2018 women's water polo
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University of Southern California
2018 WOMEN’S WATER POLO
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Release #1 — Jan. 24, 2018
No. 3 USC Hosts China In Exhibition Play Before Trip To CBU Mini Invite
Trojans face China at 5 p.m. on Thursday at Uytengsu, then clash with CBU and Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday in Riverside.
2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Date Opponent UCLA Mini Invitational Jan. 13 vs. #18 LMU Jan. 25 CHINA (exhibition) CBU Mini Invitational Jan. 27 at Cal Baptist vs. Pomona-Pitzer
Time/Result
Triton Invitational@ Feb. 10 TBD TBD Feb. 11 TBD TBD Barbara Kalbus Invitational% Feb. 23 TBD Feb. 24 TBD TBD Feb. 25 TBD
W 18-0 5 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 2 p.m. TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
March 7 March 8 March 16 March 22 March 24 March 25 March 31
UC IRVINE HAWAI’I at Hawai’i PRINCETON (P12N | P12LA) at Arizona State* PACIFIC HARTWICK
5 p.m. 5 p.m. 3 p.m. HT 5 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m.
April 7 April 13 April 14 April 21
California* (P12LA | P12BA) at Stanford* (P12LA | P12BA) at San José State UCLA* (P12LA)
5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.
MPSF Tournament (hosted by Cal) April 27 &TBD April 28 &TBD April 29 &TBD
TBD TBD TBD
NCAA Tournament (hosted by USC) May 11 $TBD May 12 $TBD May 13 $TBD
TBD TBD TBD
Home games in BOLD CAPS (at Uytengsu Aquatics Center) * MPSF game (P12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks @ Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) % Barbara Kalbus Invitational (hosted by UC Irvine) & MPSF Tourn. (hosted by Cal) $ NCAA Champs (hosted by USC)
2018 Women’s Collegiate Top-10 (Week 2 • Jan. 24)
Rank School Last Week 1. Stanford 1 2. California 4 3. USC 2 4. UCLA 3 5. Arizona State 5 6. Hawaii 6 7. UC Irvine 7 8. Michigan 8 9. Pacific 9 10. Long Beach State 10
Points 99 93 92 91 83 78 75 73 71 63
@USCWaterPolo THIS WEEK USC digs a little deeper into the 2018 campaign this week, hosting an exhibition match before two more official contests out at the CBU Mini Invitational. On Thursday (Jan. 25), the Trojans host the Chinese National Team in a 5 p.m. exhibition game at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. On Saturday (Jan. 28), No. 3 USC (1-0) heads out to Riverside to take on host Cal Baptist at 12:45 p.m. before facing PomonaPitzer at 2 p.m. at the CBU Mini Invitational. USC IN THE RANKINGS USC kicked off 2018 ranked No. 2 in the national preseason poll and tied for third in the MPSF preseason poll. In the latest national poll (released Jan. 24), USC is listed at No. 3. SCOUTING CBU The Lancers are 0-3 overall after opening the year at the UCSB Winter Invite, where CBU lost 9-7 to Cal State Northridge, 8-3 to UC Santa Barbara and 12-3 to Arizona State. Lizette Perez is the Lancers' top scorer with five goals. Goalie Grace Ramirez averages 10.0 saves and 8.5 goals-against per game. USC is 12-0 all-time against Cal Baptist after a 22-1 win last season at the UCSB Winter Invite. SCOUTING P-P This will be the first weekend of work for the Sagehens, who went 16-18 overall last season. Top scorer Jocelyn Castro is back, having scored 44 goals last year. USC is 8-0 all-time against Pomona-Pitzer after a 25-2 win last season at the Whittier Invitational. SEASON OPENER USC stormed out of the gates of the 2018 season in churning out an 18-0 shutout of No. 22 LMU in the first official action of the season at the UCLA Mini Invite. Behind seven saves from junior goalie Amanda Longan, the USC defense turned away 10 Lion power play opportunities to help lock up the shutout win and make it a 1-0 start to the year. Senior Hayley McKelvey drummed up four goals in the first period of play — all 6-on-5 finishes — to set the tone for the Trojan offensive onslaught. Freshman Paige Hauschild should tally her first goal as a Trojan during the first frame, while Kelsey McIntosh delivered her first of two goals on the day and Maud Megens started off on her path to an eventual game-high five goals for the Trojan cause. Up 7-0 after eight minutes of action, USC received two goals from senior captain Brianna Daboub, two more from Megens and the first career goal as a Trojan for freshman Verica Bakoc to lead it 12-0 by halftime. By the final buzzer, sophomore Denise Mammolito had joined the scoresheet, while Hauschild completed her debut hat trick and Megens round out her five-goal outing. After the impressive showing, Megens was named the MPSF Player of the Week, and Hauschild was selected MPSF Newcomer of the Week. — more —
2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO CLIMB ON As the 2018 season rolls on, two USC seniors are knocking on the door of the century scoring club. Brianna Daboub has punched up 93 career goals to date, with Hayley McKelvey holding 84 as they look to crack the 100-goal mark in their final season at Troy. On the defensive end, two USC goalies are climbing the all-time saves ladder. Senior Victória Chamorro ranks No. 5 all-time with 384 career saves, while junior Amanda Longan stands at No. 7 with 373. She's five saves away from jumping into the No. 6 spot currently held by Whitney Morgan. 2018 TROJANS AT A GLANCE Five All-Americans and seven NCAA champions strong, the 2018 USC women’s water polo roster has the experience and the skill to lock up another national championship. This year’s arsenal of Trojans boasts a daunting blend of veterans and youth — all armed with the talent and savvy to propel USC to the top. Already ranked No. 2 in the land as the 2018 season gets underway, USC trains its focus on that NCAA trophy, which the Trojans last captured in 2016 in an undefeated run through that season. Back in the captains’ roles for 2018 are two members of that title-winning team in All-Americans Brianna Daboub and Amanda Longan, who are leading a group of very hungry Women of Troy. Headlining this freshman class is U.S. National Team member Paige Hauschild, who is tabbed as a starter for the Trojans. A set of sopho-
mores — Denise Mammolito, Maud Megens and Kelsey McIntosh are also in that mix, along with savvy seniors Daboub and Hayley McKelvey. CAGE FIGHTERS USC boasts a fearsome tagteam in the cage in All-American tandem Victória Chamorro and Amanda Longan. Both compete for their respective national teams — Chamorro as a 2016 Olympian with Brazil and Longan as a gold-medalist with Team USA at the recent 2017 FINA World Championships. The Trojan defense allowed just 4.59 goals per game last season, with both Chamorro and Longan averaging over 10 saves per game in the cage. BACK ON THE ATTACK A year’s experience for last season’s freshmen — Maud Megens, Kelsey McIntosh, Denise Mammolito, Elise Stein and Kaylee Brownsberger — along with the leadership of 2016 NCAA champion seniors Victória Chamorro, Brianna Daboub, Hayley McKelvey and Annika Jensen and juniors Amanda Longan, Courtney Fahey and Brooke Presten will raise the bar again for the Trojans. As a true freshman, Megens was USC’s second leading scorer with 58 goals. Daboub, McKelvey and Mammolito combined for an even 100 goals. Add to that the depth charge that U.S. National Team member Paige Hauschild and her fellow true freshmen bring for 2018, and USC’s attack becomes well-rounded and dangerous. USC also has three new internationals
2018 AWARDS
MPSF Player of the Week: Maud Megens (Jan. 16)
MPSF Newcomer of the Week: Paige Hauschild (Jan. 16)
in the water to diversify that attack. Canadians Verica Bakoc and Nina Ceklic are in the mix, along with New Zealand product Nadia Pavlovich. U.S. product Randi Reinhardt also stands out as a key addition to USC’s rotation for 2018. LAST SEASON In 2017, the Trojans finished up 29-4 overall with a run to the 2017 NCAA semifinals in USC’s 14th consecutive trip to the tourney. USC posted a 4-2 record in MPSF action and went on to claim third in the 2017 MPSF Tournament. The Trojans received a No. 3 seed into the NCAA Tournament, where USC was looking to win back-to-back national championships for the first time in program history. USC would go up against top-seeded Stanford in the semis, coming up just short of a trip to the final with an 11-10 loss. Stephania Haralabidis was USC's top scorer in 2017 with 84 goals. She'd be named a First Team All-American to close out her USC career. Freshman Maud Megens earned Second Team honors, while senior Brigitta Games and sophomore Amanda Longan were Third Team picks, and junior captain Brianna Daboub earned All-America Honorable Mention.•
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2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO
2018 USC(1-0 SCHEDULE/RESULTS overall • 0-0 MPSF)
DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS UCLA Mini Invitational Jan. 13 vs. #18 LMU W 18-0 Megens 5, McKelvey 4, Hauschild 3, McIntosh 2, Daboub 2, Bakoc, Mammolito. Jan. 25 vs. China (exhibition) 5 p.m. CBU Mini Invitational Jan. 27 at Cal Baptist 12:45 p.m. vs. Pomona-Pitzer 2 p.m.
