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2016 Men’s Water Polo

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Top-Ranked Trojans Ride 15-Game Win Streak Into 12th Straight NCAA Semifinal USC is looking to capture the program’s 10th national championship this weekend in Berkeley.

2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS

Date Opponent Time/Result Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) Sept. 3 @#8 UC Irvine W 14-3 @#17 Cal Baptist W 16-3 Sept. 10

#6 UC SANTA BARBARA

Inland Empire Classic (hosted by La Verne) Sept. 11 ~Whittier ~at La Verne Sept. 17

W 14-3 W 27-3 W 26-1

*at #5 Stanford (P12LA & P12BA) W 8-4

Mountain Pacific Invitational (hosted by Cal) Sept. 23 $#19 Santa Clara Sept. 24 $#7 Long Beach State $at #3 California Sept. 25 $#4 Pacific

W 21-4 W 9-4 L 10-8 W 8-3

Lancer Invitational Sept. 30 ^Concordia ^Fresno Pacific

W 21-2 W 21-3

Oct. 1 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 22 Oct. 27 Oct. 29

#4 PACIFIC W 15-7 #8 PEPPERDINE W 15-4 at #17 UC Irvine W 20-4 #7 UC SANTA BARBARA W 16-6 at #6 Long Beach State W 13-8 CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS W 22-2 *#2 CALIFORNIA (P12N|P12LA|P12BA) W 10-6

Nov. 6 Nov. 12

SAN JOSE STATE *#1 UCLA (P12LA)

W 19-1 W 8-7

MPSF Tournament (hosted by UCLA) Nov. 18 &[4] Stanford &[5] Penn State Behrend Nov. 20 &[2] UCLA (P12N|P12LA)

W 9-5 W 10-0 W 9-6

NCAA Tournament (hosted by Cal) Dec. 3 !UC Davis/Harvard Dec. 4 !TBD (Championship Game)

3 p.m. 3 p.m.

Home games in BOLD CAPS (at Uytengsu Aquatics Center) * MPSF game @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego ~ Inland Empire Classic — La Verne, Calif. $ Mountain Pacific Invitational — Hosted by Cal ^ Lancer Invitational - Riverside, Calif. & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by UCLA ! NCAA Champs (hosted by Cal) (P12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks

2016 NATIONAL TOP-10 RANKINGS (Week 12 • Nov. 23)

Rank School Prev. Rank 1. USC 1 2. UCLA 2 3. California 3 4. Pacific 5 5. UC Santa Barbara 4 6. Stanford 6 7. Pepperdine 9 8. Long Beach State 7 9. UC Davis 8 10. Harvard 11

Points 100 95 90 83 79 72 71 66 61 60

2016 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Spieker Aquatics Complex (Berkeley, Calif.)

LIVE STREAM: ncaa.com/live Saturday (Dec. 3) 3 p.m. ­— Semifinal 1: USC vs. UC Davis/Harvard (Dec. 1 play-in winner) 5:12 p.m. — Semifinal 2: UCLA vs. California/Pomona-Pitzer (Dec. 1 play-in winner) Sunday (Dec. 4) 3 p.m. — Championship Game: Semifinal winners THIS WEEK USC will ride a wave of 15 straight victories into the 2016 National Collegiate Championships, having secured an automatic berth and direct trip to the semifinals after claiming the MPSF Tournament title. With a 23-1 overall record, the Trojans are on the prowl for a 10th NCAA championship for the USC men’s program, which has made 11 consecutive trips to the NCAA title match while collecting seven crowns in that run. The No. 1 team in the nation, USC is set up with an NCAA semifinal spot, awaiting its opponent for that semi — set for 3 p.m. on Saturday (Dec. 3) 3 at Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley. The 2016 national championship game will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday (Dec. 4). Both days will have games live streamed at ncaa.com/live with Kevin Danna and Greg Mescall on the calls. RANKINGS USC opened 2016 in the same place it left off last season, holding strong at No. 2 in the nation after making 11 straight trips to the NCAA final and having claimed seven national championships during that run. The Trojans were tabbed as the No. 2 team in the land for the first four weeks of play before moving to No. 3 for five weeks. The Trojans returned to the No. 2 spot after an upset win over Cal on Oct. 29, and then USC made its move to No. 1 after toppling UCLA on Nov. 12. USC’s last No. 1 ranking came in October 2014.

USC BY THE NUMBERS

31st — NCAA appearance all-time 12th — consecutive NCAA appearance 11 — consecutive NCAA title matches reached 9 — total national championships won

9th — consecutive 20-win season 7 — NCAA titles won in past 11 years 4 — Active Trojans with 100+ career goals 2 — McQuin Baron’s career saves rank

THE CONTENDERS The 2016 National Collegiate Championships has a slightly different format to the past three years, with seven teams in the mix and three play-in games in advance of the semifinals and final. Once again, the top two seeds earned a place in the semifinal round, where they await winners of play-in games.USC (23-1) captured the automatic bid and the top seed as the MPSF Tournament Champion. UCLA secured an at-large berth and the No. 2 into the NCAA tourney, with host California grabbing the other at-large berth. The rest of the field is comprised of conference champions Harvard (Northeast Water Polo Conference), Bucknell (Collegiate Water Polo Association), UC Davis (Western Water Polo Association) and Pomona-Pitzer (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference). In the opening play-in game on Nov. 28, Harvard (25-6) beat Bucknell (23-5) to advance to a Dec. 1 play-in game against UC Davis (23-5). That winner will move into the first semifinal against USC. In the other Dec. 1 play-in game, California (20-4) faces Pomona-Pitzer (21-8) to play for a spot in the opposite semifinal against UCLA. While the Trojans are making their 13th straight trip to the tournament; defending champion UCLA is making its third consecutive appearance; and Cal is making its second straight trip. For UC Davis, this is the 5th all-time NCAa appearance and first since 1997. Harvard is in the NCAA field for the first time in program history. THE MATCHUPS USC vs. California All-time:..............................................................60-55-2 This season:................................................................1-1 Last:............................................ W 10-6 (Oct. 29, 2016) Last in NCAA Tourn.:................W 9-6 (2015 semifinal)

