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RESULTS WHAT’S AHEAD?: The Stanford women’s water polo team opens up its regular season this weekend at overall ...... 0-0 the LouStrong Memorial hosted by San Jose State at The Aquatics Center. The Cardinal will play Friday MPSF ...... 0-0 exhibitions against the People’s Republic of China (9 a.m.) and Brazil (1 p.m.). It will be a rematch of sorts home ...... 0-0 with the Chinese, who were on campus for a training session at Avery Aquatic Center on Wednesday, Jan. away ...... 0-0 neutral ...... 0-0 7. On Saturday, Stanford’s 2015 campaign gets underway with contests against Pacific (9:20 a.m.) and Cal State Monterey Bay (1:20 p.m.). SCHEDULE The tournament is named in honor of Lou Tully, San Jose State’s women’s wa- January LOUSTRONG MEMORIAL: LouStrong Memorial (San Jose, Calif.) ter head coach from 1996 through 2013. Mr. Tully died in December 2013 at age 70 due to complications 16 People’s Republic of China (Ex.)...... 9 a.m. from cancer treatment. There is no admission charge and paid parking is available two blocks away at the 16 Brazil (Ex.)...... 1 p.m. University’s Seventh Street garage. 17 vs. Pacific...... 9:20 a.m. 17 vs. Cal State Monterey Bay...... 1:20 p.m. LOOKING BACK TO 2014: Stanford women’s water polo captured its third NCAA title in four years and fourth overall with a 9-5 victory over UCLA Sunday at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center in Los Angeles on May Stanford Invitational (Stanford, Calif.) 11, 2014. The Cardinal (25-1) finished the contest with a 7-0 run over the final 16:19 to overcome a 5-2 defi- 31 UC Davis...... 9:10 a.m. cit. The NCAA title was also the 105th won by a Stanford team, and extended the school’s national-best 31 UC Irvine...... 3:45 p.m. streak of years with at least one NCAA title to 38, dating back to 1976-77. February Stanford Invitational (Stanford, Calif.) WHAT’S IN STORE: Stanford enters the 2015 season in search of its fourth national championship in the 1 San Jose State...... 8 a.m. past five seasons and has the pieces in place to accomplish the feat. Gone is Peter J. Cutino Award win- 1 TBD...... TBD ner and her 48 goals, but the Cardinal returns four of its top five scorers, including the po- tent 1-2 punch of senior and junior . Both were 2014 ACWPC First Team FPU Mini Tournament (Fresno, Calif.) All-Americans and the duo combined for 102 goals a season ago. ’s 45 goals and Anna 14 at Fresno Pacific...... 1 p.m. 14 vs. San Diego State...... 3:30 p.m. Yelizarova’s 38 are also back for Stanford, along with Gabby Stone and her 5.91 goals-against average in the cage. Grossman and Stone, along with sophomore Jamie Neushul (20 goals) were 2014 ACWPC All- UCI Invitational (Irvine, Calif.) America Honorable Mention selections. 21 TBD...... TBD 21 TBD...... TBD APPROACHING MARKS: Stanford boasts three 100-goal scorers in Kiley Neushul (159), Ashley Grossman 22 TBD...... TBD (115) and Maggie Steffens (111) and has a fourth not far behind in Anna Yelizarova (84). Neushul is cur- 22 TBD...... TBD rently ninth in Cardinal history in career goals scored. She’s averaged 53 per season in her three years on The Farm and has never scored less than 50 in a season. Reaching that mark again this year will make her 26 Santa Clara...... 5 p.m. the fourth Stanford women’s water polo player to tally 200 career goals along with 26 Sonoma State...... 6:30 p.m. (239), Lauren Silver (239) and Ellen Estes (214). March 7 at USC *...... 1 p.m. 8 at Loyola Marymount...... noon 20 Harvard...... 7 p.m. HC JOHN TANNER NATIONAL POLL (2014 FINAL) 28 at Arizona State *...... TBD Year Record NCAA Rank School Previous Points 29 UC Davis...... 1 p.m. 1998 29-6 Third 1 Stanford 1 100 1999 25-6 Second 2 UCLA 2 95 April 2000 28-5 Third 3 USC 4 (T) 90 4 San Jose State *...... 1 p.m. 2001 27-1 Second 4 California 3 86 11 UCLA *...... 1 p.m. 2002 23-2 CHAMPIONS 5 Arizona State 4 (T) 80 12 CSU Bakersfield *...... noon 2003 21-3 Second 6 UC Irvine 6 72 16 at California *...... 6 p.m. 2004 19-5 Third 7 San Jose State 7 70 2005 21-7 Second 8 Indiana 8 65 MPSF Tournament (Tempe, Ariz.) 2006 24-5 Third 9 CSU Northridge 9 59 24 TBD...... TBD 2007 27-3 Second 10 (T) Hawaii 10 50 25 TBD...... TBD 2008 27-5 Third 10 (T) Princeton 11 50 26 TBD...... TBD 2009 26-4 Third 12 UCSD 12 46 2010 26-3 Second 13 Long Beach State 13 44 May 2011 28-1 CHAMPIONS 14 UCSB 15 33 NCAA Championships (Stanford, Calif.) 2012 26-2 CHAMPIONS 15 Loyola Marymount 14 31 8 TBD...... TBD 2013 29-3 Second 16 Michigan 16 24 9 TBD...... TBD 2014 25-1 CHAMPIONS 17 San Diego State 17 18 10 TBD...... TBD Overall 431-62 .874 18 Hartwick College 19 15 19 UC Davis 18 14 * – MPSF game; All times Pacific and subject to change; Home 20 Santa Clara 20 9 games in Bold; P12N - Game televised on Pac-12 Networks 2015 Stanford Women’s Water Polo #GoStanford