Triton Invitational@ Feb. 10 TBD TBD Feb. 11 TBD TBD Barbara Kalbus Invitational% Feb. 23 TBD Feb. 24 TBD TBD Feb. 25 TBD
TBD TBD TBD TBD
UC IRVINE HAWAI’I at Hawai’i PRINCETON (P12N | P12LA) at Arizona State* PACIFIC HARTWICK
5 p.m. 5 p.m. 3 p.m. HT 5 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m.
April 7 April 13 April 14 April 21
California* (P12LA | P12BA) at Stanford* (P12LA | P12BA) at San José State UCLA* (P12LA)
5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.
MPSF Tournament (hosted by Cal) April 27 &TBD April 28 &TBD April 29 &TBD
TBD TBD TBD
NCAA Tournament (hosted by USC) May 11 $TBD May 12 $TBD May 13 $TBD
TBD TBD TBD
Goals 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 18
Longan 7
TBD TBD TBD TBD
March 7 March 8 March 16 March 22 March 24 March 25 March 31
Player Maud Megens Hayley McKelvey Paige Hauschild Brianna Daboub Kelsey McIntosh Verica Bakoc Denise Mammolito TOTAL
SAVES
* MPSF game (P12) — Televised by Pac-12 Networks @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by Cal
Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center % Barbara Kalbus Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine $ NCAA Tournament — Hosted by USC
Goalie Appearances/Pds Saves Victória Chamorro 0 / 0 0 Amanda Longan 1 / 4 7 Totals 1 games 7
Goals by Period 1 USC 7 Opponents 0
2 5 0
3 4 0
4 2 0
SPG 0.0 7.0 7.0
Goals Agst 0 0 0
GAPG 0.0 0.0 0.0
OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. - - - - 18 18.0 - - - - 0 0.0
Games Mult-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Maud Megens 1 1 5 Hayley McKelvey 1 1 4 Paige Hauschild 1 1 3 Brianna Daboub 1 1 2 Kelsey McIntosh 1 1 2 Denise Mammolito 1 0 1 Verica Bakoc 1 0 1
2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO
2018 MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO OVERALL STATISTICS--Jan. 23
INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games
1 2 3 3 3 3 3 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 17 18 18 20 21 22 23 23
ATHLETE Maud Megens Hayley McKelvey Katie Dudley Makenzie Fischer Paige Hauschild Alkistis Benekou Emma Wright Klaudia Paradi Sheila Jensen Brianna Daboub Carla Carrega Shannon Cleary Lili Urvari Kelsey McIntosh Guara Garcia Delgado MacKenzie Wiley Lizette Rozeboom PJ Allin Bente Rogge Bronte Halligan Sofia Rivas Maddie Musselman Dora Antal Anna Illes
1 2 3 4 4 4 7
ATHLETE Amanda Longan Mia Rycraw Jahmea Bent Julia Hermann Hannah Storum Madison Tagg Katelynn Thompson
YEAR SO SR SR SO FR SR FR SR JR SR SR SR FR SO JR JR JR JR SO SO JR SO SR SR
SCHOOL USC USC Stanford Stanford USC Arizona State California San Jose State San Jose State USC California Stanford San Jose State USC San Jose State Stanford UCLA Arizona State Arizona State UCLA California UCLA California California
GAMES 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 5 3 3 5 2 5 3 3
GOALS-AGAINST *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters YEAR JR SR FR R-SR SO JR SR
SCHOOL USC Arizona State UCLA Stanford UCLA California San Jose State
QUARTERS 4 11 8 3 8 6 6
GOALS 5 4 3 3 3 9 9 5 5 2 6 2 4 2 4 2 9 5 5 8 3 7 4 4
GOALS/GAME 5.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.50 2.50 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.80 1.67 1.67 1.60 1.50 1.40 1.33 1.33
GA 0 7 7 3 8 6 13
GAA 0.00 2.55 3.50 4.00 4.00 4.00 8.67
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation 2018 Women’s Water Polo News Release # 2 January 23, 2018
Contact: Darren Preston [email protected] www.mpsports.org @MPSFWomensWP
2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO
UCLA Arizona State California USC Stanford San Jose State
MPSF W L
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Streak
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Home
Away Neutral Streak
0 0 0 0 0 0
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0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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5 3 3 1 1 1
1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1
1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1
1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500
3-0 3-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0
W5 W3 W3 W1 W1 L1
MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at conference tournament, hosted by California, Apr. 27-29
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
RECENT RESULTS
2018 MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO OVERALL STATISTICS--Jan. 23
Saturday, January 27 Sunday, January 21 #INDIVIDUAL San Jose State vs. UCSTATS Irvine 8:30 am & California 12, Loyola Marymount 2 SAVES *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters # UC Davis at CALIFORNIA 11:00 am % Arizona State 5, Michigan 3 *Must Appear Inpm 50 % of Team Games !GOALS UCLA vs. Marist 12:00 % Arizona State SAVES 10, Indiana 3 SAVES/GAME ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES # San Jose State vs. Fresno State 12:15 pm % UCLA 9, UC San Diego 3 1ATHLETE Katelynn Thompson SR San Jose State 1.5 19 12.67 YEAR SCHOOL GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME USC at CAL BAPTIST 12:45 pm % Ucla 10, UCSB 6 Mia Rycraw SR Arizona State 2.75 29 10.55 1 2USC Maud Megens SO USC 1 5 5.00 vs. Pomona-Pitzer (at Cal Baptist) 2:00 pm 3 Hannah Storum SO UCLA 2 18 9.00 2 #Hayley SR USC 1Saturday, January 20 4 4.00 Stanford McKelvey vs. UC Irvine 2:15 pm