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2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MEN’S WATER POLO USC vs. Harvard All-time:.......................................................................1-0 This season:...........................................................None Last:..............................................W 14-6 (Oct. 5, 2002) Last in NCAA Tourn.:..............................................None USC vs. UCLA All-time:............................................................... 67-54-1 This season:.............................................................. 2-0 Last:...................W 9-6 (MPSF champ - Nov. 20, 2016) Last in NCAA Tourn.:.........................L 10-7 (2015 final) USC vs. Pomona-Pitzer All-time:.................................................................... 10-0 This season:...........................................................None Last:...........................................W 24-6 (Sept. 14, 2013) Last in NCAA Tourn.:..............................................None USC vs. UC Davis All-time:.....................................................................15-0 This season:...........................................................None Last:.............................................W 19-3 (Sept. 6, 2014) Last in NCAA Tourn.:..............................................None THIS TIME LAST YEAR In 2015, USC scored an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament, opening up with a play-in game to start off the Trojans’ 11th consecutive NCAA journey. Fresh off a third-place finish in the MPSF Tournament in which USC posted crucial wins over Stanford and Pacific to secure a place in NCAA action, the 2015 Trojans took a 21-6 record into the National Collegiate Semifinals. USC had posted a 20-5 win over ClaremontMudd-Scripps in the 2015 Play-In Game to face Cal in the semis. Defensively, USC was averaging 6.0 goalsagainst per game, and was averaging 14.2 goals per game on the offensive end. Sophomore Blake Edwards was the Trojans’ top scorer with 64 goals. Sophomore goalie McQuin Baron was averaging 10.6 saves and 6.0 goals-against per game entering the tourney. Overall, USC had outscored opponents 384-163, with a grand total of eight Trojans with at least 20 goals apiece. In the NCAA semifinal against Cal, USC made a powerful stand, with Baron collecting a career-high 19 saves while Blake Edwards delivered a hat trick to help USC to a 9-6 win that launched the Trojans into the NCAA final for the 11th consecutive season. In the title match, defending champion and tournament host UCLA was able to fend off its rival for a 10-7 decision that left USC with a 22-7 final record for 2015. At tournament’s end, Blake Edwards and fellow sophomore Mihajlo Milicevic were named to the NCAA All-Tournament First Team, while McQuin Baron and Lachlan Edwards were named to the Second Team. AND NOW... USC holds a 23-1 overall record entering the 2016 National Collegiate Semifinals, marking USC’s ninth consecutive 20-win season. The Trojans will carry a 15-game win streak into this year’s NCAA action, sitting back as the top seed in the tourney for the first time since 2013 — when USC last won it all. The Trojans are coming off a powerful run at the 2016 MPSF Championships, which saw USC top Stanford 9-5 and newcomer Penn State Behrend 10-0 to take a place in the final against host UCLA. In the championship, the Trojans stayed strong and posted a 9-6 win over the Bruins after shutting out UCLA in the first period. The NCAA title winners in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Trojans are making their 12th consecutive and 31st overall appearance in the national tournament. With seven crowns claimed in the past 11 seasons, USC made history in 2012 as the first collegiate men’s water polo team to make eight consecutive appearances and then added to their historic efforts in becoming the first collegiate water polo team ever to win six straight NCAA titles last season in 2013. For the ninth time in 11 seasons, USC is the No. 1 seed in the tournament. Offensively, USC is averaging 14.96 goals per game to date. Defensively, USC averages 4.13 goals-against per game. This year’s offense is led by

junior Blake Edwards with 40 goals, topping a tightly knit group of junior scorers. Matteo Morelli is next in line with 36 goals, followed by Lachlan Edwards with 34 and Grant Stein with 31. To date, USC has outscored opponents 359-99. Defensively, USC has held opponents scoreless in 40 periods of regulation play so far. Junior goalie McQuin Baron — who now ranks No. 2 alltime in career saves at USC (791) — has capped up in the cage for 22 games and is averaging 11.33 saves and 4.31 goals-against per game. MPSF CHAMPIONS In a crosstown rivalry matchup that certainly lived up to its billing, USC put a stop to UCLA’s reign at the top of the MPSF and snapped a 57-game win streak held by the Bruins with an epic 8-7 win in the Trojans’ home pool at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. UCLA had a one-goal advantage entering the fourth frame, but the Trojans were undeterred. USC plugged in three clutch goals in the final period. After a go-ahead goal from Blake Edwards in the final minute, goalie McQuin Baron knocked down one last save, securing a key victory for the Trojans. For his nine saves in helping anchor USC to the big win, Baron was named MPSF Player of the Week for the first time this season and third time in his Trojan career. VAVIC HITS 500 (AGAIN) The Trojans’ 23-1 mark in this 2016 season now has Jovan Vavic gripping 517 career wins at the helm of the USC men’s program. Vavic captured that 500th career victory on Sept. 17 in USC’s 8-4 win at Stanford. Coincidentally, Vavic’s 500th career win as the USC women’s head coach came last season in a win over Stanford — a 7-6 victory in the semifinals of the 2016 UCI Invitational. Vavic is one of just four USC coaches to collect 500 or more wins while at Troy. CENTURY CLUB With his fifth goal of the first half against UC Santa Barbara — on 5-for-5 shooting, no less — junior Blake Edwards became the 33rd Trojan to hit 100 goals in his USC career. He’s one of five current Trojans who entered the year with that USC Century Club on their radars, but he became the first to hit the 100 mark with that five-goal performance on Oct. 16. He now stands at No. 32 all-time with 108 career goals. ON THE RISE USC has several Trojans rising in the rankings this year. Junior goalie McQuin Baron already has laid claim to the top two single-season saves marks, and in doing so has helped him rise to USC’s No. 2 all-time saves leader this year. On Oct. 7, Baron made the move to No. 2, and he now holds 791 career saves. The record-holder at Troy is Cutino Award winner and four-time NCAA champ Joel Dennerley, who collected 855 saves from 2008-11. On the offensive end, Blake Edwards hit the century mark on Oct. 16, to lead a group of five Trojans who’ve been closing the gap on the 100-goal club at Troy. Matteo Morelli scored his 100th next and moments later was joined in the club by Grant Stein, who also hit 100 on Oct. 27. On Oct. 29 Lachlan Edwards joined the crew with his first goal in USC’s win over Cal. Now, it’s just senior Nick Bell (96) who remains on the brink of breaking the century mark. Stay tuned! ALL-AMERICAN ARSENAL For this 2016 season, USC welcomes back every one of its eight All-Americans, and only one of them — Nick Bell — is a senior. What’s more, USC has all but two members of its 2015 NCAA Tournament roster back on active duty for 2016. That means firepower, experience and daunting skill is available at every turn for the Trojans. In all, USC returned its top six scorers from 2015, including All-American honorees Blake Edwards, Grant Stein, Lachlan Edwards, Matteo Morelli and Bell, while defensive dangers Mihajlo Milicevic and James Walters and newly inked Olympian McQuin Baron also

