YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Fr.* Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa) Jr.* La Jolla, Calif. (The Bishop’s School) Jr.* Sacramento, Calif. (Jesuit) So.* Fremont, Calif. (Bellarmine Prep) Fr.* Hillsborough, Calif. (San Mateo) Jr. Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson) Fr. Beaverton, Ore. (Westview) Sr.* Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Harvard Westlake) Jr. Bratislava, Slovakia (Golden West College) Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake) Jr.* El Cajon, Calif. (Valhalla) Sr. Novaky, Slovakia (Gymnazium Novaky) Fr.* Greenwich, Conn. (Greenwich) Fr.* San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (San Clemente) So.* Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson) So. Atherton, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep) Fr. Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (Newport Harbor) Fr. Los Altos Hills, Calif. (Gunn) Fr.* Istanbul, Turkey (Uskudar American Academy) Fr. Carlsbad, Calif. (Carlsbad) Sr.* Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Chadwick) Fr.* Huntington Beach, Calif. (Servite) So. Coronado, Calif. (Coronado) Fr.* Seal Beach, Calif. (Servite) Fr.* Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa) Fr. Honolulu, Hawai’i (Iolani) Fr. Santa Ana, Calif. (Foothill) Fr. Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista) Fr. Beverly Hills, Calif. (Beverly Hills) Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Assistant coaches: Marko Pintaric, Peter Janov
2005 MPSF MEN'S WATER POLO STATS Through October 2, 2005
SCORING LEADERS # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10. 11. 14. 16. 18. 19. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
29. 30. 31.
GOALS AGAINST
PLAYER, YR., SCHOOL Zatovic, Jaraj, Sr. USC McCleave, Brett, Sr., LBSU Hopkins, Thomas, Sr., Stanford Barry, Dreason, Sr., UC Irvine Pietsch, David, Sr., UCLA Mann, John, Jr., Cal Varellars, Peter, Sr., Stanford Hingle-Katel, William, Fr., Stanfod Miller, Grant, So., Peperdine Hutten, Tim, Jr., UC Irvine Hewko, Adam, So., Pepperdine Bauer, Robbie, So., UCSB Delgadillo, Jaun, Jr., USC Lanzt, Coulson, So., UCSB Smith, Jesse, Sr., Pepperdine Bacharach, Brian, Jr., Cal Powell, Logan, Jr., UCLA Scoles, Brad, Sr., LBSU Geoffrey, Erik, Sr., LBSU Gerardi, Jay, Jr., LBSU Bakic, Dragon, So., Pacific Sharf, Michael, So., Cal McLaughlin, Will, Sr., Pacific Yamamoto, Kenny, Jr., Pacific Turnbull, Matt, Jr., Pacific Zider, Grant, Jr., UCLA Vasiljevic, Andrija, Jr., Cal Tomassi, Reid, Jr. LBSU McLaughlin, Clint, Jr., Pacific Johnson, Justin, So., UCLA Knudtsen, Mark, Fr., UCSB White, Nate, Sr., UC Irvine
G 8 17 9 11 11 11 9 9 12 11 12 12 8 12 12 11 11 17 17 17 8 11 12 12 11 11 11 17 12 11 12 11
GL 22 42 22 26 25 23 18 18 22 20 21 17 14 20 20 17 17 25 24 24 11 15 16 15 13 13 13 20 14 12 12 11
GL/G 2.75 2.47 2.44 2.36 2.27 2.09 2.00 2.00 1.83 1.82 1.75 1.75 1.75 1.67 1.67 1.55 1.55 1.47 1.41 1.41 1.38 1.36 1.33 1.25 1.18 1.18 1.18 1.18 1.17 1.09 1.00 1.00
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
PLAYER, YR., SCHOOL Shilling, Adam, So., USC Bennet, Nate, Sr., Cal Ricci, Don, Jr., USC Didinger, Will, Jr., UCLA Garcia, Matt, So., UC Irvine Hohener, Sandy, So., Stanford Onyshko, Thomas, Sr., LBSU Wright, Rick, So., UCSB Wynne, Joe, Sr., UC Irvine Popovic, Marko, Sr., Pacific Tait, Ben, Sr., Pepperdine
G GA 4 14 11 46 4 21 11 58 5 28 7 43 17 111 8 56 6 45 12 90 n/a n/a
GAA 3.50 4.18 5.25 5.27 5.60 6.14 6.53 7.00 7.50 7.50 n/a
SAVES PER GAME # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 11
PLAYER, YR., SCHOOL Popovic, Marko, Sr., Pacific Garcia, Matt, So., UC Irvine Ricci, Don, Jr., USC Onyshko, Thomas, Sr., LBSU Hohener, Sandy, So., Stanford Didinger, Will, Jr., UCLA Wright, Rick, So., UCSB Wynne, Joe, Sr., UC Irvine Bennet, Nate, Sr., Cal Shilling, Adam, So., USC Tait, Ben, Sr., Pepperdine
G SV SVPG 12 106 8.83 5 41 8.20 4 32 8.00 17 128 7.53 7 47 6.71 11 73 6.64 8 53 6.63 6 38 6.33 11 64 5.82 4 23 5.75 n/a n/a n/a
2005 MPSF MEN'S WATER POLO STATS - Team TEAM POINTS # 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
TEAM UCLA Long Beach State Cal Stanford USC UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine Pacific UC Irvine
TEAM GOALKEEPING G 11 17 11 9 8 12 12 12 11
GL 142 197 121 96 75 104 102 99 77
GPG 12.91 11.59 11.00 10.67 9.38 8.67 8.50 8.25 7.00
# 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
TEAM USC UCLA Stanford Pepperdine UC Irvine Cal Long Beach State UC Santa Barbara Pacific
G
SV GA 8 55 35 11 76 56 9 62 53 12 98 77 11 79 73 11 56 74 17 147 123 12 85 87 12 106 96
GAA 4.38 5.09 5.89 6.42 6.64 6.73 7.24 7.25 8.00