STANFORD QUICK FACTS ONE OF THE BEST: Stanford currently owns a 495-81 overall record since the program’s inception in 1996 Location...... Stanford, Calif. and will clear the 500-win barrier this season. Stanford, which is 108-7 during its recent run of national Founded...... 1891 championships, has won at least 25 games each of the last eight seasons and has finished among the Enrollment...... 15,877 (6,980 undergraduate) nation’s top three each and every season under John Tanner. The team is the only one that has made the Colors...... Cardinal and White NCAA’s every year since 2001. Affiliation...... NCAA Division I Conference...... Pac-12 Conference MPSF PICK: Stanford collected the maximum possible 36 points and six first-place votes to top the 2015 President...... John Hennessy MPSF Women’s Water Polo Coaches’ Poll. UCLA was tabbed second with 31 points and secured the only Athletic Director...... Bernard Muir other first-place vote while USC garnered 26 points and was selected third. California, Arizona State, San Soccer Administrator...... Earl Koberlein Jose State and CSU Bakersfield rounded out the preseason picks. The Cardinal, which finished 25-1 overall Athletic Department Phone...... (650) 723-4591 last season and 6-0 in league play, has not lost an MPSF game since 2009, a stretch of 33 straight regular- Ticket Office Phone...... (800) STANFORD season conference outings. Home Pool...... Avery Aquatic Center. Capacity...... 2,530 BEST IN THE WORLD: In early December, junior Maggie Steffens was named the FINA Women’s Water Polo Athlete of the Year for the second time. The American beat out five other finalists in (USA), Maica COACHING STAFF Garcia (ESP), Giulia Gorlero (ITA), Rita Keszthelyi (HUN), and Rowie Webster (AUS). Awarded by the Fédéra- Head Coach...... John Tanner (18th season) tion Internationale de Natation (FINA) and FINA Aquatics World Magazine, voting is carried out by FINA Alma Mater...... Stanford ‘82 member federations and everyone who holds a FINA position. The science, technology and society major Record at Stanford...... 431-62 delivered 12 goals helping Team USA earn a second consecutive FINA World Cup crown in 2014. She was Career Record...... same second on the team in scoring with 11 goals in a gold medal effort at the 2014 FINA World League Super Assistant Coach...... Susan Ortwein (18th season) Final. Steffens is the first female two-time winner of the award, which was inaugurated in 2010. She was Alma Mater...... UC Santa Barbara ‘90 also named the FINA Women’s Water Polo Athlete of the Year in 2012 before making her collegiate debut Assistant Coach...... Kyle Utsumi (eighth season) with the Cardinal. Alma Mater...... Stanford ‘95 IN THE POLLS: The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) will release the National Top 20, Division III TEAM INFORMATION Top 10, CWPA Top 10 and CWPA Division III Top Five Preseason Polls on Friday, January 16. 2014 Overall Record...... 25-1 Home...... 6-0 PLAYING HOST: For the third time, Stanford will host the National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Champi- onships from May 8-10, 2015 at Avery Aquatic Center. The Cardinal also hosted in 2004 when USC claimed Away...... 10-0 the title and 2008 when UCLA took home the crown. Stanford will be looking to break a streak that has yet Neutral...... 9-1 to see a host win the NCAA Championship since the tournament began in 2001. 2014 MPSF Record...... 6-0 (1st) Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 13/7 Newcomers...... 5