UCLA atDudley MICHIGAN 5:15 pmUSC Amanda Longan JR 7.00 3 4!Katie SR Stanford 1$1Stanford 15, UC Davis 37 3 3.00 &2California 9, HAWAII 4 Jahmea Fischer Bent FR UCLA 14 7.00 3 4Sunday, Makenzie SO Stanford 1 3 3.00 January 28 & California 17, Marist 2 6 Julia Hermann R-SR Stanford 0.75 3 4.00 3 #Paige Hauschild FR USC 1% Arizona State 12, Cal Baptist 3 3.00 UC Irvine at CALIFORNIA 8:30 am Madison JR 1.5 5 3.33 San Jose Benekou StateTagg at CALIFORNIA 9:45California am State Pacific 4 3 7#Alkistis SR Arizona 3% UCLA 21, Fresno 9 3.00 ! UCLA vs. Wagner 10:15 am % UCLA 5, Michigan 4 TEAM STATS 3 Emma Wright FR California 3 9 3.00 # Stanford vs. Fresno State 11:00 am $ SAN JOSE STATE 13, CSU East Bay 5 8 #Klaudia Paradi SR San Jose State 2 5 TEAM GOALS San Jose State vs. Stanford 2:15 pm $ UC Davis 11, SAN JOSE STATE 8 2.50 UCLA vs.Jensen Pacific 3:15 pm 8 !Sheila JR San Jose State 2 5 2.50 TEAM GAMES GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME # Fresno State at CALIFORNIA 3:30 pm 10 Brianna Daboub SR USC 1 2 2.00
1 USC 1 10 2Friday, CarlaFebruary Carrega SR Stanford 1 2 10 3@ Shannon Cleary SR3 Princeton atCalifornia ARIZONA STATE 10 4Lili Urvari UCLA FR5 Saturday, February 3 10 5^Kelsey McIntosh SO San Jose State 2 San Jose State vs. California State 10 6@ Guara Delgado JR3 Hawaii Garcia atArizona ARIZONA STATE Pacific at STANFORD 10 ^MacKenzie Wiley JR @ Loyola Marymount at ARIZONA STATE TEAM DEFENSE 17 Lizette Rozeboom JR ^ San Jose State vs. UC Davis TEAM GAMES 18 ^PJ Allin JR California vs. Michigan USC 18 1Bente Rogge SO1 4 California 20 2Sunday, BronteFebruary Halligan SO3 ^ Long Beach State at STANFORD Stanford 21 3^Sofia Rivas JR1 San Jose State vs. Michigan 3 Arizona State 22 ^Maddie SO3 California Musselman vs. UC Davis @ UC San Diego at ARIZONA STATE 23 5Dora Antal UCLA SR5 San Jose State 23 6Anna Illes SR2
18 18.00 California 3 6 2.00 15 15.00 2018 WOMEN’S PRESEASON POLL Stanford 1 2 2.00 12:00 pm38 12.67 (Preseason • Jan. 12) San Jose 2 4 2.00 2017 56 State 11.20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Rank School NOTES Final Rank Points USC 1 2 2.00 21 10.50 1. CA) Stanford 1 99 # Cal Cup (Berkeley, 11:00 am 2t. UCLA 2 93 9.00 San 2! Michigan Invitational 4 2.00 (Ann Arbor, MI) 11:00Jose am27 State 2t. USC 3 93 4. California 91 4:30 pm Stanford 1$ Lou Tully Memorial 2(Saratoga, CA) 2.00 4 5. (Stanford, ArizonaCA) State 6 82 ^ Stanford Invitational 4:30 pm UCLA 5@ ASU Cross Conference 9 Challenge (Tempe, 1.80AZ)11 6. Hawaii 76 5:45 pm 7. UC Irvine 5 75 GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME Arizona State 3 5 1.67 % UCSB Invitational (Goleta, CA) 5:45 pm 8. Michigan 7 74 9. Pacific 8 73 (Honolulu, HI) 0.00 Arizona0State 3& Hawaii Invitational 5 1.67 10 All Long 9 (T) 62 TimesBeach LocalState 8 2.67 11. 8 UC Davis 56 UCLA 5Home Team in CAPS; 1.60 12 8:30 am 12. San Diego State 13 50 3 3.00 California 2 3 Indiana 1.50 18 13t. 46 9:40 am 13t. Hartwick 14 46 3.00 5 7 1.40 9:40 UCLA am 9 15t. UC San Diego 17 39 11:30 am19 3.80 15t. 20 39 California 3 4 San Jose State1.33 17. Harvard 15 (T) 35 16 8.00 California 3 4 1.33 18. Princeton 9 (T) 34 19. MPSF UC Santa Barbara 2018 Water Polo • Page 121
GOALS-AGAINST *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters
1 2 3 4 4 4 7
ATHLETE Amanda Longan Mia Rycraw Jahmea Bent Julia Hermann Hannah Storum Madison Tagg Katelynn Thompson
YEAR JR SR FR R-SR SO JR SR
SCHOOL USC Arizona State UCLA Stanford UCLA California San Jose State
QUARTERS 4 11 8 3 8 6 6
20. 21. 22. 23. GA 24. 0 25.
Wagner 15 (T) Cal State Northridge 19 Loyola Marymount 23 Marist GAA 24 Iona NR 0.00 RV Brown
32 29 23 18 11 5 4
Others receiving votes: Fresno State, Bucknell, Cal 7 CSU Monterey Bay,2.55 Baptist, Pomona-Pitzer, Santa Clara, Virginia Military, CSU East Bay
7 3.50 3 4.00 2018 MPSF4.00 COACHES 8 PRESEASON POLL 6 Team (1st-place4.00 votes) Points 1. 13 Stanford (4) 8.67 22
2. California (1) 3t. UCLA(1) 3t. USC 5. Arizona State 6. San Jose State
20 17 17 9 5
USC ALL-TIME RECORDS
1999 • 2004 • NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 2010 • 2013 • 2016
— CAREER RECORDS | SEASON RECORDS — Career Scoring Leaders (thru 1/20/2018)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Monica Vavic Stephania Haralabidis Aniko Pelle Sofia Konoukh Moriah Van Norman Nina Wengst Brittany Hayes Katrin Dierolf Ioanna Haralabidis Michelle Stein Kami Craig Christina McCall Alexandra Kiss Kaleigh Gilchrist 15. Erika Figge 16. Joelle Bekhazi 17. Lauren Wenger Brigitta Games 19. Jennifer Durley 20. Kristen Dronberger 21. Eike Daube 22. Sandra Milicev 23. Eszter Gyori 24. Kally Lucas 25. Veronika Bartunkova
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
2012-15 2014-present 1999-02 2001-03 2003-06 1999-02 2004-07 2000-03 2014-present 2006-09 2006-10 1995-97 2007-10 2011-14 2004-07 2009-11 2003-06 2015-present 1998-01 2008-11 2012-15 1999-02 2002-05 2007-10 2005-08
291 269 255 224 215 213 209 204 171 170 152 142
137 135 127 127 122 120 119 116 115 113 106
Career Saves Leaders (thru 1/20/2018) Flora Bolonyai Bernice Orwig Tumua Anae Kelly Graff Victória Chamorro Whitney Morgan Amanda Longan Sarah Mix
2011-14 1997-99 2007-10 2001-04 2015-present 2006-08 2016-present 2003-05
895 838 538 398 384 377 373 149
Single-Season Goal Leaders
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 11. 13. 15. 16. 19. 20. 23. 25. 26.
31. 32. 33.
