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Release #11 — Nov. 14, 2012 Undefeated USC Hosts Crosstown Splashdown The nation’s top two teams tangle on TV as No. 1 USC faces No. 2 UCLA on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
THIS WEEK @USCWaterPolo 2012 SCHEDULE/RESULTS For the USC men’s water polo team, Saturday’s clash with crosstown rival UCLA is about more than brag- Date Opponent Time/Result ging rights. More is at stake, even, than keeping the Trojans’ undefeated 2012 record intact. No, Saturday’s UCLA Invitational prize is the top seed in the coming MPSF Tournament. A win would secure it for the top-ranked Trojans, Sept. 1 &La Verne W 24-3 and a win here could well be the key to securing a spot at the NCAA Championships, where USC aims to &Pomona-Pitzer W 20-3 pursue a fifth straight national championship. Now, USC (23-0, 7-0 MPSF) plays host to rival No. 2 UCLA Sept. 2 &Chapman W 21-4 (24-2, 6-0) at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday (Nov. 17) at McDonald’s Swim Stadium for the Trojans’ regular-season Sept. 8 #17 CAL BAPTIST W 13-4 finale. The match will be televised by Pac-12 Networks with Chris Dorst and Jim Watson on the call. NorCal Tournament (hosted by Stanford) RANKINGS Sept. 15 ^Pomona-Pitzer W 22-1 USC opened 2012 as the No. 1 team in the land -- deference to the Trojans’ historic four straight NCAA titles ^#8 Pepperdine W 9-4 -- and remains there as teams enter the 12th week of 2012 competition. UCLA is ranked No. 2 this week. Sept. 16 ^#4 Stanford W 10-9 (OT) HOME WATERS ^#2 UCLA W 7-6 The Trojans have the chance to put on a true championship show for its USC fan base this year, as both Sept. 23 #4 CALIFORNIA * (ESPNU) W 7-6 the 2012 MPSF Tournament and the 2012 NCAA Championships will be held on the USC campus. McDon- Sept. 28 #16 PRINCETON W 22-5 ald’s Swim Stadium — which is due to begin transformation into the Uytengsu Aquatics Center as soon as SoCal Tournament (hosted by UC Santa Barbara) the national championship trophy is hoisted in the air— will be the site of both postseason tournaments Sept. 29 %#19 St. Francis W 15-4 in 2012. Tickets are on sale for both events now. Visit http://www.usctrojans.com/tickets/champ-and- %#8 Pacific W 9-4 postseason.html to join the fun to come! Sept. 30 %#5 UC Irvine W 10-5 SCOUTING UCLA %#6 UC Santa Barbara W 14-5 The Bruins are 24-2 overall and 6-0 in MPSF play with two games left in their regular season — USC on Oct. 6 at #5 Stanford * (P12) W 9-6 Saturday and UC Irvine on Sunday. Aside from a 7-6 loss to USC on Sept. 16, UCLA’s only other loss to Oct. 13 at #9 Loyola Marymount W 13-6 date was an 11-10 upset by UC Santa Barbara. Josh Samuels is UCLA’s top scorer with 2.4 goals per game. Oct. 19 at #10 Long Beach State * W 13-7 Goalie Matt Rapacz is averaging 9.2 saves and 6.1 goals-against per game. USC is 61-45-1 all-time against Oct. 25 at #8 UC Irvine * W 18-7 UCLA with wins in the past two meetings. The Trojans beat the Bruins 7-6 earlier this year in the NorCal Oct. 27 #7 PACIFIC * W 16-6 Tournament championship game. Before that, USC had beaten UCLA 7-4 in the 2011 NCAA Champion- CAL LUTHERAN W 21-9 ship match. The Bruins’ last win was a 10-9 sudden-victory win over the Trojans in the 2011 MPSF Tourna- ment title match at UCLA. Nov. 3 #5 UC SANTA BARBARA * W 12-7 Nov. 10 CONCORDIA W 19-4 LAST WEEK Nov. 11 at #4 Pepperdine * W 16-5 USC stretched its undefeated 2012 record out to 23-0 with one nonconference and one MPSF win last Nov. 17 #2 UCLA * (P12) 4:30 p.m. week. In a 19-4 win over Concordia, junior Nikola Vavic scored nine goals — the most by a Trojan in a single game on record. Ely Bonilla manned the cage for that victory and made eight saves to back up the MPSF Tournament (McDonald’s Swim Stadium) stingy USC defense. The next day, the Trojans took a trip to Malibu to face No. 4 Pepperdine. USC shut Nov. 23 $TBD TBD out the Waves in the first half of play while building up a 10-0 halftime lead on the way to a final victory Nov. 24 $TBD TBD of 16-5. James Clark was the man capped up in goal for that one, also hauling in eight saves. After hig big Nov. 25 $TBD TBD day against Concordia, Vavic kept clicking and slipped in a hat trick against Pepperdine, matched by three NCAA Tournament (McDonald’s Swim Stadium) apiece from teammates Kostas Genidounias and Michael Rosenthal. With the 12-goal weekend, Vavic Dec. 1 !TBD TBD leaped up the USC all-time ladders. He’s now at No. 5 all-time in career scoring with 162 goals, thanks to Dec. 2 !TBD TBD this season’s 72 goals and counting, good for the No. 4 slot all-time in single-season scoring. KINGS OF SOCAL Home games in BOLD CAPS (at McDonald’s Swim Stadium) * MPSF game USC was wholly dominant at the 2012 SoCal Tournament, while the nation’s other top-ranked teams fal- & UCLA Invitational (Westwood, Calif.) tered. The top seed in the tourney, Trojans opened with a 15-4 win over St. Francis before posting a 9-4 win ^ NorCal Tourn. (hosted by Stanford) over Pacific during group play. That put USC in the semifinals, where the Trojans faced No. 5 UC Irvine after % SoCal Tourn. (hosted by UC Santa Barbara) $ MPSF Tourn. (hosted by USC) (ESPNU) = televised by ESPNU the