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Stanford Athletic Communications John Cantalupi • Assistant Director stanford Cell: 650.924.8304 WATER POLO [email protected] LouStrong Memorial • January 16-17 • San Jose, Calif. 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 Annika Dries and her 48 goals, but the Cardinal returns four of its top five scorers, including the po- tent 1-2 punch of senior Kiley Neushul and junior Maggie Steffens. Both were 2014 ACWPC First Team FPU Mini Tournament (Fresno, Calif.) All-Americans and the duo combined for 102 goals a season ago. Ashley Grossman’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 Melissa Seidemann 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 Kami Craig (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