(thru 1/20/2018) Name Season Sofia Konoukh 2001 Monica Vavic 2015 Stephania Haralabidis 2017 Aniko Pelle 2001 Monica Vavic 2013 Michelle Stein 2009 Monica Vavic 2014 Sofia Konoukh 2002 Katrin Dierolf 2001 Moriah Van Norman 2003 Aniko Pelle 2000 Stephania Haralabidis 2015 Nina Wengst 2000 Stephania Haralabidis 2016 Brittany Hayes 2004 Christina McCall 1997 Moriah Van Norman 2004 Stephania Haralabidis 2014 Maud Megens 2017 Nina Wengst 2001 Aniko Pelle 2002 Brigitta Games 2017 Michelle Stein 2008 Joelle Bekhazi 2010 Brittany Hayes 2006 Christina McCall 1996 Aniko Pelle 1999 Katrin Dierolf 2002 Nina Wengst 2002 Ioanna Haralabidis 2017 Moriah Van Norman 2006 Brittany Hayes 2005 Sofia Konoukh 2003 Erika Figge 2007 Veronika Bartunkova 2008 Ioanna Haralabidis 2015
Total 104 100 84 81 77 75 75 70 65 65 64 64 63 63 59 58 58 58 58 57 57 57 56 56 55 53 53 53 53 53 52 51 50 50 50 50
Single-Season Saves (thru 1/20/2018)
Name 1. Bernice Orwig 2. Bernice Orwig 3. Tumua Anae 4. Flora Bolonyai 5. Bernice Orwig 6. Kelly Graff 7. Flora Bolonyai 8. Amanda Longan 9. Flora Bolonyai 10. Victória Chamorro 11. Whitney Morgan 12. Kelly Graf
Season 1998 1997 2010 2014 1999 2004 2013 2017 2012 2015 2006 2003
Total 323 276 270 252 239 237 222 221 209 207 202 161
2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO 24th season • 545-146 (.789) HEAD COACH 14 national titles • 13 cutino award winners 13-time national coach of the year 12-time mpsf coach of the year
JOVAN VAVIC
VAVIC AT USC
1996 MPSF Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1998 National Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1999 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2003 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2004 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2005 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2006 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year 2008 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2009 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2010 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2011 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2012 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2013 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2016 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year Men’s career coaching record: 545-88 (.861) • 23 seasons Women’s career coaching record: 545-146 (.789) • 23 seasons
Jovan Vavic, one of the most decorated water polo coaches in the country, serves a dual role as the head coach of both the USC men’s and women’s teams. He has been with the USC women’s program since its inception in 1995, and has led both teams to national championships three times in the same school year (1998-99, 2003-04 and 2009-10). A 13-time National Coach of the Year and 12-time MPSF Coach of the Year, Vavic boasts a grand total of 14 combined national titles — including a six-year run with the USC men — and has coached 13 Cutino Award winners. The USC women’s undefeated run through the 2016 season brought Vavic the 14th national championship (nine men’s and five women’s) won during his tenure at USC. Vavic has the most team titles of any USC head coach in history. Vavic’s overall career record on the women’s side looms large at 545-146 (.789) as he now enters his 24th season as the USC’s women’s head coach. In 2017, the USC women set a new national record in claiming their 52nd consecutive win. The Trojans would finish the year with their second most season wins in history, going 29-4 in 2017 after reaching the NCAA semifinals for the 14th straight season. The previous year, Vavic’s 2016 women’s team finished off the program’s second undefeated season, going 26-0 en route to an epic win in the 2016 national championship game. In the calendar years of 2013 and 2010, Vavic swept both sides of the game, winning national championships with the women in the spring and following that with men’s titles in the fall of those years. In 2013, the Women of Troy won the longest NCAA women’s championship game in history, beating Stanford 10-9 in triple sudden death to claim USC’s fourth national championship on the women’s side, while finishing with a 27-1 overall record. The USC men would follow with a historic feat of their own, winning an unprecedented sixth straight national championship in claiming the 2013 crown. In 2010, the USC women and men went back-to-back as Vavic followed 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year awards on the women’s side with 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year with the men in leading the Trojan men to their third consecutive national championship. Following the USC men’s 2009 NCAA title and the USC women’s run to the 2010 national championship, Vavic saw two Trojans sweep the Cutino Awards for the third time in his career, as J.W. Krumpholz and Kami Craig went back-to-back as the 2009 and 2010 Cutino Award winners following the USC women’s run to the 2010 NCAA Championship. The first Trojan pair to sweep the awards was Juraj Zatovic and Lauren Wenger in 2006. Since 1999 when the program was fully funded, Vavic’s record is 451-75 (.857), including 13 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Between 2003 and 2010, Vavic was named either MPSF or National Coach of the Year (or both) every year but one. His 2004 women’s team won the national championship and became the first team in NCAA Championship history to go undefeated (29-0). In 1999, 2004, 2010, 2013 and 2016 Vavic was named the women’s National and MPSF Coach of the Year. Vavic oversaw the team’s move from Division II in 1995 to Division I in 1996. He guided USC to its firstever Division I National Collegiate Championships appearance in 1997 and a seventh-place national finish while the 1998 team took fifth nationally. In 1999, USC won the national championship, and Vavic was named the National Coach of the Year and the MPSF Coach of the Year. The 2000 squad added another strong showing, finishing second nationally. Vavic came to USC in 1992 as an assistant men’s water polo coach, joined John Williams as co-head coach in 1995 and took over the men’s program in 1999 after Williams retired. He and Williams were named National Coaches of the Year in 1998 after leading USC to its first-ever national championship. They were also named MPSF Co-Coaches of the Year in 1996 after leading USC to the conference title. In fact, in the 1998-99 season, Vavic did something no other coach has accomplished as his teams won three national championships. Besides capturing the 1998 men’s and 1999 women’s titles, his 1999 men’s club team won the Men’s Senior National Club Championship. In 21 seasons at the helm of the USC men’s program, Vavic has improved his career coaching record on the men’s side to 494-82 (.858) with national championships won in 1998, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Vavic, a native of Yugoslavia, spent the 1990 season as an assistant men’s coach at UCLA. Previously, he coached three seasons (1987-1990) at Palos Verdes (Calif.) High, where he led Palos Verdes to two undefeated league seasons (1987-89). Vavic also served as assistant coach to the U.S. team at the 1995 World University Games, and was the head coach of the team in 2003. In November 2012, Vavic was named interim head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, and led Team USA to World Championship qualification with success at the 2013 UANA World Aquatic Championship Qualification Tournament in Canada. Vavic graduated from UCLA in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He and his wife, Lisa, have four children: Nikola, Monica, Marko and Stefan. Nikola and Monica both played water polo for their father at USC and both won national championships with their respective USC water polo teams.
2018 UNIVERSITY OF California SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO 2010 University of Southern Men’s Water Polo
2018 USC Women’s Water Polo Roster #
NAME
HT.
POS.
YR.
1 1A 1B 1C 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Victória Chamorro Amanda Longan Nicola Gonzales Holly Parker Annika Jensen Sabrina Garabet Brooke Presten Paige Hauschild Maud Megens Courtney Fahey Denise Mammolito Hayley McKelvey Nadia Pavlovich Brianna Daboub Kelsey McIntosh Kari Jensen Elise Stein Nina Ceklic Randi Reinhardt Verica Bakoc Kaylee Brownsberger Molly Leimbach Tamar Kazanjian Alaina Cousineau Sawyer Belville Emma Cornwell Kaitlin Leimbach Caitlin Stuewe
5-10 6-2 5-8 5-10 6-0 5-9 5-8 5-11 6-2 5-8 6-1 5-11 5-10 5-9 5-7 5-9 5-9 5-8 5-9 5-8 5-6 5-8 5-7 5-5 5-9 5-10 5-9 5-7
Goalie Goalie Goalie Goalie Utility Driver Driver Driver Utility Driver Driver Utility Utility Driver Driver Driver Driver 2-Meter 2-Meter Driver 2-Meter Driver Driver Driver Driver Goalie Driver Utility
SR JR SR SO SR FR JR FR SO JR SO SR FR SR SO FR SO FR FR FR SO FR FR SO SO SR SR SR
HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Centro Educacional de Lagoa HS) Moorpark, Calif. (Oaks Christian HS) Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach HS) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Glendora, Calif. (St. Lucy’s Priory) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Santa Barbara, Calif. (San Marcos HS) Rotterdam, Netherlands (Leonardo College) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Rancho Cucamonga HS) North Delta, B.C., Canada (Seaquam Secondary) Auckland, New Zealand (Westlake Girls School) Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Corona, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Palm Desert, Calif. (Palm Desert HS) Calgary, Canada (Henry Wise Wood HS) Murrieta, Calif. (Murrieta Valley HS) Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Silverthorn Institute) Hermosa Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Agoura Hills, Calif. (Agoura HS/Pierce College) San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente HS) Chino, Calif. (Ayala HS) San Diego, Calif. (Otay Ranch HS) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Monterey, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep)
Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Associate Head Coach: Casey Moon Assistant Coach: James Shin Volunteer Assistant Coach: Alexandra Kiss
Scouting Director: Marko Pintaric Director of Operations: Milos Skaljac
PRONUNCIATIONS #3 Sabrina Garabet gare-ah-BET #5 Paige Hauschild HOSS-child #6 Maud Megens MOUD (as in cloud) MEG-inns #7 Courtney Fahey FAY #10 Nadia Pavlovich PAV-luh-vitch #11 Brianna Daboub bree-AH-nah dah-BO #15 Nina Ceklic CHECK-litch #17 Verica Bakoc VARE-itz-ah BACK-otch
#19 Molly Leimbach #20 Tamar Kazanjian #21 Alaina Cousineau Jovan Vavic Marko Pintaric Alexandra Kiss Milos Skaljac
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2018 WOMEN’S WATER POLO
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Release #1 — Jan. 24, 2018
No. 3 USC Hosts China In Exhibition Play Before Trip To CBU Mini Invite
Trojans face China at 5 p.m. on Thursday at Uytengsu, then clash with CBU and Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday in Riverside.
