2016 women's water polo
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University of Southern California
2016 WOMEN’S WATER POLO
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Release #12 — April 13, 2016
No. 1 USC Streaks Up To Stanford For MPSF Clash Against The Cardinal Undefeated Trojans are looking for their 20th win of 2016 and a lock on the top of the MPSF standings.
2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Opponent #19 UC SAN DIEGO at Whittier
Time/Result W 17-4 W 28-2
THIS WEEK @USCWaterPolo The top-ranked USC women’s water polo team looks to collect another key MPSF win this weekend with a trip to Palo Alto to take on No. 3 Stanford. The Trojans (19-0, 4-0 MPSF) and the Cardinal (19-2, 4-0) are set to tangle in a 1 p.m. matchup on Saturday (April 16) at Avery Aquatics Complex in a battle between the two teams still holding undefeated MPSF records.
Triton Invitational Feb. 13 @Santa Clara Feb. 13 @#19 UC San Diego Feb. 14 @#5 Arizona State Feb. 14 @#1 UCLA
W 20-2 W 15-8 W 6-3 W 8-6
USC IN THE RANKINGS USC opened 2016 ranked No. 3 in the national preseason poll and at No. 2 in the MPSF preseason poll. The Trojans moved up to rank No. 2 on Feb. 10, and rose in the ranks to stand as the No. 1 team in the nation as of the Feb. 17 national poll. The last time USC was ranked No. 1 had been in March 2014. USC remains as the nation’s No. 1 team this week.
Date Feb. 5 Feb. 6
Feb. 20
#25 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE W 15-3
UCI Invitational Feb. 27 %#25 Cal State Northridge Feb. 27 %#9 UC Irvine Feb. 28 %#4 Stanford Feb. 28 %#2 UCLA
W 13-3 W 11-10 W 7-6 W 10-7
March 5 March 11 March 17 March 26
at #9 Arizona State * #6 UC IRVINE at #4 Hawai’i at #10 San Jose State *
W 8-3 W 7-3 W 9-5 W 11-6
April 2 April 3 April 9 April 16 April 22
at #20 San Diego State #23 CSU BAKERSFIELD * #2 UCLA * REDLANDS at #3 Stanford * CALIFORNIA * (P12)
W 13-3 W 16-3 W 8-5 W 23-0 1 p.m. 2 p.m.
MPSF Tournament (hosted by Bakersfield) April 29 &TBD April 30 &TBD May 1 &TBD
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NCAA Tournament (hosted by UCLA) May 13 !TBD May 14 !TBD May 15 !TBD
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Home games in BOLD CAPS (at Uytengsu Aquatics Center) * MPSF game (P12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks @ Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) % UCI Invitational (hosted by UC Irvine) & MPSF Tourn. (hosted by Bakersfield) ! NCAA Champs (hosted by UCLA)
2016 Women’s Collegiate Top-10 Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9t. 9t.
(Week 13 • April 13)
School Last Week USC 1 UCLA 2 Stanford 3 Arizona State 5 UC Irvine 6 Michigan 8 Hawai'i 4 California 7 UC Santa Barbara 14 UC San Diego 10
Points 100 95 93 88 78 77 76 74 66 66
SCOUTING STANFORD The No. 3 Cardinal is 19-2 overall and 4-0 in MPSF play after beating Cal 13-5 and San Diego State 14-5 last weekend. Jamie Neushul is Stanford’s top scorer with 39 goals to date. Goalie Julia Hermann averages 8.56 saves and 5.44 goals-against per game in her 78 periods played. USC is 28-31 all-time against Stanford after snapping a four-match losing skid with a 7-6 win in the semifinals of this year’s UCI Invitational. The Trojans lost three times to the Cardinal last year — a 12-9 overtime loss during the regular season, a 9-6 loss during the MPSF Tournament and a 9-8 loss in the NCAA Semifinals in Palo Alto. LAST WEEK USC tightened its grip on its undefeated 2016 record with a victorious doubleheader that was headlined by a solid 8-5 win over rival UCLA to notch their third win of the year over the Bruins. The Trojans were in the driver’s seat throughout the rivalry clash against the visiting No. 2 Bruins, consistently coming up with some extra padding to the USC advantage after every UCLA attempt to close the gap. USC’s balance was in full effect against the Bruins, and after that final whistle the Trojans would find another depth charge as they capped the day with a 23-0 win over visiting Redlands in a nonconference clash. The Trojans had the first and last word in their rivalry clash with UCLA. Ioanna Haralabidis whipped in the opener for the Trojans, although the Bruins would break through less than a minute later to snarl the match up at 1-1 in just under two minutes of play. The Trojans settled in from there. The USC defense made its presence known in a set of saves from freshman goalie Amanda Longan and a big steal from Brigitta Games. On the offensive end, Games would take the Trojans back into the lead — for good — with a searing backhand off a setup from Haralabidis. With that 2-1 lead on the board, the Trojans would hit the gas from there. To open the second quarter, it was Games again. Her attack was fueled at first by a steal from Nikki Stansfield. Moments later, Games had tacked up her second goal of the half and made it a 3-1 USC advantage. A stretching save from Longan and another stop on a UCLA 6-on-5 chance would help keep USC on the attack. With 2:48 left in the half, senior Melissa Bergesen let fly a perfect lob to net a 4-1 lead for the hosts. On the Bruins next possession, UCLA would slip in a skipper to cut down the deficit to 4-2, but one last steal from Avery Peterson would wrap up the half with the Trojans holding that two-goal lead. Peterson would kick off the third frame by earning yet another power play opportunity for her team. Brianna Daboub finished off that chance with a slick crosscage score, and USC was back to a three-goal lead, up 5-2. Once again, UCLA had a quick response and again cut the margin back to two. This time, Peterson took matters into her own hands to bulk up the USC advantage, going on a solo mission to get USC ahead 6-3. The back-and-forth battle raged on, but USC would pad things to a 7-4 lead just seconds before the close of the period when another Peterson-produced power play saw Ioanna Haralabidis find sister Stephania for the strike that had USC holding a three-goal lead entering the fourth. Midway through the fourth, UCLA lofted in a lob that just beat outstretched Longan to make it 7-5. USC’s recurring theme kicked right back into play next, however. Peterson’s hard work got USC up on a 6-on-5 and some smooth scoring from the Trojans saw Stephania rifle in the finish to make it 8-5 USC with 2:50 left to play. That score would stand, and the Trojans’ undefeated record and grip on the top of the MPSF standings remained secure with the win over rival UCLA. Not long after the close of the USC-UCLA matchup, the Trojans turned to finish off the day with a nonconference bout against Redlands. USC got out to a relatively slow start in that one, building a 2-0 lead on goals from Mackenzie Flath in the first frame. The Trojans opened the floodgates from there, though. USC tallied 11 goals in the second quarter to hold a 13-0 lead by halftime. Seven different Trojans had contributed goals through those first 16 minutes, led by four from Flath, who would finish up with six goals in the win. By the final buzzer, fellow freshmen Brooke Presten, Dagmar Gudmundson and Courtney Fahey were also on the leaderboard with five, four and three goals apiece, respectively. Goalies Victória Chamorro and Alegra Hueso would each spend a half in the cage as they helped the Trojans lock in on a shutout victory with the 23-0 final decision over the visiting Bulldogs. PETERSON PICKS UP THE PACE Two-meter player Avery Peterson is off to the races in her junior campaign, having already bettered her
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2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO previous career total with a powerful 28 goals already scored this season alone. She set a new career high for herself with a six-goal game at Whittier on Feb. 6, and has since picked up her first career selection as MPSF Player of the Week. After punching up a hat trick in a key MPSF road win over Arizona State, Peterson earned the weekly award for the first time on March 8. UCI INVITE CHAMPS USC tacked up another tournament title to remain undefeated in 2016 with a push to the UCI Invitational championship Feb. 27-28. The Trojans opened up with a 13-3 win over CSUN on day one and would wind up in a tough battle against tournament host UC Irvine later that afternoon, pulling off an 11-10 victory to move into Sunday’s semifinals. There, USC stoned No. 4 Stanford with a ferocious 7-6 comeback win to secure a place in the title match. In another title match faceoff with rival UCLA, USC held its ground against the No. 2 Bruins and pinned up a 10-7 victory to win the championship crown. Stephania Haralabidis would come through with the clutch game-winning goals against both UC Irvine and Stanford. She’d finish the tournament with 12 goals, including a career-high seven goals in the tight win over UC Irvine. Amanda Longan and Victória Chamorro would share time in the cage, each capping up for two games apiece. Longan got the call-up for the UC Irvine game and the UCLA faceoff in the final, and would come through with 10 saves in both appearances. For their roles in helping to drive the Trojans to the championship, Stephania Haralabidis and Amanda Longan secured another MPSF sweep of weekly awards, as Haralabidis was named MPSF Player of the Week for the second time and Longan grabbed MPSF Newcomer of the Week honors for the third consecutive week. BY THE NUMBERS Through the first 19 games of 2016, undefeated USC has outscored opponents 242-82, leading the MPSF in defense (4.32 gapg) and offense (12.89 gpg). Junior Stephania Haralabidis is the top scorer to date with 48 goals — ranking her No. 8 all-time in career scoring with 170 goals. Just a notch behind her are three fellow juniors. Twin sister Ioanna Haralabidis is now well past the century mark in career goals thanks to her 32 goals scored to date in 2016, followed by junior Brigitta Games with 31 goals. Just a step behind her is fellow junior Avery Peterson, who has already bettered her sophomore season total with her 28 goals to date. On the defensive