Anteaters had upset No. 4 California in their group match. The Trojans dispatched UC Irvine with a 10-5 ! NCAA Champs (hosted by USC) (P12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks win to take a spot in the title match. That’s where USC squared off against tournament host UC Santa Bar- bara, which had dealt out back-to-back upsets in beating No. 3 Stanford in group play and then topping No. 2012 Men’s Collegiate Top-10 2 UCLA in the semifinals. The Trojans refused to be a third upset for the Gauchos, as Nikola Vavic plugged (Nov. 14) in the first three goals of the game for USC on his way to a career-high six as USC pounded UCSB 14-5 to Rank School Previous Rank Points with the championship. It was USC’s ninth SoCal Tournament title in the past decade. Vavic was USC’s top 1. USC 1 100 scorer in the tournament with 14 goals, followed closely by Kostas Genidounias with 11. Goalies James 2. UCLA 2 95 Clark and Ely Bonilla shared time in the cage. Clark accumulated 15 saves with eight goals against in seven 3. Stanford 3 90 periods of work, and Bonilla gathered 29 saves and allowed 10 goals in nine periods between the pipes. 4. California 4t 85 THAT’S THREE 5. Pacific 7 81 In the Trojans’ fifth major tournament appearance in Northern California, USC brought home yet another 6. Long Beach State 8 73 title in rolling up its third straight NorCal Tournament championship at Stanford. The three NorCal crowns 7. UC Santa Barbara 4t 70 go along with the Trojans’ two latest NCAA Championships also won up north in the past two years. For 8. Pepperdine 4t 69 this 2012 edition of the NorCal Tournament, USC opened with a near-shutout of Pomona-Pitzer as Trojan 9. UC Irvine 9 58 newcomer James Clark capped up in goal for the first time and hauled in 10 saves in his debut. He would 10. UC San Diego 10 52 help anchor a 22-1 win for USC while 13 different Trojans scored goals at the other end, led by hat tricks — more — 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California Men’s WaTer Polo from Kostas Genidounias and Nikola Vavic. The next tenure at Troy, Vavic has a winning record against all bracket game of the day put USC up against No. 8 Pep- opponents on the men’s side, and the win in the Sept. 2012 AWARDS perdine. Ely Bonilla manned the cage in that one, set- 23 clash with Cal improved his personal record against ting his career high with 12 saves as the Trojans topped the Bears to 36-12. NCAA.com the Waves 9-4 thanks in part to four goals from Vavic. SPREAD OFFENSE Players to Watch: Solidly set up for a semifinal spot against host Stanford, As USC works into the home stretch of the 2012 season, the Trojans emerged victorious in overtime against the 19 different Trojans have scored goals — just two away James Clark Cardinal, getting an OT goal from Jeremy Davie while from last year’s grand total of 21 scorers. Led by 72 Nikola Vavic the Trojan defense — again with Bonilla in the cage for from Nikola Vavic and 54 from Kostas Genidounias to 12 more saves — shut down Stanford in overtime for a date, USC is flexing some serious scoring muscle in av- MPSF Player of the Week: 10-9 win. That put the Trojans up against UCLA in the eraging and MPSF-best 14.8 goals per game. On open- Nikola Vavic (Sept. 17 & Oct. 1) title match for the third straight year. Clark was the ing weekend for the Trojans, USC had four players score Kostas Genidounias (Sept. 24) goalie for USC in this one, and the Trojans built up a their first career goals: Mac Carden, Eugene Chong, 5-0 lead on the Bruins to cruise through the title match Russell Renteria and Chase Watson. So far, USC is out- for a 7-6 win that wrapped up a third consecutive Nor- scoring opponents 340-120, thanks to a Trojan defense CAREER SCORING LEADERS Cal Tournament crown for the Trojans. Vavic was the averaging just 5.2 goals-against per game. USC leads (since 1983) top gun in the title match with four goals, and Clark the MPSF in both defense and offense to date. USC has 1. Juraj Zatovic 2002-05 220 finished with 11 saves against the Bruins. now scored at least 300 goals for five straight seasons. 2. Robert Lynn 1985-88 190 NIKOLA NETS A PAIR OF PLAYER OF THE WEEK PICKS STRIVE FOR FIVE 3. Hrvoje Cizmic 1994-96 179 After impressive efforts at the two biggest regular-sea- Already in the history books as members of the first 4. Danny Leyson 1989-92 167 son tournaments of the year, junior Nikola Vavic has program to win four straight national championships, hauled in two MPSF Player of the Week honors. With 5. Giacomo Rossi 1985-89 162 USC still boasts a group of Trojans who are looking for Nikola Vavic 2010-present 162 12 goals at the NorCal Tournament, including four in their fifth NCAA championship rings. Redshirt seniors the championship match against UCLA, Vavic picked up 7. Zoltan Berty 1986-88 161 Matt Burton, Michael Rosenthal and Andrew Reego 8. Marko Zagar 1994-96 152 his first weekly honor of his career. Two weeks later, have been at USC for the past four championship runs. Vavic knocked in 14 goals at the SoCal Tournament, go- 9. Jose Santiago 1989-93 151 And although their fellow four-peater Brian Boswell 10. Rob Carver 1984-88 150 ing big in the title game once again as he