bring back their All-American talent to Troy for 2016. That crew of returning All-Americans accounted for 64 percent of USC’s offensive output. Top scorer Blake Edwards scored 68 goals all on his own in 2015, tallying the sixth most single-season goals scored by a Trojan. OLYMPIC ENDEAVORS For the first time since 1958, USC has a roster studded with two returning Olympians. Junior McQuin Baron and freshman Thomas Dunstan both earned themselves trips to Rio de Janeiro last summer as members of the United States Olympic Team. At those 2016 Games, Baron and Dunstan got to rub elbows with two Trojan greats — USC’s all-time top scorer Kostas Genidounias capped up for Greece, while USC’s all-time leader in saves Joel Dennerley was between the pipes once again for Australia. POWER CLASS In his first season at Troy, Blake Edwards was USC’s top scorer. Now, he is a member of a ridiculously talented junior class. Fellow All-Americans Grant Stein, Matteo Morelli, James Walters, Mihajlo Milicevic and Lachlan Edwards are all now juniors, as are savvy scorers Bryce Hoerman and Lazar Pasuljevic. In fact, USC’s top four scorers from 2015 are all also classmates: the Edwards brothers, Stein and Morelli. They’re also leading the pack this year, as that foursome has accounted for 141 goals to date in 2016 — 39% of USC’s total scoring. YOUNG GUNS USC’s youth movement remains solid. In their first season of work as Trojans, Zach D’Sa and Chase Koplow combined for 32 goals last year, and both were members of USC’s 2015 NCAA Tournament roster. They have provided 17 and 11 goals, respectively, in 2016 so far. USC is further buoyed by a group of talented new Trojans. Clearly, 2016 Olympian Thomas Dunstan brings in some serious credentials for his freshman campaign, but several other newcomers have proven their power along with a few Trojans who redshirted last season. True freshmen Marin Dasic (28 goals) and Dunstan (21) are the top scorers of that new crew so far. Freshman Matt Maier is close behind with 18 goals, while redshirt freshmen Daniel Leong (12) and Sam Slobodien (11) clock in next. Adding to the influx of new talent are goalies Simon Wu and Will Rubschlager, who have checked in for five and four games each, respectively. 2015 RECAP USC rolled up another impressive run to the NCAA final in 2015 — the Trojans’ 11th consecutive trip to the title match — and finished up the season with a 22-7 overall record. USC posted a 6-3 record in MPSF play to snag the No. 4 seed into the conference tournament, where the Trojans were under pressure to perform in order to continue its NCAA tournament streak. A tense 7-6 overtime win over Stanford in the opening round was the first key. And after a loss to top-seeded UCLA in the semifinals, USC faced a must-win third-place matchup against No. 2 seeded Pacific. The Trojans were all business in that one, topping the Tigers decisively 8-4. That was crucial in earning USC a place in the NCAA tournament, scoring a place in the play-in game, which the Trojans won handily. USC followed that with a solid 9-6 win over Cal in the NCAA semis to earn a championship rematch with UCLA. The host Bruins were able to hold off the Trojans in that one with a 10-7 decision in the title match. USC would go on to place a whopping eight Trojans on the All-America list — all of whom return for this 2016 campaign. Blake Edwards picked up first team honors in his first season as a Trojan, scoring 68 goals to lead USC on the scoresheet in 2015. In all, the USC offense — with 21 different scorers — averaged 13.8 goals per game, while the defense allowed 6.2 goals against per game. By the close of the year, USC had outscored opponents 400-179.

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2016 AWARDS

CAREER SCORING LEADERS (since 1983)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 28. 29.

32. 33. 34. 35.

Kostas Genidounias . . . . . . 2011-14 . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Nikola Vavic . . . . . . . . . . . 2010-13 . . . . . . . . . 254 Juraj Zatovic . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-05 . . . . . . . . 220 Robert Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . 1985-88 . . . . . . . . . 190 Hrvoje Cizmic . . . . . . . . . . 1994-96 . . . . . . . . . 179 Danny Leyson . . . . . . . . . . 1989-92 . . . . . . . . . 167 Giacomo Rossi . . . . . . . . . 1985-89 . . . . . . . . . 162 Zoltan Berty . . . . . . . . . . . 1986-88 . . . . . . . . . 161 Marko Zagar . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-96 . . . . . . . . . 152 Jose Santiago . . . . . . . . . 1989-93 . . . . . . . . . 151 Rob Carver . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984-88 . . . . . . . . . 150 Juan Delgadillo . . . . . . . . 2003-06 . . . . . . . . . 143 Peter Kurzeka . . . . . . . . . . 2008-11 . . . . . . . . . . 142 J.W. Krumpholz . . . . . . . . 2006-09 . . . . . . . . . 138 Thomas Hale . . . . . . . . . . 2003-06 . . . . . . . . . 134 Mateo Juric . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995-97 . . . . . . . . . 132 Jeremy Davie . . . . . . . . . . 2010-13 . . . . . . . . . . 129 Matt Sagehorn . . . . . . . . . 2006-09 . . . . . . . . . 127 Predrag Damjanov . . . . . . 2000-03 . . . . . . . . . 124 Mace Rapsey . . . . . . . . . . 2010-13 . . . . . . . . . . 123 James Castle . . . . . . . . . . 1996-99 . . . . . . . . . 122 Mike Howell . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983-85 . . . . . . . . . 121 Charles Harris . . . . . . . . . . 1980-84 . . . . . . . . . 120 Simun Cimerman . . . . . . . 1995-97 . . . . . . . . . 117 Rex Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010-14 . . . . . . . . . . 116 Jason Klingsberg . . . . . . . 1989-92 . . . . . . . . . 113 Ivan Babic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998-01 Shea Buckner . . . . . . . . . . 2007-09 . . . . . . . . . 110 Matt Tonkovich . . . . . . . . . 1989-91 . . . . . . . . . . 109 Matteo Morelli . . . . . . . . 2014-present . . . . 109 Grant Stein . . . . . . . . . . . 2014-present . . . . 109 Blake Edwards . . . . . . . . 2015-present . . . . 108 Lachlan Edwards . . . . . . 2014-present . . . . 105 Marko Pintaric . . . . . . . . . 1997-98 . . . . . . . . . . 103 Mike Spicer . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983-84 . . . . . . . . . 101 Justin Rappel . . . . . . . . . . 2006-09

CLIMBING... Nick Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013-present . . . . . 96

CAREER GOALIE SAVES

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

(since 1984) Joel Dennerley 2008-11 McQuin Baron 2014-present Kevin Stringer 1985-87 Richard McEvoy 1996-99 Andrew Tinseth 1991-94 Bozidar Damjanovic 2000-03 Brendan Grubbs 1993-96 Adam Shilling 2004-07 Sean McCloskey 1988-91 Brent Kimball 1987-89

