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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPORTS INFORMATION
DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS • HER 103 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90089-0601 • TELEPHONE: (213) 740-8480 FAX: (213) 740-7584 WATER POLO SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: JASON POMMIER • EMAIL: [email protected]
March 23, 2005
NO. 2 USC WOMEN’S WATER POLO RETURNS TO ACTION WITH TWO MPSF MATCHES Women of Troy travel to No. 10 San Jose State and No. 3 Stanford this weekend LOS ANGELES — The No. 2 USC and defending national champion women’s water polo team (13-3, 4-1) returns to action this week with two Mountain Pacific Sports Federation matches on Friday (March 25) at No. 10 San Jose State (6-9, 1-3) at 4 p.m. and Saturday (March 26) at No. 3 Stanford (10-3, 3-1) in a 1 p.m. contest. RANKINGS — USC is ranked No. 2 in the latest U.S. Women’s Water Polo Top 20 Poll. SCHEDULE CHANGES — There have been changes for the 2005 USC schedule. The March 30 match at Loyola Marymount has been moved to April 15 at 2:30 p.m. The Women of Troy will travel back to the USC campus that day for a 5:30 p.m. match against Arizona State. The April 2 match against UC Irvine has been moved to April 9, starting at 1:15 p.m. after the Long Beach State match at noon. The Pomona-Pitzer match has been cancelled. JOVAN VAVIC — In his 11th season as the program’s only head coach, Jovan Vavic has built the Women of Troy into a national power, laying claim to two national championships (1999 and 2004). He oversaw the program’s move from Division II to Division I in 1996. In 1997, the Trojans made their first-ever Division I National Championships appearance with a seventh-place finish. Vavic, a native of Yugoslavia, was named the National Coach of the Year and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year in 1999 and 2004. Vavic is also the head coach for the USC men’s water polo team, which won the 1998 and 2003 NCAA championships. VAVIC’S CAREER RECORD — Jovan Vavic has a 238-93 (.719) record in his 11th season with the Women of Troy. He possesses a 173-26 (.869) mark since the program was fully funded in 1999 and an even more impressive record of 120-15 (.889) since the 2001 season. DEFENDING THE CROWN — The 2004 USC team became the first squad in the brief four-year history of the NCAA-sponsored championship to go undefeated with a 29-0 record. The Women of Troy defeated Loyola Marymount, 10-8, in the national championship match for the program’s second national title. TWO-METER FORCE — Junior two-meter Moriah Van Norman (San Diego) became the third USC player to win the Peter J. Cutino Award as the nation’s top collegiate player (Bernice Orwig in 1999 and Aniko Pelle in 2000). She earned the award for the 2004 season after finishing second on the team in scoring with 58 goals as a dominating two-meter player. She also earned All-America first team honors. This season, Van Norman has 21 goals and needs three goals to tie Christina McCall for fifth place on USC’s all-time scoring list.
2005 USC Women’s Water Polo Schedule (13-3 overall, 4-1 MPSF) Date Feb. 5 Feb. 5 Feb. 12-13
Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 25-27
March 5 March 10 March 10 March 25 March 26 April 9 April 9 April 15 April 15 April 16 April 24 April 30-May 2 May 14-15
Opponent at Cal State Northridge* vs. Cal State San Bernardino at Stanford Tournament (2nd Place) Hawaii California Indiana UCLA San Diego State* Cal* at Gaucho Invitational (2nd Place) Santa Clara UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara Stanford UCLA at UCLA* Pacific* Cal State Bakersfield at San Jose State* at Stanford* Long Beach State* UC Irvine* at Loyola Marymount Arizona State* at UC Santa Barbara* at Hawaii* at MPSF Championship (Berkeley, Calif.) NCAA Championship (hosted by Michigan)
Score W 16-5 W 18-4 W 11-4 W 12-4 W 9-5 L 6-8 W 12-7 W 12-8 W 16-4 W 14-2 W 11-4 W 9-4 L 6-10 (OT) L 6-11 W 13-3 W 13-5 4 p.m. 1 p.m. Noon 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Noon 4 p.m. TBA TBA
*Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match - All times local