set a new has been sidelined by medical issues for 2012, the Tro- career high with six goals in the win over host UC Santa jan veterans are aiming to once again roll to victory and Barbara. His big day made him just the third Trojan grab an unprecedented fifth championship ring. Reego since 2001 to score six goals in a single game. SINGLE-SEASON GOALS and Rosenthal were redshirts in 2008, when Burton (since 1983) KOSTAS JOINS MPSF HONOR ROLL competed as a true freshman. Burton was injured early 1. Zoltan Berty 1988 81 Kostas Genidounias scored two big goals to pull USC in 2011, sidelined for the rest of the year but return- 2. Robert Lynn 1986 80 even and set up a heroic finish for the Trojans in a 7-6 ing now as a captain again for the 2012 Trojans. Those 3. Charles Harris 1984 75 win over No. 4 Cal in their MPSF opener. For his efforts, three fifth-year players are part of a talented senior 4. Nikola Vavic 2012 72 the sophomore picked up his first career honor asMPSF class that is rounded out by Tobias Preuss, who joined 5. Juraj Zatovic 2005 68 Player of the Week, making it back-to-back weeks with a the Trojan roster as a sophomore in 2010. 6. Danny Leyson 1992 66 Trojan on the honor roll for the conference award. Geni- 100 AND COUNTING... 7. Rob Carver 1988 62 dounias scored back-to-back goals in the key win over Junior Nikola Vavic hit the 100-goal mark in the first Hrvoje Cizmic 1994 62 Cal, including an equalizer that made it 5-5 in the third weekend of action, putting him on pace to blaze a trail 8. Hrvoje Cizmic 1996 61 period of play. Genidounias also assisted on two Trojan toward the top of the USC career scoring list. Now with 9. Marko Zagar 1996 60 goals, and had four steals including a takeaway against a 162 goals to date with six games likely still to go in his 10. Mike Spicer 1983 59 late Cal 6-on-5 chance in the fourth period. Genidounias junior season, Vavic is making a strong challenge for Mike Howell 1985 59 currently is second on the team with 54 goals on the all-time leader Juraj Zatovic’s top spot. Zatovic tallied Marko Pintaric 1997 59 year after tallying 31 in his freshman campaign. 220 in his four seasons at Troy, which included two na- 13. Mateo Juric 1995 57 SILENCERS ON tional championships (2003 & 2005). Vavic already has Juraj Zatovic 2003 57 The stingy USC defense has posted at least one shutout two NCAA titles in the books as he aims to lead the 15. Giacomo Rossi 1987 56 period in all but five games this season. Only Pepper- charge for the Trojans for 2012 and beyond. With 72 Hrvoje Cizmic 1995 56 dine, Stanford, UC Irvine and Pacific have managed to goals to date, he’s well overtaken his previous season Juan Delgadillo 2005 55 score in all four quarters of regulation, although the best of 49 scored as a freshman. Vavic has scored in 18. Juan Delgadillo 2006 54 Cardinal were successfully silenced during overtime every game for USC this year and has taken over at No. Kostas Genidounias 2012 54 in USC’s NorCal Tournament semifinal win earlier this 5 all-time with 162 career goals thus far through his 20. George Csaszar 1998 52 season. In seven of USC’s 23 games to date, the Trojans junior season. Vavic’s 72 goals so far also ranks him at have held opponents scoreless in the third period of No. 4 all-time in single-season scoring. for Australia at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. play. In all games, USC boasts 25 shutout periods dur- AUSTRALIAN TAKEOVER 2011 RECAP ing regulation play. The Trojan roster again boasts three standout players The 2011 Trojans never slipped farther than the No. 2 THE 400 CLUB from Down Under. With the graduation of USC’s all- spot in the national rankings and wrapped up the year USC’s 7-6 win over California on Sept. 23 was big, time career saves leader Joel Dennerley, the Trojans on top once again as USC made history as the first-ever to be certain, but the biggest number that came have another Aussie goalie in newcomer James Clark men’s water polo team to win four consecutive nation- out of the victory didn’t show up anywhere on the — also a 2012 Olympian alongside Dennerley. Return- al championships. Behind a set of eight All-Americans, scoresheet. The Trojans’ nationally televised takedown ing Australian All-Americans Jeremy Davie and Mace including National Player of the Year and Cutino Award of the Bears at McDonald’s Swim Stadium was USC Rapsey are also back in the water with plenty of cham- winner Joel Dennerley, the Trojans finished 2011 with head coach Jovan Vavic’s 400th career win with the pionship experience for the Trojans, having been key a 24-3 overall record after an 8-0 run through the MPSF Trojan men’s program. His career mark on the men’s members of the last two runs to NCAA glory. Davie and regular season. In addition to Dennerley, senior Peter side now stands at a daunting 405-64 (.864) thanks Rapsey have combined for 42 goals so far this season, Kurzeka also finished up his Trojan career as a four- to USC’s 14-0 start to 2012 following its string of un- and Clark has capped up for 13 games as he now aver- time NCAA champ and also with another set ofAll- precedented four straight national championships. The ages 10.3 saves and 