855 791 675 638 629 614 598 523 437 426

SINGLE-SEASON GOALIE SAVES

(since 1983) 1. McQuin Baron 2014 2. McQuin Baron 2015 3. Andrew Tinseth 1993 4. James Clark 2013 5. Kevin Stringer 1986 6. Andrew Tinseth 1992 7. Richard McEvoy 1999 8. Brent Kimball 1988 9. Kevin Stringer 1987 10. Joel Dennerley 2008 CLIMBING... McQuin Baron 2016

288 282 268 263 253 247 246 231 226 225 221

MPSF Coach of the Year: Jovan Vavic MPSF Newcomer of the Year: Matt Maier MPSF All-Tournament Team All-MPSF First Team McQuin Baron Matteo Morelli Grant Stein

All-MPSF Second Team Blake Edwards Lachlan Edwards

All-MPSF Honorable Mention Nick Bell Marin Dasic Matt Maier James Walters

McQuin Baron (MVP) Nick Bell Blake Edwards

MPSF Player of the Week:

Lachlan Edwards (Sept. 12 & Oct. 3) Blake Edwards (Oct. 17) Matteo Morelli (Oct. 31) McQuin Baron (Nov. 14)

MPSF Newcomer of the Week: Matt Maier (Sept. 26 & Oct. 31) Marin Dasic (Oct. 10 & Nov. 7)

USC Year-by-Year Records & Finishes

Overall Year Record 1927 7-3 1928 7-2 1929 5-10 1930 9-6 1931 8-3 1932 9-2 1933 7-1 1934 0-7 1935 1-6 1936 1-7 1937 2-13 1938 4-4-1 1939 7-4 1940 4-4 1941 7-4 1942 3-1 1943 4-1 1944 5-0 1945 3-1 1946 5-4 1947 4-2 1948 10-1 1949 7-2 1950 11-3 1951 5-15 1952 5-10 1953 7-7 1954 12-1 1955 16-1 1956 6-4 1957 7-4 1958 13-1 1959 15-3 1960 11-4 1961 16-1 1962 15-2 1963 16-2 1964 13-5 1965 11-6 1966 15-3 1967 10-10 1968 12-8

Overall NCAA* Year Record Finish 1969 9-9 6th 1970 9-9 5th 1971 12-6 — 1972 18-6 4th 1973 15-8 3rd 1974 10-8 — 1975 8-14 — 1976 7-16 — Conference 1977 14-10 — Conference^ Tournament 1978 16-8 — Record Finish 1979 15-7 — 4-4 (Pac-10) 1980 18-10-3 5th 2-4 1981 8-16-1 — 0-6 1982 19-12-1 5th 0-6 1983 22-8-1 2nd 4-2 1984 24-7-1 3rd 3-3 1985 19-13 — 2-4 1986 18-12 5th 0-6 1987 22-8 2nd 3-3 1988 24-8 3rd 3-3 1989 12-16 — 1-5 1990 16-14 — 0-6 1991 14-15 — 1-5 1992 21-9 3rd 7-4 (MPSF) Not held 1993 19-9 2nd 4-4 2nd 1994 19-7 2nd 6-2 2nd 1995 20-5 — 5-3 3rd 1996 23-3 2nd 7-1 $ 1st 1997 21-7 2nd 5-3 1st 1998 25-3 CHAMPION 8-0 $ 3rd 1999 22-5 — 6-2 5th 2000 23-5 3rd 7-1 5th 2001 13-7 — 6-2 5th 2002 20-8 — 5-3 5th 2003 24-3 CHAMPION 7-1 $ 1st 2004 22-5 — 5-3 3rd 2005 26-1 CHAMPION 8-0 $ 1st 2006 26-2 2nd 8-0 $ 2nd 2007 19-3 2nd 6-2 1st 2008 29-0 CHAMPION 8-0 $ 1st 2009 26-2 CHAMPION 8-0 $ 3rd 2010 28-2 CHAMPION 6-2 1st 2011 24-3 CHAMPION 8-0 $ 2nd 2012 29-0 CHAMPION 8-0 $ 1st 2013 28-4 CHAMPION 5-3 1st 2014 24-7 2nd 6-2 4th 2015 22-7 2nd 6-3 3rd TOTAL 1237-525-8 (.701) *NCAA Tournament began in 1969 ^records of conference games begin in 1979 $ indicates regular-season MPSF champion

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2016 USC(23-1 SCHEDULE/RESULTS overall • 3-0 MPSF)

DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) Sept. 3 @#8 UC Irvine W 14-3 Milicevic 3, Dunstan 2, D. Leong 2, Morelli 2, Bell, Dasic, Baron 8 B. Edwards, L. Edwards, Stein. @#17 Cal Baptist W 16-3 Bell 3, Morelli 3, Embrey 3, Dunstan 2, Dasic, Slobodien, Baron 2, Walters, Hoerman, Koplow. Wu 6 Sept. 10 #6 UC SANTA BARBARA W 14-3 Morelli 3, L. Edwards 3, Stein 2, Hoerman, Milicevic, Dunstan, Baron 16 D’Sa, Bell, Slobodien. Inland Empire Classic Sept. 11 ~Whittier W 27-3 Bell 4, L. Edwards 4, B. Edwards 3, Morelli 3, D’Sa 2, Maier 2, Baron 5 Milicevic 2, Dasic, Koplow, Dunstan, Pasuljevic, Slobodien, T. Leong, Hudnut. ~at La Verne W 26-1 D. Leong 5, B. Edwards 4, L. Edwards 4, Dasic 3, Morelli 2, Rubschlager 8, Stein 2, Pasuljevic, Slobodien, Walters, T. Leong, Wu 4 Koplow, Embrey. 8-4 Stein 2, B. Edwards 2, Dunstan, Dasic, Walters, Maier. Baron 8 Sept. 17 *at #5 Stanford (P12LA & P12BA) W Mountain Pacific Invitational (hosted by Cal) Sept. 23 $#19 Santa Clara W 21-4 Koplow 3, Stein 2, Maier 2, Dasic 2, Embrey 2, Morelli 2, D. Leong, Baron 9, B. Edwards, Bell, Pasuljevic, Walters, Slater, Slobodien, Hudnut. Wu 2, Rubschlager 3 Sept. 24 $#7 Long Beach State W 9-4 B. Edwards 2, Maier 2, L. Edwards, Stein, Milicevic, Bell, Baron 13 Slobodien. $at #3 California L 10-8 Stein 2, Dunstan, Maier, B. Edwards, Bell, Morelli, Dasic. Baron 10 Sept. 25 $#4 Pacific W 8-3 Stein 2, Walters, B. Edwards, Maier, Dunstan, Morelli, L. Edwards. Baron 10 Lancer Invitational (hosted by Cal Baptist) Sept. 30 ^Concordia W 21-2 B. Edwards 6, Stein 4, Dunstan 2, Milicevic 2, L. Edwards 2, Baron 6, Hoerman, Maier, Bell, D’Sa, Koplow. Wu 0 ^Fresno Pacific W 21-3 D. Leong 4, Slobodien 4, Pasuljevic 2, L. Edwards 2, D’Sa 2, Baron 2, Hoerman 2, Milicevic, Slater, Walters, Bell, Koplow. Rubschlager 4 Oct. 1 #4 PACIFIC W 15-7 L. Edwards 3, Morelli 2, Maier 2, Milicevic 2, B. Edwards, Dasic, Baron 14 Walters, Stein, Hoerman, Dunstan. Oct. 7 #8 PEPPERDINE W 15-4 D’Sa 2, Pasuljevic 2, Dunstan 2, Dasic 2, B. Edwards 2, Bell, Baron 14 Walters, Stein, Maier, Slobodien. Oct. 9 at #17 UC Irvine W 20-4 Morelli 4, L. Edwards 3, B. Edwards 3, Milicevic 2, Dasic 2, Baron 8, Hoerman 2, Dunstan, Pasuljevic, T. Leong, Embrey. Rubschlager 1 Oct. 16 #7 UC SANTA BARBARA W 16-6 B. Edwards 5, D’Sa 3, L. Edwards 2, Dunstan 2, Morelli, Baron 10 Pasuljevic, Bell, Hoerman. Oct. 22 at #6 Long Beach State W 13-8 B. Edwards 2, Pasuljevic 2, Dunstan 2, Morelli 2, Hoerman, Baron 10 Dasic, Stein, Milicevic, L. Edwards. Oct. 27 CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS W 22-2 Morelli 3, Dasic 3, D’Sa 2, Stein 2, Walters 2, Bell 2, Maier, Baron 7, Hoerman, Dunstan, L. Edwards, B. Edwards, Pasuljevic, Wu 2 Slater, Embrey. Oct. 29 *#2 CALIFORNIA (P12N|P12LA|P12BA) W 10-6 Morelli 4, L. Edwards 2, Bell, Maier, Stein, B. Edwards. Baron 17, Wu 1 Nov. 6 SAN JOSE STATE W 19-1 Morelli 3, Dasic 3, Walters 3, Pasuljevic 2, Hoerman, Koplow, Baron 10 Dunstan, Stein, Bell, D’Sa, Maier, Hudnut. Nov. 12 *#1 UCLA (P12LA) W 8-7 Stein 2, Pasuljevic 2, D’Sa, L. Edwards, Bell, B. Edwards. Baron 9 MPSF Tournament (Westwood, Calif.) Nov. 18 &[4] Stanford W 9-5 Stein 3, Dasic 2, Hoerman, Maier, D’Sa, B. Edwards. Baron 16 &[5] Penn State Behrend W 10-0 L. Edwards 3, Dasic 2, Koplow 2, Bell, B. Edwards, Stein. Wu 5 Nov. 20 &[2] UCLA (P12N|P12LA) W 9-6 Bell 2, Dasic 2, D’Sa, Walters, B. Edwards, Maier, Hoerman. Baron 17

NCAA Tournament (Berkeley, Calif.) Dec. 3 !UC Davis/Harvard Dec. 4 !TBD (Championship Game) Player Blake Edwards Matteo Morelli Lachlan Edwards Grant Stein Marin Dasic Nick Bell Thomas Dunstan Matt Maier Zach D’Sa Lazar Pasuljevic Mihajlo Milicevic Bryce Hoerman James Walters Daniel Leong Sam Slobodien Chase Koplow Mitch Embrey Brock Hudnut Tim Leong Murphy Slater TOTAL

Goals 40 36 34 31 28 24 21 18 17 16 15 14 14 12 11 11 8 3 3 3 359

* MPSF game

3 p.m. 3 p.m. Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego ~ Inland Empire Classic — La Verne, Calif. $ Mountain Pacific Invitational — Hosted by California ^ Lancer Invitational — Riverside, Calif. & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by UCLA ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by California

Goalie Games/Pds McQuin Baron 22 / 78 Simon Wu 7 / 13 Will Rubschlager 4 / 6 Totals 24 games

Saves 221 21 16 258

Goals by Period 1 2 3 4 USC 95 91 91 82 Opponents 20 24 28 27

SPG 11.33 6.46 10.67 10.75

Goals Agst GAPG 84 4.31 8 2.46 7 4.67 99 4.13

OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. 0 0 - - 359 14.96 0 0 - - 99 4.13

Games Multi-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Blake Edwards 20 9 40 Grant Stein 18 10 31 Nick Bell 17 4 24 Lachlan Edwards 16 10 34 Matteo Morelli 15 12 36 Marin Dasic 16 9 28 Thomas Dunstan 15 6 21 Matt Maier 14 4 18 Bryce Hoerman 12 2 14 Lazar Pasuljevic 11 6 16 James Walters 11 2 14 Zach D’Sa 11 5 17 Mihajlo Milicevic 9 5 15 Chase Koplow 8 2 11 Sam Slobodien 8 1 11 Mitch Embrey 5 2 8 Daniel Leong 4 3 12 Brock Hudnut 3 0 3 Tim Leong 3 0 3 Murphy Slater 3 0 3

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2016 MPSF MEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Nov. 21

INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games

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ATHLETE

Johnny Hooper Blake Parrish Isaak Hatopp Andre Sardaryzadeh Odysseas Masmanidis Cody Smith Patrick Fellner Blake Edwards Mitchell Mendoza Matteo Morelli Ryder Roberts Lachlan Edwards Alex Roelse Luca Cupido Max Irving Grant Stein Marin Dasic Safak Simsek Jordan Hoover Chancellor Ramirez Bennett Williams Nick Bell

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California Stanford Penn State Behrend Penn State Behrend California Stanford UCLA USC Stanford USC UCLA USC UCLA California UCLA USC USC California California UCLA Stanford USC

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ATHLETE

McQuin Baron Aleksandar Ruzic Garrett Danner Lazar Andric Oliver Lewis Dominic Catanzarite

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SCHOOL

USC UCLA UCLA California Stanford Penn State Behrend

QUARTERS 78 45.6267 55.1233 64.25 63.5 37

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GAA

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2.79 2.29 2.12 2.00 1.87 1.76 1.73 1.67 1.57 1.50 1.50 1.42 1.40 1.35 1.30 1.29 1.17 1.13 1.11 1.05 1.00 1.00

