USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC University of Southern California 2017 WOMEN’S WATER POLO USC Sports Information 3501 Watt Way • Heritage Hall 103 • Los Angeles, CA 90089 Phone: (213) 740-8480 • FAX: (213) 740-7584 Water Polo Sports Information Director: Darcy Couch • email: [email protected] Release #1 — Jan 25, 2017 No. 2 USC Digs In For Doubleheader At CBU Mini Invitational Trojans take off for Riverside to take on Concordia and Whittier on Saturday. 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS THIS WEEK @USCWaterPolo Date Opponent Time/Result The No. USC women's water polo team takes the 5-0 record it collected last week back on UCSB Winter Invitational^ the road this weekend. The Trojans are lined up for a doubleheader at the Cal Baptist Mini Jan. 20 ^#8 Michigan W 11-3 Invitational on Saturday (Jan. 22). There, USC (5-0) will face Concordia (0-0) at 12:45 p.m. Jan. 21 ^#22 Cal Baptist W 22-1 and then Whitter (0-0) at 2 p.m. as the 2017 continues for the defending national champions. ^#23 Cal State Northridge W 16-3 Jan. 22 ^#5 Hawai'i W 13-8 ^at #9 UC Santa Barbara W 19-5 USC IN THE RANKINGS CBU Mini Invite USC opened 2016 ranked No. 2 in the national preseason poll and in the MPSF preseason Jan. 28 Concordia 12:45 p.m. poll. USC remains the No. 2 team in the land in this third week of 2017 competition. Whittier 2 p.m. Feb. 3 SAN DIEGO STATE 5 p.m. Whittier Invitational STEPH STRIKES IT BIG AT WINTER INVITE Feb. 4 Pomona-Pitzer 9 a.m. Stephania Haralabidis set a new career high and tied the MPSF single-game record with Chapman 10:30 a.m. nine goals scored in the final game of the Winter Invitational over the weekend. Now, the Triton Invitational@ Feb. 11 @TBD TBD senior has picked up her fourth career selection as the MPSF Player of the Week and the first @TBD TBD of 2017. Haralabidis’ nine-goal outburst came in USC’s 19-5 win over No. 9 host UC Santa Bar- Feb. 12 @TBD TBD bara, marking the Trojans’ fifth straight win at the event. Haralabidis let all USC scorers with @TBD TBD 17 goals totaled across those five games. She opened the season with a single goal scored in UCI Invitational% Feb. 24 %TBD TBD a 17-3 win over No. 8 Michigan on day one. On the second day, Haralabidis scored twice in a Feb. 25 %TBD TBD 22-1 win over Cal Baptist and punched in two more in a 16-3 win over CSUN. The final day was %TBD TBD Haralabidis’ big one, as she had a hat trick in a 13-8 win over No. 5 Hawai’i before the record Feb. 26 %TBD TBD nine-goal explosion against UCSB. March 4 at CSU Bakersfield 1 p.m. March 16 vs. Indiana~ TBD March 17 at Hawai’i 6 p.m. HT LAST WEEK March 23 PRINCETON (P12LA) 5 p.m. USC whipped up five wins over three days of work at the Winter Invitational in Santa Barbara March 25 SAN JOSE STATE 1 p.m. last week, beating No. 5 Michigan 11-3 on Friday, No. 22 Cal Baptist 22-1 and No. 23 Cal State HARTWICK 2:30 p.m. Northridge 16-3 on Saturday, and then topping No. 5 Hawai'i 13-8 and host No. 9 UC Santa April 1 ARIZONA STATE (P12LA) 12:30 p.m. April 8 STANFORD * (P12N, P12LA, P12BA) 5 p.m. Barbara 19-5 on Sunday. Freshmen Maud Megens and Denise Mammolito highlighted the April 15 at California * 1 p.m. season opener with a pair of goals apiece in their Trojan debuts while sophomore goalie April 22 at UCLA * (P12LA) 1 p.m. Amanda Longan hauled in 13 saves in the win, helping the USC defense shut out the Wol- MPSF Tournament (hosted by UCLA) verines in the last 21 minutes, 20 seconds of play. On Saturday, sophomore Courtney Fahey April 28 &TBD (Semifinal) 2:30 p.m. dished out a career-high four goals to