end, freshman goalie Amanda Longan has capped in 12 games and is averaging 9.1 saves and 4.9 goals-against per game in her 36 periods of work. Returning All-American goalie Victória Chamorro has appeared in 32 periods and averages 6.9 saves and 4.6 goals-against per game. Senior goalie Alegra Hueso has allowed only one goal in her seven appearances in the cage to date. The Trojan defense has held 13 opponents silent in at least one period of play while accumulating a grand total of 24 shutout periods this season so far, including a complete-game shutout of Redlands on April 9. TROJAN SWEEPS WEEKS For their efforts in driving the Trojans to perfect performances at the Triton Invitational and UCI Invitational, USC’s Stephania Haralabidis and Amanda Longan have paired up to sweep the MPSF weekly honors twice so far this season. At the Triton Invitational Haralabidis scored nine goals, topping out with a hat trick in the title match, where the Trojans beat No. 1 UCLA 8-6 in the final. In the semifinals, Haralabidis scored twice to help generate a 6-3 win for USC over Arizona State. At the same event, freshman goalie Longan had a strong showing. In her two appearances, Longan collected a total of eight saves -- including a 5-meter penalty stop — and allowed only four goals. She made three saves in three periods of work in the opening 20-2 win over Santa Clara and then made five saves in the same stretch of action in USC’s 6-3 semifinal win over ASU. More recently, the duo proved instrumental again in guiding the Trojans to the 2016 UCI Invitational cham-
2016 AWARDS
pionship. Haralabidis’ 12 goals at the event included a career-high seven goals in a close 11-10 win over host UC Irvine, the game-winner with 5 second left in the 7-6 semifinal win over Stanford, and a hat trick in the 10-7 championship victory over UCLA. Longan, too, came up big in the cage with 10 saves vs. UCI and 10 more against the Bruins. That marked Longan’s third straight week as MPSF Newcomer of the Week, while Haralabidis secured her second MPSF Player of the Week award of 2016 with the pair’s second sweep of the season. INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES The overall young Trojans have garnered plenty of international experience on the way into this 2016 campaign for USC. Incoming freshman goalie Amanda Longan won gold with Team USA at the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships, where several other Trojans were competing with their respective countries. The Haralabidis sisters, Ioanna and Stephania were in action with Greece; goalie Victória Chamorro capped up for Brazil; and Hayley McKelvey was a high scorer for Canada. CAGE FIGHTERS USC’s goalkeeping corps this season is ferociously deep. Sophomore Victória Chamorro set a freshman goalie record last season in hauling in 207 saves in her first year as a Trojan. This year, she’s joined by freshman Amanda Longan, who was named Top Goalkeeper at the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships during the summer. Added veteran experience comes from senior captain Alegra Hueso, who appeared in 27 games during her first three seasons as a Trojan. OH CAPTAINS, MY CAPTAINS The most experienced player in the pool this season is junior Avery Peterson — one of three Trojan captains for 2016. Sophomore Brianna Daboub and senior Alegra Hueso also have been selected as team captains for the year. Peterson weighs in as the veteran of the group in that she has logged the most playing time of the bunch. With 20 goals to her name as a Trojan, the 2-meter power was in the water for USC’s last two NCAA Tournament runs. Daboub may just be a sophomore, but her savvy helps her stand out as another key leader for the Trojans this season. She scored 27 goals as a freshman and was named to the 2015 MPSF All-Newcomer Team. A senior, Hueso has been at Troy since her freshman season in 2013, when USC won its last NCAA Championship. GUT CHECKS IN IRVINE USC was significantly tested in back-to-back games at the UCI Invitational, facing deficits against both UC Irvine and Stanford and finding a way to fight back to victory. The Anteaters are the only team this year to score in double digits against the Trojans, but USC remained unfazed in a see-saw battle against the tournament host that saw the lead change hands back and forth and lock up even seven times. UC Irvine led 4-3 after the first period of play and later got out to an 8-6 advantage with 3:38 left in the third period, only to see the Trojans rattle off three straight scores to work back into the lead. Hayley McKelvey provided the spark and Stephania Haralabidis followed with back-to-back blasts to take the Trojans ahead 9-8 with 1:22 to go in the third. A Haralabidis buzzer-beater would get USC ahead 10-9 entering the fourth. There, the Anteaters snarled it up for the seventh time with a score at 5:25. Less than a minute later, Haralabidis proved heroic again with her seventh goal of the game to get USC ahead 11-10 at 4:43, and that one would hold through a tense final few minutes get USC the victory. The very next morning, USC was in a crucial semifinal bout with Stanford, which pumped in three goals in the second frame to lead it 4-2 at halftime. The Cardinal would net one more in the third to put USC behind 5-2 entering the final period. That’s where the Trojans showed their mettle. McKelvey broke the silence with a blast to start the fourth frame, and Brianna Daboub rifled one in to get USC within one, down 5-4 with 5:57 on the clock. The Trojans would shut down a Stanford 6-on-5 chance
MPSF Player of the Week: Stephania Haralabidis (Feb. 16) Stephania Haralabidis (March 1) Avery Peterson (March 8) Brigitta Games (April 12)
MPSF Newcomer of the Week: Amanda Longan (Feb. 16) Amanda Longan (Feb. 23) Amanda Longan (March 1) Amanda Longan (April 12)
USC Career Scoring Leaders 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10. 11. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
Monica Vavic..................2012-15......................291 Aniko Pelle.....................1999-02......................255 Sofia Konoukh................2001-03......................224 Moriah Van Norman.......2003-06......................215 Nina Wengst..................1999-02......................213 Brittany Hayes................2004-07......................209 Katrin Dierolf..................2000-03......................204 Michelle Stein.................2006-09......................170 Stephania Haralabidis.2014-present..............170 Kami Craig.....................2006-10......................152 Christina McCall.............1995-97......................142 Alexandra Kiss................2007-10 Kaleigh Gilchrist.............2011-14 Erika Figge.....................2004-07......................137 Joelle Bekhazi.................2009-11......................135 Lauren Wenger...............2003-06......................127 Jennifer Durley...............1998-01......................122 Kristen Dronberger.........2008-11......................120 Eike Daube.....................2012-15......................119 Sandra Milicev................1999-02......................116 Eszter Gyori....................2002-05......................115 Ioanna Haralabidis ...2014-present.......... 115
next, and then Brigitta Games shouldered the load and dished out the equalizer to get USC even again at 5-5 with 3:05 to go. The USC scoring run continued as Ioanna Haralabidis notched USC’s first lead since the first frame, hammering home the go-ahead goal at 1:14. In the final minute, Stanford broke through and managed to level it up at 6-6 with 54 ticks to go. USC would wind up on the attack as the clock wound down, setting up Stephania Haralabidis to come through as the hero of the game as she landed a lob in the back of the net with just 5 seconds left to get USC a 7-6 lead. 2016 TROJANS AT A GLANCE The Women of Troy take aim at their 2016 campaign under the direction of head coach Jovan Vavic for the 22nd season. The USC women are looking to extend a streak of 12 straight trips to the NCAA Tournament, and the talent is certainly there to make a strong run at a title. Picked No. 2 in the MPSF Preseason Coaches Poll, the Trojans weigh in just a point behind top-picked Stanford. Both the Trojans and the Cardinal each received three first-place votes, hinting at a heated race for the 2016 title to come. USC returns three of its top five scorers from 2015 — Stephania Haralabidis (64 goals), Ioanna Haralabidis (50 goals) and Melissa Bergesen (37 goals) — along with All-American goalie Victória Chamorro and All-American two-meter power Brigitta Games. The Haralabidis twins earned All-American status last season as well. In all, USC returns 11 members of last season’s 16-player NCAA roster. •
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2016 USC(19-0 SCHEDULE/RESULTS overall • 4-0 MPSF) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES Feb. 5 #19 UC SAN DIEGO W 17-4 Games 4, S. Haralabidis 3, Peterson 3, Stansfield 2, Chamorro 4, McKelvey 2, Jensen, Daboub, I. Haralabidis. Longan 4 Feb. 6 at Whittier W 28-2 Peterson 6, I. Haralabidis 4, S. Haralabidis 3, Bergesen 3, Longan 4, Games 3, Jensen 3, Fahey 2, Flath 2, Stansfield, Daboub. Hueso 5 Triton Invitational Feb. 13 @Santa Clara W 20-2 Bergesen 3, McKelvey 3, Jensen 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Longan 3, S. Haralabidis 2, Fahey 2, Stansfield, Presten, Hueso 1 Flath, Gudmundsson, Games, Peterson. Feb. 13 @#19 UC San Diego W 15-8 Peterson 3, Jensen 2, S. Haralabidis 2, Games 2, Flath, Chamorro 6 I. Haralabidis, Blubaugh, Daboub, Fahey, Gudmundsson. Feb. 14 @#5 Arizona State W 6-3 I. Haralabidis 2, S. Haralabidis 2, McKelvey, Games. Longan 5, Hueso 2 Feb. 14 @#1 UCLA W 8-6 S. Haralabidis 3, Daboub 3, I. Haralabidis, Games. Chamorro 7 Feb. 20 #25 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE W 15-3 S. Haralabidis 4, McKelvey 2, Daboub 2, Games 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Jensen, Peterson, Bergesen.
