USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • University of Southern California 2014 Women’s Water Polo USC Sports Information 3501 Watt Way • Heritage Hall 103 • Los Angeles, CA 90089 Phone: (213) 740-8480 • FAX: (213) 740-7584 Water Polo Sports Information Director: Darcy Couch • email: [email protected] Release #7 — March 19, 2014 No. 1 USC Takes On Three Teams In Hawai’i Women of Troy will face Indiana, Long Beach State and host Hawai’i this week in nonconference action. 2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS THIS WEEK @USCWaterPolo Date Opponent Time/Result The top-ranked Trojans have hunkered down in Hawai’i this week for some training time as well as three Triton Invitational official games against nonconference opponents. USC (15-0) holds a 22-game win streak entering the busy Feb. 8 @Sonoma State W 26-2 week, which opens up with a matchup against No. 14 Indiana (11-3) on Friday (March 21) at 7:30 p.m. HT @#16 Cal St. Northridge W 13-0 in Honolulu. The following day (March 22), the Women of Troy line up for a Saturday doubleheader, first Feb. 9 @#10 Arizona State W 10-4 taking on No. 12 Long Beach State at 1:30 p.m. HT before squaring off against No. 11 host Hawai’i at 6 @#5 UC Irvine W 8-3 p.m. HT that evening. Lancer Invitational USC IN THE RANKINGS Feb. 14 ^Fresno Pacific W 26-2 USC opened 2014 ranked No. 1 in both the national and MPSF preseason polls. The Trojans haven’t moved ^Redlands W 24-1 from that top spot in the land as they now enter the ninth week of 2014 competition. Feb. 15 ^#19 Cal Baptist W 19-6 LAST WEEK ^Azusa Pacific W 19-2 USC lit up the Uytengsu Aquatics Center in its first televised game of 2014, spreading the scoring among UCI Invitational seven Women of Troy to overpower visiting No. 4 California 12-7 last week. The Pac-12 Networks were Feb. 22 %Bakersfield W 21-1 there to broadcast the game in the Trojans’ new aquatics venue, and USC put on a strong showing to %#10 Cal State Northridge W 12-5 record its 22nd consecutive win and 15th straight this season. Cal made things interesting out of the gates Feb. 23 %#4 California W 12-7 in snagging the first lead of the game and getting ahead 2-1 after three minutes of play, but the Trojans %#3 UCLA W 7-6 (OT) peppered the Cal cage with four straight goals to tear into the lead by the close of the first frame. Madeline Rosenthal blasted two goals in the surge, with Eike Daube and Ioanna Haralabidis converting on Trojan March 1 at #5 Arizona State * W 15-6 6-on-5 opportunities to lift USC into a 5-2 lead. Daube’s strike off a feed from Kaleigh Gilchrist at the tail March 7 BAKERSFIELD * W 22-7 end of a power play gave USC its first lead of the game at 2:57, and the Women of Troy would stay in con- March 15 #4 CALIFORNIA * (P12) W 12-7 trol the rest of the way. The Bears pulled to within two twice during the second period of play, but USC had March 21 vs. #14 Indiana ~ 7:30 p.m. HT an answer for each Cal effort. Kelly Mendoza blazed in a score off a cross from Monica Vavic to give USC March 22 vs. #12 Long Beach State ~ 1:30 p.m. HT an 8-5 lead that would hold through halftime. The Trojans opened the second half of action with a defen- at #11 Hawai’i 6 p.m. HT sive stand anchored by a stubborn Flora Bolonyai, who hauled in four straight saves for the Trojan cause. March 27 HARTWICK 5 p.m. Mendoza let it rip on a USC 6-on-5 next to pad the lead out to four. Rosenthal gifted the Trojans another March 29 at San Jose State * 12 p.m. power play chance two minutes later, and Stephania Haralabidis continued her scoring tear with a slider March 30 at Stanford * (P12) 5 p.m. that pumped USC up to an 11-5 lead. While the USC defense continued its shutout efforts, Gilchrist would April 6 UC Irvine (P12) 3 p.m. rip off a searing backhand for her second goal of the game at 1:01 to get USC well out of reach of the Bears April 10 Loyola Marymount (P12) 4:30 p.m. in taking an 11-5 advantage into the final frame. Cal managed the first and last goals of the fourth period