NOT IN A HAZE — Sophomore Brittany Hayes (Santa Ana) leads the Women of Troy in scoring this season with 28 goals. She recorded hat tricks in back-to-back matches on Feb. 18 against No. 8 San Diego State and Feb. 19 against No. 6 California. She led the Women of Troy with 59 goals last season, earning All-America second team honors. Hayes was the 2004 NCAA Championship most valuable player after scoring three goals and recording four assists in the national title match. -- more --
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GOLD MEDAL DUO — Sophomore utility players Brittany Hayes and Erika Figge (Rancho Santa Margarita) not only celebrated their freshman seasons at USC with the national title, but recently earned gold medals with the U.S. Junior National Team at the 2005 FINA World Junior Championship in Australia. Figge also earned All-America second team honors, scoring 33 goals last season for the Women of Troy. IN THE MIX — Senior Sarah Mix (Huntington Beach) was the team’s starter as a freshman and is the No. 1 goalie again in her final year at USC. She has appeared in eight matches this season and registered 50 saves. WINGING IT — Junior Lauren Wenger (Long Beach) is having a breakout season for the Women of Troy. She is second on the team already in scoring this season with 24 goals. She scored four goals on Feb. 5 in an 18-4 win against Cal State San Bernardino. In her 2003 freshman season, she registered a career-high 27 goals. PARDO(N) THE INTERRUPTION — Senior two-meter defender Anna Pardo (Barcelona, Spain) earned All-America second team honors last season after scoring 36 goals for the Women of Troy. Pardo competed on Spain’s 2003 Senior National Team while being a member of the Junior National Team from 1997-2003. This season, she has 12 goals. ALEXANDRA THE GREAT — Redshirt sophomore goalie Alexandra Lopez (Commerce) has been getting some playing time in the cage this season. She registered a career-high 12 saves on Feb. 19 in a 12-8 win over No. 6 California. On the season, she has played in six matches and recorded 33 saves. SISTER ACT — This season, USC has not one, but two sets of sisters on the team. Junior two-meter defender Lauren Wenger (Long Beach) and sophomore utility, Jana, comprise one sister tandem while senior driver Melissa Madrid (Commerce) is joined by her sophomore sister, Denise.
2005 USC Women's Water Polo Statistics Overall Record: 13-3 MPSF Record: 4-1 Date Feb. 5 Feb. 5 Feb. 12-13
Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 25-27
March 5 March 10 March 10 March 25 March 26 March 30 April 2 April 2 April 9 April 15 April 16 April 24 April 29-May 1 May 14-15
Opponent W/L at Cal State Northridge* W vs. Cal State San Bernardino W at Stanford Tournament (2nd Place) Hawaii W Cal W Indiana W UCLA L San Diego State* W Cal* W at UC Santa Barbara Tournament (2nd Place) Santa Clara W UC Irvine W UC Santa Barbara W Stanford W UCLA L at UCLA* L Pacific* W Cal State Bakersfield W at San Jose State* at Stanford* at Loyola Marymount UC Irvine* Pomona-Pitzer Long Beach State* Arizona State* at UC Santa Barbara* at Hawaii* MPSF Championship (Berkeley, Calif.) NCAA Championship (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Score 16-5 18-4
Overall 1-0 2-0
11-4 12-4 9-5 6-8 12-7 12-8
3-0 4-0 5-0 5-1 6-1 7-1
16-4 14-2 11-4 9-4 6-10 (OT) 6-11 13-3 13-5
8-1 9-1 10-1 11-1 11-2 11-3 12-3 13-3
MPSF 1-0
USC Leading Scorer Hayes - 3 Van Norman/L. Wenger - 4 Pardo - 4 Four players with 2
2-0 3-0
3-1 4-1
Gyori - 2 Gyori/Hayes - 3 Hayes/Figge - 3 Lauren Wenger - 6 Five players with 2 Mayer/Figge - 2 Van Norman - 3 Hayes - 3 Gyori/Van Norman - 2 Van Norman/M. Madrid - 3 Three players with 2
*Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match USC Goal Scoring Brittany Hayes Lauren Wenger Moriah Van Norman Erin Wilson Eszter Gyori Erika Figge Anna Pardo Melissa Madrid Veronika Bartunkova Miranda Nichols Marina Mayer Julie Spataru Jana Wenger Denise Madrid Alison Riddle Ashley Rothweiler Ellen Sevigny Erin O'Donnell
28 24 21 19 18 16 13 8 7 7 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 1
USC Total Opponent Total
183 88
Goals by Period USC Opponents
1 44 21
USC Goalies Goalie Sarah Mix Alexandra Lopez Bree Valbuena Sylvia Cardim
2 52 17
3 51 22
8 / 29 6 / 16 5 / 12 4/4