Longan 13, Hueso 1
UCI Invitational Feb. 27 %#25 Cal State Northridge W 13-3 I. Haralabidis 4, Games 2, Peterson 2, S. Haralabidis, Chamorro 5, Daboub, Bergesen, Stansfield, Gudmundsson. Hueso 1 Feb. 27 %#9 UC Irvine W 11-10 S. Haralabidis 7, Daboub 2, McKelvey, I. Haralabidis. Longan 10 Feb. 28 %#4 Stanford W 7-6 I. Haralabidis 2, Peterson, McKelvey, Daboub, Games, Chamorro 7 S. Haralabidis. Feb. 28 %#2 UCLA W 10-7 S. Haralabidis 3, Stansfield 2, Peterson 2, I. Haralabidis, Longan 10 McKelvey, Games. March 5 at #9 Arizona State * W 8-3 Peterson 3, Games 2, S. Haralabidis 2, Daboub. Longan 5 March 11 #6 UC IRVINE W 7-3 I. Haralabidis 3, Daboub 2, S. Haralabidis, Peterson. Chamorro 7, Longan 3, Hueso 0 March 17 at #4 Hawai’i W 9-5 S. Haralabidis 4, Daboub 3, Games, Jensen. Longan 2, Chamorro 5 March 26 at #10 San Jose State * W 11-6 Peterson 3, Games 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Stansfield, Chamorro 6 Bergesen, Jensen, S. Haralabidis. April 2 at #20 San Diego State W 13-3 S. Haralabidis 3, Games 2, Bergesen, Daboub, Fahey, Longan 10 I. Haralabidis, Jensen, Peterson, Presten, Stansfield. April 3 #23 CSU BAKERSFIELD * W 16-3 S. Haralabidis 4, I. Haralabidis 4, Games 3, McKelvey 2, Chamorro 7 Jensen, Bergesen, Daboub. April 9 #2 UCLA * W 8-5 Games 2, S. Haralabidis 2, I. Haralabidis, Bergesen, Longan 13 Peterson, Daboub. REDLANDS W 23-0 Flath 6, Presten 5, Gudmundsson 4, Fahey 3, Chamorro 1, Stansfield 2, Games, Bergesen, McKelvey. Hueso 4 April 16 at #3 Stanford * 1 p.m. April 22 CALIFORNIA * (P12) 2 p.m. MPSF Tournament (hosted by CSU Bakersfield) April 29 &TBD April 30 &TBD May 1 &TBD
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NCAA Tournament (hosted by UCLA) May 13 !TBD May 14 !TBD May 15 !TBD
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Player Goals Stephania Haralabidis 48 * MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center Ioanna Haralabidis 32 P12 — Televised by Pac-12 Networks @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego % UCI Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine Brigitta Games 31 & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by CSU Bakersfield ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by UCLA Avery Peterson 28 Brianna Daboub 21 Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Hayley McKelvey 14 Goalie 10 / 32 55 6.9 37 4.6 Annika Jensen 13 Victória Chamorro 12 / 36 82 9.1 44 4.9 Melissa Bergesen 13 Amanda Longan 7 / 8 14 7.0 1 0.5 Nikki Stansfield 11 Alegra Hueso 19 games 151 8.0 82 4.3 Mackenzie Flath 10 Totals Courtney Fahey 9 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. Dagmar Gudmundsson 7 Goals by Period 1 69 63 65 48 - - - - 245 12.9 Brooke Presten 7 USC 24 18 22 18 - - - - 82 4.3 Sydney Blubaugh 1 Opponents TOTAL 245
Games Mult-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Stephania Haralabidis 18 14 48 Brigitta Games 17 10 31 Ioanna Haralabidis 16 9 32 Brianna Daboub 14 5 21 Avery Peterson 13 7 28 Hayley McKelvey 9 4 14 Melissa Bergesen 9 2 13 Annika Jensen 8 3 13 Nikki Stansfield 8 3 11 Courtney Fahey 5 3 9 Mackenzie Flath 4 2 10 Dagmar Gudmundsson 4 1 7 Brooke Presten 3 1 7 Sydney Blubaugh 1 0 1
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MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Apr. 11, 2016
INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games
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ATHLETE Rae Lekness Stephania Haralabidis Carla Carrega Jamie Neushul Ioanna Haralabidis Kat Klass Avery Peterson Ashley Paz Brigitta Games Emily Loughlin Lizette Rozeboom Carla Toha Vilanova India Forster Mackenzie Barr Anna Yelizarova Gurpreet Sohi Devin Grab Maud Koopman Daisy Carter Alexa Tielmann Nicole Reynolds Dani Jackovich Brianna Daboub Katie Sverchek Abbey Kerth Ashley Zwimer
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GOALKEEPER SAVES
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ATHLETE Courtney Wahlstrom Mia Rycraw Carlee Kapana Amanda Longan Alex Musselman Julia Hermann Brittany Tyra Tayler Peters Victoria Chamorro Alicia Magliocco Madison Tagg Madeline Trabucco
YEAR SR SO FR FR SR R-SO JR SO SO FR FR JR
SCHOOL San Jose State USC California Stanford USC Stanford USC CSU Bakersfield USC California UCLA San Jose State UCLA UCLA Stanford Stanford UCLA Arizona State Arizona State UCLA UCLA Stanford USC Arizona State Arizona State UCLA
GAMES 29 18 26 21 18 21 17 30 19 23 19 29 22 22 18 21 23 22 21 20 12 21 18 22 21 21
GOALS 88 48 53 39 32 36 28 49 31 37 30 44 33 33 27 31 32 29 27 25 15 25 21 25 23 23
GOALS/GAME 3.03 2.67 2.04 1.86 1.78 1.71 1.65 1.63 1.63 1.61 1.58 1.52 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.48 1.39 1.32 1.29 1.25 1.25 1.19 1.17 1.14 1.10 1.10
*Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters SCHOOL GAMES SAVES CSU Bakersfield 15.5 198 Arizona State 19 214 UCLA 12.25 115 USC 9 82 UCLA 10.75 93 Stanford 19.5 167 CSU Bakersfield 13.5 103 San Jose State 12.75 95 USC 8 55 San Jose State 13.4375 91 California 11.94 67 California 13.34 74
SAVES/GAME 12.77 11.26 9.39 9.11 8.65 8.56 7.63 7.45 6.88 6.77 5.61 5.55
2016 MPSF Women’s Water Polo News Release # 12 2016 OF April 12,UNIVERSITY 2016
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MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at conference tournament, hosted by CSU Bakersfield, April 29-May 1
RECENT RESULTS MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Apr. 11, 2016
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
INDIVIDUAL STATS Sunday, April 10 Friday, April 15 *# Arizona State at UCLA pm STANFORD 14, San Diego State 5 GOALS-AGAINST *Must *MustAppear Appear3:30 In50 30% % of of Team Team Games Quarters GOALS In
ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL QUARTERS GA GAA ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES GOALS/GAME Saturday, April 16 Saturday, AprilGOALS 9 1 Rae Victoria Chamorro SO USC 32 37 1 *USC Lekness SR San Jose State 29 88 3.03 *Arizona State 13, SAN JOSE STATE 8 4.63 at STANFORD 1:00 pm 2 Madeline Trabucco JR California 53.375 65 4.87 2 *San Stephania USC 18 8, Ucla 5 48 2.67 *USC Jose State atHaralabidis CSU BAKERSFIELD JR 1:00 pm *# 26 STANFORD 13, California Amanda Longan FR USC 36 44 5 4.89 3 3 Carla Carrega SO California 53 2.04 April 17 Arizona Bay 3 (at SJSU) 4 Jamie Carlee Kapana FR UCLA 49 State 15, CSU Monterey 60 4.90 4 Sunday, Neushul JR Stanford 21 39 1.86 USC 23, Redlands 0 Arizona State at SAN DIEGO STATE 1:00 pm Alex Musselman SR UCLA 43 58 5.40 5 5 Ioanna Haralabidis JR USC 18 32 SAN JOSE STATE 24, CSU Monterey Bay 31.78 6 Kat Julia Hermann R-SO Stanford 78 106 5.44 6 Friday, Klass FR Stanford 21 36 1.71 April 22 Mia Rycraw SO Arizona 76 5.68 Sunday, April 3 108 7 *#7 Avery Peterson JR USC 17 28 1.65 California at USC 2:00 pm State *USC Madison FR 47.75 693 5.78 8 8 Ashley PazTagg SO CSUCalifornia Bakersfield 30 16, CSU Bakersfield 49 1.63 Saturday, April 23 San Jose State 16, Pomona-Pitzer 4 (at UCLA) 9 Brittany Tyra JR CSU Bakersfield 54 103 7.63 8 Brigitta Games JR USC 19 31 1.63 San51 Jose State 28, Redlands 8 (at UCLA) 8.71 *# Stanford at Peters UCLA 11:30 am State Tayler SO San Jose 111 1010 Emily Loughlin JR California 23 37 1.61 UCLA 23, Redlands 2 *CSU Bakersfield at CALIFORNIA 1:00 pm Alicia Rozeboom Magliocco FR SanUCLA Jose State 53.75 132 9.82 1111Lizette FR 19 25, Pomona-Pitzer 303 1.58 UCLA 12 Courtney Wahlstrom SR CSU Bakersfield 62 160 10.32 12 Carla Toha Vilanova FR San Jose State 29 44 1.52 Saturday, April 2 33 13 India Forster SR UCLA 22 1.50 WOMEN’S PRESEASON POLL *ARIZONA STATE 7, 2016 California 6 (SV-3 OT)1.50 NOTESJR TEAM STATS 13SCHEDULE/RESULTS Mackenzie Barr UCLA 22 33 *Stanford 12, CSU BAKERSFIELD 5(Preseason • Jan. 13) *MPSF Conference Game 13 Anna Yelizarova SR Stanford 18 13, San Jose State 27 1.50 2015 TEAM GOALS *UCLA Rank 6 School Final Rank Points # Pac-12 Networks 16Home Gurpreet Sohi SR Stanford 2113, SAN DIEGO1. 31 Stanford 1.48 1 USC STATE 3 98 TEAM GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME Team in CAPS; All Times Local toGAMES Site 2. 32 UCLA 95 171 Devin GrabUSC SO UCLA 23 1.39 2 19 245 12.89 3. USC 3 92 182 Maud Koopman FR Arizona 22 Stanford 21 270State 12.86 4. 29 California 1.32 4 86 5. 27 UC Irvine 1.29 5 77 193 Daisy Carter SR Arizona 21 UCLA 23 277State 12.04 6. 25 Arizona State 1.25 9 73 204 Alexa San Tielmann R-JR UCLA 20 Jose State 29 297 10.24 7. Hawaii 6 (T) 67 205 Nicole Arizona Reynolds SO UCLA 12 1.25 8 8. 15 San Jose State 62 State 22 209 9.50 9. 25 UC Davis 1.19 11 46 226 Dani Jackovich JR Stanford 21 California 26 242 9.31 10. UC Pacific 16 (T) 45 237 Brianna Daboub SO USC 18 21 Princeton 1.17 6 (T) CSU Bakersfield 30 265 8.83 11. 40 12t. 36 24 Katie Sverchek SR Arizona State 22 25 Indiana 1.14 12 12t. Michigan RV 36 25 Abbey Kerth SR Arizona State 21 23 1.10 TEAM DEFENSE 14. UC Santa Barbara 13 (T) 34 25 Ashley Zwimer JR UCLA 21 23 Loyola Marymount 13 1.10 (T) 15. 33 TEAM GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME MPSF Water Polo • Page 1 16. 2016 San Diego State 16 (T) 31 1 USC 19 82 4.32 17. Long Beach State 15 28 18. Cal State Northridge 10 26 2 GOALKEEPER UCLA 118 In 30 % of 5.13 SAVES 23 *Must Appear Team Quarters 19. Hartwick 18 (T) 24 3 ATHLETE Stanford 21 110 5.24 YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SAVES/GAME 20. Wagner 18 (T) 8 Arizona State 22 116 5.27 1 4 Courtney Wahlstrom SR CSU Bakersfield 15.5 198 12.77 Others receiving votes: UC San Diego 7, California 26 141State 5.42 2 5 Mia Rycraw SO Arizona 19 214 7, Marist 2,11.26 Harvard Iona 2, Cal Baptist 1, Bucknell Jose State 29 264 9.10 3 6 CarleeSan Kapana FR UCLA 12.25 115 1. 9.39 CSU Bakersfield 30 279 9.30 4 7 Alex Musselman SR UCLA 10.75 93 8.65 5 Amanda Longan FR USC 8 69 2016 MPSF8.63 COACHES 6 Julia Hermann R-SO Stanford 19.5 167 8.56 POLL PRESEASON 7 Brittany Tyra JR CSU Bakersfield 13.5 103 Team (1st-place7.63 votes) Points 1. Stanford (3) 7.45 32 8 Tayler Peters SO San Jose State 12.75 95 2. USC (3) 31 9 Victoria Chamorro SO USC 7.5 54 7.20 3. UCLA (1) 29 10 Alicia Magliocco FR San Jose State 13.4375 4. 91 California 6.77 22 11 Madison Tagg FR California 11.94 5. 67 Arizona State 5.61 15 6. 74 San Jose State 5.55 12 12 Madeline Trabucco JR California 13.34 7.