5.2 goals-against per game. American honors. Head coach Jovan Vavic was named National Coach of the Year, with six more Trojans on 400th victory was secured by none other than Vavic’s CAGE FIGHTERS own son, Nikola Vavic, whose goal with 1:38 remain- the All-America list: Jeremy Davie, Nikola Vavic, Kos- USC has arguably the most dominant goalkeeping tan- tas Genidounias, Tobias Preuss, Mace Rapsey and ing locked the Trojans in on the 7-6 comeback win over dem in the nation. With tag-team efforts at the Nor- the Bears. Jovan Vavic is in his 18th season at the helm Michael Rosenthal. USC saw a 13-game win streak Cal and SoCal Tournaments, redshirt sophomore Ely snapped in the MPSF Tournament final by UCLA, but of the Trojan men, with whom he has won seven na- Bonilla and newcomer James Clark are each averaging tional championships to go along with three won in 18 the Trojans would exact revenge with a dominating around 10 saves per game to help the Trojan defense 7-4 win over the Bruins in the national championship seasons as the USC women’s head coach, where he is allow just 5.2 goals per game. Although teammates for 413-131 overall. A 10-time National Coach of the Year, game. Kurzeka was USC’s top scorer with 42 goals on the first time this year, both goalies have had the dis- the year, followed by Nikola Vavic with 41. In all, the Vavic has seen his Trojans and Women of Troy win 10 tinction of playing behind four-time All-American, Cu- Peter J. Cutino Awards to go along with the 10na- Trojan offense — charged by 21 different scorers — tino Award winner and OlympianJoel Dennerley. After averaged 11.6 goals per game, while the defense again tional championship trophies that adorn his office. In redshirting the 2010 season, Bonilla was a backup to the 2012 London Olympic Games, Vavic had a total of led the nation with just 5.4 goals against per game. Dennerley in USC’s run to the 2011 NCAA Champion- USC outscored opponents 314-146 in 2011. • 10 USC athletes competing for their countries. In his ship, and Clark was Dennerley’s capable understudy 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California Men’s WaTer Polo 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California Men’s WaTer Polo
2012 USC SCHEDULE/RESULTS (23-0 overall • 7-0 MPSF) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES UCLA Invitational Sept. 1 La Verne W 24-3 Genidounias 3, Siri 3, Vavic 2, Hurst-Mendoza 2, Bonilla 3, Rosenthal 2, Carden 2, Plaga, Lucas, Rapsey, Virjee, Ryner 3 Kustic, Reego, Renteria, Watson, Butler, MacDonell. Pomona-Pitzer W 20-3 Vavic 5, Lucas 2, Carden 2, Plaga, Genidounias, Burton, Bonilla 7, Rosenthal, Virjee, Vonderweidt, Reego, Renteria, Ryner 4 Watson, Chong, Butler. Sept. 2 Chapman University W 21-4 Vavic 3, Kustic 3, Genidounias 2, Siri 2, Virjee 2, Bonilla 2, Vonderweidt 2, Reego 2, Burton, Rosenthal, Rapsey, Ryner 2 Renteria, Watson. Sept. 8 #17 CAL BAPTIST W 13-4 Vavic 4, Burton 3, Plaga 2, Rapsey 2, Watson, Bonilla 8 Genidounias. NorCal Tournament (hosted by Stanford) Sept. 15 Pomona-Pitzer W 22-1 Genidounias 3, Vavic 3, Carden 2, Lucas 2, Reego 2, Clark 10 Siri 2, Watson 2, Burton, Butler, Davie, Hurst-Mendoza, Rosenthal, Virjee. #8 Pepperdine W 9-4 Vavic 4, Butler 2, Rosenthal, Davie, Virjee. Bonilla 12 Sept. 16 #4 Stanford W 10-9 (OT) Burton 3, Davie 2, Genidounias, Lucas, Rapsey, Bonilla 12 Rosenthal, Vavic. #2 UCLA W 7-6 Vavic 4, Davie, Genidounias, Rosenthal. Clark 11 Sept. 23 #4 CALIFORNIA * (ESPNU) W 7-6 Genidounias 2, Rosenthal, Butler, Davie, Rapsey, Vavic. Clark 9 Sept. 28 #16 PRINCETON W 22-5 Davie 3, Genidounias 3, Vavic 2, Siri 2, Burton 2, Bonilla 10, Butler 2, Reego 2, Lucas, Hurst-Mendoza, Rapsey, Ryner 0 Watson, Kustic, Vonderweidt. SoCal Tournament (hosted by UC Santa Barbara) Sept. 29 #19 St. Francis W 15-4 Vavic 4, Davie 3, Genidounias 2, Rosenthal 2, Lucas, Bonilla 9 Rapsey, Watson, Butler. #8 Pacific W 9-4 Genidounias 3, Rapsey 2, Davie, Vavic, Virjee, Watson. Bonilla 6, Clark 4 Sept. 30 #5 UC Irvine W 10-5 Genidounias 3, Vavic 3, Lucas, Rosenthal, Siri, Watson. Clark 4, Bonilla 8 #6 UC Santa Barbara W 14-5 Vavic 6, Genidounias 3, Lucas, Virjee, Butler, Reego, Clark 7, Renteria. Bonilla 6 Oct. 6 at #5 Stanford * (Pac-12 Net.) W 9-6 Preuss 3, Vavic 2, Butler, Genidounias, Rapsey, Rosenthal. Clark 9 Oct. 13 at #9 Loyola Marymount W 13-6 Vavic 3, Burton 2, Carden 2, Genidounias 2, Vonderweidt, Bonilla 9 Siri, Butler, Rapsey. Oct. 19 at #10 Long Beach State * W 13-7 Genidounias 5, Rapsey 2, Vavic, Davie, Preuss, Rosenthal, Clark 9 Lucas, Vonderweidt. Oct. 25 at #8 UC Irvine * W 18-7 Genidounias 4, Vavic 2, Siri 2, Lucas 2, Vonderweidt 2, Clark 10, Butler 2, Davie, Burton, Rosenthal, Rapsey. Ryner 2 Oct. 27 #7 PACIFIC * W 16-6 Genidounias 3, Preuss 3, Vavic 2, Burton 2, Rosenthal 2, Clark 12 Siri, Davie, Vonderweidt, Butler. CAL LUTHERAN W 21-9 Genidounias 4, Vavic 4, Davie 3, Vonderweidt 2, Burton 2, Clark 6, Plaga, Siri, Rosenthal, Lucas, Reego, Butler Ryner 2, Barry 1 Nov. 3 #5 UC SANTA BARBARA * W 12-7 Vavic 3, Genidounias 2, Davie 2, Rapsey, Preuss, Lucas, Clark 14 Burton, Butler. Nov. 10 CONCORDIA W 19-4 Vavic 9, Reego 3, Genidounias 2, Renteria 2, Davie, Bonilla 8 Burton, Hurst-Mendoza. Nov. 