4.31 4.82 6.02 7.10 7.75 18.16

FIGHTING ON FOR JON On Jan. 8, 2014, the Trojan Family lost a special member in the passing of USC freshman Jon Walters. At 19 years old, Walters was an NCAA Champion, beloved teammate and a Trojan warrior for the USC men’s water polo team. His loss has touched the Trojan Family and the water polo world deeply, and the USC water polo program continues to play with Jon in their hearts. As a first-year freshman 2-meter man, Jon Walters was a key contributor on USC’s 2013 NCAA championship men’s water polo team that won a sixth consecutive NCAA title in December. He scored 17 goals on the year, including two in the NCAA semifinal game and another two in the MPSF championship game, despite missing the middle part of the season with an elbow injury. A native of Newport Beach, he attended Mater Dei High School, where he was an All-American and the 2012 CIF Player of the Year. Jon’s younger brother James is now a junior at USC, coming off two seasons in which the younger Walters earn All-American Honorable Mention. •

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% USC UCLA California Stanford Penn State Behrend

Contact: Darren Preston [email protected] www.mpsports.org

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Away

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Away Neutral Streak

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.958 .926 .833 .619 .000

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W14 L1 W1 L2 L26

% USC MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at conference tournament, hosted by UCLA, Nov. 18-20

2016 MPSF MEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--Nov. 21 2016 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT 2016 MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALKEEPER SAVES *Must Appear In 30 % ofFriday-Sunday, Team Quarters NCAA Tournament Interactive Bracket: November 18-20, 2016 GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/waterpolo-men/nc/ ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SAVES/GAME Host: UCLA; Spieker Aquatics Center

YEAR SCHOOL GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME 1 ATHLETE Lazar Andric SR California 16.0625 189 11.77 NCAA Tournament Selection Release: Tournament Central:221 McQuin Baron JR USC 19.5 11.33 1 2 Johnny Hooper SO California 24 67 2.79 http://www.ncaa.com/news/waterpolo-men/article/2016-11http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/2016/10/26 3 Garrett Danner SR UCLA 13.780825 148 10.74 2 Blake Parrish SO Stanford 21 48 2.29 20/mens-water-polo-ncaa-committee-announces-championship /2016-mpsf-mwaterpolo-championships.aspx Oliver Lewis SO Penn State Stanford 15.875 160 10.08 3 4 Isaak Hatopp SO Behrend 26 55 2.12 2016 NCAA Selections: Aleksandar Ruzic JR UCLA 11.406675 98 8.59 4 5 Andre Sardaryzadeh FR Penn State Behrend 25 A: USC, Stanford, 50 Penn State Behrend 2.00 Bracket USC (MPSF Champion), UC Davis (WWPA Champion), Pomona6 Dominic Catanzarite FR Penn State Behrend 9.25 46 4.97 5 Odysseas Masmanidis SO California 15 B: UCLA, California 28 1.87 Bracket Pitzer (SCIAC Champion), Harvard (Northeast Champion), Bucknell (Mid-Atlantic (MPSF 6 Cody Smith Champion), UCLA (MPSF JR at-large), California Stanford 21 37 1.76 at-large) Sunday, 7 Patrick Fellner SR UCLA 22 November 2038 1.73 TEAM STATS #124 seed USC 9, #2 UCLA 6 Saturday, November 26 8 Blake Edwards JR USC 40 1.67 TEAM GOALS (Championship) NCAA Play-in #1: Bucknell (23-4) atSO Harvard (24-6)Stanford 9 Mitchell Mendoza 21 33 1.57 TEAM GAMES GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME 101 Matteo Morelli JR USC 24 Thursday, December USC 1 24 359 14.96 #3 seed California 15,36 #4 seed Stanford 91.50 102 Ryder SR UCLA 22 33 1.50 NCAARoberts Play-in #2: UC Davis (23-5) vs. Play-in # 1 winner (at California) (Third-Place) California 24 337 14.04 2016 NATIONAL PRESEASON POLL NCAA Play-in #3: Pomona-Pitzer (21-8) at California (20-4) (Preseason • Sept. 1) 123 Lachlan Edwards JR USC 24 34 1.42 UCLA 27 339 12.56 2015 Saturday, November 19 Stanford 21 242 11.52 134 Alex Roelse JR UCLA 20 28 1.40 Saturday, December 3 Rank School Final Rank Points #3 seed California 17, #5 seed Penn State Behrend NCAA Semifinals: Penn State Behrend 26 169 6.50 145 Luca Cupido JR California 20 1.35 1 4 1. 27UCLA 99 Host: University of California (Spieker Aquatics Complex) 2. 30USC 2 96 15 Max Irving JR UCLA 23 1.30 NCAA Live Stream: www.ncaa.com Friday, November 3. 18 California 3 90 TEAM 16 Grant SteinDEFENSE JR USC 31Pacific 1.2904 #124 seed USC 10, #5 Penn State Behrend 4. seed 84 3:00 pm PT:TEAM No. 1 seed USC (23-1) vs. NCAA Play-in # 2 winner GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME 17 Marin Dasic FR USC 24 28 1.17 5. Stanford 5 82 5:12 pm PT: No. 2 seed UCLA (25-2) vs. NCAA Play-in # 3 winner #24.13 seed UCLA 11,6. #3 seed 10 (OT) USC 24 99 Santa Barbara 72 181 Safak Simsek FR California 24 27UCCalifornia 1.13 7 7. Long Beach State 8 68 Sunday, December 4 2 UCLA 27 150 5.56 19 Jordan Hoover R-FR California 18 20UC Irvine 1.11 6 60 #16.71 seed USC 9, #48. seed Stanford 5 3 NCAA Championship: Stanford 21 141 20 Chancellor Ramirez SR UCLA 21 22 Host: University of California (Spieker Aquatics Complex) 9. UC San Diego 1.05 9 59 4 NCAA LiveCalifornia 24 163 6.79 Stream: www.ncaa.comFR 10. UC Davis 11 1 52 21 Bennett Williams Stanford 21 21seed 1.00 #4 seed Stanford 17, #5 Penn State Behrend 5 Penn State Behrend 26 472 18.15 11t. 24Princeton 45 21 Nick Bell SR USC 24 1.00 10 3:00 pm PT: Semifinal winners

GOALS-AGAINST *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters

1 2 3 4 5 6

ATHLETE

McQuin Baron Aleksandar Ruzic Garrett Danner Lazar Andric Oliver Lewis Dominic Catanzarite

YEAR JR JR SR SR SO FR

SCHOOL

USC UCLA UCLA California Stanford Penn State Behrend

QUARTERS 78 45.6267 55.1233 64.25 63.5 37

CONFERENCE CHANGES The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation has a new look this season, as six teams departed the conference to start their own new league. Now, the MPSF men’s water polo field is a five-team group that includes veterans Cal, Stanford, UCLA and USC and welcomes newcomer Penn State Behrend for the 2016 season. PSB will see its first official action against its MPSF-mates at the conference championship tournament in Westwood Nov. 18-20.