pace the Trojans to a 22-1 win over Cal Baptist, with April 29 &TBD (Semifinal) 2:30 p.m. April 30 &TBD (Semifinal) 2:30 p.m. goalie Victória Chamorro collecting 11 saves and coming just moments away from a com- NCAA Tournament (hosted by Indiana) plete-game shutout as the Lancers final broke through in the final minute. Against CSUN, May 12 $TBD TBD Megens and senior Ioanna Haralabidis each turned in a hat trick apiece, while Longan and May 13 $TBD TBD freshman Holly Parker split time in the cage. USC's offense remained hot on the final day May 14 $TBD TBD of play, with the Haralabidis sisters combining for seven goals to lead the way to a 13-8 win Home games in BOLD CAPS (at Uytengsu Aquatics Center) * MPSF game (P12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks over the Rainbow Wahine. The capper to the event saw USC take out host UC Santa Barbara ^UCSB Winter Invitational (hosted by UC Santa Barbara) behind a record-tying performance by Stephania Haralabidis, who scored nine goals in the @ Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) % UCI Invitational (hosted by UC Irvine) 19-5 win to equal the MPSF record for most goals scored in a single game. ~ game played in Honolulu, Hawai'i & MPSF Tourn. (hosted by UCLA) $ NCAA Champs (hosted by Indiana) BY THE NUMBERS 2017 Women’s Collegiate Top-10 Through the first 5 games of 2017, undefeated USC has outscored opponents 81-20. Senior (Week 2 • January 25) Stephania Haralabidis is the top scorer to date with 17 goals — giving her 202 career goals Rank School Last Week Points and putting her two goals away from moving up to the No. 7 all-time scoring slot. Behind 1. Stanford 1 98 2. USC 2 96 her on the 2017 scoresheet sits twin sister Ioanna Haralabidis with 11 goals and freshman 3. UCLA 3 95 Maud Megens with 10 goals score in her first five games as a Trojan. On the defensive end, 4. California 4 88 three goalies have checked into the cage to date. Sophomore Amanda Longan has logged 5. Arizona State 5t 83 minuted in three games, averaging 9.6 saves and 5.2 goals-against per game. Junior goalie 6. UC Irvine 7 78 7. Michigan 8 76 Victória Chamorro has appeared in two games and has hauled in 11 saves in both show- 8t. Hawaii 5t 68 — more — 8t. UC Santa Barbara 9 68 10. UC San Diego 11t 60 2017 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO ings while giving up just three total goals. One overall balance is back, with all six top scorers of those 11-save outings came in just one half of returning, along with an All-American pairing 2017 AWARDS action at UCSB. Freshman Holly Parker has also of goalies in sophomore Amanda Longan and MPSF Player of the Week: capped up in her first year as a Trojans, making junior Victória Chamorro back in the cage. In Stephania Haralabidis (Jan. 23) seven saves and allowing just four goals in her all, the returning Trojans accounted for 88 per- two appearances. The Trojan defense has held cent of the scoring last year, while Longan and four opponents silent in at least one period of Chamorro combined for an average of 8.8 saves USC Career Scoring Leaders play while accumulating a grand total of eight and 4.7 goals-allowed per game in 2016. 