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2010 University ofOF Southern California Men’s Water PoloPOLO 2016 UNIVERSITY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER
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Victória Chamorro 5-10 Goalie Amanda Longan 6-2 Goalie Alegra Hueso 5-9 Goalie Melanie Slater 5-7 Goalie Nicola Gonzales 5-8 Goalie Annika Jensen 6-0 Utility Ioanna Haralabidis 5-11 Driver Nikki Stansfield 5-11 Driver Brooke Presten 5-8 Driver Melissa Bergesen 5-10 Driver Mackenzie Flath 5-9 Driver Hayley McKelvey 5-11 Utility Stephania Haralabidis 5-11 Driver Brianna Daboub 5-9 Driver Dagmar Gudmundsson 6-0 Utility Brigitta Games 6-1 2-Meter Courtney Fahey 5-8 Driver Avery Peterson 5-11 2-Meter Cassidy Feltenberger 5-4 Driver Emma Cornwell 5-10 Goalie Ellie D’Ambra 5-5 Driver Lauren Esrig 5-7 Driver Kelly Giery 5-8 Driver Natalie Lavinsky 5-8 Driver Kaitlin Leimbach 5-9 Driver Caitlin Stuewe 5-7 Utility Nicola Welch 5-8 Driver Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Associate Head Coach: Casey Moon Volunteer Assistant Coach: Alexandra Kiss
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HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Centro Educacional de Lagoa HS) Moorpark, Calif. (Oaks Christian HS) Pasadena, Calif. (Pasadena HS) Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) Fullerton, Calif. (Foothill HS) Orinda, Calif. (Camplindo HS) South Jordan, Utah (Kearns HS/Golden West) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Vancouver, B.C., Canada (Seaquam Secondary) Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Hanford, Calif. (Hanford West HS) Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield HS/Golden West) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) San Pedro, Calif. (San Pedro HS) San Diego, Calif. (Otay Ranch HS) Rolling Hills, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Eugene, Ore. (South Eugene HS) Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Monterey, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep) Westmoorings, Trinidad (St. Joseph’s Convent Port-of-Spain)
Scouting Director: Marko Pintaric Director of Operations: Ivan Ivovic
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#3 Ioanna Haralabidis #10 Stephania Haralabidis #11 Brianna Daboub #12 Dagmar Gudmundsson #13 Brigitta Games #14 Courtney Fahey Jovan Vavic Marko Pintaric Alexandra Kiss
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2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO HEAD COACH 22nd season • 490-142 (.775) 13 national titles • 10 cutino award winners 12-time national coach of the year 10-time mpsf coach of the year
JOVAN VAVIC
VAVIC AT USC
1996 MPSF Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1998 National Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1999 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2003 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2004 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2005 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2006 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year 2008 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2009 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2010 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2011 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2012 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2013 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year Men’s career coaching record: 494-82 (.858) • 21 seasons Women’s career coaching record: 490-142 (.775) • 21 seasons
Jovan Vavic, one of the most decorated water polo coaches in the country, serves a dual role as the head coach of both the USC men’s and women’s teams. He has been with the USC women’s program since its inception in 1995, and has led both teams to national championships three times in the same school year (1998-99, 2003-04 and 2009-10). A 12-time National Coach of the Year and 10-time MPSF Coach of the Year, Vavic boasts a grand total of 13 combined national titles — including a six-year run with the USC men — and has coached 10 Cutino Award winners. With 13 national championships (nine men’s and four women’s) won during his tenure at USC, Vavic has the most team titles of any USC head coach in history. Vavic’s 2015 women’s team reached the NCAA Tournament for the 12th straight season, taking third place for the second straight season and ending with a 24-6 overall record on the year. That mark improved Vavic’s overall career record on the women’s side to 490-142 (.775) as he now enters his 22nd season as the USC’s women’s head coach. In the calendar years of 2013 and 2010, Vavic swept both sides of the game, winning national championships with the women in the spring and following that with men’s titles in the fall of those years. In 2013, the Women of Troy won the longest NCAA women’s championship game in history, beating Stanford 10-9 in triple sudden death to claim USC’s fourth national championship on the women’s side, while finishing with a 27-1 overall record. The USC men would follow with a historic feat of their own, winning an unprecedented sixth straight national championship in claiming the 2013 crown. In 2010, the USC women and men went back-to-back as Vavic followed 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year awards on the women’s side with 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year with the men in leading the Trojan men to their third consecutive national championship. Following the USC men’s 2009 NCAA title and the USC women’s run to the 2010 national championship, Vavic saw two Trojans sweep the Cutino Awards for the third time in his career, as J.W. Krumpholz and Kami Craig went back-to-back as the 2009 and 2010 Cutino Award winners following the USC women’s run to the 2010 NCAA Championship. The first Trojan pair to sweep the awards was Juraj Zatovic and Lauren Wenger in 2006. Since 1999 when the program was fully funded, Vavic’s record is 401-69 (.853), including 11 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Between 2003 and 2010, Vavic was named either MPSF or National Coach of the Year (or both) every year but one. His 2004 women’s team won the national championship and became the first team in NCAA Championship history to go undefeated (29-0). In 1999, 2004 and 2010, Vavic was named the women’s National and MPSF Coach of the Year. Vavic oversaw the team’s move from Division II in 1995 to Division I in 1996. He guided USC to its first-ever Division I National Collegiate Championships appearance in 1997 and a seventh-place national finish while the 1998 team took fifth nationally. In 1999, USC won the national championship, and Vavic was named the National Coach of the Year and the MPSF Coach of the Year. The 2000 squad added another strong showing, finishing second nationally. Vavic came to USC in 1992 as an assistant men’s water polo coach, joined John Williams as co-head coach in 1995 and took over the men’s program in 1999 after Williams retired. He and Williams were named National Coaches of the Year in 1998 after leading USC to its first-ever national championship. They were also named MPSF Co-Coaches of the Year in 1996 after leading USC to the conference title. In fact, in the 1998-99 season, Vavic did something no other coach has accomplished as his teams won three national championships. Besides capturing the 1998 men’s and 1999 women’s titles, his 1999 men’s club team won the Men’s Senior National Club Championship. In 21 seasons at the helm of the USC men’s program, Vavic has improved his career coaching record on the men’s side to 494-82 (.858) with national championships won in 1998, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Vavic, a native of Yugoslavia, spent the 1990 season as an assistant men’s coach at UCLA. Previously, he coached three seasons (1987-1990) at Palos Verdes (Calif.) High, where he led Palos Verdes to two undefeated league seasons (1987-89). Vavic also served as assistant coach to the U.S. team at the 1995 World University Games, and was the head coach of the team in 2003. In November 2012, Vavic was named interim head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, and led Team USA to World Championship qualification with success at the 2013 UANA World Aquatic Championship Qualification Tournament in Canada. Vavic graduated from UCLA in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He and his wife, Lisa, have four children: Nikola, Monica, Marko and Stefan. Nikola and Monica both played water polo for their father at USC and both won national championships with their respective USC water polo teams.