11 at #4 Pepperdine * W 16-5 Vavic 3, Genidounias 3, Rosenthal 3, Davie 2, Rapsey 2, Clark 8 Preuss, Burton, Lucas. Nov. 17 #2 UCLA * (Pac-12 Net.) 4:30 p.m. MPSF Tournament (McDonald’s Swim Stadium) Nov. 23 $TBD TBD Nov. 24 $TBD TBD Nov. 25 $TBD TBD NCAA Tournament (McDonald’s Swim Stadium) Dec. 1 !TBD TBD Dec. 2 !TBD TBD Player Goals Games Mult-Goal Total Nikola Vavic 72 * MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at McDonald’s Swim Stadium Player Scored in Games Goals & UCLA Invitational — Hosted by UCLA Kostas Genidounias 54 Nikola Vavic 23 19 72 ^ NorCal Tournament — Hosted by Stanford Jeremy Davie 24 Kostas Genidounias 22 17 54 Matt Burton 21 % SoCal Tournament — Hosted by UC Santa Barbara $ MPSF Tournament — Hosted by USC Michael Rosenthal 16 4 21 Michael Rosenthal 21 ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by USC Jeremy Davie 15 6 24 Mace Rapsey 18 Mace Rapsey 14 4 18 Rex Butler 17 Goalie Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Rex Butler 14 3 17 Zach Lucas 16 Matt Burton 13 6 21 Stephen Siri 15 Ely Bonilla 13 / 42 100 9.5 48 4.6 Zach Lucas 13 3 16 Andrew Reego 13 James Clark 13 / 44 113 10.3 59 5.4 Stephen Siri 9 5 15 Marc Vonderweidt 11 Aleck Ryner 6 / 7 13 7.4 10 5.7 Chase Watson 9 1 10 Chase Watson 10 Clark Barry 1 / 1 1 4.0 3 12.0 Andrew Reego 8 4 13 Tobias Preuss 9 Totals 23 games 227 9.9 120 5.2 Marc Vonderweidt 8 3 11 Mac Carden 8 Connor Virjee 6 2 8 Connor Virjee 8 Goals by Period 1 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. Tobias Preuss 5 2 9 Russell Renteria 6 Russell Renteria 5 1 6 Ivan Kustic 5 USC 88 94 81 76 0 1 - - 340 14.8 Mac Carden 4 4 8 Jack Plaga 5 Opponents 27 22 32 39 0 0 - - 120 5.2 Max Hurst-Mendoza 4 1 5 Max Hurst-Mendoza 5 Jack Plaga 4 1 5 Eugene Chong 1 Ivan Kustic 3 1 5 A.J. MacDonell 1 Eugene Chong 1 0 1 TOTAL 340 A.J. MacDonell 1 0 1 USC • U SC 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California Men’s WaTer Polo
MPSF MEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS---NOV. 12, 2012 INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME 1 Balazs Erdelyi JR Pacific 19 71 3.74 2 Bret Bonanni FR Stanford 19 65 3.42 3 Nikola Vavic JR USC 23 72 3.13 4 Bojan Hrlec JR UC Irvine 23 63 2.74 5 Alex Bowen SO Stanford 19 50 2.63 6 Collin Smith JR California 21 55 2.62 7 Mitch Wise JR UC Irvine 24 60 2.50 8 Josh Samuels SR UCLA 24 57 2.38 9 Kostas Genidounais SO USC 23 54 2.35 10 Alex Obert SO Pacific 17 39 2.29 11 Dan Matulis JR LBSU 28 63 2.25 12 Aleksa Saponjic SO California 18 38 2.11 13 Stephen Loomis SR Pepperdine 21 42 2.00 14 Spencer White SR LBSU 28 53 1.89 15 Evan Dellinger JR UCSB 23 42 1.83 16 Matthew DeTrane SR Pepperdine 17 31 1.82 17 Matt Gronow JR UCSB 24 41 1.71 18 Aleksandar Petrovic FR Pacific 20 34 1.70 19 Griffin White SR UCLA 22 37 1.68 20 Marin Balarin SR California 21 35 1.67 21 Nolan McConnell FR LBSU 27 37 1.37 22 Milos Vrzic SO LBSU 28 36 1.29 23 Nick Pfeil SR UC Irvine 25 32 1.28 23 Jacob Mourer SO UC Irvine 25 32 1.28 25 Paul Reynolds SO UCLA 26 33 1.27
GOALKEEPER SAVES *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SAVES/GAME 1 Alex Malkis JR Pacific 17.625 216 12.26 2 Myles Christian SR UCSB 16.75 203 12.12 3 Bence Valics JR Pepperdine 21 249 11.86 4 James Clark JR USC 11 113 10.27 5 Balint Meszaros SO LBSU 24.75 247 9.98 6 Jon Sibley SO California 7.25 72 9.93 7 Alex Kazmier JR UC Irvine 16.125 160 9.92 8 Ely Bonilla SO USC 10.5 100 9.52 9 Michael Boggan JR California 11.5 108 9.39 10 Matt Rapacz SR UCLA 18.6875 171 9.15 11 Scott Platshon SO Stanford 14.25 120 8.42 12 Stephen White SO UCLA 7.8125 63 8.06
SPORTS UPDATE
For Immediate Release: November 12, 2012 Contact: Darren Preston 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California Men’s WaTer Polo 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California Men’s WaTer Polo 2012 MOUNTAIN PACIFIC SPORTS FEDERATION MEN'S WATER POLO STANDINGS
CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT HOME AWAY W L PCT HOME AWAY NEUT STREAK 1. USC 7 0 1.000 3-0 4-0 23 0 1.000 7-0 7-0 9-0 Won 23 2. UCLA 6 0 1.000 3-0 3-0 24 2 .923 9-0 5-1 10-1 Won 10 3. California 4 3 .571 2-2 2-1 14 7 .667 3-2 3-2 8-3 Won 4 3. Stanford 4 3 .571 2-1 2-2 14 5 .778 5-2 4-3 5-0 Lost 1 5. Pacific 3 3 .500 1-2 2-1 12 8 .600 3-2 2-1 7-5 Lost 1 6. Long Beach State 3 4 .429 2-2 1-2 21 7 .750 4-2 3-2 14-3 Won 2 7. Pepperdine 3 5 .375 1-3 2-2 11 10 .550 3-3 3-2 5-5 Lost 3 8. UC Santa Barbara 1 6 .143 0-3 1-3 15 9 .625 6-4 2-4 7-1 Lost 4 9. UC Irvine 0 7 .000 0-4 0-3 14 11 .560 3-4 1-4 10-3 Lost 8 MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at MPSF Tournament, Nov. 23-25 at USC
