2005 CALIFORNIA MEN's WATER POLO FACTS and FIGURES TABLE of CONTENTS Location: Berkeley, CA Facts and Figures, Schedule
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2005 CALIFORNIA MEN'S WATER POLO FACTS AND FIGURES TABLE OF CONTENTS Location: Berkeley, CA Facts and Figures, Schedule ................................................................... 1 Enrollment: 32,000 2005 Season Outlook .......................................................................... 2-3 Founded: 1868 2005 Roster ............................................................................................ 3 Nickname: Golden Bears The Coaching Staff ................................................................................. 4 Colors: Blue and Gold Golden Bear Profiles ......................................................................... 5-11 Conference: Mountain Pacific Sports Federation 2004 Season In Review ........................................................................ 12 Pool: Spieker Aquatics Complex (2,000) 2004 Final Stats, Results ..................................................................... 13 Pool Dimensions: 50-meters by 25 yards 2004 Final MPSF Results & Honors .................................................. 14 Chancellor: Robert J. Birgeneau Year-by-Year Results ........................................................................... 15 Athletic Director: Sandy Barbour California All-Americans/Team Awards ............................................. 16 Head Coach: Kirk Everist Cal Water Polo History ....................................................................... 17 Years at Cal: Fourth season NCAA History .................................................................................... 18 Career Coaching Record: 60-25 (.706) All-Time Lettermen ............................................................................. 19 Associate Head Coach: Boyd Lachance The University of California .......................................................... 20-21 Assistant Coach: Sean Nolan Spieker Aquatics Complex ................................................................... 22 Trainer: Brian Schulman Rules and Regulations/Friends of Cal Aquatics .................................. 23 2004 Record: 20-10 (3-5 MPSF) 2005 MPSF Opponents ...................................................................... 24 Final National Ranking: Sixth Lettermen: Returning - 15; Lost - 5 Assistant Media Relations Director (water polo contact): Scott Ball Cell Phone - (510) 334-0793 MEDIA INFORMATION SID Office Phone: (510) 643-1741 AND CREDITS Fax Number: (510) 643-7778 Everist’s Office Phone: (510) 643-1465 All requests for information regarding the California water polo team should be directed to Scott Ball, Assistant Media Relations BEAR BACKERS SUPPORT YOUR TEAM Director, University of California, 355 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA Bear Backers are loyal Cal alumni and friends who provide financial 94720. 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Please make checks payable to UC Regents. 2005 CAL MEN’S WATER POLO SCHEDULE DATE DAY OPPONENT TIME Sept. 3-4 Sat-Sun at Navy Invitational, Annapolis, MD All Day Sept. 10 Sat at Pacific, Stockton, CA 12 p.m. Sept. 17-18 Sat-Sun at Southern California Open, Irvine, CA All Day Sept. 24 Sat ALUMNI 12:00 p.m. Oct. 1 Sat STANFORD* 1:00 p.m. Oct. 2 Sun UC SANTA CRUZ 10:00 a.m. Oct. 2 Sun SANTA CLARA 1:00 p.m. Oct. 8 Sat at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA* TBA Oct. 15-16 Sat-Sun NORTHERN CALIFORNIA OPEN All Day Oct. 22 Sat UC IRVINE* TBA Oct. 23 Sun at UC Davis, Davis, CA TBA Oct. 27 Thu PACIFIC* 7:00 p.m. Oct. 29 Sat PEPPERDINE 12:00 p.m. Nov. 5 Sat at Pepperdine, Malibu, CA* 12:00 p.m. Nov. 6 Sun at UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA* 12:00 p.m. Nov. 12 Sat USC* 10:00 a.m. Nov. 13 Sun LONG BEACH STATE* 12:00 p.m. Nov. 19 Sat at Stanford, Stanford, CA TBA Nov. 25-27 Fri-Sun at MPSF Championship, Los Angeles, CA All Day Dec. 3-4 Sat-Sun at NCAA Championship, Lewisburg, PA TBA HOME MATCHES AT SPIEKER AQUATICS COMPLEX IN BOLD CAPS ON THE COVER *Denotes Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match The 2005 California men's Schedule subject to change, check the Cal website www.calbears.com water polo team. 2005 CAL MEN’S WATER POLO MEDIA GUIDE 1 2005 SEASON OUTLOOK Junior John Mann earned first-team All- America and All-MPSF honors last season, leading the Bears with 60 goals and averaging 2.00 goals per game. Bears’ leading scorer with 60 goals, notching at