April 16 UCLA * (P12) 5 p.m. while Vavic hammered home one last power play for the Trojans as the game wrapped with USC holding at 12-7 victory. For her powerful 12-save performance in the cage in the win, USC goalie Flora Bolonyai MPSF Tournament (hosted by USC) earned her second season selection as the MPSF Player of the Week April 25 &TBD TBD April 26 &TBD TBD SCOUTING INDIANA April 27 &TBD TBD The No. 14 Hoosiers are 11-3 overall after falling 11-9 at San Jose State this week. USC is a perfect 7-0 all-time against Indiana. The last meeting between the two teams was in the 2011 season opener at the NCAA Tournament (hosted by USC) Stanford Invitational, where the Trojans beat the Hoosiers 9-1. May 9 $TBD TBD May 10 $TBD TBD SCOUTING LONG BEACH STATE May 11 $TBD TBD The No. 12 49ers enter the week with a 15-6 overall record after beating Bucknell 11-0 last week. LBSU Home games in BOLD CAPS (at Uytengsu Aquatics Center) will face host Hawai’i before taking on the Trojans in Honolulu. Chelsea Parks leads LBSU in scoring with 37 * MPSF game ~ game played in Honolulu goals. Goalie Kelly Ringel averages 7.6 saves and 5.3 goals-against per game. USC is a perfect 35-0 all-time @ Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) against Long Beach State after beating the 49ers 9-1 last season at the Lancer Invitational. ^ Lancer Invitational (hosted by Cal Baptist) % UCI Invitational (hosted by UC Irvine) SCOUTING HAWAI’I & MPSF Tourn. (Uytengsu Aquatic Center) $ NCAA Champs (Uytengsu Aquatic Center) The No. 11 Rainbow Wahine enter the week at 11-5 overall after a 9-6 loss to LMU in their last action. (P-12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks Hawai’i will face Long Beach State and Indiana before taking on the Trojans in Honolulu. Danielle Lewis leads UH in scoring with 36 goals. Goalie Amy Carlson averages 7.7 saves and 7.8 goals-against per game. 2014 Women’s Collegiate Top-10 USC is a 36-3 all-time against Hawai’i with wins in the past 14 meetings. Last season, USC beat Hawai’i 15-7 (Week 8 • March 12) in Honolulu and then 16-9 in the NCAA Semifinals. Rank School Previous Rank Points VICTORS IN IRVINE 1. USC 1 100 USC made a statement with its surge to a second consecutive UCI Invitational title. The Trojans again went 2. UCLA 2 95 big on day one in securing their place in Sunday’s semifinals with two strong wins on Saturday. There, USC 3. Stanford 3 90 topped CSU Bakersfield 21-1 before taking out No. 10 Cal State Northridge 12-5. That put USC in a semi- 4. California 4 85 final bout against No. 4 California, and the Trojans were up to the task. Freshman Stephania Haralabidis 5. Arizona State 5 80 delivered her first four-goal game to lead the Trojans, withEike Daube delivering a fourth-quarter hat trick 6. UC Irvine 6 75 to further charge up USC. The Trojans’ balance kept them out of reach of the Bears, as USC built a 4-1 7. Cal State Northridge 7 68 lead in the first frame and carried a 6-3 advantage into the second half. After an even third period, USC’s 8. Princeton 8 63 lead was still a strong three goals going into the final stanza. There, the Trojans flexed a little more muscle 9. Loyola Marymount 9 61 and plugged in four more goals before the final buzzer sounded on a strong 12-7 win over the Bears. That 10. San Jose State 10 52 moved the Trojans into the title match against an upset-minded UCLA squad that had just served up a big 2014 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo win over No. 2 Stanford. That game opened as a defen- trick against No. 10 Cal State Northridge. sive battle in comparison to the high-scoring affairs the ENCORE PERFORMANCE 2014 AWARDS Women of Troy had been posting on the way in. The Freshman Stephania Haralabidis tallied a first-half hat Bruins registered the first goal of the game and would trick for the Trojans in their MPSF opener, delivering put USC in a 2-0 hole out of the gates before Madeline three goals in USC’s 15-6 win over No. 5 host Arizona MPSF Player of the Week: Rosenthal drew