1. Monica Vavic 2012-15 291 shutout periods this season so far. 2. Aniko Pelle 1999-02 255 THE VETS 3. Sofia Konoukh 2001-03 224 ON THE RISE Senior captain Avery Peterson is one of five se- 4. Moriah Van Norman 2003-06 215 Greek twins Stephania Haralabidis and Ioanna niors on the roster for 2017, joined by fellow All- 5. Nina Wengst 1999-02 213 Haralabidis are climbing in the USC record Americans Brigitta Games, Ioanna Haralabidis 6. Brittany Hayes 2004-07 209 books. Stephania opened 2016 ranked as USC's and Stephania Haralabidis, along with Nikki 7. Katrin Dierolf 2000-03 204 No. 8 all-time career scorer. Now five games Stansfield. A further depth charge of veteran 8. Stephania Haralabidis 2014-present 202 into 2017, is closing the gap on the No. 7 spot, talent with winning experience comes from ju- 9. Michelle Stein 2006-09 170 holding 202 career goals to date. — just two niors Brianna Daboub, Annika Jensen and Hay- 10. Kami Craig 2006-10 152 away from that next rung on the career ladder. ley McKelvey. All warriors, all competitors, and 11. Christina McCall 1995-97 142 Ioanna, meanwhile, started out 2017 at No. 20 all fiercely devoted to their team and the task at Alexandra Kiss 2007-10 in the record books. After five games, she has hand. Kaleigh Gilchrist 2011-14 catapulted to No. 16 all-time, holding 129 career 14. Erika Figge 2004-07 137 goals as of Jan. 23. While those two are rising NETMINDERS 15. Joelle Bekhazi 2009-11 135 in the ranks on the offensive end, two Trojans On last year's All-American list, there was one 16. Ioanna Haralabidis 2014-present 129 are making their marks on the USC career saves USC freshman standing tall among them. At 17. Lauren Wenger 2003-06 127 sheet. Junior Victória Chamorro — who set a 6-foot-2 Amanda Longan was an impact player 18. Jennifer Durley 1998-01 122 USC freshman goalie record with 207 saves in as soon as she splashed down at Troy, Longan 19. Kristen Dronberger 2008-11 120 her first season at Troy — now boasts 296 career quickly made herself at home as half of an im- 20. Eike Daube 2012-15 119 saves to rank No. 6 on the career saves charts. pressive goalkeeping tandem for the Trojans 21. Sandra Milicev 1999-02 116 Sophomore Amanda Longan is a spot behind, — sharing time with 2015 All-American and 22. Eszter Gyori 2002-05 115 sitting at No. 7 all-time with her 169 saves and Brazilian Olympian Victória Chamorro. Now a 22. Kally Lucas 2007-10 113 counting. junior-sophomore goalkeeping tandem, Cham- 23. Veronika Bartunkova 2005-08 106 orro and Longan are yet another expression of CAGE FIGHTERS the youth movement making waves alongside Career Saves Leaders USC’s goalkeeping corps this season is fero- USC’s juniors and seniors. They have some 1. Flora Bolonyai 2011-14 895 ciously deep. Sophomore Victória Chamorro backup this year as well, with freshman Holly 2. Bernice Orwig 1997-99 838 set a freshman goalie record last season in Parker having proven herself fully capable of 3. Tumua Anae 2007-10 538 hauling in 207 saves in her first year as a Tro- stepping into the cage as she has logged seven 4. Kelly Graff 2001-04 398 jan. This year, she’s joined by freshman Amanda saves and allowed only three goals in her six pe- 5. Whitney Morgan 2006-08 377 6. Victória Chamorro 2015-present 296 Longan, who was named Top Goalkeeper at the riods of action so far. 7. Amanda Longan 2016-present 169 2015 FINA Junior World Championships during 8. Sarah Mix 2003-05 149 the summer. Added veteran experience comes THE NEW CREW from senior captain Alegra Hueso, who ap- When it comes to this year’s freshman class, Trojans topped off 2016 by raising the NCAA peared in 27 games during her first three sea- there are already several new faces that are trophy. Picked No. 2 in the National and MPSF sons as a Trojan. forcing opponents to take notice. Dutch import Preseason Polls, the Trojans weigh in just be- Maud Megens has emerged as the headliner so hind top-picked Stanford for the second straight OH CAPTAINS, MY CAPTAINS far. She tallied 