WOMEN’S WATER POLO HISTORY First Year...... 1996 All-Time Record...... 495-81 (.859) NCAA Tournament Appearances...... 14 2015 STANFORD ROSTER NCAA Championships...... 4 NO. NAME POSITION HT. YR. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) (2002, 2011, 2012, 2014) 1 Emily Dorst GK 5-11 Sr. Menlo Park, Calif. (Menlo-Atherton) 1 Julia Hermann GK 5-9 So. Solana Beach, Calif. (Torrey Pines) ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 1 Gabby Stone GK 6-0 Jr. La Jolla, Calif. (The Bishop’s School) Senior Assistant Athletic Director...Kurt Svoboda. 2 Dani Jackovich 2M 6-0 So. New Lenox, Ill. (Lincoln-Way Central) Phone...... (650) 223-5809 3 Lauren Norheim 2MD 6-0 Fr. Mission Viejo, Calif. (El Toro) E-Mail...... [email protected] 4 Katie Dudley 2M 6-1 Fr. Okemos, Mich. (Okemos) Assistant Director/Water Polo...... John Cantalupi. 5 Gurpreet Sohi Driver 5-6 Jr. Delta, British Columbia (Seaquam Secondary School) Cell Phone...... (650) 924-8304 6 Ashley Grossman 2M 5-11 Sr. Santa Monica, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake) E-Mail...... [email protected] 7 Jordan Raney 2MD 5-10 Fr. Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa) Website...... www.gostanford.com 8 Jamie Neushul Driver 5-7 So. Goleta, Calif. (Dos Pueblos) SID Office Address 641 E. Campus Drive. 9 Maggie Steffens Driver 5-9 Jr. Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista) Stanford, CA 94305 10 Kiley Neushul Driver 5-8 Sr. Goleta, Calif. (Dos Pueblos) 11 Anna Yelizarova 2MD 5-10 Jr. La Salle, Quebec (Vanier College) 12 Shannon Cleary Driver 6-0 Fr. Goleta, Calif. (Dos Pueblos) 14 Cassidy Papa Driver 5-8 So. Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar) 15 Sophia Monaghan 2MD 5-9 So. Princeton, N.J. (The Lawrenceville School) 16 Rachel Johnson Driver 5-6 Jr. Davis, Calif. (Davis) 18 Natalie Chun Driver 5-11 Fr. La Jolla, Calif. (The Bishop’s School)

Jessica Webster Driver 5-10 So. La Jolla, Calif. (The Bishop’s School)

Head Coach: John Tanner (Stanford ’82), 18th year Assistant Coach: Susan Ortwein (UC Santa Barbara ‘90), 18th year Volunteer Assistant Coach: Kyle Utsumi (Stanford ’95), eighth year 2015 Stanford Women’s Water Polo #GoStanford

2015 STANFORD STATISTICS RECORD: 0-0, MPSF: 0-0, HOME: 0-0, ROAD: 0-0, NEUTRAL: 0-0 Date Opponent W/L Score Overall MPSF Stanford Scorers Saves Jan. 17 vs. Pacific 1 Jan. 17 vs. CSU Monterey Bay 1 Jan. 31 UC Davis 2 Jan. 31 UC Irvine 2 Feb. 1 San Jose State 2 Feb. 1 TBD 2 Feb. 14 at Fresno Pacific 3 Feb. 14 vs. San Diego State 3 Feb. 21 UCI Invitational 4 Feb. 21 UCI Invitational 4 Feb. 22 UCI Invitational 4 Feb. 22 UCI Invitational 4 Feb. 26 Santa Clara Feb. 26 Sonoma State Mar. 7 at USC * Mar. 8 at Loyola Marymount Mar. 20 Harvard Mar. 28 at Arizona State * Mar. 29 UC Davis Apr. 4 San Jose State * Apr. 11 UCLA * Apr. 12 CSU Bakersfield * Apr. 16 at California * Nov. 21 MPSF 5 Nov. 22 MPSF 5 Nov. 23 MPSF 5 Dec. 6 NCAA 6 Dec. 7 NCAA 6 Dec. 8 NCAA 6 Key: 1 - LouStrong Memorial (hosted by San Jose State); 2 - Stanford Invitational (hosted by Stanford); 3 - FPU Mini Tournament (hosted by Fresno Pacific); 4 - UCI Invitational (hosted by UC Irvine); 5 - MPSF Tournament (hosted by Arizona State); 6 - NCAA Tournament (hosted by Stanford); * MPSF contest 2015 Stanford Women’s Water Polo #GoStanford