first blood for the Trojans with a score State. For her efforts, Haralabidis picked up back-to- Flora Bolonyai (Feb. 10) from the post during the first frame. The second period back honors as the MPSF Newcomer of the Week, Flora Bolonyai (March 17) would go scoreless until freshman Stephania Haralabi- following up her Feb. 24 pick for her work in helping Eike Daube (Feb. 24) dis leveled the score with a strike 20 seconds before USC to the UCI Invitational championship with another halftime hit. In the third, UCLA took a 3-2 lead, but this selection on March 3. Haralabidis’ three goals against time Ioanna Haralabidis would come through with the Arizona State came in a four-minute span, helping USC MPSF Newcomer of the Week: equalizer for the Trojans, locking it a 3-3 with 3:34 on along to an early 6-2 lead on the Sun Devils. In addition Stephania Haralabidis (Feb. 24) the clock. Colleen O’Donnell bounced USC into the to her three goals on four shots taken, Haralabidis also Stephania Haralabidis (Mar. 3) lead for the first time with a score during the third, and won three sprints, had three steals and served up three she’d pad it out to a 5-3 advantage early in the fourth. assists in the win. Haralabidis now stands as USC’s sec- The Bruins cut it down to 5-4 with 1:37 to go, and UCLA ond leading scorer with 30 goals. She is the only Trojan Career Scoring Leaders would get up on a 6-on-5 in the final minute, convert- to date to have scored at least one goal in every game. ing to lock the game back up 5-5 with just five seconds 1. Aniko Pelle...... 1999-02...... 255 left in regulation. That brought up overtime, where BY THE NUMBERS 2. Sofia Konoukh...... 2001-03...... 224 UCLA scored its third straight to take a 6-5 lead midway Through these first 15 games of 2014, USC is outscor- 3. Moriah Van Norman.... 2003-06...... 215 through the first frame of OT. In the second, the Tro- ing opponents 246-59, leading the MPSF in offense and jans buckled down. Winners of a triple sudden-death defense to date. Junior Monica Vavic is the top scorer 4. Nina Wengst...... 1999-02...... 213 overtime in the 2013 NCAA Championship game, the to date with 40 goals as she has climbed to No. 8 all- 5. Brittany Hayes...... 2004-07...... 209 Women of Troy remained resolute and focused. Just time in career scoring (156 career goals). Next in line 6. Katrin Dierolf...... 2000-03...... 204 42 seconds into the second overtime period, Daube in scoring this year is freshman Stephania Haralabidis 7. Michelle Stein...... 2006-09...... 170 whipped in a crosscage score to pull USC even at 7-7. with 30 goals, followed by Ioanna Haralabidis with 21, It wasn’t long until Daube would deliver again, striking and Eike Daube and Kaleigh Gilchrist with 19 each. Gil- 8. Monica Vavic...... 2012-present.156 a skipper to take a 7-6 advantage that would hold the christ is also on the career climb, ranking No. 15 all-time 9. Kami Craig...... 2006-10...... 152 rest of the way as USC successful fended off the Bruins with 126 career goals. On the defensive end, USC has a 10. Christina McCall...... 1995-97...... 142 to capture the championship. reliable anchor in senior goalie Flora Bolonyai, who is averaging 9.3 saves per game and 4.2 goals-against per Alexandra Kiss...... 2007-10 CARDINAL & GOLD AT THE WHITE HOUSE game in her 13 appearances to date. 12. Erika Figge...... 2004-07...... 137 For the second time in five years, both the USC men’s and women’s water polo programs have made a trip CLIMB ON 13. Joelle Bekhazi...... 2009-11...... 135 to Washington, D.C., to visit the White House as NCAA USC has several Trojans who are on the rise in the career 14. Lauren Wenger...... 2003-06...... 127 Champions. United States President Barack Obama ex- record books. Junior Monica Vavic currently holds 156 15. Kaleigh Gilchrist.... 