University of Southern California
2016 WOMEN’S WATER POLO
USC Sports Information
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Release #12 — April 13, 2016
No. 1 USC Streaks Up To Stanford For MPSF Clash Against The Cardinal Undefeated Trojans are looking for their 20th win of 2016 and a lock on the top of the MPSF standings.
2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Opponent #19 UC SAN DIEGO at Whittier
Time/Result W 17-4 W 28-2
THIS WEEK @USCWaterPolo The top-ranked USC women’s water polo team looks to collect another key MPSF win this weekend with a trip to Palo Alto to take on No. 3 Stanford. The Trojans (19-0, 4-0 MPSF) and the Cardinal (19-2, 4-0) are set to tangle in a 1 p.m. matchup on Saturday (April 16) at Avery Aquatics Complex in a battle between the two teams still holding undefeated MPSF records.
Triton Invitational Feb. 13 @Santa Clara Feb. 13 @#19 UC San Diego Feb. 14 @#5 Arizona State Feb. 14 @#1 UCLA
W 20-2 W 15-8 W 6-3 W 8-6
USC IN THE RANKINGS USC opened 2016 ranked No. 3 in the national preseason poll and at No. 2 in the MPSF preseason poll. The Trojans moved up to rank No. 2 on Feb. 10, and rose in the ranks to stand as the No. 1 team in the nation as of the Feb. 17 national poll. The last time USC was ranked No. 1 had been in March 2014. USC remains as the nation’s No. 1 team this week.
Date Feb. 5 Feb. 6
Feb. 20
#25 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE W 15-3
UCI Invitational Feb. 27 %#25 Cal State Northridge Feb. 27 %#9 UC Irvine Feb. 28 %#4 Stanford Feb. 28 %#2 UCLA
W 13-3 W 11-10 W 7-6 W 10-7
March 5 March 11 March 17 March 26
at #9 Arizona State * #6 UC IRVINE at #4 Hawai’i at #10 San Jose State *
W 8-3 W 7-3 W 9-5 W 11-6
April 2 April 3 April 9 April 16 April 22
at #20 San Diego State #23 CSU BAKERSFIELD * #2 UCLA * REDLANDS at #3 Stanford * CALIFORNIA * (P12)
W 13-3 W 16-3 W 8-5 W 23-0 1 p.m. 2 p.m.
MPSF Tournament (hosted by Bakersfield) April 29 &TBD April 30 &TBD May 1 &TBD
TBD TBD TBD
NCAA Tournament (hosted by UCLA) May 13 !TBD May 14 !TBD May 15 !TBD
TBD TBD TBD
Home games in BOLD CAPS (at Uytengsu Aquatics Center) * MPSF game (P12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks @ Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) % UCI Invitational (hosted by UC Irvine) & MPSF Tourn. (hosted by Bakersfield) ! NCAA Champs (hosted by UCLA)
2016 Women’s Collegiate Top-10 Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9t. 9t.
(Week 13 • April 13)
School Last Week USC 1 UCLA 2 Stanford 3 Arizona State 5 UC Irvine 6 Michigan 8 Hawai'i 4 California 7 UC Santa Barbara 14 UC San Diego 10
Points 100 95 93 88 78 77 76 74 66 66
SCOUTING STANFORD The No. 3 Cardinal is 19-2 overall and 4-0 in MPSF play after beating Cal 13-5 and San Diego State 14-5 last weekend. Jamie Neushul is Stanford’s top scorer with 39 goals to date. Goalie Julia Hermann averages 8.56 saves and 5.44 goals-against per game in her 78 periods played. USC is 28-31 all-time against Stanford after snapping a four-match losing skid with a 7-6 win in the semifinals of this year’s UCI Invitational. The Trojans lost three times to the Cardinal last year — a 12-9 overtime loss during the regular season, a 9-6 loss during the MPSF Tournament and a 9-8 loss in the NCAA Semifinals in Palo Alto. LAST WEEK USC tightened its grip on its undefeated 2016 record with a victorious doubleheader that was headlined by a solid 8-5 win over rival UCLA to notch their third win of the year over the Bruins. The Trojans were in the driver’s seat throughout the rivalry clash against the visiting No. 2 Bruins, consistently coming up with some extra padding to the USC advantage after every UCLA attempt to close the gap. USC’s balance was in full effect against the Bruins, and after that final whistle the Trojans would find another depth charge as they capped the day with a 23-0 win over visiting Redlands in a nonconference clash. The Trojans had the first and last word in their rivalry clash with UCLA. Ioanna Haralabidis whipped in the opener for the Trojans, although the Bruins would break through less than a minute later to snarl the match up at 1-1 in just under two minutes of play. The Trojans settled in from there. The USC defense made its presence known in a set of saves from freshman goalie Amanda Longan and a big steal from Brigitta Games. On the offensive end, Games would take the Trojans back into the lead — for good — with a searing backhand off a setup from Haralabidis. With that 2-1 lead on the board, the Trojans would hit the gas from there. To open the second quarter, it was Games again. Her attack was fueled at first by a steal from Nikki Stansfield. Moments later, Games had tacked up her second goal of the half and made it a 3-1 USC advantage. A stretching save from Longan and another stop on a UCLA 6-on-5 chance would help keep USC on the attack. With 2:48 left in the half, senior Melissa Bergesen let fly a perfect lob to net a 4-1 lead for the hosts. On the Bruins next possession, UCLA would slip in a skipper to cut down the deficit to 4-2, but one last steal from Avery Peterson would wrap up the half with the Trojans holding that two-goal lead. Peterson would kick off the third frame by earning yet another power play opportunity for her team. Brianna Daboub finished off that chance with a slick crosscage score, and USC was back to a three-goal lead, up 5-2. Once again, UCLA had a quick response and again cut the margin back to two. This time, Peterson took matters into her own hands to bulk up the USC advantage, going on a solo mission to get USC ahead 6-3. The back-and-forth battle raged on, but USC would pad things to a 7-4 lead just seconds before the close of the period when another Peterson-produced power play saw Ioanna Haralabidis find sister Stephania for the strike that had USC holding a three-goal lead entering the fourth. Midway through the fourth, UCLA lofted in a lob that just beat outstretched Longan to make it 7-5. USC’s recurring theme kicked right back into play next, however. Peterson’s hard work got USC up on a 6-on-5 and some smooth scoring from the Trojans saw Stephania rifle in the finish to make it 8-5 USC with 2:50 left to play. That score would stand, and the Trojans’ undefeated record and grip on the top of the MPSF standings remained secure with the win over rival UCLA. Not long after the close of the USC-UCLA matchup, the Trojans turned to finish off the day with a nonconference bout against Redlands. USC got out to a relatively slow start in that one, building a 2-0 lead on goals from Mackenzie Flath in the first frame. The Trojans opened the floodgates from there, though. USC tallied 11 goals in the second quarter to hold a 13-0 lead by halftime. Seven different Trojans had contributed goals through those first 16 minutes, led by four from Flath, who would finish up with six goals in the win. By the final buzzer, fellow freshmen Brooke Presten, Dagmar Gudmundson and Courtney Fahey were also on the leaderboard with five, four and three goals apiece, respectively. Goalies Victória Chamorro and Alegra Hueso would each spend a half in the cage as they helped the Trojans lock in on a shutout victory with the 23-0 final decision over the visiting Bulldogs. PETERSON PICKS UP THE PACE Two-meter player Avery Peterson is off to the races in her junior campaign, having already bettered her
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2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO previous career total with a powerful 28 goals already scored this season alone. She set a new career high for herself with a six-goal game at Whittier on Feb. 6, and has since picked up her first career selection as MPSF Player of the Week. After punching up a hat trick in a key MPSF road win over Arizona State, Peterson earned the weekly award for the first time on March 8. UCI INVITE CHAMPS USC tacked up another tournament title to remain undefeated in 2016 with a push to the UCI Invitational championship Feb. 27-28. The Trojans opened up with a 13-3 win over CSUN on day one and would wind up in a tough battle against tournament host UC Irvine later that afternoon, pulling off an 11-10 victory to move into Sunday’s semifinals. There, USC stoned No. 4 Stanford with a ferocious 7-6 comeback win to secure a place in the title match. In another title match faceoff with rival UCLA, USC held its ground against the No. 2 Bruins and pinned up a 10-7 victory to win the championship crown. Stephania Haralabidis would come through with the clutch game-winning goals against both UC Irvine and Stanford. She’d finish the tournament with 12 goals, including a career-high seven goals in the tight win over UC Irvine. Amanda Longan and Victória Chamorro would share time in the cage, each capping up for two games apiece. Longan got the call-up for the UC Irvine game and the UCLA faceoff in the final, and would come through with 10 saves in both appearances. For their roles in helping to drive the Trojans to the championship, Stephania Haralabidis and Amanda Longan secured another MPSF sweep of weekly awards, as Haralabidis was named MPSF Player of the Week for the second time and Longan grabbed MPSF Newcomer of the Week honors for the third consecutive week. BY THE NUMBERS Through the first 19 games of 2016, undefeated USC has outscored opponents 242-82, leading the MPSF in defense (4.32 gapg) and offense (12.89 gpg). Junior Stephania Haralabidis is the top scorer to date with 48 goals — ranking her No. 8 all-time in career scoring with 170 goals. Just a notch behind her are three fellow juniors. Twin sister Ioanna Haralabidis is now well past the century mark in career goals thanks to her 32 goals scored to date in 2016, followed by junior Brigitta Games with 31 goals. Just a step behind her is fellow junior Avery Peterson, who has already bettered her sophomore season total with her 28 goals to date. On the defensive end, freshman goalie Amanda Longan has capped in 12 games and is