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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 2, 2005
NO. 2 USC WOMEN’S WATER POLO FACES NO. 1 UCLA IN MPSF SHOWDOWN Women of Troy travel to face the Bruins on Saturday at Sunset Recreation Center LOS ANGELES — The No. 2 USC and defending national champion women’s water polo team (11-2, 3-0) plays the match of the week at No. 1 UCLA (14-0, 2-0) at 1 p.m. on Saturday (March 5) at the Sunset Recreation Center. The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation contest will no doubt hold conference championship implications. UCLA has handed USC its only two losses of the season (8-6 on Feb. 13 at the Stanford Invitational and 10-6 in overtime on Feb. 27 at the Daktronics Gaucho Invitationl).
2005 USC Women’s Water Polo Schedule (11-2 overall, 3-0 MPSF) Date Feb. 5 Feb. 5 Feb. 12-13
RANKINGS — USC is ranked No. 2 in the latest U.S. Women’s Water Polo Top 20 Poll. 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 236-92 (.720) record in his 11th season with the Women of Troy. He possesses a 171-25 (.872) mark since the program was fully funded in 1999 and an even more impressive record of 118-14 (.894) 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 16 goals and needs three goals to tie Christina McCall for fifth place on USC’s all-time scoring list. NOT IN A HAZE — Sophomore Brittany Hayes (Santa Ana) leads the Women of Troy in scoring this season with 26 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.
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 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* at Loyola Marymount UC Irvine* Pomona-Pitzer Long Beach State* 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) 1 p.m. 5 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 5 p.m. Noon 1:30 p.m. Noon 5 p.m. Noon 4 p.m. TBA TBA
*Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match - All times local
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 seven matches this season and registered 45 saves. -- more --
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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 23 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. 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: 11-2 MPSF Record: 3-0 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* Pacific* Cal State Bakersfield 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)
8-1 9-1 10-1 11-1 11-2
MPSF 1-0
USC Leading Scorer Hayes - 3 Van Norman/L. Wenger - 4 Pardo - 4 Four players with 2
2-0 3-0
Gyori - 2 Gyori/Hayes - 3 Hayes/Figge - 3 Lauren Wenger - 6 Five players with 2 Mayer/Figge - 2 Van Norman - 3 Hayes - 3
*Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match USC Goal Scoring Brittany Hayes Lauren Wenger Erin Wilson Moriah Van Norman Eszter Gyori Erika Figge Anna Pardo Veronika Bartunkova Melissa Madrid Marina Mayer Miranda Nichols Julie Spataru Alison Riddle Jana Wenger Ellen Sevigny Denise Madrid
26 23 17 16 16 14 12 7 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1
USC Total Opponent Total
151 69
Goals by Period USC Opponents
1 34 19
USC Goalies Goalie Sarah Mix Alexandra Lopez Sylvia Cardim Bree Valbuena
2 45 12
3 44 14
7 / 25 5 / 12 3/3 4/9
Saves 45 29 7 19
OT 0 4
Total 152 69
Games / Periods
4 29 20
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 2, 2005
NO. 2 USC WOMEN’S WATER POLO FACES NO. 1 UCLA IN MPSF SHOWDOWN Women of Troy travel to face the Bruins on Saturday at Sunset Recreation Center LOS ANGELES — The No. 2 USC and defending national champion women’s water polo team (11-2, 3-0) plays the match of the week at No. 1 UCLA (14-0, 2-0) at 1 p.m. on Saturday (March 5) at the Sunset Recreation Center. The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation contest will no doubt hold conference championship implications. UCLA has handed USC its only two losses of the season (8-6 on Feb. 13 at the Stanford Invitational and 10-6 in overtime on Feb. 27 at the Daktronics Gaucho Invitationl).
2005 USC Women’s Water Polo Schedule (11-2 overall, 3-0 MPSF) Date Feb. 5 Feb. 5 Feb. 12-13
RANKINGS — USC is ranked No. 2 in the latest U.S. Women’s Water Polo Top 20 Poll. 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 236-92 (.720) record in his 11th season with the Women of Troy. He possesses a 171-25 (.872) mark since the program was fully funded in 1999 and an even more impressive record of 118-14 (.894) 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 16 goals and needs three goals to tie Christina McCall for fifth place on USC’s all-time scoring list. NOT IN A HAZE — Sophomore Brittany Hayes (Santa Ana) leads the Women of Troy in scoring this season with 26 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.
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 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* at Loyola Marymount UC Irvine* Pomona-Pitzer Long Beach State* 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) 1 p.m. 5 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 5 p.m. Noon 1:30 p.m. Noon 5 p.m. Noon 4 p.m. TBA TBA
*Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match - All times local
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 seven matches this season and registered 45 saves. -- more --
2005 USC Women’s Water Polo Release - March 2, 2005 - Page 2
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 23 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. 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: 11-2 MPSF Record: 3-0 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* Pacific* Cal State Bakersfield 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)
8-1 9-1 10-1 11-1 11-2
MPSF 1-0
USC Leading Scorer Hayes - 3 Van Norman/L. Wenger - 4 Pardo - 4 Four players with 2
2-0 3-0
Gyori - 2 Gyori/Hayes - 3 Hayes/Figge - 3 Lauren Wenger - 6 Five players with 2 Mayer/Figge - 2 Van Norman - 3 Hayes - 3
*Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match USC Goal Scoring Brittany Hayes Lauren Wenger Erin Wilson Moriah Van Norman Eszter Gyori Erika Figge Anna Pardo Veronika Bartunkova Melissa Madrid Marina Mayer Miranda Nichols Julie Spataru Alison Riddle Jana Wenger Ellen Sevigny Denise Madrid
26 23 17 16 16 14 12 7 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1
USC Total Opponent Total
151 69
Goals by Period USC Opponents
1 34 19
USC Goalies Goalie Sarah Mix Alexandra Lopez Sylvia Cardim Bree Valbuena
2 45 12
3 44 14
7 / 25 5 / 12 3/3 4/9
Saves 45 29 7 19
OT 0 4
Total 152 69
Games / Periods
4 29 20