2011-present.126 tended an invitation to national championship teams career goals to have cracked the all-time top-10. With from around the country for the opportunity to tour four goals vs. Bakersfield on March 7, she took over the the White House and meet the President on March No. 8 spot previously held by two-time Olympian Kami Career Saves Leaders 10. Head coach Jovan Vavic brought his latest crews Craig. Senior Kaleigh Gilchrist, too, is making moves up 1. Bernice Orwig...... 838 of champions, along with his coaching staff and a few the ladder. With 126 career goals, Gilchrist ranks No. 15 2. Flora Bolonyai...... 752 support staff, on the memorable journey. Members of all-time, standing one away from the No. 14 spot held USC’s 2013 women’s team -- which won the NCAA title by another two-time Olympian, Lauren Wenger. Defen- 3. Tumua Anae...... 538 in a sudden-death victory -- and members of the 2013 sively, senior goalie Flora Bolonyai has a chance to take 4. Kelly Graf...... 398 men’s teams -- which won a sixth consecutive title with over as USC’s all-time career saves leader by the end of 5. Whitney Morgan...... 377 an overtime victory -- took the trip to Washington this the year. Bolonyai passed up Tumua Anae last season to week. The last USC teams to make such a visit were the take over at No. 2. Now with 752 career saves to date, er and MPSF Player of the Year last season. That entire Trojans’ 2010 champions. That was the last year that Bolonyai is closing the gap between herself and all-time group gleaned even more key experience in the offsea- the USC men’s and women’s water polo teams went leader Bernice Orwig’s 838 saves as a Trojan. All three son, playing internationally throughout the summer back-to-back with national championships, and the USC goalies hold the distinction of being Olympians, along with several other Trojan teammates. Bolonyai 2010 water polo teams also made that trip to the White with Orwig holding a silver medal with Team USA at the won a bronze medal with Hungary at the 2013 FINA House along with the USC men’s tennis team following 2000 Games and Anae captured gold with the United World Championships. Gilchrist, Mendoza and Vavic, its 2010 title run. States in 2012 in London. Bolonyai also is a 2012 Olym- as well as juniors Colleen O’Donnell and Eike Daube, pian, having played for Hungary in those Games. DOUBLE TROUBLE all spent time with the U.S. National Team. Daube and Following the top-ranked Trojans’ powerful run to the FLORA IN CONTROL Vavic combined forces for gold with the U.S. Junior Na- 2014 UCI Invitational championship last weekend, USC Senior goalie Flora Bolonyai was a wall in the cage for tional Team at the FINA Junior World Championships, made it an MPSF sweep of the weekly awards. Junior the Trojans in their run to capturing the Triton Invita- while Jayde Appel pulled double duty in representing Eike Daube has locked in her first career selection as tional championship and earned her first season honor Australia at both the senior and junior World Champi- the MPSF Player of the Week, and freshman Stepha- of MPSF Player of the Week for her winning efforts. Bol- onships. She’d bring home a World Championship silver nia Haralabidis has hauled in her first collegiate award onyai had 10 saves in a 13-0 group-play win over #16 medal from Barcelona, where Bolonyai picked up her as the MPSF Newcomer of the Week. Daube went big Cal State Northridge -- securing the sixth shutout vic- bronze medal. The international standout list goes on. for the Trojans on the crucial second day of the UCI In- tory in program history -- to advance the Trojans to the Back from training with the German National Team is vitational, delivering a fourth-quarter hat trick to help semifinals. There, Bolonyai pinned up another 10-save junior Jennifer Stiefel, and new to the Trojan roster this lead the Trojans to a 12-7 semifinal win over No. 4 Cal effort in a 10-4 win over No. 10 Arizona State for a ticket season are the powerful sister act from Greece, Ioanna before coming up clutch in the championship game. to the final. In the title match, Bolonyai opened the day and Stephania Haralabidis. Daube scored twice during the second