CAL MEN'S WATER POLO USC TROJANS 5-2 5-2 OVERALL MPSF 3-5 2-5 #4 1 P.M. OVERALL MPSF CWPA RANK SAT., FEB. 20 #1 Kirk Everist HEAD COACH UCLA BRUINS 5-3 4-3 #2 10 A.M. DATES Avery Aquatic Center LIVE STATS OVERALL MPSF CWPA RANK SUN., FEB. 21 Feb. 20-21 Palo Alto, Calif. FOSH SCHEDULE 1-2 1-2 #3 6:30 P.M. Overall: 5-2 • MPSF: 5-2 OVERALL MPSF CWPA RANK SUN., FEB. 21 Home: 2-2 • Away: 1-0 • Neutral: 2-0 THE WEEK AHEAD DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT Jan. 23 UCLA* W, 17-16 The No. 1 California men’s water polo team will close out the regular season across the Bay at Stanford, matching up against fellow CWPA Top Jan. 23 USC L, 9-6 4 squads and MPSF foes UCLA, USC and Stanford at Avery Aquatic Center in Palo Alto. The Bears will take on No. 4 USC at 1 p.m Saturday. On Jan. 24 USC W, 12-9 Sunday they’ll face off against No. 2 UCLA at 10 a.m. before closing the weekend against No. 3 Stanford at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 24 UCLA L, 10-7 Feb. 6 ^UCLA W, 11-8 ABOUT USC Feb. 6 @USC W, 11-8 The Bears will open the weekend matching up against the No. 4 Trojans for the fourth time this season. So far in the season series, the Bears Feb. 7 ^Stanford W, 16-11 hold a 2-1 advantage and most recently defeated the Trojans, 11-8, two weeks ago in the Trojans’ home pool. The Trojans are 3-5 on the season Feb. 20 ^USC 1 p.m. and 2-5 in conference play. Leading them in scoring through the season’s first 8 games is Jacob Mercep, who leads the conference in goals Feb. 21 ^UCLA 10 a.m. (25) and points (33). Feb. 21 @Stanford 6:30 p.m. ABOUT UCLA The No.2 Bruins enter the weekend with a 5-3 record (4-3 MPSF) after finishing the last round-robin at USC X-X. The Bears defeated the Bruins 11-8 on Feb. 6 and opened the season with a 17-16 overtime win against UCLA in January. The Bruins are led in scoring thus far in the season by Nicolas Saveljic who has 19 through the first 8 games.

ABOUT STANFORD Home matches in bold The No. 3 Cardinal play host this weekend after starting their season 1-2 in two weeks ago. Ater opening the season with a 14-8 win @ - away match over the Trojans, Stanford lost to UCLA and Cal. Ethan Parrish has four goals through three games and Beck Jurasius has six goals. ^ - neutral site * - overtime match

BEAR NECESSITIES LAST TIME OUT The Bears finished went 3-0 at USC’s round-robin tournament two exclusions. He had a team-high four goals and four steals in the Feb. weeks ago, moving into the top spot in the CWPA Top 10 for the first 6 win over the Trojans, FAST FACTS time since 2017. Cal defeated No. 2(T) UCLA and No. 2(T) USC on Saturday, Feb. 6 before knocking off then-No. 1 Stanford on Sunday. BETWEEN THE PIPES COACHING STAFF Sophomore goalkeeper Adrian Weinberg is 5-0 in the cage this Head Coach Kirk Everist (19th season) MPSF HONORS season and is averaging 13.60 saves per game (56.7 percent). He California, 1989 Freshman Tommy Kennedy was named MPSF Newcomer of the week had a season-high 15 saves in the win over Stanford. Weinberg’s 68 388-120 (.764) following his impressive effort through the weekend at USC, totaling total saves are second-most in the conference to date this eason. Asst. Coach Jeff Tyrrell (5th season) three goals and four assists in his first three games playing for the California, 2007 Beras. FOLLOW THE ACTION Graduate Student Coach Joe Choi Fans can follow along with live stats for each game this weekend as Assistant S&C Coach Stephen Schwartz DEELY DEELY posted on the schedule. Athletic Trainer Noah Thaman Leading the Bears in points through the first seven matches is is Jack Deely (21 points, 10 goals, 11 assists). Deely had four goals in the Fans can receive additional in-game updates and behind-the-scenes TEAM INFORMATION win over No. 1 Stanford and led all scorers in the match. information all season long by following the Bears’ social media accounts (Twitter: @CalWaterPolo, Instagram: @CalMWaterPolo). 2021 Record 5-2 2021 MPSF Record 5-2 GREEK FREAK Lettermen Returning 17 Sophomore center Nikolaos Papnikolaou has 19 points (18 goals, Newcomers 7 1 assist) on the season thus far and leads the MPSF with 30 drawn

Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Men’s Water Polo contact): Jonathan Okanes 2 CAL AT STANFORD

QUICK FACTS 2021 ROSTER - NUMERICAL

Institution...... , Berkeley No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Last School Location...... Berkeley, Calif. 1 Frederick Houghton GK 6-0 160 R-Jr. Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS Enrollment...... 42,519 1A Will Kieckhafer GK 6-7 180 Fr. Coto De Caza, Calif./Rancho Santa Margarita HS Founded...... 1868 1B Anthony Rethans GK 6-4 185 Jr. San Mateo, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep Colors Berkeley Blue, California Gold 1C Adrian Weinberg GK 6-5 180 So. Oak Park, Calif./Oaks Christian School Nickname...... Golden Bears 2 Tamir Avital CEN 6-6 225 R-Jr. Newport Beach, Calif./Corona Del Mar HS Chancellor...... Carol T. Christ 3 Marko Valecic UTIL 6-4 220 Jr. Zagreb, Croatia/XI Gymnasium Director of Athletics...... 4 Nikolaos Papanikolaou CEN 6-3 242 So. Athens, Greece/49th High School of Athens Website www.CalBears.com Affiliation...... NCAA Division I 5 Chris Ball AT/UTIL 6-1 185 R-Fr. , Calif./Point Loma HS Conference...... Mountain Pacific Federation (MPSF) 6 Joe Molina UTIL 6-0 185 Jr. Orange Park Acres, Calif./Foothill HS Pool (Capacity)...... Spieker Aquatics Complex (2,000) 7 Miles O’Brienn-Schridde AT 6-2 180 R-Jr. Burbank, Calif./Loyola HS Pool Dimensions...... 50 meters x 25 meters 8 Garrett Dunn AT 6-1 202 So. Lafayette, Calif./Campolindo HS Athletics Department Office Phone...... (510) 642-0580 9 Nikos Delagrammatikas 2M 6-5 205 Sr. Athens, Greece Water Polo Office Phone...... (510) 643-1465 10 David Feingold AT 6-2 215 R-Jr. Palos Verdes, Calif./Palos Verdes HS Water Polo Office Fax...... (510) 643-5344 12 Tommy Kennedy AT 6-6 200 Fr. Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor HS 13 Alika Naone AT 6-2 190 Fr. Honolulu, Hawaii/Oaks Christian School (CA) PROGRAM HISTORY 14 Warren Loth 2M 6-6 215 So. Corona Del Mar, Calif./Mater Dei HS 16 Jake Stone AT 6-0 180 So. Walnut Creek, Calif./Acalanes HS First Year of Water Polo...... 1902 17 Ian Minsterman AT 6-0 180 So. Cypress, Calif./Mater Dei HS First Official Match...... Cal 3, Neptune Club 1 (1902) 19 Jack Deely UTIL 6-4 200 Jr. Danville, Calif./San Ramon Valley HS NCAA Championships...... 14 20 Brady Hoover CEN 6-3 175 Fr. Moraga, Calif./Miramonte HS (1973, ‘74, ‘75, ‘77, ‘83, ‘84, ‘87, ‘88, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘06, ‘07, ‘16) Conference Championships...... 35 21 Sam Untrecht AT 5-11 195 So. Portola Valley, Calif./Menlo School Collegiate Players of the Year...... 15 22 Blake Hoover AT 6-0 180 Fr. Moraga, Calif./Miramonte HS Conference Players of the Year...... 13 23 Mateus Stellet AT 5-11 180 Jr. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil All-Americans...... 239 24 George Avakian CEN 6-2 250 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif./Harvard-Westlake HS Olympians...... 28 Head Coach: Kirk Everist, 19th year (California, ‘90) COACHING STAFF Assistant Coach: Jeff Tyrrell, 5th year (California, ‘07) Graduate Asst. Coach: Joe Choi; Asst. S&C Coach: Stephen Schwartz; Athletic Trainer: Noah Thaman Head Coach...... Kirk Everist (California, ‘89) Years at Cal...... 19th season Career Record...... 383-118 (.764) 2021 ROSTER - BY CLASS NCAA Titles at Cal...... 3 (‘06, ‘07, ‘16) Assistant Coach...... Jeff Tyrrell (California, ‘07) FRESHMAN (7) SOPHOMORE (7) 1 Anthony Rethans GK Years at Cal...... 5th season 1 Will Kieckhafer GK 1 Adrian Weinberg GK 2 Tamir Avital CEN 5 Chris Ball AT/UTIL 4 Nikolaos Papanikolaou CEN 3 Marko Valecic UTIL SOCIAL MEDIA 12 Tommy Kennedy AT 8 Garrett Dunn AT 6 Joe Molina UTIL 13 Alika Naone AT 14 Warren Loth 2M 7 Miles O’Brien-Schridde AT Twitter 20 Brady Hoover CEN 16 Jake Stone AT 10 David Feingold AT @CalWaterPolo 22 Blake Hoover AT 17 Ian Minsterman AT 19 Jack Deely UTIL @CalAthletics 24 George Avakian CEN 21 Sam Untrecht AT 23 Mateus Stellet AT @CalCoachEverist Facebook JUNIOR (9) SENIOR (1) Facebook.com/CalAthletics 1 Frederick Houghton GK 9 Nikos Delagrammatikas 2M Instagram @CalMWaterPolo @CalAthletics CWPA TOP 10 -WEEK 3 (FEB. 10 2021) 1. Cal 2. UCLA 3. Stanford 4. USC 5. Pepperdine 6. Loyola Marymount 7. California Baptist 8. Bucknell 9. Air Force 10. Navy