Saves 50 33 25 11
OT 0 4
Total 184 88
Games / Periods
4 37 24
DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS • HER 103 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90089-0601 • TELEPHONE: (213) 740-8480 FAX: (213) 740-7584 WATER POLO SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: JASON POMMIER • EMAIL: [email protected]
March 23, 2005
NO. 2 USC WOMEN’S WATER POLO RETURNS TO ACTION WITH TWO MPSF MATCHES Women of Troy travel to No. 10 San Jose State and No. 3 Stanford this weekend LOS ANGELES — The No. 2 USC and defending national champion women’s water polo team (13-3, 4-1) returns to action this week with two Mountain Pacific Sports Federation matches on Friday (March 25) at No. 10 San Jose State (6-9, 1-3) at 4 p.m. and Saturday (March 26) at No. 3 Stanford (10-3, 3-1) in a 1 p.m. contest. RANKINGS — USC is ranked No. 2 in the latest U.S. Women’s Water Polo Top 20 Poll. SCHEDULE CHANGES — There have been changes for the 2005 USC schedule. The March 30 match at Loyola Marymount has been moved to April 15 at 2:30 p.m. The Women of Troy will travel back to the USC campus that day for a 5:30 p.m. match against Arizona State. The April 2 match against UC Irvine has been moved to April 9, starting at 1:15 p.m. after the Long Beach State match at noon. The Pomona-Pitzer match has been cancelled. JOVAN VAVIC — In his 11th season as the program’s only head coach, Jovan Vavic has built the Women of Troy into a national power, laying claim to two national championships (1999 and 2004). He oversaw the program’s move from Division II to Division I in 1996. In 1997, the Trojans made their first-ever Division I National Championships appearance with a seventh-place finish. Vavic, a native of Yugoslavia, was named the National Coach of the Year and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year in 1999 and 2004. Vavic is also the head coach for the USC men’s water polo team, which won the 1998 and 2003 NCAA championships. VAVIC’S CAREER RECORD — Jovan Vavic has a 238-93 (.719) record in his 11th season with the Women of Troy. He possesses a 173-26 (.869) mark since the program was fully funded in 1999 and an even more impressive record of 120-15 (.889) since the 2001 season. DEFENDING THE CROWN — The 2004 USC team became the first squad in the brief four-year history of the NCAA-sponsored championship to go undefeated with a 29-0 record. The Women of Troy defeated Loyola Marymount, 10-8, in the national championship match for the program’s second national title. TWO-METER FORCE — Junior two-meter Moriah Van Norman (San Diego) became the third USC player to win the Peter J. Cutino Award as the nation’s top collegiate player (Bernice Orwig in 1999 and Aniko Pelle in 2000). She earned the award for the 2004 season after finishing second on the team in scoring with 58 goals as a dominating two-meter player. She also earned All-America first team honors. This season, Van Norman has 21 goals and needs three goals to tie Christina McCall for fifth place on USC’s all-time scoring list.
2005 USC Women’s Water Polo Schedule (13-3 overall, 4-1 MPSF) Date Feb. 5 Feb. 5 Feb. 12-13
Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 25-27
March 5 March 10 March 10 March 25 March 26 April 9 April 9 April 15 April 15 April 16 April 24 April 30-May 2 May 14-15
Opponent at Cal State Northridge* vs. Cal State San Bernardino at Stanford Tournament (2nd Place) Hawaii California Indiana UCLA San Diego State* Cal* at Gaucho Invitational (2nd Place) Santa Clara UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara Stanford UCLA at UCLA* Pacific* Cal State Bakersfield at San Jose State* at Stanford* Long Beach State* UC Irvine* at Loyola Marymount Arizona State* at UC Santa Barbara* at Hawaii* at MPSF Championship (Berkeley, Calif.) NCAA Championship (hosted by Michigan)
Score W 16-5 W 18-4 W 11-4 W 12-4 W 9-5 L 6-8 W 12-7 W 12-8 W 16-4 W 14-2 W 11-4 W 9-4 L 6-10 (OT) L 6-11 W 13-3 W 13-5 4 p.m. 1 p.m. Noon 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Noon 4 p.m. TBA TBA
*Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match - All times local