overtime pe- with a save against a UC Irvine 5-meter penalty shot, 2014 TROJANS AT A GLANCE riod to pull USC out of a 6-5 OT hole and secure the and she’d finish with 11 saves in the 8-3 championship USC is coming off a 2013 season in which the Trojans tournament title for the Trojans with a 7-6 comeback win. In all, Bolonyai finished the weekend with 33 saves posted a 27-1 overall record, culminating the season by win against No. 3 UCLA. Her five goals on Sunday paired and seven goals allowed while. On March 17, Bolonyai knocking off defending champ Stanford 10-9 in triple with a goal during group play the previous day to give earned another pick as MPSF Player of the Week after a sudden death overtime for the 2013 NCAA Champion- Daube 16 goals this season - just 12 games into the 12-save outing in a win over Cal. ship at Harvard. En route to winning their fourth nation- year. As a sophomore, Daube scored 23 total goals in all WORLD WARRIORS al championship, the Trojans also won the 2013 MPSF of 2013. Haralabidis was the Trojans’ top scorer at the The 2014 Trojans return five starters from the last na- Tournament championship with a win over the Cardinal UCI Invitational. With 10 goals in the tourney, Haralabi- tional championship team. NCAA Tournament MVP in that title match. This season, USC returns 2013 MPSF dis also was key in propelling USC to its second straight Flora Bolonyai -- an Olympian and a three-time All- Player of the Year and All-American Monica Vavic, who UCI Invitational championship. In the semifinal against American -- is the undeniable backbone of the team poured in 77 goals last year, along with senior All-Amer- No. 4 Cal, Haralabidis set a career high for herself with as the Trojans’ steadfast goalie. She returns as one of icans Flora Bolonyai at goalkeeper, Kaleigh Gilchrist, a four-goal game in the win over the Bears. She added five All-Americans back in the water, joined by fellow Madeline Rosenthal and Kelly Mendoza. Named the her 10th goal of the tourney with an early equalizer senior All-Americans Kaleigh Gilchrist, Kelly Mendoza 2013 National Coach of the Year, USC head coachJovan for the Trojans in their comeback win over No. 3 UCLA and Madeline Rosenthal. Junior Monica Vavic returns Vavic now enters his 20th season at the helm of the in the title match. On the first day of play, Haralabidis as another All-American as well as the Trojans’ top scor- Trojan women’s water polo program. scored twice against CSU Bakersfield and added a hat 2014 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo 2014 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo
2014 USC SCHEDULE/RESULTS (15-0 overall • 3-0 MPSF) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES Triton Invitational Feb. 8 @Sonoma State W 26-2 Vavic 6, O’Donnell 3, S. Haralabidis 3, Stiefel 2, Appel 2, Bolonyai 2, Peterson 2, Gilchrist, Cummins, I. Haralabidis, Hueso 3, Rosenthal, Salamon, Tyler, Stansfield, Lavinsky. Slater 1 @#16 Cal State Northridge W 13-0 Gilchrist 4, Appel 3, Vavic 2, Mendoza, S. Haralabidis, Bolonyai 10 Cummins, Lavinsky. Feb. 9 @#10 Arizona State W 10-4 Daube 3, I. Haralabidis 2, Gilchrist 2, Rosenthal, Bolonyai 10 Appel, S. Haralabidis. @#5 UC Irvine W 8-3 Vavic 3, S. Haralabidis 2, Cummins, Gilchrist, Daube. Bolonyai 11 Lancer Invitational Feb. 14 ^Fresno Pacific W 26-2 Vavic 5, I. Haralabidis 4, Stiefel 4, Rosenthal 3, Bolonyai 8 Stansfield 2, Mendoza, Daube, S. Haralabidis, Tyler, Cummins, Peterson, Myers, Lavinsky. ^Redlands W 24-1 Gilchrist 5, Vavic 4, Daube 3, Stiefel 3, S. Haralabidis 2, Hueso 6, Cummins 2, I. Haralabidis, Tyler, Peterson, Myers, Slater 3 Stansfield. Feb. 15 ^#19 Cal Baptist W 19-6 Vavic 4, I. Haralabidis 3, Appel 3, S. Haralabidis 2, Bolonyai 10 Rosenthal 2, Stansfield 2, O’Donnell, Stiefel, Cummins. ^Azusa Pacific W 19-2 Lavinsky 3, Mendoza 2, Rosenthal 2, Vavic 2, Daube 2, Slater 2, Appel 2, O’Donnell, I. Haralabidis, Stiefel, S. Haralabidis, Hueso 2 Salamon, Peterson. UCI Invitational Feb. 22 %Bakersfield W 