2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Date Opponent UCLA Mini Invitational Jan. 13 vs. #18 LMU Jan. 25 CHINA (exhibition) CBU Mini Invitational Jan. 27 at Cal Baptist vs. Pomona-Pitzer
Time/Result
Triton Invitational@ Feb. 10 TBD TBD Feb. 11 TBD TBD Barbara Kalbus Invitational% Feb. 23 TBD Feb. 24 TBD TBD Feb. 25 TBD
W 18-0 5 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 2 p.m. TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
March 7 March 8 March 16 March 22 March 24 March 25 March 31
UC IRVINE HAWAI’I at Hawai’i PRINCETON (P12N | P12LA) at Arizona State* PACIFIC HARTWICK
5 p.m. 5 p.m. 3 p.m. HT 5 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m.
April 7 April 13 April 14 April 21
California* (P12LA | P12BA) at Stanford* (P12LA | P12BA) at San José State UCLA* (P12LA)
5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.
MPSF Tournament (hosted by Cal) April 27 &TBD April 28 &TBD April 29 &TBD
TBD TBD TBD
NCAA Tournament (hosted by USC) May 11 $TBD May 12 $TBD May 13 $TBD
TBD TBD TBD
Home games in BOLD CAPS (at Uytengsu Aquatics Center) * MPSF game (P12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks @ Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) % Barbara Kalbus Invitational (hosted by UC Irvine) & MPSF Tourn. (hosted by Cal) $ NCAA Champs (hosted by USC)
2018 Women’s Collegiate Top-10 (Week 2 • Jan. 24)
Rank School Last Week 1. Stanford 1 2. California 4 3. USC 2 4. UCLA 3 5. Arizona State 5 6. Hawaii 6 7. UC Irvine 7 8. Michigan 8 9. Pacific 9 10. Long Beach State 10
Points 99 93 92 91 83 78 75 73 71 63
@USCWaterPolo THIS WEEK USC digs a little deeper into the 2018 campaign this week, hosting an exhibition match before two more official contests out at the CBU Mini Invitational. On Thursday (Jan. 25), the Trojans host the Chinese National Team in a 5 p.m. exhibition game at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. On Saturday (Jan. 28), No. 3 USC (1-0) heads out to Riverside to take on host Cal Baptist at 12:45 p.m. before facing PomonaPitzer at 2 p.m. at the CBU Mini Invitational. USC IN THE RANKINGS USC kicked off 2018 ranked No. 2 in the national preseason poll and tied for third in the MPSF preseason poll. In the latest national poll (released Jan. 24), USC is listed at No. 3. SCOUTING CBU The Lancers are 0-3 overall after opening the year at the UCSB Winter Invite, where CBU lost 9-7 to Cal State Northridge, 8-3 to UC Santa Barbara and 12-3 to Arizona State. Lizette Perez is the Lancers' top scorer with five goals. Goalie Grace Ramirez averages 10.0 saves and 8.5 goals-against per game. USC is 12-0 all-time against Cal Baptist after a 22-1 win last season at the UCSB Winter Invite. SCOUTING P-P This will be the first weekend of work for the Sagehens, who went 16-18 overall last season. Top scorer Jocelyn Castro is back, having scored 44 goals last year. USC is 8-0 all-time against Pomona-Pitzer after a 25-2 win last season at the Whittier Invitational. SEASON OPENER USC stormed out of the gates of the 2018 season in churning out an 18-0 shutout of No. 22 LMU in the first official action of the season at the UCLA Mini Invite. Behind seven saves from junior goalie Amanda Longan, the USC defense turned away 10 Lion power play opportunities to help lock up the shutout win and make it a 1-0 start to the year. Senior Hayley McKelvey drummed up four goals in the first period of play — all 6-on-5 finishes — to set the tone for the Trojan offensive onslaught. Freshman Paige Hauschild should tally her first goal as a Trojan during the first frame, while Kelsey McIntosh delivered her first of two goals on the day and Maud Megens started off on her path to an eventual game-high five goals for the Trojan cause. Up 7-0 after eight minutes of action, USC received two goals from senior captain Brianna Daboub, two more from Megens and the first career goal as a Trojan for freshman Verica Bakoc to lead it 12-0 by halftime. By the final buzzer, sophomore Denise Mammolito had joined the scoresheet, while Hauschild completed her debut hat trick and Megens round out her five-goal outing. After the impressive showing, Megens was named the MPSF Player of the Week, and Hauschild was selected MPSF Newcomer of the Week. — more —
2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO CLIMB ON As the 2018 season rolls on, two USC seniors are knocking on the door of the century scoring club. Brianna Daboub has punched up 93 career goals to date, with Hayley McKelvey holding 84 as they look to crack the 100-goal mark in their final season at Troy. On the defensive end, two USC goalies are climbing the all-time saves ladder. Senior Victória Chamorro ranks No. 5 all-time with 384 career saves, while junior Amanda Longan stands at No. 7 with 373. She's five saves away from jumping into the No. 6 spot currently held by Whitney Morgan. 2018 TROJANS AT A GLANCE Five All-Americans and seven NCAA champions strong, the 2018 USC women’s water polo roster has the experience and the skill to lock up another national championship. This year’s arsenal of Trojans boasts a daunting blend of veterans and youth — all armed with the talent and savvy to propel USC to the top. Already ranked No. 2 in the land as the 2018 season gets underway, USC trains its focus on that NCAA trophy, which the Trojans last captured in 2016 in an undefeated run through that season. Back in the captains’ roles for 2018 are two members of that title-winning team in All-Americans Brianna Daboub and Amanda Longan, who are leading a group of very hungry Women of Troy. Headlining this freshman class is U.S. National Team member Paige Hauschild, who is tabbed as a starter for the Trojans. A set of sopho-
mores — Denise Mammolito, Maud Megens and Kelsey McIntosh are also in that mix, along with savvy seniors Daboub and Hayley McKelvey. CAGE FIGHTERS USC boasts a fearsome tagteam in the cage in All-American tandem Victória Chamorro and Amanda Longan. Both compete for their respective national teams — Chamorro as a 2016 Olympian with Brazil and Longan as a gold-medalist with Team USA at the recent 2017 FINA World Championships. The Trojan defense allowed just 4.59 goals per game last season, with both Chamorro and Longan averaging over 10 saves per game in the cage. BACK ON THE ATTACK A year’s experience for last season’s freshmen — Maud Megens, Kelsey McIntosh, Denise Mammolito, Elise Stein and Kaylee Brownsberger — along with the leadership of 2016 NCAA champion seniors Victória Chamorro, Brianna Daboub, Hayley McKelvey and Annika Jensen and juniors Amanda Longan, Courtney Fahey and Brooke Presten will raise the bar again for the Trojans. As a true freshman, Megens was USC’s second leading scorer with 58 goals. Daboub, McKelvey and Mammolito combined for an even 100 goals. Add to that the depth charge that U.S. National Team member Paige Hauschild and her fellow true freshmen bring for 2018, and USC’s attack becomes well-rounded and dangerous. USC also has three new internationals
2018 AWARDS
MPSF Player of the Week: Maud Megens (Jan. 16)
MPSF Newcomer of the Week: Paige Hauschild (Jan. 16)
in the water to diversify that attack. Canadians Verica Bakoc and Nina Ceklic are in the mix, along with New Zealand product Nadia Pavlovich. U.S. product Randi Reinhardt also stands out as a key addition to USC’s rotation for 2018. LAST SEASON In 2017, the Trojans finished up 29-4 overall with a run to the 2017 NCAA semifinals in USC’s 14th consecutive trip to the tourney. USC posted a 4-2 record in MPSF action and went on to claim third in the 2017 MPSF Tournament. The Trojans received a No. 3 seed into the NCAA Tournament, where USC was looking to win back-to-back national championships for the first time in program history. USC would go up against top-seeded Stanford in the semis, coming up just short of a trip to the final with an 11-10 loss. Stephania Haralabidis was USC's top scorer in 2017 with 84 goals. She'd be named a First Team All-American to close out her USC career. Freshman Maud Megens earned Second Team honors, while senior Brigitta Games and sophomore Amanda Longan were Third Team picks, and junior captain Brianna Daboub earned All-America Honorable Mention.•
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2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO
2018 USC(1-0 SCHEDULE/RESULTS overall • 0-0 MPSF)
DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS UCLA Mini Invitational Jan. 13 vs. #18 LMU W 18-0 Megens 5, McKelvey 4, Hauschild 3, McIntosh 2, Daboub 2, Bakoc, Mammolito. Jan. 25 vs. China (exhibition) 5 p.m. CBU Mini Invitational Jan. 27 at Cal Baptist 12:45 p.m. vs. Pomona-Pitzer 2 p.m.
