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Feb. 16, 2004 NO. 1 USC WOMEN’S WATER POLO HOSTS UC SANTA BARBARA IN MPSF MATCH Women of Troy look to maintain perfect record in lone contest this week against the Gauchos

LOS ANGELES — The No. 1 USC women’s water polo team (7-0, 2-0) 2004 USC Women’s Water Polo Schedule will host No. 11 UC Santa Barbara (6-2, 0-0) on Saturday (Feb. 21) at (7-0 overall, 2-0 MPSF) noon in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match at McDonald’s Swim Stadium. Date Opponent Score Feb. 7-8 at Stanford Invitational (1st Place) San Jose State W 13-7 RANKINGS — USC is ranked No. 1 in the current U.S. Women's Water Stanford W 10-8 Polo Top 20 Poll. Michigan W 14-3 UCLA W 12-4 JOVAN VAVIC — In his 10th season as the program's only head coach, Feb. 12 Hartwick College W 12-6 Feb. 14 at California* W 9-4 Jovan Vavic has built the Women of Troy into a national power, which Feb. 15 at Pacific* W 19-3 culminated with the 1999 national championship. He oversaw the Feb. 21 UC Santa Barbara* Noon program’s move from Division II to Division I in 1996. In 1997, the Feb. 28-29 at UCSB Tournament All Day Trojans made their first-ever Division I National Championships appearance March 9 at UC Irvine* 4 p.m. March 11 UCLA* 5 p.m. with a seventh-place finish while the 1998 team finished in fifth place. In March 24 Loyola Marymount 5 p.m. 2000, USC finished second in the nation and placed third in MPSF March 27 at Long Beach State* Noon conference play in 2001. In 1999, Vavic, a native of Yugoslavia, was April 2 San Jose State* 5 p.m. named the National Coach of the Year and the Mountain Pacific Sports April 3 Stanford* Noon April 9 at San Diego State* 1 p.m. Federation Coach of the Year. Vavic is also the head coach for the USC April 10 at Arizona State* 1 p.m. men's water polo team, which won the 1998 and 2003 NCAA April 16 Hawaii* 5 p.m. championships. April 17-18 at Long Beach State Tournament All Day April 25 U.S. National Team (Exh.) Noon April 30-May 2 at MPSF Championship TBA VAVIC'S CAREER RECORD — Jovan Vavic has a 203-90 (.693) record (Los Alamitos, Calif.) in his 10th season with the Women of Troy. May 8-9 NCAA Championship TBA (hosted by Stanford) MILESTONE WIN — With the 12-4 win in the championship match *Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match - All times local against UCLA on Feb. 8 at the Stanford Invitational, head coach Jovan Vavic registered his 200th career win for women’s water polo. TOP FRESHMEN — Freshmen utility Erika Figge (Rancho Santa MORIAH VAN NORMAN — Sophomore two-meter Moriah Van Margarita, Calif./Santa Margarita HS) and utility (Santa Norman (San Diego, Calif.) earned All-America and All-MPSF second Ana, Calif./Foothill HS) were members of the United States Junior National team honors last year, leading the Women of Troy in scoring with 65 goals. Team. Hayes is second on the team in scoring this season with 16 goals, This year, she scored 12 goals in four matches on Feb. 7-8 at the 2004 scoring them in four matches at the Stanford Invitational (Feb. 7-8). She Stanford Invitational, leading the Trojans to the tournament championship. led the Women of Troy with a team-high three goals in a 9-4 MPSF win on For her efforts, she was named Mikasa/MPSF Player of the Week. She Feb. 14 at No. 6 California. leads the team with 20 goals this season. SISTER ACT — This season, USC has not one, but two sets of sisters on KELLY GRAFF — Senior Kelly Graff (Irvine, Calif./Irvine HS) played the team. Sophomore two-meter defender (Long Beach, in 26 of 28 matches last season for the Women of Troy and recorded 161 Calif./Wilson HS) is joined this season by her freshman sister, Jana, while saves to earn All-MPSF third team honors. This year, she made six saves junior driver Melissa Madrid (Commerce, Calif./Bell Gardens HS) is on Feb. 8 in a 12-4 win against No. 1 UCLA in the championship match of joined by her freshman sister, Denise. Lauren Wenger scored 27 goals last the Stanford Invitational. She has made six starts in goal this season. season for the Trojans while Melissa Madrid recorded nine goals.

LIZ SIMMS — Senior utility Liz Simms (Balmain, Sydney, Australia), who was a member of the 2002 Australian National Team, finished fourth in scoring last year for the Trojans with 29 goals. This season, she is tied for third on the team in scoring with 10 goals. 2004 USC Women's Water Polo Statistics Overall Record: 7-0 MPSF Record: 2-0

Date Opponent W/L Score Overall MPSF USC Leading Scorer Feb. 7-8 at Stanford Invitational (1st Place) San Jose State W 13-7 1-0 Van Norman - 4 Stanford W 10-8 2-0 Van Norman - 4 Michigan W 14-3 3-0 Jana Wenger - 3 UCLA W 12-4 4-0 Five players with 2 Feb. 12 Hartwick W 12-6 5-0 Van Norman - 4 Feb. 14 at California* W 9-4 6-0 1-0 Hayes - 3 Feb. 15 at Pacific* W 19-3 7-0 2-0 Simms - 4 Feb. 21 at UC Santa Barbara* Feb. 28-29 at UC Santa Barbara Tournament March 9 at UC Irvine* March 11 UCLA* March 24 Loyola Marymount March 27 at Long Beach State* April 2 San Jose State* April 3 Stanford* April 9 at San Diego State* April 10 at Arizona State* April 16 Hawaii* April 17-18 at Long Beach State Tournament April 30-May 2 at MPSF Championship *Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match

USC Goal Scoring USC Goalies Moriah Van Norman 20 Goalie Games / Periods Saves Brittany Hayes 16 Kelly Graff 5 / 20 38 Liz Simms 10 Sarah Mix 1 / 2 2 Eszter Gyori 10 Alexandra Lopez 1 / 2 6 Anna Pardo 9 Erin Wilson 6 Lauren Wenger 5 Erika Figge 4 Jana Wenger 4 Marina Mayer 2 Melissa Madrid 2 Denise Madrid 1

USC Total 89 Opponent Total 35

Goals by Period 1 2 3 4 OT Total USC 25 23 22 19 0 89 Opponents 7 13 10 5 0 35