21-1 I. Haralabidis 3, S. Haralabidis 2, Vavic 2, Stiefel 2, Bolonyai 8, O’Donnell 2, Rosenthal 2, Cummins 2, Lavinsky, Hueso 1 Stansfield, Gilchrist, Peterson, Tyler, Salamon. %#10 Cal State Northridge W 12-5 S. Haralabidis 3, Rosenthal 3, Mendoza 2, Daube, Bolonyai 12, O’Donnell, Vavic, Gilchrist. Slater 1 Feb. 23 %#4 California W 12-7 S. Haralabidis 4, Daube 3, Vavic 2, O’Donnell, Gilchrist, Bolonyai 7 Mendoza. %#3 UCLA W 7-6 (ot) Daube 2, O’Donnell 2, I. Haralabidis, S. Haralabidis, Bolonyai 10 Rosenthal. March 1 at #5 Arizona State * W 15-6 S. Haralabidis 3, Vavic 3, Stiefel 2, Mendoza 2, Daube, Bolonyai 7 Cummins, Gilchrist, O’Donnell, Appel. March 7 BAKERSFIELD * W 22-7 Vavic 4, S. Haralabidis 3, I. Haralabidis 3, Stansfield 3, Bolonyai 2, Cummins 3, Mendoza 2, Daube, O’Donnell, Hueso 1, Lavinsky, Appel. Slater 0 March 15 #4 CALIFORNIA * (P12) W 12-7 Gilchrist 2, Rosenthal 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Mendoza 2, Bolonyai 12 Vavic 2, Daube, S. Haralabidis. March 21 vs. #14 Indiana ~ 7:30 p.m. HT March 22 vs. #12 Long Beach State ~ 1:30 p.m. HT at #11 Hawai’i 6 p.m. HT March 27 HARTWICK 5 p.m. March 29 at San Jose State * 12 p.m. March 30 at Stanford * (P12) 5 p.m. April 6 UC Irvine (P12) 3 p.m. April 10 Loyola Marymount (P12) 4:30 p.m. April 16 UCLA * (P12) 5 p.m. MPSF Tournament (hosted by USC) April 25 &TBD TBD April 26 &TBD TBD April 27 &TBD TBD NCAA Tournament (hosted by USC) May 9 $TBD TBD May 10 $TBD TBD May 11 $TBD TBD * MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center Player Goals @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego Games Mult-Goal Total Monica Vavic 40 ^ Lancer Tournament — Hosted by Cal Baptist Player Scored in Games Goals Stephania Haralabidis 30 % UCI Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine Stephania Haralabidis 15 9 30 Ioanna Haralabidis 21 & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by USC Monica Vavic 13 12 40 Eike Daube 19 ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by USC Eike Daube 11 5 19 Kaleigh Gilchrist 19 Ioanna Haralabidis 10 6 21 Madeline Rosenthal 17 Goalie Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Kaleigh Gilchrist 10 4 19 Jennifer Stiefel 15 Flora Bolonyai 13 / 47 109 9.3 49 4.2 Madeline Rosenthal 9 6 17 Jayde Appel 13 Alegra Hueso 5 / 8 13 6.5 4 2.0 Colleen O’Donnell 9 3 13 Colleen O’Donnell 13 Melanie Slater 5 / 7 7 4.0 6 2.4 Olivia Cummins 9 3 13 Olivia Cummins 13 Totals 15 games 129 8.6 59 3.9 Kelly Mendoza 8 5 13 Kelly Mendoza 13 Jennifer Stiefel 7 5 15 Nikki Stansfield 10 Goals by Period 1 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. Jayde Appel 7 4 13 Natalie Lavinsky 8 USC 72 67 55 50 0 2 - - 246 16.4 Nikki Stansfield 6 3 10 Avery Peterson 6 Natalie Lavinsky 6 1 8 Mikayla Tyler 4 Opponents 15 11 16 16 1 0 - - 59 3.9 Avery Peterson 5 1 6 Sara Salamon 3 Mikayla Tyler 4 0 4 Emilie Myers 2 Sara Salamon 3 0 3 TOTAL 246 Emilie Myers 2 0 2 USC • 2014 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo
MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS---3/17/14 INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME 1 Dora Antal FR CAL 16 52 3.25 2 Clara Espar Llaquet FR SJSU 26 80 3.08 3 Monica Vavic JR USC 15 40 2.67 4 Rae Lekness SO SJSU 26 68 2.62 5 Alkistis Benekou FR ASU 19 47 2.47 6 Roser Tarrago FR CAL 13 31 2.38 7 Izabella Chiappini FR ASU 19 38 2.00 7 Stephania Haralabidis FR USC 15 30 2.00 7 Emily Donohoe JR UCLA 19 38 2.00 10 Annika Dries SR STAN 14 26 1.86 10 Ashley Grossman JR STAN 14 26 1.86 10 Kiley Neushul JR STAN 14 26 1.86 10 Maggie Steffens SO STAN 14 26 1.86 14 Petra Pardi JR ASU 19 35 1.84 15 Timi Molnar JR SJSU 26 45 1.73 16 Anna Illes FR CAL 19 32 1.68 17 Kristen Jensen FR CSUB 28 45 1.61 18 Anna Yelizarova SO STAN 14 22 1.57 19 Janelle Shelby JR CSUB 28 42 1.50 20 Annie Kertes JR ASU 19 28 1.47 21 Ionna Haralabidis FR USC 15 21 1.40 22 Niki De Leon SO CSUB 28 39 1.39 23 Victoria Smith JR SJSU 26 36 1.38 24 Ao Gao JR ASU 19 26 1.37 24 Becca Dorst SR UCLA 19 26 1.37