least one goal in 26 of the team’s 30 matches. Mann was also first-team All-MPSF, averaging 2.00 goals per game. The 6-5, 225-pounder was the only sophomore named first-team All-American, and headlines Cal’s list of members of the USA Senior National Team. Juniors Andrija Vasiljevic and Marty Matthies return after earning honorable mention All-America accolades last season. Vasiljevic is a left-handed attacker who is one of the Bears’ top offensive threats, scoring 39 goals last year, including two against Stanford in Cal’s Big Splash win, and goals against USC and UC Santa Barbara in the MPSF Tournament. He has netted 75 goals in his career and was selected third-team All- MPSF in 2004. Matthies, a member of the Senior National Team, provides Cal with solid all-around play and is considered one of the team’s top defenders as a center back. GOLDEN BEARS LOOK TO He finished last year with 14 goals, including a key score against Stanford RECLAIM SPOT AMONG in the Big Splash. Senior goalie Nate Bennett, junior attacker Brian Bacharach and NATION’S ELITE IN 2005 junior center Brian Kinsel also return after impressive 2004 campaigns. Could this be the year California recaptures the crown? Team captain Bennett is one of the country’s top goalies and a member The 2005 Golden Bears certainly have one of the more talented squads of the National Team. He was honorable mention All-MPSF after in the program’s history with three returning All-Americans, five players recording 216 saves in 29 matches, including 12 saves in the Big Splash who are members of the USA Senior National Training Team and waves victory over Stanford, and an impressive 27 saves in the MPSF Tournament. of other athletes who are part of Kirk Everist’s and Boyd Lachance’s Team captain Bacharach was the Bears’ second-leading scorer last year outstanding recruiting classes. In other words, Cal water polo is loaded with 48 goals, including notching the matching-winning score in Cal’s upset with talent and depth, and is a strong contender to win the national title. of eventual national champion UCLA during the SoCal Tournament. The “I am very excited about our prospects this year,” said Everist, who is 6-5, 235-pound Kinsel was also honorable mention All-MPSF after in his fourth season leading the Bears. “The competition against the other finishing fourth on the team with 37 goals, including tying Bacharach with schools will be fierce as usual, but if we can play consistent team water a team-high four goals during the MPSF Tournament. polo, I feel we can play with anyone.” Sophomore Michael Sharf and true freshman Shea Buckner are two Cal features an extremely talented group of returnees, highlighted by more forces in the Bears’ arsenal. Sharf, a 6-3, attacker, and Buckner, a 6- 2004 first-team All-American John Mann, who as a sophomore was the 4 center back, are two of the youngest members of the USA National Team. Michael Sharf Adam Haley Brian Kinsel 2 2005 CAL MEN’S WATER POLO MEDIA GUIDE Sharf tallied 22 goals as a freshman, providing the Under National Championship this summer in Bears with outstanding performances against the Davis, Calif. nation’s top teams. He had a team-high three goals Additional depth will be provided by senior in Cal’s upset of UCLA at the SoCal Tournament, captain Tom Kurth, a 6-6, 255-pound center; and notched three goals against USC in the MPSF Trent Calder, a 6-4 redshirt freshman center; Tournament. Buckner is the Bears’ top recruit as Jon Marshall, a 6-0 sophomore attacker and 6- he comes to Cal after being named the 2004 CIF 2 sophomore attacker Jonathan Richina, as Division II Player of the Year and scoring 364 goals well redshirt freshman goalie Marc Vacquier and at Villa Park (Calif.) High School. freshman goalie Nick Sgarlata. This group has Even with the long list of returning standouts, also shown the ability to contribute this season, Everist has several additional talented young stars both offensively and defensively. Kurth, Calder, worth noting – proving the Bears are at least two- Richina, Vacquier and Sgarlata were members of deep in every position. Sophomores Mike Hayes, the Lamorinda Water Polo Club that excelled in Adam Haley, Zac Monsees, Jeff Tyrrell, Kevin the 20-Under National (gold medal) and Senior Platshon and Cameron Jones are all in contention National (bronze medal) competition this past for substantial playing time. Hayes is a strong summer. offensive player who had 13 goals as a freshman, “The team has worked extremely hard this Haley is one of Cal’s top center backs and Monsees Nate Bennett