MPSFTHIS WEEK’S MEN'SSCHEDULE WATER POLO STATISTICS---NOV.RECENT RESULTS 12, 2012 INDIVIDUALFri., Nov. 16 STATS Sun., Nov. 11 *Pacific at STANFORD 5pm *USC 16, PEPPERDINE 5 GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games GOALS-AGAINST *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters*UCLA 13, PACIFIC 10 ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES*CALIFORNIAGOALS13, UC SantaGOALS/GAME Barbara 9 ATHLETESat., Nov. 17 YEAR SCHOOL QUARTERS GA GAA 1 Balazs*Long ErdelyiBeach State at UC SANTA BARBARAJR Pacific12pm 19 *LONG BEACH71 STATE 12, UC Irvine3.74 10 1 Ely Bonilla SO USC 42 48 4.57 2 Bret*^UC BonanniLA at USC FR Stanford4:30pm 19 65 3.42 2 James Clark JR USC 44 59 5.36 3 Nikola Vavic JR USC 23 Sat., Nov. 1072 3.13 3 MattSun., Rapacz Nov. 18 SR UCLA 74.75 *PACIFIC 12,113 UC Santa Barbara 56.05 4 Bojan Hrlec JR UC Irvine 23 63 2.74 4 Stephen*^UC Irvine White at UCLA SO 10:30amUCLA 31.25 CALIFORNIA51 15, Santa Clara 8 6.53 5 Alex Bowen SO Stanford 19 50 5 Michael*California Boggan at PACIFIC JR California12pm 46 USC 19, Concordia83 4 7.222.63 6 Collin Smith JR California 21 55 6 Scott Platshon SO Stanford 55 117 8.512.62 2012 MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP Fri., Nov. 9 77 MitchBalint Wise Meszaros JRSO UCLBSU Irvine 9924 21160 8.532.50 8 Josh Samuels SR UCLA 24 *UCLA 9, Stanford57 5 8 MylesNovember Christian 23-25, 2012 SR UCSB 67 145 8.662.38 9 Kostas Genidounais SO USC 23 54 2.35 9 JonHost: Sibley USC SO California 29 Thu., Nov. 648 8.83 1010AlexAlexMcDonald’s Obert Malkis Swim StadiumSOJR PacificPacific 70.517 *LONG BEACH16239 STATE 12, Pepperdine9.192.297 Los Angeles, CA 1111DanBence Matulis Valics JRJR PepperdineLBSU 8428 UC SAN DIEGO1946312, UC Irvine 119.242.25 1212AleksaAlexhttp://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m Kazmier Saponjic SOJR -wpolo/specCaliforniaUC Irvine- 64.518 15838 9.802.11 13 Stephen Loomis SR Pepperdine 21 Sun., Nov. 442 2.00 rel/2012-m-wpolo-mpsf-champ.html *Pacific 14, LONG BEACH STATE 13 (SV-OT) 14 Spencer White SR LBSU 28 53 1.89 TEAM STATS Stanford 201224, SANTA Collegiate CLARA 7 Preseason Top-10 15 Evan* MPSF Dellinger Game JR UCSB 23 42 (Preseason1.83 • Aug. 29) 16 MatthewTEAM^ Live TVDeTraneGOALS-Pac 12 NetworksSR Pepperdine 17 31 1.822011 TEAM GAMES GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME Rank School Final Rank Points 17 MattAll Gronow Times Local To Site JR UCSB 24 1. 41USC 1.71 1 100 1 USC 23 340 18 AleksandarHome Team Petrovic in CAPS FR Pacific 14.7820 2. 34UCLA 1.70 2 94 2 UCLA 26 374 14.38 3. California 3 91 19 Griffin White SR UCLA 22 37 1.68 3 California 21 278 13.24 4. Stanford 4 85 20 Marin Balarin SR California 21 5. 35 UC Santa Barbara 1.67 7 78 4 Long Beach State 28 364 13.00 21 Nolan McConnell FR LBSU 1 27 6. 37 UC Irvine 1.37 5 74 5 UC Santa Barbara 24 291 12.13 22 Milos Vrzic SO LBSU 28 7. 36 Pacific 1.29 6 68 6 UC Irvine 25 300 12.00 8. Pepperdine 8 66 23 Nick Pfeil SR UC Irvine 25 32 1.28 7 Stanford 19 225 11.84 9. Long Beach State 9 61 23 Jacob Mourer SO UC Irvine 25 10. 32 Loyola Marymount 13 52 8 Pacific 20 223 11.15 1.28 25 Paul Reynolds SO UCLA 26 33 1.27 9 Pepperdine 21 201 9.57 2012 MPSF COACHES PRESEASON POLL TEAM DEFENSE 2011 GOALKEEPERTEAM SAVESGAMES *MustGOALS Appear AGAINST In 30 GOALS/GAME% of Team Quarters MPSF 1 ATHLETE USC YEAR23 SCHOOL120 GAMES5.22 RankSAVES Team SAVES/GAMEPoints Finish 12 Alex MalkisUCLA JR26 Pacific164 17.6256.31 1. 216 USC ^ 12.26 63 (7) #1 2 Myles Christian SR UCSB 16.75 2. 203 UCLA $ 12.12 56 (2) #3 3 Stanford 19 136 7.16 3. California 48 #2 34 Bence ValicsCalifornia JR21 Pepperdine158 7.5221 4. 249 Stanford 11.86 47 #4 45 JamesLong Clark Beach State JR28 USC227 8.1111 5. 113 UC Santa Barbara10.27 31 #5 56 BalintUC Meszaros Santa Barbara SO24 LBSU205 24.75 6. 247 UC Irvine 9.98 25 #6T 8.54 7. Pepperdine 23 #6T 67 Jon SibleyPacific SO20 California186 9.307.25 8. Long72 Beach State9.93 16 #9 78 Alex KazmierPepperdine JR21 UC201 Irvine 16.1259.57 9. 160 Pacific 9.9215 #6T 89 Ely BonillaUC Irvine SO25 USC249 9.9610.5 ^ 2011 100MPSF Tourn. Champ 9.52 $ 2011 NCAA Champ 9 Michael Boggan JR California 11.5 108 9.39 10 Matt Rapacz SR UCLA 18.6875 171 9.15 11 Scott Platshon SO Stanford 14.25 120 8.42 12 Stephen White SO UCLA 7.8125 63 8.06 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California Men’s WaTer Polo JOVAN VAVIC • 18th season (391-64) 10 National Titles • 10-time National Coach of the Year • 9-time MPSF Coach of the Year Jovan Vavic, one of the top water polo coaches in the country, serves a dual role as the head coach of both the USC men’s and women’s teams. He has led both to national championships three times in the same school year (1998-99, 2003-04 and 2009-10), and has now lifted the Trojans to an unprecedented four consecutive national championships with the USC men’s run to the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 titles. He now holds 10 national championships (seven men’s and three women’s), and is a 10-time National Coach of the Year and nine-time MPSF Coach of the Year between the two programs. He also has seen his players win 10 Peter J. Cutino Awards. Now in his 18th season at the helm of the men’s program, Vavic has improved his career coaching record on the men’s side to 391-64 (.859). For the second time in three years, Vavic’s 2011 team boasted a program-high eight All-Americans. That group finished off a fourth straight national title run with a 24-3 overall record thanks to a 7-4 win over UCLA in the final. In the calendar year of 2010, Vavic swept both sides of the game, following 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year awards on the women’s side with 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year with the men in leading the Trojan men