GOALKEEPER SAVES *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SAVES/GAME 1 E.B. Keeve FR ASU 16 199 12.44 2 Sami Hill SO UCLA 16.77 167 9.96 3 Courtney Wahlstrom FR CSUB 25 248 9.92 4 Flora Bolonyai SR USC 11.75 109 9.28 5 Gabby Stone SO STAN 9 70 7.78 6 Maddie Reardon JR SJSU 19.8375 148 7.46 7 Madeline Trabucco FR CAL 15.38 109 7.09
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USC 3 0 1.000 2-0 1-0 W3 15 0 1.000 2-0 2-0 11-0 W15 Stanford 1 0 1.000 0-0 1-0 W1 13 1 .929 4-0 5-0 4-1 W4 UCLA 1 0 1.000 1-0 0-0 W1 17 2 .895 5-0 3-1 9-1 W2 California 1 1 .500 1-0 0-1 L1 15 4 .789 4-0 4-1 7-3 W1 Arizona State 1 2 .333 1-1 0-1 W1 13 6 .600 4-1 2-1 7-4 W4 San Jose State 0 2 .000 0-1 0-1 L2 17 9 .654 0-1 3-1 14-7 W4 Bakersfield 0 2 .000 0-0 0-2 L2 12 16 .429 0-0 1-4 11-12 L1
UPCOMING SCHEDULE RECENT RESULTS
Tuesday, Mar. 18 Sunday, Mar. 16 Indiana at SAN JOSE STATE 4 pm San Jose State 17, Wagner 7 (at SDSU) San Jose State 20, Harvard 1 (at SDSU) MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS---3/17/14ARIZONA STATE 20, Whittier1 Friday, Mar. 21 Bakersfield 10, Whittier 8 (at ASU) HarvardINDIVIDUAL at UCLA STATS 7 pm Marist 9, Bakersfield 8 (OT) (at ASU) USCGOALS-AGAINSTGOALS vs. Indiana (at Hawaii) *Must*Must AppearAppear7:30 pm In In 30 50 % % of of Team Team Quarters GamesCalifornia 9, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 5 ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL QUARTERS GA GAA ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME 1SaturFloraday, Bolonyai Mar. 22 SR USC 47 Saturday, Mar.49 15 4.17 1USCDora vs. Long Antal Beach State (at Hawaii) FR 1 pm CAL 16 *# USC 12, California52 7 3.25 22USCSamiClara at HAWAII HillEspar Llaquet JRFR 6 pm UCLASJSU 67.0926 *ARIZONA STATE8180 14, Bakersfield 3 4.833.08 3 Gabby Stone SO STAN 36 San Jose State 6017, Bucknell 4 (at SDSU)6.67 3 Monica Vavic JR USC 15 San Jose State 10,40 Princeton 6 (at SDSU)2.67 44Sunday,E.B.Rae KeeveLekness Mar. 23 SOSO ASUSJSU 6426 ARIZONA STATE11368 16, Occidental 1 7.062.62 *Bakersfield at CALIFORNIA 1 pm 55 MadelineAlkistis Benekou Trabucco FRFR CALASU 61.519 Bakersfield 10,118 Azusa47 Pacific 9 (OT)7.67(at2.47 ASU) 6StanfordMaddie at UC Reardon SAN DIEGO SR 1 pm SJSU 79.75 180 9.03 6 Roser Tarrago FR CAL 13 Friday, Mar. 1431 2.38 7 Courtney Wahlstrom FR CSUB 102.25ARIZONA STATE269 14, Marist 1 10.52 7Monday,Izabella Mar. Chiappini 24 FR ASU 19 38 2.00 Stanford at SAN DIEGO STATE 4 pm Bakersfield 19, Occidental 9 (at ASU) 7 Stephania Haralabidis FR USC 15 30 2.00 7 TEAMEmily Donohoe STATS JR UCLA 19 Sunday, Mar. 389 2.00 Thursday, Mar. 27 *# UCLA 11, Arizona State 7 10*# TEAMAnnikaUCLA at CALIFORNIA DriesGOALS SR 1:30 pm STAN 14 26 1.86 10HartwickAshley at USC GrossmanTEAM GAMESJR 5 pmGOALSSTAN SCORED GOALS/GAME14 Saturday, Mar.26 8 1.86 2014 WOMEN’S Preseason Poll 101 Kiley NeushulUSC 15JR STAN246 14 *CALIFORNIA 12,26 San Jose State 10 1.86 16.40Stanford 18, LMU 4 (at Fresno(Preseason Pacific) • Jan. 15) 102Saturday,Maggie Mar. StanfordSteffens 29 14SO STAN195 13.9314 Stanford 20, FRESNO 26 PACIFIC 4 1.862013 *USC at SAN JOSE STATE 12 pm Rank School Final Rank Points 143 Petra PardiCalifornia 19JR 248ASU 13.0519 35 1.84 CS Northridge at CALIFORNIA 1 pm Friday, Mar.1. 7 USC 1 99 154 TimiSan Molnar Jose State 26JR SJSU331 12.7326 *USC 22, Bakersfield2. 45 Stanford7 1.73 2 96 165Sunday,AnnaArizona IllesMar. 30 State 19FR 237CAL 12.4719 3. 32 UCLA 1.68 3 89 *# USC at STANFORD 5 pm Schedule/Results4t. Arizona Key State 4 81 176 Kristen JensenUCLA 19FR CSUB224 11.7928 4t. 45 California 1.61 5 81 UCLA at HAWAII 5 pm 187 Anna YelizarovaCSUB 28SO STAN250 8.9314 *-MPSF Game6. 