Triton Invitational@ Feb. 10 TBD TBD Feb. 11 TBD TBD Barbara Kalbus Invitational% Feb. 23 TBD Feb. 24 TBD TBD Feb. 25 TBD
TBD TBD TBD TBD
UC IRVINE HAWAI’I at Hawai’i PRINCETON (P12N | P12LA) at Arizona State* PACIFIC HARTWICK
5 p.m. 5 p.m. 3 p.m. HT 5 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m.
April 7 April 13 April 14 April 21
California* (P12LA | P12BA) at Stanford* (P12LA | P12BA) at San José State UCLA* (P12LA)
5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.
MPSF Tournament (hosted by Cal) April 27 &TBD April 28 &TBD April 29 &TBD
TBD TBD TBD
NCAA Tournament (hosted by USC) May 11 $TBD May 12 $TBD May 13 $TBD
TBD TBD TBD
Goals 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 18
Longan 7
TBD TBD TBD TBD
March 7 March 8 March 16 March 22 March 24 March 25 March 31
Player Maud Megens Hayley McKelvey Paige Hauschild Brianna Daboub Kelsey McIntosh Verica Bakoc Denise Mammolito TOTAL
SAVES
* MPSF game (P12) — Televised by Pac-12 Networks @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by Cal
Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center % Barbara Kalbus Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine $ NCAA Tournament — Hosted by USC
Goalie Appearances/Pds Saves Victória Chamorro 0 / 0 0 Amanda Longan 1 / 4 7 Totals 1 games 7
Goals by Period 1 USC 7 Opponents 0
2 5 0
3 4 0
4 2 0
SPG 0.0 7.0 7.0
Goals Agst 0 0 0
GAPG 0.0 0.0 0.0
OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. - - - - 18 18.0 - - - - 0 0.0
Games Mult-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Maud Megens 1 1 5 Hayley McKelvey 1 1 4 Paige Hauschild 1 1 3 Brianna Daboub 1 1 2 Kelsey McIntosh 1 1 2 Denise Mammolito 1 0 1 Verica Bakoc 1 0 1
2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO
2018 MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO OVERALL STATISTICS--Jan. 23
INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games
1 2 3 3 3 3 3 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 17 18 18 20 21 22 23 23
ATHLETE Maud Megens Hayley McKelvey Katie Dudley Makenzie Fischer Paige Hauschild Alkistis Benekou Emma Wright Klaudia Paradi Sheila Jensen Brianna Daboub Carla Carrega Shannon Cleary Lili Urvari Kelsey McIntosh Guara Garcia Delgado MacKenzie Wiley Lizette Rozeboom PJ Allin Bente Rogge Bronte Halligan Sofia Rivas Maddie Musselman Dora Antal Anna Illes
1 2 3 4 4 4 7
ATHLETE Amanda Longan Mia Rycraw Jahmea Bent Julia Hermann Hannah Storum Madison Tagg Katelynn Thompson
YEAR SO SR SR SO FR SR FR SR JR SR SR SR FR SO JR JR JR JR SO SO JR SO SR SR
SCHOOL USC USC Stanford Stanford USC Arizona State California San Jose State San Jose State USC California Stanford San Jose State USC San Jose State Stanford UCLA Arizona State Arizona State UCLA California UCLA California California
GAMES 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 5 3 3 5 2 5 3 3
GOALS-AGAINST *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters YEAR JR SR FR R-SR SO JR SR
SCHOOL USC Arizona State UCLA Stanford UCLA California San Jose State
QUARTERS 4 11 8 3 8 6 6
GOALS 5 4 3 3 3 9 9 5 5 2 6 2 4 2 4 2 9 5 5 8 3 7 4 4
GOALS/GAME 5.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.50 2.50 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.80 1.67 1.67 1.60 1.50 1.40 1.33 1.33
GA 0 7 7 3 8 6 13
GAA 0.00 2.55 3.50 4.00 4.00 4.00 8.67
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation 2018 Women’s Water Polo News Release # 2 January 23, 2018
Contact: Darren Preston [email protected] www.mpsports.org @MPSFWomensWP
2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO
UCLA Arizona State California USC Stanford San Jose State
MPSF W L
Pct.
Home
Away
Streak
OVERALL W L Pct.
Home
Away Neutral Streak
0 0 0 0 0 0
.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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5 3 3 1 1 1
1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1
1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1
1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500
3-0 3-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0
W5 W3 W3 W1 W1 L1
MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at conference tournament, hosted by California, Apr. 27-29
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
RECENT RESULTS
2018 MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO OVERALL STATISTICS--Jan. 23
Saturday, January 27 Sunday, January 21 #INDIVIDUAL San Jose State vs. UCSTATS Irvine 8:30 am & California 12, Loyola Marymount 2 SAVES *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters # UC Davis at CALIFORNIA 11:00 am % Arizona State 5, Michigan 3 *Must Appear Inpm 50 % of Team Games !GOALS UCLA vs. Marist 12:00 % Arizona State SAVES 10, Indiana 3 SAVES/GAME ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES # San Jose State vs. Fresno State 12:15 pm % UCLA 9, UC San Diego 3 1ATHLETE Katelynn Thompson SR San Jose State 1.5 19 12.67 YEAR SCHOOL GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME USC at CAL BAPTIST 12:45 pm % Ucla 10, UCSB 6 Mia Rycraw SR Arizona State 2.75 29 10.55 1 2USC Maud Megens SO USC 1 5 5.00 vs. Pomona-Pitzer (at Cal Baptist) 2:00 pm 3 Hannah Storum SO UCLA 2 18 9.00 2 #Hayley SR USC 1Saturday, January 20 4 4.00 Stanford McKelvey vs. UC Irvine 2:15 pm UCLA atDudley MICHIGAN 5:15 pmUSC Amanda Longan JR 7.00 3 4!Katie