averaging 9.1 saves and 4.9 goals-against per game in her 36 periods of work. Returning All-American goalie Victória Chamorro has appeared in 32 periods and averages 6.9 saves and 4.6 goals-against per game. Senior goalie Alegra Hueso has allowed only one goal in her seven appearances in the cage to date. The Trojan defense has held 13 opponents silent in at least one period of play while accumulating a grand total of 24 shutout periods this season so far, including a complete-game shutout of Redlands on April 9. TROJAN SWEEPS WEEKS For their efforts in driving the Trojans to perfect performances at the Triton Invitational and UCI Invitational, USC’s Stephania Haralabidis and Amanda Longan have paired up to sweep the MPSF weekly honors twice so far this season. At the Triton Invitational Haralabidis scored nine goals, topping out with a hat trick in the title match, where the Trojans beat No. 1 UCLA 8-6 in the final. In the semifinals, Haralabidis scored twice to help generate a 6-3 win for USC over Arizona State. At the same event, freshman goalie Longan had a strong showing. In her two appearances, Longan collected a total of eight saves -- including a 5-meter penalty stop — and allowed only four goals. She made three saves in three periods of work in the opening 20-2 win over Santa Clara and then made five saves in the same stretch of action in USC’s 6-3 semifinal win over ASU. More recently, the duo proved instrumental again in guiding the Trojans to the 2016 UCI Invitational cham-
2016 AWARDS
pionship. Haralabidis’ 12 goals at the event included a career-high seven goals in a close 11-10 win over host UC Irvine, the game-winner with 5 second left in the 7-6 semifinal win over Stanford, and a hat trick in the 10-7 championship victory over UCLA. Longan, too, came up big in the cage with 10 saves vs. UCI and 10 more against the Bruins. That marked Longan’s third straight week as MPSF Newcomer of the Week, while Haralabidis secured her second MPSF Player of the Week award of 2016 with the pair’s second sweep of the season. INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES The overall young Trojans have garnered plenty of international experience on the way into this 2016 campaign for USC. Incoming freshman goalie Amanda Longan won gold with Team USA at the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships, where several other Trojans were competing with their respective countries. The Haralabidis sisters, Ioanna and Stephania were in action with Greece; goalie Victória Chamorro capped up for Brazil; and Hayley McKelvey was a high scorer for Canada. CAGE FIGHTERS USC’s goalkeeping corps this season is ferociously deep. Sophomore Victória Chamorro set a freshman goalie record last season in hauling in 207 saves in her first year as a Trojan. This year, she’s joined by freshman Amanda Longan, who was named Top Goalkeeper at the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships during the summer. Added veteran experience comes from senior captain Alegra Hueso, who appeared in 27 games during her first three seasons as a Trojan. OH CAPTAINS, MY CAPTAINS The most experienced player in the pool this season is junior Avery Peterson — one of three Trojan captains for 2016. Sophomore Brianna Daboub and senior Alegra Hueso also have been selected as team captains for the year. Peterson weighs in as the veteran of the group in that she has logged the most playing time of the bunch. With 20 goals to her name as a Trojan, the 2-meter power was in the water for USC’s last two NCAA Tournament runs. Daboub may just be a sophomore, but her savvy helps her stand out as another key leader for the Trojans this season. She scored 27 goals as a freshman and was named to the 2015 MPSF All-Newcomer Team. A senior, Hueso has been at Troy since her freshman season in 2013, when USC won its last NCAA Championship. GUT CHECKS IN IRVINE USC was significantly tested in back-to-back games at the UCI Invitational, facing deficits against both UC Irvine and Stanford and finding a way to fight back to victory. The Anteaters are the only team this year to score in double digits against the Trojans, but USC remained unfazed in a see-saw battle against the tournament host that saw the lead change hands back and forth and lock up even seven times. UC Irvine led 4-3 after the first period of play and later got out to an 8-6 advantage with 3:38 left in the third period, only to see the Trojans rattle off three straight scores to work back into the lead. Hayley McKelvey provided the spark and Stephania Haralabidis followed with back-to-back blasts to take the Trojans ahead 9-8 with 1:22 to go in the third. A Haralabidis buzzer-beater would get USC ahead 10-9 entering the fourth. There, the Anteaters snarled it up for the seventh time with a score at 5:25. Less than a minute later, Haralabidis proved heroic again with her seventh goal of the game to get USC ahead 11-10 at 4:43, and that one would hold through a tense final few minutes get USC the victory. The very next morning, USC was in a crucial semifinal bout with Stanford, which pumped in three goals in the second frame to lead it 4-2 at halftime. The Cardinal would net one more in the third to put USC behind 5-2 entering the final period. That’s where the Trojans showed their mettle. McKelvey broke the silence with a blast to start the fourth frame, and Brianna Daboub rifled one in to get USC within one, down 5-4 with 5:57 on the clock. The Trojans would shut down a Stanford 6-on-5 chance
MPSF Player of the Week: Stephania Haralabidis (Feb. 16) Stephania Haralabidis (March 1) Avery Peterson (March 8) Brigitta Games (April 12)
MPSF Newcomer of the Week: Amanda Longan (Feb. 16) Amanda Longan (Feb. 23) Amanda Longan (March 1) Amanda Longan (April 12)
USC Career Scoring Leaders 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10. 11. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
Monica Vavic..................2012-15......................291 Aniko Pelle.....................1999-02......................255 Sofia Konoukh................2001-03......................224 Moriah Van Norman.......2003-06......................215 Nina Wengst..................1999-02......................213 Brittany Hayes................2004-07......................209 Katrin Dierolf..................2000-03......................204 Michelle Stein.................2006-09......................170 Stephania Haralabidis.2014-present..............170 Kami Craig.....................2006-10......................152 Christina McCall.............1995-97......................142 Alexandra Kiss................2007-10 Kaleigh Gilchrist.............2011-14 Erika Figge.....................2004-07......................137 Joelle Bekhazi.................2009-11......................135 Lauren Wenger...............2003-06......................127 Jennifer Durley...............1998-01......................122 Kristen Dronberger.........2008-11......................120 Eike Daube.....................2012-15......................119 Sandra Milicev................1999-02......................116 Eszter Gyori....................2002-05......................115 Ioanna Haralabidis ...2014-present.......... 115
next, and then Brigitta Games shouldered the load and dished out the equalizer to get USC even again at 5-5 with 3:05 to go. The USC scoring run continued as Ioanna Haralabidis notched USC’s first lead since the first frame, hammering home the go-ahead goal at 1:14. In the final minute, Stanford broke through and managed to level it up at 6-6 with 54 ticks to go. USC would wind up on the attack as the clock wound down, setting up Stephania Haralabidis to come through as the hero of the game as she landed a lob in the back of the net with just 5 seconds left to get USC a 7-6 lead. 2016 TROJANS AT A GLANCE The Women of Troy take aim at their 2016 campaign under the direction of head coach Jovan Vavic for the 22nd season. The USC women are looking to extend a streak of 12 straight trips to the NCAA Tournament, and the talent is certainly there to make a strong run at a title. Picked No. 2 in the MPSF Preseason Coaches Poll, the Trojans weigh in just a point behind top-picked Stanford. Both the Trojans and the Cardinal each received three first-place votes, hinting at a heated race for the 2016 title to come. USC returns three of its top five scorers from 2015 — Stephania Haralabidis (64 goals), Ioanna Haralabidis (50 goals) and Melissa Bergesen (37 goals) — along with All-American goalie Victória Chamorro and All-American two-meter power Brigitta Games. The Haralabidis twins earned All-American status last season as well. In all, USC returns 11 members of last season’s 16-player NCAA roster. •
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2016 USC(19-0 SCHEDULE/RESULTS overall • 4-0 MPSF) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES Feb. 5 #19 UC SAN DIEGO W 17-4 Games 4, S. Haralabidis 3, Peterson 3, Stansfield 2, Chamorro 4, McKelvey 2, Jensen, Daboub, I. Haralabidis. Longan 4 Feb. 6 at Whittier W 28-2 Peterson 6, I. Haralabidis 4, S. Haralabidis 3, Bergesen 3, Longan 4, Games 3, Jensen 3, Fahey 2, Flath 2, Stansfield, Daboub. Hueso 5 Triton Invitational Feb. 13 @Santa Clara W 20-2 Bergesen 3, McKelvey 3, Jensen 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Longan 3, S. Haralabidis 2, Fahey 2, Stansfield, Presten, Hueso 1 Flath, Gudmundsson, Games, Peterson. Feb. 13 @#19 UC San Diego W 15-8 Peterson 3, Jensen 2, S. Haralabidis 2, Games 2, Flath, Chamorro 6 I. Haralabidis, Blubaugh, Daboub, Fahey, Gudmundsson. Feb. 14 @#5 Arizona State W 6-3 I. Haralabidis 2, S. Haralabidis 2, McKelvey, Games. Longan 5, Hueso 2 Feb. 14 @#1 UCLA W 8-6 S. Haralabidis 3, Daboub 3, I. Haralabidis, Games. Chamorro 7 Feb. 20 #25 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE W 15-3 S. Haralabidis 4, McKelvey 2, Daboub 2, Games 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Jensen, Peterson, Bergesen.
