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SPORTS UPDATE For Immediate Release: November 27, 2012 Contact: Darren Preston 222000111222 MMMOOOUUUNNNTTTAAAIIINNN PPPAAACCCIIIFFFIIICCC SSSPPPOOORRRTTTSSS FFFEEEDDDEEERRRAAATTTIIIOOONNN AAALLLLLL---MMMPPPSSSFFF MMMEEENNN’’’SSS WWWAAATTTEEERRR PPPOOOLLLOOO SSSEEELLLEEECCCTTTIIIOOONNNSSS 222000111222 MMMPPPSSSFFF PPPlllaaayyyeeerrr ooofff ttthhheee YYYeeeaaarrr BALAZS ERDELYI • # 9 • JUNIOR • ATTACKER • PACIFIC Pacific junior attacker Balazs Erdelyi (Eger, Hungary/Neumann Janos Secondary) had one of the most impressive seasons in program history, leading both the Tigers and the MPSF with 83 goals and 3.46 per game. The Hungarian finished the year with 21 multi-goal games, including five outings of four, four five- goal showings and a pair of six-goal performances. He went for a career-high nine goals in the Tigers' rout of Santa Clara on October 21, the most in a single game at Pacific since at least 1997, and tied for the most on record in MPSF history. Picked ninth in the preseason conference poll, he led Pacific to its second consecutive sixth-place finish at the MPSF Tournament. Through three seasons in Stockton, Erdelyi sits fourth all-time in Pacific history with 191 career goals. Erdelyi, who was also the MPSF Newcomer of the Year in 2010, is the first-ever Tiger player of the year. 222000111222 MMMPPPSSSFFF NNNeeewwwcccooommmeeerrr ooofff ttthhheee YYYeeeaaarrr BRET BONANNI • # 8 • FRESHMAN • DRIVER • STANFORD Stanford freshman driver Bret Bonanni (Huntington Beach, CA/Mater Dei HS) became the program’s fourth MPSF Newcomer of the Year, following Will Hindle-Katel (2005), Drac Wigo (2006) and Alex Bowen (2011), thanks to a rookie campaign in which he scored a team-leading 73 goals and finished second in the conference with 3.17 goals per game. The offensive output was the highest for a Cardinal player since 2004, when Tony Azevedo racked up 80 goals. Bonanni posted 12 hat tricks in 2012, highlighted by a nine-goal performance against Air Force on October 21 (tied for the most on record in single-game conference history) and an eight-goal effort against UC Irvine on October 27. He was twice named MPSF Player of the Week this year, on the 15th and 29th of October. 222000111222 MMMPPPSSSFFF CCCoooaaaccchhh ooofff ttthhheee YYYeeeaaarrr GAVIN ARROYO • HEAD COACH • SEVENTH YEAR • LONG BEACH STATE Long Beach State head coach Gavin Arroyo guided the second-most successful season in program- history this year, with 24 wins and a fifth-place regular season and conference tournament finish (1981, 25- 9, 6-0 PCAA, NCAA Tournament). One signature win of 2012 came on October 27, an upset on the road over then No. 5 California, 11-10. Making its first MPSF Tournament appearance since 2008, Long Beach State took No. 4 seed Stanford to sudden-victory overtime in the opening round, before closing the weekend with two wins. The 49ers had the third-highest scoring average in the conference this year with 13.03 goals per game (417 goals). This is Arroyo’s second coach of the year award (2007). MPSF - 1 AAALLLLLL---MMMPPPSSSFFF FFFIIIRRRSSSTTT---TTTEEEAAAMMM Student-Athlete No. Year Position School Hometown/Last School Balazs Erdelyi 9 Junior Attacker Pacific Eger, Hungary/Janos Secondary Nikola Vavic 3 Junior Driver USC Palos Verdes, CA/Loyola HS Alex Bowen 9 Sophomore Utility Stanford San Diego, CA/Santana HS Kostas Genidounias 10 Sophomore Driver USC Athens, Greece/American Community School James Clark 1 Junior Goalkeeper USC Rozelle, Australia/Newington College Josh Samuels 23 Senior Attacker UCLA Villa Park, CA/Villa Park HS Bret Bonanni 8 Freshman Driver Stanford Huntington Beach, CA/Mater Dei HS Jeremy Davie 2 Junior 2-Meter USC Cronulla, NSW, Australia/Kirrawee HS AAALLLLLL---MMMPPPSSSFFF SSSEEECCCOOONNNDDD---TTEEEAAAMMM Matt Rapacz 1 Senior Goalkeeper UCLA Orange, CA/Villa Park HS Collin Smith 7 Junior Driver California Carlsbad, CA/Carlsbad HS Dan Matulis 10 Junior Center Long Beach State Milford, OH/Milford HS Alex Obert 4 Sophomore Utility Pacific Loomis, CA/Sierra College Aleksa Saponjic 11 Sophomore Attacker California Belgrade, Serbia/IV Gimnazija Marin Balarin 8 Senior 2-Meter Off. California Berkeley, CA/Berkeley HS Paul Reynolds 4 Sophomore Attacker UCLA Santa Ana, CA/Foothill HS Michael Rosenthal 9 Senior Driver USC Miami, FL/Ransom Everglades HS AAALLLLLL---MMMPPPSSSFFF HHHOOONNNOOORRRAAABBBLLLEEE MMMEEENNNTTTIIIOOONNN Mace Rapsey 11 Junior Utility USC Bensville, NSW, Australia/Kincumber HS Aleksandar Petrovic 2 Freshman Defender Pacific Belgrade, Serbia/Ann Arbor Huron HS Forrest Watkins 10 Junior Utility Stanford Seal Beach, CA/Los Alamitos HS Brian Shoemaker 2 Senior Utility UC Santa Barbara Hollywood, FL/Dos Pueblos HS Mitch Wise 5 Junior Driver UC Irvine Beaverton, OR/Southridge HS BJ Churnside 24 Freshman Driver Stanford Orange, CA/Villa Park HS Nolan McConnell 22 Freshman Attacker Long Beach State Laguna Beach/Laguna Beach HS Matt Burton 7 Senior Two-Meter USC Manhattan Beach, CA/Mira Costa HS Alex Malkis 1 Junior Goalkeeper Pacific Yoqneam, Israel/Megiddo Regional HS Stephen Loomis 12 Senior Attacker Pepperdine Moraga, CA/Campolindo HS Nick Rascon 14 Junior Attacker Long Beach State Laguna Hills, CA/El Toro HS Spencer White 3 Senior Attacker Long Beach State Mission Viejo, CA/California Milos Vrzic 11 Sophomore Attacker Long Beach State Belgrade, Serbia/Gym Ruder Boskovic Balint Meszaros 1 Sophomore Goalkeeper Long Beach State Budakala'sz, Hungary/West Valley JC Aimone Barabino 10 Junior Center UCLA Recco, Italy/Scoula d’ Italia MPSF - 2 .

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