NOT IN A HAZE — Sophomore Brittany Hayes (Santa Ana) leads the Women of Troy in scoring this season with 28 goals. She recorded hat tricks in back-to-back matches on Feb. 18 against No. 8 San Diego State and Feb. 19 against No. 6 California. She led the Women of Troy with 59 goals last season, earning All-America second team honors. Hayes was the 2004 NCAA Championship most valuable player after scoring three goals and recording four assists in the national title match. -- more --
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GOLD MEDAL DUO — Sophomore utility players Brittany Hayes and Erika Figge (Rancho Santa Margarita) not only celebrated their freshman seasons at USC with the national title, but recently earned gold medals with the U.S. Junior National Team at the 2005 FINA World Junior Championship in Australia. Figge also earned All-America second team honors, scoring 33 goals last season for the Women of Troy. IN THE MIX — Senior Sarah Mix (Huntington Beach) was the team’s starter as a freshman and is the No. 1 goalie again in her final year at USC. She has appeared in eight matches this season and registered 50 saves. WINGING IT — Junior Lauren Wenger (Long Beach) is having a breakout season for the Women of Troy. She is second on the team already in scoring this season with 24 goals. She scored four goals on Feb. 5 in an 18-4 win against Cal State San Bernardino. In her 2003 freshman season, she registered a career-high 27 goals. PARDO(N) THE INTERRUPTION — Senior two-meter defender Anna Pardo (Barcelona, Spain) earned All-America second team honors last season after scoring 36 goals for the Women of Troy. Pardo competed on Spain’s 2003 Senior National Team while being a member of the Junior National Team from 1997-2003. This season, she has 12 goals. ALEXANDRA THE GREAT — Redshirt sophomore goalie Alexandra Lopez (Commerce) has been getting some playing time in the cage this season. She registered a career-high 12 saves on Feb. 19 in a 12-8 win over No. 6 California. On the season, she has played in six matches and recorded 33 saves. SISTER ACT — This season, USC has not one, but two sets of sisters on the team. Junior two-meter defender Lauren Wenger (Long Beach) and sophomore utility, Jana, comprise one sister tandem while senior driver Melissa Madrid (Commerce) is joined by her sophomore sister, Denise.
2005 USC Women's Water Polo Statistics Overall Record: 13-3 MPSF Record: 4-1 Date Feb. 5 Feb. 5 Feb. 12-13
Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 25-27
March 5 March 10 March 10 March 25 March 26 March 30 April 2 April 2 April 9 April 15 April 16 April 24 April 29-May 1 May 14-15
Opponent W/L at Cal State Northridge* W vs. Cal State San Bernardino W at Stanford Tournament (2nd Place) Hawaii W Cal W Indiana W UCLA L San Diego State* W Cal* W at UC Santa Barbara Tournament (2nd Place) Santa Clara W UC Irvine W UC Santa Barbara W Stanford W UCLA L at UCLA* L Pacific* W Cal State Bakersfield W at San Jose State* at Stanford* at Loyola Marymount UC Irvine* Pomona-Pitzer Long Beach State* Arizona State* at UC Santa Barbara* at Hawaii* MPSF Championship (Berkeley, Calif.) NCAA Championship (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Score 16-5 18-4
Overall 1-0 2-0
11-4 12-4 9-5 6-8 12-7 12-8
3-0 4-0 5-0 5-1 6-1 7-1
16-4 14-2 11-4 9-4 6-10 (OT) 6-11 13-3 13-5
8-1 9-1 10-1 11-1 11-2 11-3 12-3 13-3
MPSF 1-0
USC Leading Scorer Hayes - 3 Van Norman/L. Wenger - 4 Pardo - 4 Four players with 2
2-0 3-0
3-1 4-1
Gyori - 2 Gyori/Hayes - 3 Hayes/Figge - 3 Lauren Wenger - 6 Five players with 2 Mayer/Figge - 2 Van Norman - 3 Hayes - 3 Gyori/Van Norman - 2 Van Norman/M. Madrid - 3 Three players with 2
*Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match USC Goal Scoring Brittany Hayes Lauren Wenger Moriah Van Norman Erin Wilson Eszter Gyori Erika Figge Anna Pardo Melissa Madrid Veronika Bartunkova Miranda Nichols Marina Mayer Julie Spataru Jana Wenger Denise Madrid Alison Riddle Ashley Rothweiler Ellen Sevigny Erin O'Donnell
28 24 21 19 18 16 13 8 7 7 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 1
USC Total Opponent Total
183 88
Goals by Period USC Opponents
1 44 21
USC Goalies Goalie Sarah Mix Alexandra Lopez Bree Valbuena Sylvia Cardim
2 52 17
3 51 22
8 / 29 6 / 16 5 / 12 4/4
Saves 50 33 25 11
OT 0 4
Total 184 88
Games / Periods
4 37 24