10 goals in her first five games season. USC returns all six 2016 All-Americans, USC's leadership corps is a veteran pair, with se- of action to stand as USC's third leading scorer including Cutino Award winner Stephania Ha- nior Avery Peterson and junior Brianna Daboub after that first week of work.Denise Mammolito ralabidis and Cutino finalistBrigitta Games. standing tall as USC's team captains for the also made noise in week one, punching up six In addition to those two powers — both seniors second straight season. Both All-Americans goals, while fellow freshmen Elise Stein, Sawyer this year — USC has seven All-Americans on the and All-MPSF Honorable Mention recipients, Belville and Kaylee Brownsberger also notched roster for 2017. Both All-American captains, Bri- they also are both MPSF Scholar-Athletes. And their first career goals as Trojans in those first anna Daboub and Avery Peterson, return, hav- of course, they captained the Trojans to an un- days of competition at the UCSB Winter Invita- ing combined for 63 goals last year. Peterson's defeated 2016 season to claim their first na- tional. career-best 35 goals in 2016 was matched by tional crowns. With 59 career goals to her name, Ioanna Haralabidis. In all, USC returns 12 mem- Peterson stands out as a 2-meter power for the 2017 TROJANS AT A GLANCE bers of last season’s 16-player NCAA roster. • Trojans. Daboub has rung up 61 goals to date, in- The defending national champions are com- cluding a career-best hat trick tallied in the 2016 ing off an undefeated run through 2016, with MPSF Championship game. head coach Jovan Vavic at the helm for the 23rd season. The USC women are looking to BRINGING BACK THE BALANCE claim back-to-back national titles for the first USC's 2017 roster looks strikingly similar to last time in program history. Their 13th consecutive year's NCAA Championship crew. The Trojans' NCAA appearance was a fortunate one, as the 2017 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO 2017 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO

2017 USC SCHEDULE/RESULTS (5-0 overall • 0-0 MPSF) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES UCSB Winter Invitational^ Jan. 20 ^vs. #8 Michigan W 11-3 Megens 2, Mammolito 2, Games, Stansfield, McKelvey, Longan 13 S. Haralabidis, Jensen, I. Haralabidis, Daboub. Jan. 21 ^vs. #22 Cal Baptist W 22-1 Fahey 4, Daboub 3, Megens 3, S. Haralabidis 2, Stein 2, Chamorro 11 Mammolito 2, McKelvey, I. Haralabidis, Jensen, Peterson, Games, Belville. ^vs. #23 Cal State Northridge W 16-3 Megens 3, I. Haralabidis 3, S. Haralabidis 2, Peterson 2, Longan 2, Brownsberger 2, Jensen, McKelvey, Games, Belville. Parker 2 Jan. 22 ^vs. #5 Hawai'i W 13-8 I. Haralabidis 4, S. Haralabidis 3, Daboub 2, Peterson, Longan 9 Stansfield, Megens, Mammolito. ^at #9 UC Santa Barbara W 19-5 S. Haralabidis 9, I. Haralabidis 2, Stansfield, Games, Chamorro 11, Megens, Mammolito, Jensen, Fahey, Stein, McKelvey. Parker 5 CBU Mini Invite Jan. 28 vs. Concordia 12:45 p.m. vs. Whittier 2 p.m.

Feb. 3 SAN DIEGO STATE 5 p.m. Whittier Invitational Feb. 4 vs. Pomona-Pitzer 9 a.m. vs. Chapman 10:30 a.m. Triton Invitational@ Feb. 11 @TBD TBD @TBD TBD Feb. 12 @TBD TBD @TBD TBD UCI Invitational% Feb. 24 %TBD TBD Feb. 25 %TBD TBD %TBD TBD Feb. 26 %TBD TBD March 4 at CSU Bakersfield 1 p.m. March 16 vs. Indiana~ TBD March 17 at Hawai’i 6 p.m. HT March 23 PRINCETON (P12LA) 5 p.m. March 25 SAN JOSE STATE 1 p.m. HARTWICK 2:30 p.m.

April 1 ARIZONA STATE * (P12LA) 12:30 p.m. April 8 STANFORD * (P12LA) 5 p.m. April 15 at California * 1 p.m. April 22 at UCLA * (P12LA) 1 p.m.