to their third consecutive national championship. That 2010 campaign saw Vavic’s Trojans defy the national predictions of a fourth-place finish in the conference by instead forcing their way to successfully defending their NCAA crowns with a third straight national championship. A 12-10 overtime win over host Cal in the 2010 title match finished off a 28-2 record for the MPSF and NCAA champions. In 2009, Vavic had guided the Trojans to a 26-2 record en route to USC’s second straight national championship. In the 2009 title match, the Trojans beat UCLA 7-6 to win USC’s fifth NCAA championship. Soon after, Vavic was named the National Coach of the Year, and he would see his players sweep the Cutino Awards for the third time in his career, as J.W. Krumpholz and Kami Craig went back-to-back as the 2009 and 2010 Cutino Award winners following the USC women’s run to the 2010 NCAA Championship. In 2008, the USC men were unstoppable. The Trojans claimed the program’s third MPSF Championship on the way to the best season in program history with a 29-0 undefeated mark that cumlinated in the 2008 NCAA Championship for USC’s fourth national title. Vavic’s 300th career men’s win was notched on Oct. 12, 2008 in a 12-7 win over Cal 12-7 in the SoCal Tournament semifinals. Going 19-3 overall, Vavic’s 2007 Trojans claimed the MPSF Tournament championship, placing a program-best seven players on All-MPSF teams and reaching its third straight NCAA title match. USC posted its first undefeated regular season in 2006, as its overall winning streak grew to a program-record 44 straight victories. Vavic was named the MPSF Coach of the Year for the sixth time in his career, and the Trojans finished 2006 with a 26-2 overall record after a last-second loss in the NCAA championship match. It was USC’s second straight trip to the final, as Vavic had guided the Trojans to their third-ever NCAA Championship and a program-best 26-1 record in 2005. For his success in guiding USC to the NCAA crown in 2005, Vavic was named the AWPCA National Men’s Coach of the Year. His Trojans also claimed the 2005 MPSF Championship, and Vavic earned himself MPSF Coach of the Year honors as well. At 26-1, USC posted its most wins in history and broke another record by closing out the year on an 19-game winning streak. In his tenure as men’s head coach, Vavic boasts a winning record against all opponents on the men’s side of the game, recording only two losses in 17 years against teams outside the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. He is 279-62 (.818) against MPSF teams since 1995. Vavic came to USC in 1992 as an assistant men’s water polo coach, joined John Williams as Troy’s co-head coach in 1995 and took over the men’s head coaching reins in 1999 after Williams retired. He and Williams were named National Coaches of the Year in 1998 after leading USC to its first-ever national championship. They also were named MPSF Co-Coaches of the Year in 1996 after leading USC to the conference title. In fact, in the 1998-99 season, Vavic did something no other coach has accomplished as his teams won three national championships. In addition to capturing the 1998 men’s and 1999 women’s titles, his 1999 men’s club team won the Men’s Senior National Club Championship. In 2003, Vavic pulled a coaching double sweep when he was named 2003 National and MPSF Coach of the Year for the men and 2004 National and MPSF Coach of the Year for the women. Vavic has been with the USC women’s program since its inception in 1995, and the 2004 women’s team became the first team in NCAA Championship history to go undefeated (29-0) during the regular season. USC’s 25-3 overall mark in 2010 culminated in the women’s program’s third national championship and 13th straight 20-win season. Overall, Vavic’s career record on the women’s side stands at 413-131 (.759) in 18 seasons as head coach. Vavic earned his 300th career win with the Women of Troy in the third-place game of the 2007 NCAA Tournament -- a 13-6 win over UC San Diego on May 13, 2007. Vavic oversaw the women’s water polo team’s move from Division II in 1995 to Division I in 1996, and in 1997, he guided USC to its first-ever Division I National Collegiate Championships appearance and a seventh-place national finish while the 1998 team took fifth nationally. The 2000 squad added another strong showing as the Trojans finished second. Since 1999 when the program was fully funded, Vavic’s record is 326-58 (.849). In 1999, 2004 and 2010 Vavic was named the women’s National and MPSF Coach of the Year. Vavic spent the 1991 season as an assistant men’s coach at UCLA after coaching three seasons (1987-90) at Palos Verdes (Calif.) High, posting two undefeated league seasons (1988-89). In the summer of 2003, Vavic was the head coach for the USA’s World University Games team that narrowly missed a chance to play in the medal round after losing to Serbia and Montenegro 12-10 in a shootout. In 1995, Vavic served as an assistant water polo coach for the U.S. WUG team. Vavic, a native of Yugoslavia, graduated from UCLA in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He and his wife, Lisa, have four children: Nikola, Monica, Marko and Stefan.