CALIFORNIA MEN’S WATER POLO GAME NOTES 3 2021 CALIFORNIA SEASON STATISTICS ## FIELD PLAYERS GP SH G A PTS SHPCT EX DEX STL FB SPRINT 19 Jack Deely 7 31 10 11 21 .323 3 1 1 4 0-1 4 Nikolaos Papanikolaou 7 47 18 1 19 .383 6 30 10 5 0-0 13 Alika Naone 7 20 10 6 16 .500 7 4 6 0 5-12 6 Joe Molina 7 15 9 5 14 .600 6 6 3 1 0-3 8 Garrett Dunn 7 16 5 7 12 .313 6 4 6 2 3-3 9 Nikos Delagrammatikas 7 13 6 3 9 .462 16 3 3 0 1-0 7 Miles O’Brien-Schridde 7 12 5 4 9 .417 7 4 4 0 0-4 12 Tommy Kennedy 3 8 3 4 7 .375 3 0 0 0 0-0 24 George Avakian 7 11 5 0 5 .455 4 14 2 2 0-0 14 Warren Loth 7 24 4 0 4 .167 12 5 2 0 0-0 16 Jake Stone 7 9 0 4 4 .000 3 2 2 0 1-0 5 Chris Ball 7 2 2 1 3 1.000 5 2 2 3 0-0 3 Marko Valecic 7 8 2 0 2 .250 6 3 2 1 0-0 21 Sam Untrecht 7 4 1 0 1 .350 1 0 4 0 0-1 17 Ian Minsterman 7 1 0 1 1 .000 0 2 0 0 0-0 1 Adrian Weinberg 5 1 0 0 0 .000 3 0 10 0 0-0 1A Anthony Rethans 2 0 0 0 0 --- 0 20 3 0 0-0 10 David Feingolf 1 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 1 0 0-0

## GOAL KEEPERS GP GS MIN W L SA SV GA SvPCT GAA 1 Adrian Weinberg 5 5 172 5 0 120 68 52 .567 10.40 1A Anthony Rethans 2 0 64 0 2 43 24 19 .588 9.50

2021 GAME BY GAME SCORING DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE SCORERS 1/23 vs. No. 3 UCLA*^ W 17-16 Naone (3), Avakian (2), Delagrammatikas (2), Loth (2), Molina (2), O’Brien-Schridde (2), Ball (1), Deely (1), Papanikolaou (1), Valecic (1) 1/23 vs. No. 1 USC* L 6-9 Papanikolaou (3), Avakian (1), Molina (1), Naone (1) 1/24 vs. No. 1 USC W 12-9 Papanikolaou (4), Molina (2), Valecic (2), Ball (1), Deely (1) Naone (1), Untrecht (1) 1/24 vs. No. 3 UCLA* L 7-10 Molina (2), Naone (2), Loth (1), O’Brien-Schridde (1), Papanikolaou (1) 2/6 vs. UCLA*^% W 11-8 Delagrammatikas (3), Deely (3), Naone (2), Papanikolaou (2), Avakian (1) 2/6 at USC* W 11-8 Papanikolaou (4), Dunn (2), Deely (1), Kennedy (1), Loth (1), Molina (1), O’Brien-Schridde (1) 2/7 vs. Stanaford*% W 16-11 Deely (4), Dunn (3), Kennedy (2), Papanikolaou (2), Avakian (1), Delagrammatikas (1), Molina (1), Naone (1), O’Brien-Schridde (1)

Bold indicates home match at Spieker Aquatics Complex *MPSF match ^Overtime match %Neutral site

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