INDIVIDUAL SCORING Player Goals Player Goals Player Goals Natalie Chun - Sophia Monaghan - Gurpreet Sohi - Shannon Cleary - Jamie Neushul - Maggie Steffens - Katie Dudley - Kiley Neushul - Anna Yelizarova - Ashley Grossman - Lauren Norheim - TOTALS - Dani Jackovich - Cassidy Papa - Rachel Johnson - Jordan Raney - GOALKEEPER TOTALS Name Saves Games Saves/Game Quarters Played Goals Against GAA * Gabby Stone ------Emily Dorst ------Julia Hermann ------TOTALS ------* To calculate goals against average, divide the goals allowed by the number of quarters played, take that figure and multiply by four (GAA = [GA/QP] x 4) SCORE BY QUARTER MULTI-GOAL GAMES 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL Name Games Scored In Multi-Goal Games Goals Stanford ------Natalie Chun - - - Opponents ------Shannon Cleary - - - Katie Dudley - - - SEASON HIGHS Ashley Grossman - - - No. Name Goals Date Dani Jackovich - - - 2 Dani Jackovich - - Rachel Johnson - - - 3 Lauren Norheim - - Sophia Monaghan - - - 4 Katie Dudley - - Jamie Neushul - - - 5 Gurpreet Sohi - - Kiley Neushul - - - 6 Ashley Grossman - - Lauren Norheim - - - 7 Jordan Raney - - Cassidy Papa - - - 8 Jamie Neushul - - Jordan Raney - - - 9 Maggie Steffens - - Gurpreet Sohi - - - 10 Kiley Neushul - - Maggie Steffens - - - 11 Anna Yelizarova - - Anna Yelizarova - - - 12 Shannon Cleary - - 14 Cassidy Papa - - 15 Sophia Monaghan - - ALL-TIME RECORDS 16 Rachel Johnson - - Career Goals 18 Natalie Chun - - 1. Melissa Seidemann (2009-11, 13) 239 1. Lauren Silver (2006-09) 239 Goalkeeper Saves Date 3. Ellen Estes (1997-98, 2001-02) 214 1 Gabby Stone - - 4. Margie Dingeldein (1999-2002) 187 1A Emily Dorst - - 5. Annika Dries (2010-11, 13-14) 183 1B Julia Hermann - - 6. Katie Hansen (2004-07) 178 7. (2001-03) 173 ACTIVE LEADERS 8. Kelly Eaton (2007-10) 171 Goals 9. Kiley Neushul (2012-pres.) 159 1. Kiley Neushul (2012-pres.) 159 10. Julie Gardner (2000-03) 140 2. Ashley Grossman (2012-pres.) 115 3. Maggie Steffens (2013-pres.) 111 Single-Season Goals 4. Anna Yelizarova (2013-pres.) 84 1. Ellen Estes (1998) 93 5. Gurpreet Sohi (2013-pres.) 23 2. Melissa Seidemann (2013) 75 6. Jamie Neushul (2014-pres.) 20 3. Lauren Silver (2008) 71 7. Dani Jackovich (2014-pres.) 17 4. Annika Dries (2011) 65 8. Sophia Monaghan (2014-pres.) 6 5. Katie Hansen (2007) 64 9. Rachel Johnson (2013-pres.) 5 5. Lauren Silver (2007) 64 10. Cassidy Papa (2014-pres.) 3 7. Suze Gardner (1997) 63 8. Maggie Steffens (2013) 60 Saves 8. Brenda Villa (2002) 60 1. Gabby Stone (2013-pres.) 227 10. Margie Dingeldein (2000) 59 2. Emily Dorst (2012-pres.) 113 10. Melissa Seidemann (2009) 59 3. Julia Hermann (2014-pres.) 12 2015 Stanford Women’s Water Polo #GoStanford

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS SCORING SAVES 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 18 1 1A 1B DATE OPPONENT DJ LN KD GS AG JR JN MS KN AY SC CP SM RJ NC TOTAL GS ED JH TOTAL 1/17 vs. Pacific

1/17 vs. CSU Monterey Bay

1/31 UC Davis

1/31 UC Irvine

2/1 San Jose State

2/1 TBD

2/14 at Fresno Pacific

2/14 vs. San Diego State

2/21 UCI Invitational

2/21 UCI Invitational

2/22 UCI Invitational

2/22 UCI Invitational

2/26 Santa Clara

2/26 Sonoma State

3/7 at USC *

3/8 at Loyola Marymount

3/20 Harvard

3/28 at Arizona State *

3/29 UC Davis

4/4 San Jose State *

4/11 UCLA *

4/12 CSU Bakersfield *

4/16 at California *

4/24 MPSF

4/25 MPSF

4/26 MPSF

5/8 NCAA

5/9 NCAA

5/10 NCAA

TOTALS 2015 Stanford Women’s Water Polo #GoStanford

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#14 • CASSIDY PAPA #15 • SOPHIA MONAGHAN #16 • RACHEL JOHNSON #18 • NATALIE CHUN JESSICA WEBSTER DRIVER • 5-8 • SO 2MD • 5-9 • SO DRIVER • 5-6 • JR DRIVER • 5-11 • FR DRIVER • 5-10 • SO NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. PRINCETON, N.J. DAVIS, CALIF. LA JOLLA, CALIF. LA JOLLA, CALIF. CORONA DEL MAR THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL DAVIS THE BISHOP’S SCHOOL THE BISHOP’S SCHOOL