Jovan Vavic: Winning Records vs. All Opponents (1995-2011) Opponent 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Overall (Pct.) California 1-1 2-0 1-2 4-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 4-0 4-0 3-2 1-2 2-0 3-0 2-1 1-0 35-12 (.745) Long Beach State 2-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 2-1 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 1-0 34-1 (.971) Pacific 3-0 3-0 1-0 1-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 26-3 (.897) Pepperdine 4-1 3-0 1-3 2-0 3-0 1-1 2-1 2-0 2-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 33-8 (.805) Stanford 3-0 2-1 2-2 4-1 1-3 3-0 0-1 1-1 4-0 1-2 5-0 2-0 4-0 4-0 2-0 1-1 3-1 42-13 (.764) UC Irvine 1-1 2-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 2-1 4-0 2-1 3-0 4-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 44-3 (.936) UCLA 1-2 3-2 4-0 2-1 2-1 3-1 0-3 1-4 1-1 0-2 1-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 3-2 4-0 3-2 34-22 (.607) UC Santa Barbara 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 1-0 31-0 (1.000) Non-MPSF teams 3-0 5-0 5-0 5-0 4-0 7-1 4-1 9-0 6-0 8-0 7-0 9-0 5-0 8-0 8-0 10-0 9-0 112-2 (.983) OVERALL 20-5 23-3 21-7 25-3 22-5 23-5 13-7 20-8 24-3 22-5 26-1 26-2 19-3 29-0 26-2 28-2 24-3 391-64 (.859) 2012 UniversiTy of SouThern California Men’s WaTer Polo 20102012 University UniversiTy of ofSouthern SouTher Californian Californ iMen’sa Men Water’s WaTer Polo Polo
2012 USC Men’s Water Polo NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 James Clark Goalie 6-5 210 JR Rozelle, NSW, Australia (Newington College/Univ. of W. Sydney) 1 Ely Bonilla Goalie 6-4 215 SO* Commerce, Calif. (Montebello HS) 1 Aleck Ryner Goalie 6-2 170 FR* Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) 1 Clark Barry Goalie 6-2 165 SO* Fullerton, Calif. (Troy HS) 2 Jeremy Davie Two-Meter 6-3 205 JR Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia (Kirrawee HS) 3 Nikola Vavic Driver 6-1 180 JR Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Loyola HS) 4 Jack Plaga Two-Meter 6-2 185 SO* La Cañada, Calif. (Loyola HS) 5 Kostas Genidounias Driver 6-1 180 SO Athens, Greece (American Community School of Athens) 6 Tobias Preuss Driver 6-0 195 SR Berlin, Germany (Poelchau-Oberschule) 7 Matthew Burton Two-Meter 6-1 190 SR* Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) 8 Stephen Siri Driver 5-10 175 JR* Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) 9 Michael Rosenthal Driver 6-3 195 SR* Miami, Fla. (Ransom Everglades HS) 10 Zach Lucas Driver 5-11 175 JR Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) 11 Mace Rapsey Utility 6-1 205 JR Bensville, NSW, Australia (Kincumber HS) 12 Connor Virjee Two-Meter 6-4 220 JR Rolling Hills, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) 13 Marc Vonderweidt Driver 6-3 180 SO Santa Monica, Calif. (Santa Monica HS) 14 Max Hurst-Mendoza Two-Meter 5-10 190 SO* Pasadena, Calif. (Loyola HS) 15 Ivan Kustic Utility 6-3 195 SO* Kastav, Croatia (Salesian Classical Grammar School) 16 Andrew Reego Driver 6-1 160 SR* Granite Bay, Calif. (Granite Bay HS) 17 Russell Renteria Two-Meter 6-1 205 FR* Lake Forest, Calif. (El Toro HS) 18 Matt Schwartz Driver 6-0 195 SO Pasadena, Calif. (Loyola HS) 19 Mac Carden Two-Meter 6-2 190 FR* San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (Junipero Serra HS) 20 Chase Watson Two-Meter 6-7 245 FR* Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS) 21 Eugene Chong Driver 6-0 170 FR* Mercer Island, Wash. (Mercer Island HS) 22 Rex Butler Driver 5-11 185 SO* Coronado, Calif. (Coronado HS) 23 David Lim Driver 5-8 160 FR* Honolulu, Hawai’i (Iolani HS) 24 Emery Molnar Two-Meter 6-4 240 FR* Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS) 25 James Hixson Two-Meter 6-6 215 FR* La Jolla, Calif. (La Jolla HS) 26 A.J. MacDonell Two-Meter 6-2 195 SO* San Jose, Calif. (Bellarmine Prep) Liam Burke Driver 5-11 175 FR Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Julian Casillas Driver 5-9 150 SO Commerce, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake HS/La Verne) Park Eddy Driver 5-9 175 FR Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) Luke Felton Driver 6-5 190 FR Carmichael, Calif. (Jesuit HS) Ryan Fowler Driver 5-11 175 FR Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) Kyle Furniss Driver 6-0 165 FR Villa Park, Calif. (Villa Park HS) Alex Lavayen Driver 6-0 SO Monarch Bay, Calif. (Santa Margarita HS/Golden West) Aaron Lim Driver 6-0 180 FR Mountain View, Calif. (Mountain View HS) Charlie McBee Driver 6-3 200 FR Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Phoenix Pelstring Goalie 6-1 170 FR Santa Cruz, Calif. (Santa Cruz HS) Peter Simon Driver 5-10 170 FR Cupertino, Calif. (St. Francis HS) * utilized redshirt season Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Head assistant coach: Marko Pintaric Assistant coaches: Casey Moon, Stefan Luedecke Volunteer assistants: Jack Kocur, Vaso Cukovic
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 3 - Nikola (NICK-oh-la) Vavic (VAH-vitch) 19 - Ivan (EE-von) Kustic (KOO-stitch) 6 - Tobias (toe-BEE-us) Preuss (PRO-iss) 26 - A.J. MacDonell (MAC-dun-NELL) 9 - Stephen Siri (SEER-ee) Jovan (YO-von) Vavic (VAH-vitch) 10 - Kostas (COAST-ahs) Genidounias (jen-id-OON-ee-us) Marko Pintaric (PEEN-ta-ritch) 13 - Marc Vonderweidt (VON-der-VITE) Stefan (STEFF-inn) Luedecke (LOO-deh-key)