11t. Pepperdine 13 (T) 13. Brown 15 14. Harvard 13 (T) 15. GAAir Force 16 (T) GAA 16. Johns Hopkins 12 17. 84California Baptist4.31 16 (T) MPSF Water • Page 18. 2016 Polo 20 1 55Bucknell 4.82 19. Santa Clara 83 6.02 19 20. St. Francis-Brooklyn 18

45 36 28 27 26 20 14 13 11

114 7.10 123 2016 MPSF7.75 COACHES 168 PRESEASON 18.16 POLL 2015 Overall/MPSF Rank Team Points Records 1. UCLA^$ 16 (4) 30-0/9-0 2. USC 13 (1) 22-7/6-3 3. California 10 24-7/7-2 4. Stanford 7 22-8/5-4 5. Penn State Behrend 4 0-22/N/A ^ 2015 MPSF Tourn. Champ $ 2015 NCAA Champ

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JOVAN VAVIC • 22nd season (494-82)

14 National Titles • 13-time National Coach of the Year • 11-time MPSF Coach of the Year With 14 national championships won during his tenure at USC, Jovan Vavic has the most team titles of any USC head coach in history. Also solidified as one of the top water polo coaches in the country, Vavic serves a dual role as the head coach of both the USC men’s and women’s teams. He now has led both to national championships four times in the same school year (1998-99, 2003-04, 2009-10 and 2012-13), and lifted USC to an unprecedented six consecutive men’s national championships with the Trojans’ run to the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 titles. He now holds 14 national championships (nine men’s and five women’s) and is a 13-time National Coach of the Year and 11-time MPSF Coach of the Year between the two programs. He also has seen his players win 12 Peter J. Cutino Awards. Now in his 22nd season at the helm of the men’s program, Vavic has improved his career coaching record on the men’s side to 494-82 (.858). In his tenure as men’s head coach, Vavic boasts a winning record against all opponents on the men’s side of the game, recording only two losses in 2019 years against teams outside the YEAR OVERALL PCT. Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. He is 336-80 (.808) 2015 22-7 .759 against MPSF teams since 1995. 2014 24-7 .774 In 2015, Vavic guided the Trojans back to the NCAA title match for the 11th straight season and finished up with a 22-7 2013 28-4 .875 overall record. The prevous year, Vavic’s young 2014 Trojans 1.000 were led by eventual Peter J. Cutino Award winner Kostas 2012 29-0

In 2008, the USC men were unstoppable. The Trojans claimed the program’s third MPSF Championship on the way to the best season in program history with a 29-0 undefeated mark that culminated in the 2008 NCAA Championship for USC’s fourth national title. Vavic’s 300th career men’s win was notched on Oct. 12, 2008 in a 12-7 win over Cal 12-7 in the SoCal Tournament semifinals. USC posted its first undefeated regular season in 2006, as its overall winning streak reached a program-record 44 straight victories. Vavic was named the MPSF Coach of the Year for the sixth time in his career, and the Trojans finished 2006 with a 26-2 overall record after a lastsecond loss in the NCAA final. It was USC’s second straight trip to the final, as Vavic had guided the Trojans to their third-ever NCAA Championship and a program-best 26-1 record in 2005. For his success in guiding USC to the NCAA crown in 2005, Vavic was named the National Men’s Coach of the Year. His Trojans also claimed the 2005 MPSF Championship, and Vavic earned himself MPSF Coach of the Year honors as well. At 26-1, USC posted its most wins MPSF NCAA FINISH in history and broke another record by closing out the year on an 19-game winning streak. 6-3 2nd Vavic came to USC in 1992 as an assistant coach, joined 6-2 2nd John Williams as co-head coach in 1995 and took over the men’s head coaching reins in 1999 after Williams retired. He 5-3 CHAMPION and Williams were named National Coaches of the Year in 1998 8-0 CHAMPION after leading USC to its first-ever national championship. They also were named MPSF Co-Coaches of the Year in 1996 after 8-0 CHAMPION leading USC to the conference title. 6-2 CHAMPION In fact, in the 1998-99 season, Vavic did something no other coach has accomplished as his teams won three national 8-0 CHAMPION championships. In addition to capturing the 1998 men’s and 8-0 CHAMPION 1999 women’s titles, his 1999 men’s club team won the Men’s Senior National Club Championship. In 2003, Vavic pulled a 6-2 2nd coaching double sweep when he was named 2003 National 8-0 2nd and MPSF Coach of the Year for the men and 2004 National and MPSF Coach of the Year for the women. 8-0 CHAMPION Vavic has been with the USC women’s program since its 5-3 -inception in 1995, and the 2004 women’s team became the first team in NCAA Championship history to go undefeated 7-1 CHAMPION (29-0) during the regular season. USC’s 25-3 overall mark 5-3 -in 2010 culminated in the women’s program’s third national championship and 13th straight 20-win season. And in 2013, 6-2 -the Women of Troy played the longest NCAA women’s final 7-1 3rd in history, beating Stanford in triple sudden-death overtime 6-2 -to win USC’s fourth National Championship. Overall, Vavic’s career record on the women’s side stands at 490-142 (.775) in 8-0 CHAMPION 21 seasons as head coach. Vavic earned his 300th career win 5-3 2nd with the Women of Troy in the third-place game of the 2007 NCAA Tournament on May 13, 2007. 7-1 2nd Vavic oversaw the women’s water polo team’s move from 5-3 -Division II in 1995 to Division I in 1996. In 1999, the USC women captured their first national championship. Since 1999 when 138-31 9 National the program was fully funded, Vavic’s record is 402-69 (.854). Championships He has swept as National and MPSF Coach of the Year in 1999, 2004 and 2010. Vavic spent the 1990 season as an assistant men’s coach at UCLA. Previously, he coached three seasons (1987-1990) at Palos Verdes High, with two undefeated league seasons (1987-89). Vavic served as a U.S. assistant coach at the 1995 World University Games, and was the head coach of the team in 2003. He also served as interim head coach for Team USA at the 2013 UANA World Aquatic Championship Qualification Tournament. Vavic, a native of Yugoslavia, 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.