SR Stanford 1$1Stanford 15, UC Davis 37 3 3.00 &2California 9, HAWAII 4 Jahmea Fischer Bent FR UCLA 14 7.00 3 4Sunday, Makenzie SO Stanford 1 3 3.00 January 28 & California 17, Marist 2 6 Julia Hermann R-SR Stanford 0.75 3 4.00 3 #Paige Hauschild FR USC 1% Arizona State 12, Cal Baptist 3 3.00 UC Irvine at CALIFORNIA 8:30 am Madison JR 1.5 5 3.33 San Jose Benekou StateTagg at CALIFORNIA 9:45California am State Pacific 4 3 7#Alkistis SR Arizona 3% UCLA 21, Fresno 9 3.00 ! UCLA vs. Wagner 10:15 am % UCLA 5, Michigan 4 TEAM STATS 3 Emma Wright FR California 3 9 3.00 # Stanford vs. Fresno State 11:00 am $ SAN JOSE STATE 13, CSU East Bay 5 8 #Klaudia Paradi SR San Jose State 2 5 TEAM GOALS San Jose State vs. Stanford 2:15 pm $ UC Davis 11, SAN JOSE STATE 8 2.50 UCLA vs.Jensen Pacific 3:15 pm 8 !Sheila JR San Jose State 2 5 2.50 TEAM GAMES GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME # Fresno State at CALIFORNIA 3:30 pm 10 Brianna Daboub SR USC 1 2 2.00
1 USC 1 10 2Friday, CarlaFebruary Carrega SR Stanford 1 2 10 3@ Shannon Cleary SR3 Princeton atCalifornia ARIZONA STATE 10 4Lili Urvari UCLA FR5 Saturday, February 3 10 5^Kelsey McIntosh SO San Jose State 2 San Jose State vs. California State 10 6@ Guara Delgado JR3 Hawaii Garcia atArizona ARIZONA STATE Pacific at STANFORD 10 ^MacKenzie Wiley JR @ Loyola Marymount at ARIZONA STATE TEAM DEFENSE 17 Lizette Rozeboom JR ^ San Jose State vs. UC Davis TEAM GAMES 18 ^PJ Allin JR California vs. Michigan USC 18 1Bente Rogge SO1 4 California 20 2Sunday, BronteFebruary Halligan SO3 ^ Long Beach State at STANFORD Stanford 21 3^Sofia Rivas JR1 San Jose State vs. Michigan 3 Arizona State 22 ^Maddie SO3 California Musselman vs. UC Davis @ UC San Diego at ARIZONA STATE 23 5Dora Antal UCLA SR5 San Jose State 23 6Anna Illes SR2
18 18.00 California 3 6 2.00 15 15.00 2018 WOMEN’S PRESEASON POLL Stanford 1 2 2.00 12:00 pm38 12.67 (Preseason • Jan. 12) San Jose 2 4 2.00 2017 56 State 11.20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Rank School NOTES Final Rank Points USC 1 2 2.00 21 10.50 1. CA) Stanford 1 99 # Cal Cup (Berkeley, 11:00 am 2t. UCLA 2 93 9.00 San 2! Michigan Invitational 4 2.00 (Ann Arbor, MI) 11:00Jose am27 State 2t. USC 3 93 4. California 91 4:30 pm Stanford 1$ Lou Tully Memorial 2(Saratoga, CA) 2.00 4 5. (Stanford, ArizonaCA) State 6 82 ^ Stanford Invitational 4:30 pm UCLA 5@ ASU Cross Conference 9 Challenge (Tempe, 1.80AZ)11 6. Hawaii 76 5:45 pm 7. UC Irvine 5 75 GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME Arizona State 3 5 1.67 % UCSB Invitational (Goleta, CA) 5:45 pm 8. Michigan 7 74 9. Pacific 8 73 (Honolulu, HI) 0.00 Arizona0State 3& Hawaii Invitational 5 1.67 10 All Long 9 (T) 62 TimesBeach LocalState 8 2.67 11. 8 UC Davis 56 UCLA 5Home Team in CAPS; 1.60 12 8:30 am 12. San Diego State 13 50 3 3.00 California 2 3 Indiana 1.50 18 13t. 46 9:40 am 13t. Hartwick 14 46 3.00 5 7 1.40 9:40 UCLA am 9 15t. UC San Diego 17 39 11:30 am19 3.80 15t. 20 39 California 3 4 San Jose State1.33 17. Harvard 15 (T) 35 16 8.00 California 3 4 1.33 18. Princeton 9 (T) 34 19. MPSF UC Santa Barbara 2018 Water Polo • Page 121
GOALS-AGAINST *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters
1 2 3 4 4 4 7
ATHLETE Amanda Longan Mia Rycraw Jahmea Bent Julia Hermann Hannah Storum Madison Tagg Katelynn Thompson
YEAR JR SR FR R-SR SO JR SR
SCHOOL USC Arizona State UCLA Stanford UCLA California San Jose State
QUARTERS 4 11 8 3 8 6 6
20. 21. 22. 23. GA 24. 0 25.
Wagner 15 (T) Cal State Northridge 19 Loyola Marymount 23 Marist GAA 24 Iona NR 0.00 RV Brown
32 29 23 18 11 5 4
Others receiving votes: Fresno State, Bucknell, Cal 7 CSU Monterey Bay,2.55 Baptist, Pomona-Pitzer, Santa Clara, Virginia Military, CSU East Bay
7 3.50 3 4.00 2018 MPSF4.00 COACHES 8 PRESEASON POLL 6 Team (1st-place4.00 votes) Points 1. 13 Stanford (4) 8.67 22
2. California (1) 3t. UCLA(1) 3t. USC 5. Arizona State 6. San Jose State
20 17 17 9 5
USC ALL-TIME RECORDS
1999 • 2004 • NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 2010 • 2013 • 2016
— CAREER RECORDS | SEASON RECORDS — Career Scoring Leaders (thru 1/20/2018)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Monica Vavic Stephania Haralabidis Aniko Pelle Sofia Konoukh Moriah Van Norman Nina Wengst Brittany Hayes Katrin Dierolf Ioanna Haralabidis Michelle Stein Kami Craig Christina McCall Alexandra Kiss Kaleigh Gilchrist 15. Erika Figge 16. Joelle Bekhazi 17. Lauren Wenger Brigitta Games 19. Jennifer Durley 20. Kristen Dronberger 21. Eike Daube 22. Sandra Milicev 23. Eszter Gyori 24. Kally Lucas 25. Veronika Bartunkova
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
2012-15 2014-present 1999-02 2001-03 2003-06 1999-02 2004-07 2000-03 2014-present 2006-09 2006-10 1995-97 2007-10 2011-14 2004-07 2009-11 2003-06 2015-present 1998-01 2008-11 2012-15 1999-02 2002-05 2007-10 2005-08
291 269 255 224 215 213 209 204 171 170 152 142
137 135 127 127 122 120 119 116 115 113 106
Career Saves Leaders (thru 1/20/2018) Flora Bolonyai Bernice Orwig Tumua Anae Kelly Graff Victória Chamorro Whitney Morgan Amanda Longan Sarah Mix
2011-14 1997-99 2007-10 2001-04 2015-present 2006-08 2016-present 2003-05
895 838 538 398 384 377 373 149
Single-Season Goal Leaders
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 11. 13. 15. 16. 19. 20. 23. 25. 26.
31. 32. 33.