22; # UCPac Irvine-12 Networks 1.57 7 76 Home Team7. in CAPSHawaii; All Times Local 6 70 19 Janelle Shelby JR CSUB 28 8t. 42 Princeton 1.50 9 59 20 TEAMAnnie Kertes DEFENSE JR ASU 19 8t. 28 San Jose State 1.47 11 59 21 Ionna Haralabidis FR USC 15 10.21 San Diego State1.40 10 56 TEAM GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME 11. Long Beach State 8 55 221 Niki De LeonUSC 15SO CSUB59 3.9328 12.39 UC San Diego 1.39 12 38 232 Victoria SmithUCLA 19JR SJSU104 26 13.36 Michigan 1.38 13 36 5.47 14. Cal State Northridge14 (T) 32 243 Ao GaoStanford 14JR ASU83 5.9319 15.26 Indiana2014 MPSF Water1.37 Polo • P17age 1 28 244 BeccaArizona Dorst State 19SR UCLA122 6.4219 16.26 Loyola Marymount1.37 14 (T) 26 17. UC Santa Barbara 16 21 5 California 19 132 6.95 18. UC Davis 18 17 6 GOALKEEPERSan Jose State SAVES26 *Must Appear213 In 30 % of8.19 Team Quarters19. Hartwick 19 15 7 CSUB 28 312 20. Pacific 20 11 ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES11.14 SAVESRV Iona SAVES/GAMERV 9 1 E.B. Keeve FR ASU 16 199 12.44 2 Sami Hill SO UCLA2014 MPSF16.77 COACHES167 PRESEA9.96SON POLL 3 Courtney Wahlstrom FR CSUB 25 2482013 20139.92 2013 MPSF 4 Flora Bolonyai SR RankUSC Team Points11.75 (1st-Place) Overall109 MPSF Record9.28 Finish 5 Gabby Stone SO 1.STAN ^$USC 934 (4) 7027-1 5-17.78 #2 6 Maddie Reardon JR 2.SJSU Stanford 19.837533 (3) 14829-3 6-0 #1 3. UCLA 26 28-7 3-37.46 #4 7 Madeline Trabucco FR 4.CAL California 15.3820 10917-7 2-47.09 #5 5. Arizona State 16 26-7 4-2 #3 6. San Jose State 12 12-12 1-5 #6 7. Bakersfield 6 12-24 0-6 #7 ^ 2013 MPSF Tournament Champion $ 2013 NCAA Champion 20102014 University Universi Tyof o Southernf SouThern California California Men’s WOM enWater’s WaT Poloer Polo
2014 USC Women’s Water Polo Roster # NAME HT. POS. YR. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) 1 Flora Bolonyai 5-‐11 Goalie SR Budapest, Hungary (Elte Trefort Agoston HS) 1 Alegra Hueso 5-‐9 Goalie SO Pasadena, Calif. (Pasadena HS) 1 Melanie Slater 5-‐7 Goalie FR Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) 1 Katie Murphy 5-‐8 Goalie SO Chicago, Ill. (St. Ignatius Prep) 2 Colleen O’Donnell 5-‐10 2-‐Meter SR Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) 3 Ioanna Haralabidis 5-‐11 Driver FR Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) 4 Kelly Mendoza 5-‐9 Driver SR Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista HS/California) 5 Madeline Rosenthal 5-‐11 2-‐Meter SR Miami, Fla. (Ransom Everglades HS) 6 Monica Vavic 5-‐8 Driver JR Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) 7 Eike Daube 5-‐11 2-‐Meter JR Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) 8 Jayde Appel 6-‐2 2-‐Meter SO Sydney, NSW, Australia (Meridan) 9 Jennifer Stiefel 5-‐8 Driver SR Esslingen, Germany (San Clemente HS) 10 Stephania Haralabidis 5-‐11 Driver FR Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) 11 Mikayla Tyler 5-‐6 2-‐Meter FR Corona, Calif. (Santiago HS) 12 Sara Salamon 5-‐6 Driver JR Riverside, Calif. (Riverside Poly HS) 13 Olivia Cummins 5-‐8 Driver SR Tustin, Calif. (Foothill HS/UC Irvine) 14 Avery Peterson 5-‐11 2-‐Meter FR Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) 15 Kaleigh Gilchrist 5-‐9 2-‐Meter SR Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) 16 Ellie D’Ambra 5-‐5 Driver FR Rolling Hills, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) 17 Courtney Walters 5-‐9 2-‐Meter SO Camarillo, Calif. (Rio Mesa HS) 18 Emilie Myers 5-‐8 Driver SO Las Vegas, Nev. (Cathedral Catholic HS) 19 Nikki Stansfield 5-‐11 2-‐Meter FR Fullerton, Calif. (Foothill HS) 20 Natalie Lavinsky 5-‐8 Driver SO Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) 21 Nicola Welch 5-‐8 Driver SO Westmoorings, Trinidad (St. Joseph’s Convent Port-‐of-‐Spain) 22 Michelle Mercado 5-‐8 Driver JR Santa Clarita, Calif. (Notre Dame HS) 23 Lauren Esrig 5-‐7 Driver FR Eugene, Ore. (South Eugene HS) RS Maddie Schrager 5-‐3 Driver FR Mammoth Lakes, Calif. (Cate School)
Head coach: Jovan Vavic Associate head : coach Marko Pintaric Assistant coaches: Casey Moon, Stefan Luedecke PRONUNCIATIONS #1 Flora Bolonyai BO-‐lone-‐YAI-‐ee #3 Ioanna Haralabidis yo-‐AH-‐nah harr-‐all-‐ah-‐BEE-‐dis #6 Monica Vavic VAH-‐vitch #7 Eike Daube EYE-‐kah doe-‐BAY #8 Jayde Appel JADE ah-‐PELL #10 Stephania Haralabidis steff-‐ah-‐NEE-‐ah harr-‐all-‐ah-‐BEE-‐dis #15 Kaleigh Gilchrist KAY-‐lee GILL-‐krist Jovan Vavic YO-‐von -‐ VAH vitch