SPORTS UPDATE

For Immediate Release: May 1, 2013 Contact: Darren Preston

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222000111333 MMMPPPSSSFFF PPPlllaaayyyeeerrr ooofff ttthhheee YYYeeeaaarrr MONICA VAVIC • #6 • SOPHOMORE • ATTACKER • USC

USC sophomore attacker Monica Vavic (Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA/Palos Verdes HS) owns 71 goals this year entering the NCAA Tournament, ranking fourth in single-season Trojan history. The two-time first-team All-MPSF honoree leads the MPSF in scoring average (2.84 GPG) and was named to the conference all- tournament team following her nine-goal weekend, which included a hat trick in each of the three games en route to a championship. Vavic owns 110 career goals in less than two years, already 18th all-time at USC. She received MPSF Player of the Week honors on Feb. 11 and 18, the only player to go back-to-back this year. This is the ninth MPSF Player of the Year award for USC (’13-Vavic,’10-, ’09-, ’04-,’02 & ’01-Sofia Konouhk, ’00-Aniko Pelle, ’99 & ‘97-Bernice Orwig).

222000111333 MMMPPPSSSFFF NNNeeewwwcccooommmeeerrr ooofff ttthhheee YYYeeeaaarrr • #4 • FRESHMAN • ATTACKER • UCLA

UCLA freshman Rachel Fattal (Seal Beach, CA/Los Alamitos HS) becomes the first Bruin player, from either gender, to be named MPSF Newcomer of the Year. Her 62 goals through the MPSF Tournament is the most amongst all freshmen, and ranks sixth for all players. Fattal is also ninth in MPSF scoring average with 1.94 goals per game. Her most clutch outing was undoubtedly in the conference quarterfinals in Berkeley, April 26, against the host Cal Bears. With the Bruins down 3-0 and their NCAA Tournament chances winding down, Fattal proceeded to score once in the second quarter and twice in the fourth to get the team into the semifinals. She went on to score twice in the third-place win over No. 3 seed Arizona State, perhaps the NCAA at-large deciding game. Fattal was the April 15 MPSF Newcomer of the Week, scoring on 13 of 16 shots in three games. 222000111333 MMMPPPSSSFFF CCCoooaaaccchhh ooofff ttthhheee YYYeeeaaarrr JOVAN VAVIC • HEAD COACH • 19TH YEAR • USC

USC head coach Jovan Vavic earns his fourth women’s MPSF Coach of the Year award (2013, 2010, 2004, 1999), leading the Trojans to a 24-1 record in 2013 and conference championship entering the NCAA Tournament. USC won its third MPSF Championship on April 28 in Berkeley, defeating top-ranked Stanford for the second time this year. Vavic has coached the Women of Troy to fifteen 20-win seasons, while the 24 wins this year is the most since winning the NCAA title in 2010. This year’s USC team carries the MPSF leader in scoring average (Monica Vavic, 2.84 GPG) and the top overall team scoring offense (14.96 GPG). The Trojans placed four players on this year’s all-tournament team, while five are honored as all-conference selections. USC holds a record of 434-132 (.767) with Vavic at the helm of the program.

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Student-Athlete No. Year Position School Hometown/Last School Monica Vavic (POY) 6 Sophomore Attacker USC Rancho Palos Verdes, CA/Palos Verdes HS Alicia Brightwell 3 Senior Attacker Arizona State Sydney, Australia/University of Sydney Anni Espar 3 Freshman Driver USC Barcelona, Spain/IES CAR 9 Freshman Driver Stanford Danville, CA/Monte Vista HS 3 Sophomore Driver Stanford Goleta, CA/Dos Pueblos HS 2 Senior 2M/2MD Stanford Walnut Creek, CA/College Park HS Ao Gao 11 Sophomore Defender Arizona State Beijing, China/Baoding #1 HS Flora Bolonyai 1 Junior Goalkeeper USC Budapest, Hungary/Elte Trefort A'Goston

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Annika Dries 20 Junior Two-Meter Stanford Laguna Beach, CA/Laguna Beach HS Emily Csikos 4 Senior Driver California Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Wood HS Rachel Fattal 4 Freshman Attacker UCLA Seal Beach, CA/Los Alamitos HS Emily Donohoe 24 Sophomore Attacker UCLA Upland, CA/St. Lucy’s HS 15 Junior Two-Meter USC Newport Beach, CA/Newport Harbor HS Timi Molnar 8 Sophomore Two-Meter San Jose State Budapest, Hungary/Vorosmarty Mihaly Shannon Haas 7 Senior Center Arizona State Murrieta, CA/Vista Murrieta HS Sami Hill 1 R-Sophomore Goalkeeper UCLA Santa Barbara, CA/Dos Pueblos HS

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Hannah Buckling 9 Junior 2M Guard USC Sydney, Australia/Sydney University Anna Natalizio 12 Senior Utility San Jose State Irvine, CA/Irvine HS Dana Ochsner 2 Senior Two-Meter California Oceanside, CA/El Camino HS Breda Vosters 8 Senior Driver California Winnepeg, MB, Canada/Grant Park HS Rae Lekness 19 Freshman Two-Meter San Jose State Calgary, Alberta, Canada/National Sport Kaley Dodson 18 Junior Driver Stanford Seal Beach, CA/Los Alamitos HS Samantha Shead 16 Senior Two-Meter CSU Bakersfield Johannesburg, South Africa/Rand Park HS Gigi Naranjo 10 Senior Attacker UCLA Commerce, CA/Whittier HS Kate Baldoni 1 Senior Goalkeeper Stanford Newport Beach, CA/Corona Del Mar HS E.B. Keeve 1 Freshman Goalkeeper Arizona State Naperville, IL/Waubonsie Valley HS

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Rachel Fattal (NOY) 4 Freshman Attacker UCLA Seal Beach, CA/Los Alamitos HS Rae Lekness 19 Freshman Two-Meter San Jose State Calgary, Alberta, Canada/National Sport Maggie Steffens 9 Freshman Driver Stanford Danville, CA/Monte Vista HS Anni Espar 3 Freshman Driver USC Barcelona, Spain/IES CAR Anna Yelizarova 11 Freshman Driver Stanford La Salle, PQ, Canada/Vanier College Hannah Buckling 9 Junior 2M Guard USC Sydney, Australia/Sydney University E.B. Keeve 1 Freshman Goalkeeper Arizona State Naperville, IL/Waubonsie Valley HS

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