Longan 13, Hueso 1
UCI Invitational Feb. 27 %#25 Cal State Northridge W 13-3 I. Haralabidis 4, Games 2, Peterson 2, S. Haralabidis, Chamorro 5, Daboub, Bergesen, Stansfield, Gudmundsson. Hueso 1 Feb. 27 %#9 UC Irvine W 11-10 S. Haralabidis 7, Daboub 2, McKelvey, I. Haralabidis. Longan 10 Feb. 28 %#4 Stanford W 7-6 I. Haralabidis 2, Peterson, McKelvey, Daboub, Games, Chamorro 7 S. Haralabidis. Feb. 28 %#2 UCLA W 10-7 S. Haralabidis 3, Stansfield 2, Peterson 2, I. Haralabidis, Longan 10 McKelvey, Games. March 5 at #9 Arizona State * W 8-3 Peterson 3, Games 2, S. Haralabidis 2, Daboub. Longan 5 March 11 #6 UC IRVINE W 7-3 I. Haralabidis 3, Daboub 2, S. Haralabidis, Peterson. Chamorro 7, Longan 3, Hueso 0 March 17 at #4 Hawai’i W 9-5 S. Haralabidis 4, Daboub 3, Games, Jensen. Longan 2, Chamorro 5 March 26 at #10 San Jose State * W 11-6 Peterson 3, Games 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Stansfield, Chamorro 6 Bergesen, Jensen, S. Haralabidis. April 2 at #20 San Diego State W 13-3 S. Haralabidis 3, Games 2, Bergesen, Daboub, Fahey, Longan 10 I. Haralabidis, Jensen, Peterson, Presten, Stansfield. April 3 #23 CSU BAKERSFIELD * W 16-3 S. Haralabidis 4, I. Haralabidis 4, Games 3, McKelvey 2, Chamorro 7 Jensen, Bergesen, Daboub. April 9 #2 UCLA * W 8-5 Games 2, S. Haralabidis 2, I. Haralabidis, Bergesen, Longan 13 Peterson, Daboub. REDLANDS W 23-0 Flath 6, Presten 5, Gudmundsson 4, Fahey 3, Chamorro 1, Stansfield 2, Games, Bergesen, McKelvey. Hueso 4 April 16 at #3 Stanford * 1 p.m. April 22 CALIFORNIA * (P12) 2 p.m. MPSF Tournament (hosted by CSU Bakersfield) April 29 &TBD April 30 &TBD May 1 &TBD
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Player Goals Stephania Haralabidis 48 * MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center Ioanna Haralabidis 32 P12 — Televised by Pac-12 Networks @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego % UCI Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine Brigitta Games 31 & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by CSU Bakersfield ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by UCLA Avery Peterson 28 Brianna Daboub 21 Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Hayley McKelvey 14 Goalie 10 / 32 55 6.9 37 4.6 Annika Jensen 13 Victória Chamorro 12 / 36 82 9.1 44 4.9 Melissa Bergesen 13 Amanda Longan 7 / 8 14 7.0 1 0.5 Nikki Stansfield 11 Alegra Hueso 19 games 151 8.0 82 4.3 Mackenzie Flath 10 Totals Courtney Fahey 9 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. Dagmar Gudmundsson 7 Goals by Period 1 69 63 65 48 - - - - 245 12.9 Brooke Presten 7 USC 24 18 22 18 - - - - 82 4.3 Sydney Blubaugh 1 Opponents TOTAL 245
Games Mult-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Stephania Haralabidis 18 14 48 Brigitta Games 17 10 31 Ioanna Haralabidis 16 9 32 Brianna Daboub 14 5 21 Avery Peterson 13 7 28 Hayley McKelvey 9 4 14 Melissa Bergesen 9 2 13 Annika Jensen 8 3 13 Nikki Stansfield 8 3 11 Courtney Fahey 5 3 9 Mackenzie Flath 4 2 10 Dagmar Gudmundsson 4 1 7 Brooke Presten 3 1 7 Sydney Blubaugh 1 0 1
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MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Apr. 11, 2016
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ATHLETE Rae Lekness Stephania Haralabidis Carla Carrega Jamie Neushul Ioanna Haralabidis Kat Klass Avery Peterson Ashley Paz Brigitta Games Emily Loughlin Lizette Rozeboom Carla Toha Vilanova India Forster Mackenzie Barr Anna Yelizarova Gurpreet Sohi Devin Grab Maud Koopman Daisy Carter Alexa Tielmann Nicole Reynolds Dani Jackovich Brianna Daboub Katie Sverchek Abbey Kerth Ashley Zwimer
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GOALS 88 48 53 39 32 36 28 49 31 37 30 44 33 33 27 31 32 29 27 25 15 25 21 25 23 23
GOALS/GAME 3.03 2.67 2.04 1.86 1.78 1.71 1.65 1.63 1.63 1.61 1.58 1.52 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.48 1.39 1.32 1.29 1.25 1.25 1.19 1.17 1.14 1.10 1.10
*Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters SCHOOL GAMES SAVES CSU Bakersfield 15.5 198 Arizona State 19 214 UCLA 12.25 115 USC 9 82 UCLA 10.75 93 Stanford 19.5 167 CSU Bakersfield 13.5 103 San Jose State 12.75 95 USC 8 55 San Jose State 13.4375 91 California 11.94 67 California 13.34 74
SAVES/GAME 12.77 11.26 9.39 9.11 8.65 8.56 7.63 7.45 6.88 6.77 5.61 5.55
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RECENT RESULTS MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Apr. 11, 2016
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INDIVIDUAL STATS Sunday, April 10 Friday, April 15 *# Arizona State at UCLA pm STANFORD 14, San Diego State 5 GOALS-AGAINST *Must *MustAppear Appear3:30 In50 30% % of of Team Team Games Quarters GOALS In
ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL QUARTERS GA GAA ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES GOALS/GAME Saturday, April 16 Saturday, AprilGOALS 9 1 Rae Victoria Chamorro SO USC 32 37 1 *USC Lekness SR San Jose State 29 88 3.03 *Arizona State 13, SAN JOSE STATE 8 4.63 at STANFORD 1:00 pm 2 Madeline Trabucco JR California 53.375 65 4.87 2 *San Stephania USC 18 8, Ucla 5 48 2.67 *USC Jose State atHaralabidis CSU BAKERSFIELD JR 1:00 pm *# 26 STANFORD 13, California Amanda Longan FR USC 36 44 5 4.89 3 3 Carla Carrega SO California 53 2.04 April 17 Arizona Bay 3 (at SJSU) 4 Jamie Carlee Kapana FR UCLA 49 State 15, CSU Monterey 60 4.90 4 Sunday, Neushul JR Stanford 21 39 1.86 USC 23, Redlands 0 Arizona State at SAN DIEGO STATE 1:00 pm Alex Musselman SR UCLA 43 58 5.40 5 5 Ioanna Haralabidis JR USC 18 32 SAN JOSE STATE 24, CSU Monterey Bay 31.78 6 Kat Julia Hermann R-SO Stanford 78 106 5.44 6 Friday, Klass FR Stanford 21 36 1.71 April 22 Mia Rycraw SO Arizona 76 5.68 Sunday, April 3 108 7 *#7 Avery Peterson JR USC 17 28 1.65 California at USC 2:00 pm State *USC Madison FR 47.75 693 5.78 8 8 Ashley PazTagg SO CSUCalifornia Bakersfield 30 16, CSU Bakersfield 49 1.63 Saturday, April 23 San Jose State 16, Pomona-Pitzer 4 (at UCLA) 9 Brittany Tyra JR CSU Bakersfield 54 103 7.63 8 Brigitta Games JR USC 19 31 1.63 San51 Jose State 28, Redlands 8 (at UCLA) 8.71 *# Stanford at Peters UCLA 11:30 am State Tayler SO San Jose 111 1010 Emily Loughlin JR California 23 37 1.61 UCLA 23, Redlands 2 *CSU Bakersfield at CALIFORNIA 1:00 pm Alicia Rozeboom Magliocco FR SanUCLA Jose State 53.75 132 9.82 1111Lizette FR 19 25, Pomona-Pitzer 303 1.58 UCLA 12 Courtney Wahlstrom SR CSU Bakersfield 62 160 10.32 12 Carla Toha Vilanova FR San Jose State 29 44 1.52 Saturday, April 2 33 13 India Forster SR UCLA 22 1.50 WOMEN’S PRESEASON POLL *ARIZONA STATE 7, 2016 California 6 (SV-3 OT)1.50 NOTESJR TEAM STATS 13SCHEDULE/RESULTS Mackenzie Barr UCLA 22 33 *Stanford 12, CSU BAKERSFIELD 5(Preseason • Jan. 13) *MPSF Conference Game 13 Anna Yelizarova SR Stanford 18 13, San Jose State 27 1.50 2015 TEAM GOALS *UCLA Rank 6 School Final Rank Points # Pac-12 Networks 16Home Gurpreet Sohi SR Stanford 2113, SAN DIEGO1. 31 Stanford 1.48 1 USC STATE 3 98 TEAM GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME Team in CAPS; All Times Local toGAMES Site 2. 32 UCLA 95 171 Devin GrabUSC SO UCLA 23 1.39 2 19 245 12.89 3. USC 3 92 182 Maud Koopman FR Arizona 22 Stanford 21 270State 12.86 4. 29 California 1.32 4 86 5. 27 UC Irvine 1.29 5 77 193 Daisy Carter SR Arizona 21 UCLA 23 277State 12.04 6. 25 Arizona State 1.25 9 73 204 Alexa San Tielmann R-JR UCLA 20 Jose State 29 297 10.24 7. Hawaii 6 (T) 67 205 Nicole Arizona Reynolds SO UCLA 12 1.25 8 8. 15 San Jose State 62 State 22 209 9.50 9. 25 UC Davis 1.19 11 46 226 Dani Jackovich JR Stanford 21 California 26 242 9.31 10. UC Pacific 16 (T) 45 237 Brianna Daboub SO USC 18 21 Princeton 1.17 6 (T) CSU Bakersfield 30 265 8.83 11. 40 12t. 36 24 Katie Sverchek SR Arizona State 22 25 Indiana 1.14 12 12t. Michigan RV 36 25 Abbey Kerth SR Arizona State 21 23 1.10 TEAM DEFENSE 14. UC Santa Barbara 13 (T) 34 25 Ashley Zwimer JR UCLA 21 23 Loyola Marymount 13 1.10 (T) 15. 33 TEAM GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME MPSF Water Polo • Page 1 16. 2016 San Diego State 16 (T) 31 1 USC 19 82 4.32 17. Long Beach State 15 28 18. Cal State Northridge 10 26 2 GOALKEEPER UCLA 118 In 30 % of 5.13 SAVES 23 *Must Appear Team Quarters 19. Hartwick 18 (T) 24 3 ATHLETE Stanford 21 110 5.24 YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SAVES/GAME 20. Wagner 18 (T) 8 Arizona State 22 116 5.27 1 4 Courtney Wahlstrom SR CSU Bakersfield 15.5 198 12.77 Others receiving votes: UC San Diego 7, California 26 141State 5.42 2 5 Mia Rycraw SO Arizona 19 214 7, Marist 2,11.26 Harvard Iona 2, Cal Baptist 1, Bucknell Jose State 29 264 9.10 3 6 CarleeSan Kapana FR UCLA 12.25 115 1. 9.39 CSU Bakersfield 30 279 9.30 4 7 Alex Musselman SR UCLA 10.75 93 8.65 5 Amanda Longan FR USC 8 69 2016 MPSF8.63 COACHES 6 Julia Hermann R-SO Stanford 19.5 167 8.56 POLL PRESEASON 7 Brittany Tyra JR CSU Bakersfield 13.5 103 Team (1st-place7.63 votes) Points 1. Stanford (3) 7.45 32 8 Tayler Peters SO San Jose State 12.75 95 2. USC (3) 31 9 Victoria Chamorro SO USC 7.5 54 7.20 3. UCLA (1) 29 10 Alicia Magliocco FR San Jose State 13.4375 4. 91 California 6.77 22 11 Madison Tagg FR California 11.94 5. 67 Arizona State 5.61 15 6. 74 San Jose State 5.55 12 12 Madeline Trabucco JR California 13.34 7.