(thru 1/20/2018) Name Season Sofia Konoukh 2001 Monica Vavic 2015 Stephania Haralabidis 2017 Aniko Pelle 2001 Monica Vavic 2013 Michelle Stein 2009 Monica Vavic 2014 Sofia Konoukh 2002 Katrin Dierolf 2001 Moriah Van Norman 2003 Aniko Pelle 2000 Stephania Haralabidis 2015 Nina Wengst 2000 Stephania Haralabidis 2016 Brittany Hayes 2004 Christina McCall 1997 Moriah Van Norman 2004 Stephania Haralabidis 2014 Maud Megens 2017 Nina Wengst 2001 Aniko Pelle 2002 Brigitta Games 2017 Michelle Stein 2008 Joelle Bekhazi 2010 Brittany Hayes 2006 Christina McCall 1996 Aniko Pelle 1999 Katrin Dierolf 2002 Nina Wengst 2002 Ioanna Haralabidis 2017 Moriah Van Norman 2006 Brittany Hayes 2005 Sofia Konoukh 2003 Erika Figge 2007 Veronika Bartunkova 2008 Ioanna Haralabidis 2015
Total 104 100 84 81 77 75 75 70 65 65 64 64 63 63 59 58 58 58 58 57 57 57 56 56 55 53 53 53 53 53 52 51 50 50 50 50
Single-Season Saves (thru 1/20/2018)
Name 1. Bernice Orwig 2. Bernice Orwig 3. Tumua Anae 4. Flora Bolonyai 5. Bernice Orwig 6. Kelly Graff 7. Flora Bolonyai 8. Amanda Longan 9. Flora Bolonyai 10. Victória Chamorro 11. Whitney Morgan 12. Kelly Graf
Season 1998 1997 2010 2014 1999 2004 2013 2017 2012 2015 2006 2003
Total 323 276 270 252 239 237 222 221 209 207 202 161
2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO 24th season • 545-146 (.789) HEAD COACH 14 national titles • 13 cutino award winners 13-time national coach of the year 12-time mpsf coach of the year
JOVAN VAVIC
VAVIC AT USC
1996 MPSF Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1998 National Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1999 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2003 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2004 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2005 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2006 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year 2008 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2009 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2010 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2011 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2012 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2013 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2016 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year Men’s career coaching record: 545-88 (.861) • 23 seasons Women’s career coaching record: 545-146 (.789) • 23 seasons
Jovan Vavic, one of the most decorated water polo coaches in the country, serves a dual role as the head coach of both the USC men’s and women’s teams. He has been with the USC women’s program since its inception in 1995, and has led both teams to national championships three times in the same school year (1998-99, 2003-04 and 2009-10). A 13-time National Coach of the Year and 12-time MPSF Coach of the Year, Vavic boasts a grand total of 14 combined national titles — including a six-year run with the USC men — and has coached 13 Cutino Award winners. The USC women’s undefeated run through the 2016 season brought Vavic the 14th national championship (nine men’s and five women’s) won during his tenure at USC. Vavic has the most team titles of any USC head coach in history. Vavic’s overall career record on the women’s side looms large at 545-146 (.789) as he now enters his 24th season as the USC’s women’s head coach. In 2017, the USC women set a new national record in claiming their 52nd consecutive win. The Trojans would finish the year with their second most season wins in history, going 29-4 in 2017 after reaching the NCAA semifinals for the 14th straight season. The previous year, Vavic’s 2016 women’s team finished off the program’s second undefeated season, going 26-0 en route to an epic win in the 2016 national championship game. In the calendar years of 2013 and 2010, Vavic swept both sides of the game, winning national championships with the women in the spring and following that with men’s titles in the fall of those years. In 2013, the Women of Troy won the longest NCAA women’s championship game in history, beating Stanford 10-9 in triple sudden death to claim USC’s fourth national championship on the women’s side, while finishing with a 27-1 overall record. The USC men would follow with a historic feat of their own, winning an unprecedented sixth straight national championship in claiming the 2013 crown. In 2010, the USC women and men went back-to-back as Vavic followed 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year awards on the women’s side with 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year with the men in leading the Trojan men to their third consecutive national championship. Following the USC men’s 2009 NCAA title and the USC women’s run to the 2010 national championship, Vavic saw two Trojans sweep the Cutino Awards for the third time in his career, as J.W. Krumpholz and Kami Craig went back-to-back as the 2009 and 2010 Cutino Award winners following the USC women’s run to the 2010 NCAA Championship. The first Trojan pair to sweep the awards was Juraj Zatovic and Lauren Wenger in 2006. Since 1999 when the program was fully funded, Vavic’s record is 451-75 (.857), including 13 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Between 2003 and 2010, Vavic was named either MPSF or National Coach of the Year (or both) every year but one. His 2004 women’s team won the national championship and became the first team in NCAA Championship history to go undefeated (29-0). In 1999, 2004, 2010, 2013 and 2016 Vavic was named the women’s National and MPSF Coach of the Year. Vavic oversaw the team’s move from Division II in 1995 to Division I in 1996. He guided USC to its firstever Division I National Collegiate Championships appearance in 1997 and a seventh-place national finish while the 1998 team took fifth nationally. In 1999, USC won the national championship, and Vavic was named the National Coach of the Year and the MPSF Coach of the Year. The 2000 squad added another strong showing, finishing second nationally. Vavic came to USC in 1992 as an assistant men’s water polo coach, joined John Williams as co-head coach in 1995 and took over the men’s program in 1999 after Williams retired. He and Williams were named National Coaches of the Year in 1998 after leading USC to its first-ever national championship. They were also named MPSF Co-Coaches of the Year in 1996 after leading USC to the conference title. In fact, in the 1998-99 season, Vavic did something no other coach has accomplished as his teams won three national championships. Besides capturing the 1998 men’s and 1999 women’s titles, his 1999 men’s club team won the Men’s Senior National Club Championship. In 21 seasons at the helm of the USC men’s program, Vavic has improved his career coaching record on the men’s side to 494-82 (.858) with national championships won in 1998, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Vavic, a native of Yugoslavia, spent the 1990 season as an assistant men’s coach at UCLA. Previously, he coached three seasons (1987-1990) at Palos Verdes (Calif.) High, where he led Palos Verdes to two undefeated league seasons (1987-89). Vavic also served as assistant coach to the U.S. team at the 1995 World University Games, and was the head coach of the team in 2003. In November 2012, Vavic was named interim head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, and led Team USA to World Championship qualification with success at the 2013 UANA World Aquatic Championship Qualification Tournament in Canada. Vavic graduated from UCLA in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He and his wife, Lisa, have four children: Nikola, Monica, Marko and Stefan. Nikola and Monica both played water polo for their father at USC and both won national championships with their respective USC water polo teams.
2018 UNIVERSITY OF California SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO 2010 University of Southern Men’s Water Polo
2018 USC Women’s Water Polo Roster #
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1 1A 1B 1C 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Victória Chamorro Amanda Longan Nicola Gonzales Holly Parker Annika Jensen Sabrina Garabet Brooke Presten Paige Hauschild Maud Megens Courtney Fahey Denise Mammolito Hayley McKelvey Nadia Pavlovich Brianna Daboub Kelsey McIntosh Kari Jensen Elise Stein Nina Ceklic Randi Reinhardt Verica Bakoc Kaylee Brownsberger Molly Leimbach Tamar Kazanjian Alaina Cousineau Sawyer Belville Emma Cornwell Kaitlin Leimbach Caitlin Stuewe
5-10 6-2 5-8 5-10 6-0 5-9 5-8 5-11 6-2 5-8 6-1 5-11 5-10 5-9 5-7 5-9 5-9 5-8 5-9 5-8 5-6 5-8 5-7 5-5 5-9 5-10 5-9 5-7
Goalie Goalie Goalie Goalie Utility Driver Driver Driver Utility Driver Driver Utility Utility Driver Driver Driver Driver 2-Meter 2-Meter Driver 2-Meter Driver Driver Driver Driver Goalie Driver Utility
SR JR SR SO SR FR JR FR SO JR SO SR FR SR SO FR SO FR FR FR SO FR FR SO SO SR SR SR
HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Centro Educacional de Lagoa HS) Moorpark, Calif. (Oaks Christian HS) Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach HS) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Glendora, Calif. (St. Lucy’s Priory) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Santa Barbara, Calif. (San Marcos HS) Rotterdam, Netherlands (Leonardo College) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Rancho Cucamonga HS) North Delta, B.C., Canada (Seaquam Secondary) Auckland, New Zealand (Westlake Girls School) Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Corona, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Palm Desert, Calif. (Palm Desert HS) Calgary, Canada (Henry Wise Wood HS) Murrieta, Calif. (Murrieta Valley HS) Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Silverthorn Institute) Hermosa Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Agoura Hills, Calif. (Agoura HS/Pierce College) San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente HS) Chino, Calif. (Ayala HS) San Diego, Calif. (Otay Ranch HS) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Monterey, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep)
Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Associate Head Coach: Casey Moon Assistant Coach: James Shin Volunteer Assistant Coach: Alexandra Kiss
Scouting Director: Marko Pintaric Director of Operations: Milos Skaljac
PRONUNCIATIONS #3 Sabrina Garabet gare-ah-BET #5 Paige Hauschild HOSS-child #6 Maud Megens MOUD (as in cloud) MEG-inns #7 Courtney Fahey FAY #10 Nadia Pavlovich PAV-luh-vitch #11 Brianna Daboub bree-AH-nah dah-BO #15 Nina Ceklic CHECK-litch #17 Verica Bakoc VARE-itz-ah BACK-otch
#19 Molly Leimbach #20 Tamar Kazanjian #21 Alaina Cousineau Jovan Vavic Marko Pintaric Alexandra Kiss Milos Skaljac
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