MPSF Tournament (hosted by UCLA) April 28 &TBD TBD April 29 &TBD TBD April 30 &TBD TBD NCAA Tournament (hosted by Indiana) May 12 $TBD TBD May 13 $TBD TBD May 14 $TBD TBD

* MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center Player Goals P12 — Televised by Pac-12 Networks ^UCSB Winter Invitational - Hosted by UC Santa Barbara Games Mult-Goal Total Stephania Haralabidis 17 @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego % UCI Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine Player Scored in Games Goals Ioanna Haralabidis 11 & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by UCLA $ NCAA Tournament — Hosted by Indiana Stephania Haralabidis 5 4 17 Maud Megens 10 Ioanna Haralabidis 5 3 11 Brianna Daboub 6 Goalie Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Maud Megens 5 3 10 Denise Mammolito 6 Victória Chamorro 2 / 6 22 14.7 3 2.0 Denise Mammolito 4 2 6 Courtney Fahey 5 Amanda Longan 3 / 10 24 9.6 13 5.2 Brigitta Games 4 0 4 Hayley McKelvey 4 0 4 Brigitta Games 4 Holly Parker 2 / 4 7 7.0 4 4.0 Avery Peterson 4 Annika Jensen 4 0 4 Hayley McKelvey 4 Totals 5 games 53 10.6 20 4.0 Brianna Daboub 3 2 6 Annika Jensen 4 Goals by Period 1 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. Avery Peterson 3 1 4 Nikki Stansfield 3 USC 27 22 19 13 - - - - 81 16.2 Nikki Stansfield 3 0 3 Elise Stein 3 Opponents 6 5 3 6 - - - - 20 4.0 Courtney Fahey 2 1 5 Sawyer Belville 2 Elise Stein 2 1 3 Kaylee Brownsberger 2 Sawyer Belville 2 0 2 TOTAL 81 Kaylee Bornsberger 1 1 2 USC • 2010 University2017 UNIVERSITY of Southern OF SOUTHERNCalifornia Men’s CALIFORNIA Water Polo WOMEN’S WATER POLO

2017 USC Women’s Water Polo Roster # NAME HT. POS. YR. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) 1 Victória Chamorro 5-10 Goalie JR Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Centro Educacional de Lagoa HS) 1 Amanda Longan 6-2 Goalie SO Moorpark, Calif. (Oaks Christian HS) 1 Holly Parker Goalie FR Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach HS) 1 Melanie Slater 5-7 Goalie SR Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) 2 Annika Jensen 6-0 Utility JR Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) 3 Ioanna Haralabidis 5-11 Driver SR Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) 4 Brooke Presten 5-8 Driver SO Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) 5 Nikki Stansfield 5-11 Driver SR Fullerton, Calif. (Foothill HS) 6 Maud Megens 6-0 Utility FR Rotterdam, Netherlands (Leonardo College) 7 Courtney Fahey 5-8 Driver SO Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) 8 Denise Mammolito 6-1 Driver FR Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Rancho Cucamonga HS) 9 Hayley McKelvey 5-11 Utility JR Vancouver, B.C., Canada (Seaquam Secondary) 10 Stephania Haralabidis 5-11 Driver SR Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) 11 Brianna Daboub 5-9 Driver JR Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) 12 Kelsey McIntosh Driver FR Corona, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) 13 Brigitta Games 6-1 2-Meter SR Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield HS/Golden West) 14 Elise Stein 5-9 Driver FR Palm Desert, Calif. (Palm Desert HS) 15 Avery Peterson 5-11 2-Meter SR Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) 16 Sawyer Belville Driver FR Chino Hills, Calif. (Ayala HS) 17 Dagmar Gudmundsson 6-0 Utility SO Hanford, Calif. (Hanford West HS) 18 Kaylee Brownsberger 2-Meter FR Hermosa Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) 19 Mackenzie Flath 5-9 Driver SO Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) 21 Alaina Cousineau 5-3 Driver FR San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente HS) Emma Cornwell 5-10 Goalie JR San Diego, Calif. (Otay Ranch HS) Cassidy Feltenberger 5-4 Driver JR San Pedro, Calif. (San Pedro HS) Nicola Gonzales 5-8 Goalie SO Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Kaitlin Leimbach 5-9 Driver JR Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Caitlin Stuewe 5-7 Utility JR Monterey, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep)

Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Associate Head Coach: Casey Moon Scouting Director: Marko Pintaric Volunteer Assistant Coach: Alexandra Kiss Director of Operations: James Shin

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