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Victória Chamorro 5-10 Goalie Amanda Longan 6-2 Goalie Alegra Hueso 5-9 Goalie Melanie Slater 5-7 Goalie Nicola Gonzales 5-8 Goalie Annika Jensen 6-0 Utility Ioanna Haralabidis 5-11 Driver Nikki Stansfield 5-11 Driver Brooke Presten 5-8 Driver Melissa Bergesen 5-10 Driver Mackenzie Flath 5-9 Driver Hayley McKelvey 5-11 Utility Stephania Haralabidis 5-11 Driver Brianna Daboub 5-9 Driver Dagmar Gudmundsson 6-0 Utility Brigitta Games 6-1 2-Meter Courtney Fahey 5-8 Driver Avery Peterson 5-11 2-Meter Cassidy Feltenberger 5-4 Driver Emma Cornwell 5-10 Goalie Ellie D’Ambra 5-5 Driver Lauren Esrig 5-7 Driver Kelly Giery 5-8 Driver Natalie Lavinsky 5-8 Driver Kaitlin Leimbach 5-9 Driver Caitlin Stuewe 5-7 Utility Nicola Welch 5-8 Driver Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Associate Head Coach: Casey Moon Volunteer Assistant Coach: Alexandra Kiss
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HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Centro Educacional de Lagoa HS) Moorpark, Calif. (Oaks Christian HS) Pasadena, Calif. (Pasadena HS) Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) Fullerton, Calif. (Foothill HS) Orinda, Calif. (Camplindo HS) South Jordan, Utah (Kearns HS/Golden West) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Vancouver, B.C., Canada (Seaquam Secondary) Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Hanford, Calif. (Hanford West HS) Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield HS/Golden West) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) San Pedro, Calif. (San Pedro HS) San Diego, Calif. (Otay Ranch HS) Rolling Hills, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Eugene, Ore. (South Eugene HS) Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Monterey, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep) Westmoorings, Trinidad (St. Joseph’s Convent Port-of-Spain)
Scouting Director: Marko Pintaric Director of Operations: Ivan Ivovic
PRONUNCIATIONS
#3 Ioanna Haralabidis #10 Stephania Haralabidis #11 Brianna Daboub #12 Dagmar Gudmundsson #13 Brigitta Games #14 Courtney Fahey Jovan Vavic Marko Pintaric Alexandra Kiss
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2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO HEAD COACH 22nd season • 490-142 (.775) 13 national titles • 10 cutino award winners 12-time national coach of the year 10-time mpsf coach of the year
JOVAN VAVIC
VAVIC AT USC
1996 MPSF Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1998 National Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1999 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2003 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2004 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2005 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2006 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year 2008 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2009 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2010 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2011 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2012 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2013 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year Men’s career coaching record: 494-82 (.858) • 21 seasons Women’s career coaching record: 490-142 (.775) • 21 seasons
Jovan Vavic, one of the most decorated water polo coaches in the country, serves a dual role as the head coach of both the USC men’s and women’s teams. He has been with the USC women’s program since its inception in 1995, and has led both teams to national championships three times in the same school year (1998-99, 2003-04 and 2009-10). A 12-time National Coach of the Year and 10-time MPSF Coach of the Year, Vavic boasts a grand total of 13 combined national titles — including a six-year run with the USC men — and has coached 10 Cutino Award winners. With 13 national championships (nine men’s and four women’s) won during his tenure at USC, Vavic has the most team titles of any USC head coach in history. Vavic’s 2015 women’s team reached the NCAA Tournament for the 12th straight season, taking third place for the second straight season and ending with a 24-6 overall record on the year. That mark improved Vavic’s overall career record on the women’s side to 490-142 (.775) as he now enters his 22nd season as the USC’s women’s head coach. In the calendar years of 2013 and 2010, Vavic swept both sides of the game, winning national championships with the women in the spring and following that with men’s titles in the fall of those years. In 2013, the Women of Troy won the longest NCAA women’s championship game in history, beating Stanford 10-9 in triple sudden death to claim USC’s fourth national championship on the women’s side, while finishing with a 27-1 overall record. The USC men would follow with a historic feat of their own, winning an unprecedented sixth straight national championship in claiming the 2013 crown. In 2010, the USC women and men went back-to-back as Vavic followed 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year awards on the women’s side with 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year with the men in leading the Trojan men to their third consecutive national championship. Following the USC men’s 2009 NCAA title and the USC women’s run to the 2010 national championship, Vavic saw two Trojans sweep the Cutino Awards for the third time in his career, as J.W. Krumpholz and Kami Craig went back-to-back as the 2009 and 2010 Cutino Award winners following the USC women’s run to the 2010 NCAA Championship. The first Trojan pair to sweep the awards was Juraj Zatovic and Lauren Wenger in 2006. Since 1999 when the program was fully funded, Vavic’s record is 401-69 (.853), including 11 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Between 2003 and 2010, Vavic was named either MPSF or National Coach of the Year (or both) every year but one. His 2004 women’s team won the national championship and became the first team in NCAA Championship history to go undefeated (29-0). In 1999, 2004 and 2010, Vavic was named the women’s National and MPSF Coach of the Year. Vavic oversaw the team’s move from Division II in 1995 to Division I in 1996. He guided USC to its first-ever Division I National Collegiate Championships appearance in 1997 and a seventh-place national finish while the 1998 team took fifth nationally. In 1999, USC won the national championship, and Vavic was named the National Coach of the Year and the MPSF Coach of the Year. The 2000 squad added another strong showing, finishing second nationally. Vavic came to USC in 1992 as an assistant men’s water polo coach, joined John Williams as co-head coach in 1995 and took over the men’s program in 1999 after Williams retired. He and Williams were named National Coaches of the Year in 1998 after leading USC to its first-ever national championship. They were also named MPSF Co-Coaches of the Year in 1996 after leading USC to the conference title. In fact, in the 1998-99 season, Vavic did something no other coach has accomplished as his teams won three national championships. Besides capturing the 1998 men’s and 1999 women’s titles, his 1999 men’s club team won the Men’s Senior National Club Championship. In 21 seasons at the helm of the USC men’s program, Vavic has improved his career coaching record on the men’s side to 494-82 (.858) with national championships won in 1998, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Vavic, a native of Yugoslavia, spent the 1990 season as an assistant men’s coach at UCLA. Previously, he coached three seasons (1987-1990) at Palos Verdes (Calif.) High, where he led Palos Verdes to two undefeated league seasons (1987-89). Vavic also served as assistant coach to the U.S. team at the 1995 World University Games, and was the head coach of the team in 2003. In November 2012, Vavic was named interim head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, and led Team USA to World Championship qualification with success at the 2013 UANA World Aquatic Championship Qualification Tournament in Canada. Vavic graduated from UCLA in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He and his wife, Lisa, have four children: Nikola, Monica, Marko and Stefan. Nikola and Monica both played water polo for their father at USC and both won national championships with their respective USC water polo teams.