USC MEN UNDER VAVIC

Genidounias, who became the program’s all-time top scorer 2011 24-3 .889 during his senior season. That year, USC would defy the odds 2010 28-2 .933 and reach the NCAA title game for the 10th consecutive season, finishing as runners-up to close the year at 24-7 overall. 2009 26-2 .929 In 2013, USC pulled off a sixth consecutive NCAA crown — 2008 29-0 1.000 won in an overtime battle with Pacific. The experienced USC squad snatched the title from the Tigers and finished up with 2007 19-3 .864 a 28-4 overall record. With a roster that would include six 2013 2006 26-2 .929 All-Americans, USC finished the year with seven straight wins in also claiming the MPSF Tournament title. 2005 26-1 .963 For the third time in four years, Vavic’s 2012 team boasted a 2004 22-5 .815 program-high nine All-Americans — including National Coach of the Year honors for Vavic and the National Player of the Year 2003 24-3 .889 award for Vavic’s son, Nikola — following USC’s run to a perfect 2002 20-8 .714 29-0 season and the 2012 National Championship. In their .650 home pool, the Trojans captured their fifth consecutive title 2001 13-7 with a heart-stopping 11-10 win over UCLA in the final. Vavic’s 2000 23-5 .821 2013 women’s team would go on to complete a dominating 1999 22-5 .815 year for USC in winning the women’s title. In 2011, the USC men finished off a fourth straight national 1998 25-3 .893 title run with a 24-3 overall record thanks to a 7-4 win over UCLA 21-7 .750 in the final. In the calendar year of 2010, Vavic swept both sides 1997 of the game, following 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the 1996 23-3 .885 Year awards on the women’s side with 2010 National and MPSF .800 Coach of the Year with the men in leading the Trojan men to 1995 20-5 their third consecutive national championship. CAREER 494-82 .858 The 2010 campaign saw Vavic’s Trojans defy the national predictions of a fourth-place finish in the conference by instead forcing their way to successfully defending their NCAA crowns with a third straight national championship. A 12-10 overtime win over host Cal in the 2010 title match finished off a 28-2 record for the MPSF and NCAA champions. In 2009, Vavic had guided the Trojans to a 26-2 record en route to USC’s second straight national championship. In the 2009 title match, the Trojans beat UCLA 7-6 to win USC’s fifth NCAA championship. Soon after, Vavic was named the National Coach of the Year, and he would see his players 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.

Jovan Vavic: Winning Records vs. All Opponents (1995-2015) Opponent 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Overall (Pct.) California 1-1 2-0 1-2 4-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 4-0 4-0 3-2 1-2 2-0 3-0 2-1 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-1 2-1 43-14 (.754) Long Beach State 2-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 2-1 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 39-1 (.975) Pacific 3-0 3-0 1-0 1-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 3-1 2-0 1-1 34-5 (.872) Pepperdine 4-1 3-0 1-3 2-0 3-0 1-1 2-1 2-0 2-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 39-8 (.830) Stanford 3-0 2-1 2-2 4-1 1-3 3-0 0-1 1-1 4-0 1-2 5-0 2-0 4-0 4-0 2-0 1-1 3-1 3-0 2-1 1-2 3-1 51-17 (.750) UC Irvine 1-1 2-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 2-1 4-0 2-1 3-0 4-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 51-3 (.944) UCLA 1-2 3-2 4-0 2-1 2-1 3-1 0-3 1-4 1-1 0-2 1-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 3-2 4-0 3-2 3-0 1-2 1-4 0-4 39-32 (.549) UC Santa Barbara 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 2-0 40-0 (1.000) Non-MPSF teams 3-0 5-0 5-0 5-0 4-0 7-1 4-1 9-0 6-0 8-0 7-0 9-0 5-0 8-0 8-0 10-0 9-0 11-0 14-0 11-0 10-0 158-2 (.988) OVERALL 20-5 23-3 21-7 25-3 22-5 23-5 13-7 20-8 24-3 22-5 26-1 26-2 19-3 29-0 26-2 28-2 24-3 29-0 28-4 24-7 22-7 494-82 (.858)

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McQuin Baron Simon Wu Will Rubschlager Nick Bell Sam Slobodien Zach D’Sa Mihajlo Milicevic Thomas Dunstan Marin Dasic Bryce Hoerman Matt Maier James Walters Blake Edwards Chase Koplow Lachlan Edwards Grant Stein Mitch Embrey Matteo Morelli Lazar Pasuljevic Daniel Leong Tim Leong Brock Hudnut Murphy Slater Nick Silvers Matt Ambrose Ben Brooks Brendan Hack Chas Hornecker Luka Karaman Colin Porter Marko Vukojevic Luke Wyatt

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Head Coach: Jovan Vavic

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HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)

North Tustin, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Vancouver, B.C., Canada (Point Grey Secondary) Altadena, Calif. (Loyola HS) Upland, Calif. (Los Osos HS) Irvine, Calif. (Santa Margarita HS) Seal Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) Belgrade, Serbia (Belgrade Sports Gymnasium) New Canaan, Conn. (Mater Dei HS) Zagreb, Croatia (Sports Gymnasium Zagreb) San Diego, Calif. (Cathedral Catholic HS) Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Damien HS) Newport Coast, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Melbourne HS/Deakin Univ.) Boca Raton, Fla. (Boca Raton Community HS) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Melbourne HS) Palm Desert, Calif. (Palm Desert HS) Whittier, Calif. (La Serna HS) Naples, Italy (Mercalli Scientific HS) Herceg Novi, Montenegro (Ivan Goran Kovacic Gymnasium) Honolulu, Hawai’i (Iolani HS) Honolulu, Hawai’i (Iolani HS) La Cañada, Calif. (Polytechnic School) Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) New Canaan, Conn. (Greenwich HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS) Corona del Mar, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS) Tustin, Calif. (Foothill HS) Aliso Viejo, Calif. (Marina HS) Lodi, Calif. (Lodi HS) San Diego, Calif. (Cathedral Catholic HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) * utilized redshirt season

Co-Head Coach: Marko Pintaric Director of Player Personnel: Casey Moon Director of Operations: James Shin Volunteer assistant coach: Will Simon

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 1 – Will Rubschlager (ROOB-shlog-er) 4 – Zach D’Sa (dih-SAH) 5 - Mihajlo (mih-HIGH-low) Milicevic (mill-EE-cha-vitch) 8 – Marin (MAR-inn) Dasic (DAH-sitch) 9 – Bryce Hoerman (HOAR-min) 12 – Lachlan (LOCK-lin) Edwards 13 – Chase Koplow (COP-lo) 18 - Lazar (LAH-zar) Pasuljevic (pah-SOOL-yah-vitch)

Jovan (YO-von) Vavic (VAH-vitch) Marko Pintaric (PEEN-ta-ritch)