CAL MEN'S WATER POLO

GOLDEN BEARS UC DAVIS AGGIES 3-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 #11 10:30 A.M. OVERALL MPSF VS OVERALL WWPA CWPA RANK SAT., SEPT. 14 #5 Kirk Everist CWPA RANK HEAD COACH DATES Spieker Aquatics Complex LIVE STATS 1-0 0-0 #6 1 P.M. Sept. 14-15 Berkeley, Calif. FOSH OVERALL GCC CWPA RANK SUN., SEPT. 15 SCHEDULE THE WEEK AHEAD Overall: 3-1 • MPSF: 0-0 Home: 0-0 • Away: 0-0 • Neutral: 3-1 Cal will spend the second week of the 2019 campaign on its home turf, taking on nationally-ranked UC Davis and Pacific at Spieker Aquatics Complex this weekend. The fifth-ranked Bears (3-1) will take on No. 11 UC Davis (2-2) at 10:30 a.m. DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT Saturday and No. 6 Pacific (1-0) at 1 p.m. Sunday. Earlier in the week, Cal hosted Italian professional club, Pro Recco, in Sept. 7 Whittier College ^ W, 22-2 an exhibition at Spieker. The match was part of Pro Recco’s Northern California preseason tour. Sept. 7 #14 Loyola Marymount ^ W, 14-9 Sept. 8 #7 UC Santa Barbara ^ L, 8-5 ABOUT UC DAVIS Sept. 8 #13 UC Irvine ^ W, 11-6 The Aggies enter their weekend contest with California at 2-2 overall, having also played in the season-opening Triton Sept. 11 Pro Recco $ 5 p.m. Invitational at UC San Diego on Sept. 7-8. After a dominant 22-5 victory over Chapman in the season opener, UC Davis Sept. 14 #11 UC Davis 10:30 a.m. suffered consecutive losses to No. 5 Long Beach State and No. 9 UC San Diego - the former of which was a 13-12, double- Sept. 15 #6 Pacific 1 p.m. overtime defeat. UC Davis finished the weekend with a 14-13 victory against No. 14 Loyola Marymount. Sept. 21 California Baptist ! 8 a.m. Sept. 21 San Jose State ! 4:45 p.m. ABOUT PACIFIC Sept. 22 at UC Davis ! 10:30 a.m. The Pacific men’s water polo team opened its 2019 campaign with a 16-11 victory against San Jose State at Chris Kjeldsen Sept. 22 Santa Clara ! 2:15 p.m. Pool in Stockton last Saturday. The win was No. 5 Pacific’s lone match of the season-opening weekend. Luke Pavillard and Sept. 27 SoCal Invitational + TBA Jeremie Cote both tallied four goals and one assist in the match. Cal is 6-1 against Pacific since the 2015 season and has Sept. 28 SoCal Invitational + TBA won five consecutive matches in the head-to-head series. Sept. 29 SoCal Invitational + TBA Oct. 5 at San Jose State 1 p.m. Oct. 12 Pepperdine 12 p.m. BEAR NECESSITIES Oct. 27 at UC Santa Barbara 12 p.m. Nov. 2 at UCLA * TBA LAST TIME OUT LUCKY LEFTY Nov. 3 at Long Beach State 12 p.m. The Golden Bears went 3-1 at the season-opening, UC Senior attacker Safak Simsek is the team’s leading career Nov. 9 at Stanford * (Pac-12 Network) 7 p.m. San Diego-hosted Triton Invitational on Sept. 7-8 in La goal scorer (119 goals) and will be relied upon as an Nov. 10 UC Irvine 12 p.m. Jolla, Calif. Cal opened the weekend with a 22-2 win over offensive focal point this fall. The left-hander is coming Nov. 16 USC * TBA Whittier College and a 14-9 victory against No. 14 Loyola off his most productive offensive season in 2018 with 47 Nov. 22-24 MPSF Championships # TBA Marymount on Saturday. The Bears’ first match on Sunday goals and 52 assists, both career-bests. Simsek, a native ended in an uncommon early-season loss to No. 7 UC of Istanbul, Turkey, earned a slew of postseason awards in ^ - Triton Invitational (La Jolla, Calif.) Santa Barbara, but they responded resiliently to cap the 2018 as he was named to the ACWPC All-America Third $ - Exhibition match tournament with an 11-6 victory over No. 13 UC Irvine. Team, the MPSF All-Tournament Team and the All-MPSF ! - Aggie Roundup (Davis, Calif.) Second Team. + - SoCal Invitational (Los Angeles, Calif.) Senior Safak Simsek totaled 18 points on 12 goals and * - MPSF match six assists over the four matches to lead Cal offensively. He GREEK LIGHTNING # - MPSF Championships (Berkeley, Calif.) was joined by junior transfer Jasmin Kolasinac (seven goals, Cal will continue to have a Greek presence on the team BOLD - Home match six assists) in leading the Bears’ offensive presence. in 2019 in the form of junior Nikos Delagrammatikas All times listed PT and subject to change and freshman Nikolaos Papanikolaou. Delagrammatikas BETWEEN THE PIPES had one goal, three assists, five steals, two field blocks FAST FACTS Freshman Adrian Weinberg emerged as Cal’s starting and one ejection earned at last weekend’s Triton Invite. goalkeeper last weekend after preseason battle for the Papanikolaou, the Junior World MVP for Greece at the 2018 COACHING STAFF position. The Oak Park, Calif., product started all four of the Youth World Championships in Hungary, scored seven goals Head Coach Kirk Everist (18th season) Bears’ matches and played a total of 10 quarters. Weinberg with one assist and had 11 ejections earned in his first four California, 1989 tallied 32 total saves, including 10 against 11 shots in his collegiate matches. 372-108 (.775) collegiate debut vs. Whittier College and 14 against UC Asst. Coach Jeff Tyrrell (4th season) Irvine in the weekend finale. A PAIR OF JOURNEYMEN California, 2007 Junior transfers Jasmin Kolasinac and James Parker Allen Asst. Coach Lazar Andric (2nd season) Weinberg beat out senior Bernardo Carelli and sophomore have been with one another each step of the way throughout California, 2017 Anthony Rethans for the starting role. Both Carelli and their prep and collegiate water polo careers. The duo played Student Managers Cade Kruse, Spencer Tagg, Joe Choi Rethans saw action as reserves at the Triton Invite. together at King’s College in Auckland, New Zealand before both enrolled at Wagner College (Staten Island, N.Y.). After TEAM INFORMATION CAPTAIN HOOVER two years with the Seahawks, both transferred to Cal and 2019 Record 3-1 Fifth-year senior center Jordan Hoover will serve as Cal’s will play their first seasons with the Bears this fall. Kolasinac 2019 MPSF Record 0-0 team captain for the 2019 campaign. The Moraga, Calif., was a decorated goal scorer at Wagner, notching 203 goals Lettermen Returning 14 product netted nine goals and added two assists during the in just two seasons of action. Bears’ first weekend of action at the Triton Invite. Newcomers 10

Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Men’s Water Polo contact): Gerrit Van Genderen Phone: (510) 697-7235 // Email: [email protected] // 353 , Berkeley, CA 94720 2 CAL VS. UC DAVIS & PACIFIC QUICK FACTS 2019 ROSTER - NUMERICAL

Institution...... , Berkeley No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Last School Location...... Berkeley, Calif. 1 Bernardo Carelli GK 6-3 198 Sr. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/German School Corcovado Enrollment...... 42,519 1 Frederick Houghton GK 6-0 160 So. Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS Founded...... 1868 1 Anthony Rethans GK 6-4 185 So. San Mateo, Calif./Bellarmine College Preparatory Colors ...... Berkeley Blue, California Gold 1 Adrian Weinberg GK 6-5 180 Fr. Oak Park, Calif./Oaks Christian School Nickname...... Golden Bears 2 Tamir Avital CEN 6-6 225 R-So. Newport Beach, Calif./Corona del Mar HS Chancellor...... Carol T. Christ 3 Kaan Gezguc UTIL 6-4 200 So. Istanbul, Turkey/Saint Joseph French HS Director of Athletics...... Jim Knowlton 4 Jasmin Kolasinac AT 6-0 185 Jr. Belgrade, Serbia/King’s College/Wagner College Website...... www.CalBears.com 5 Safak Simsek AT 5-11 180 Sr. Istanbul, Turkey/German School of Istanbul Affiliation...... NCAA Division I Conference...... Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) 6 Joe Molina UTIL 6-0 185 So. Orange Park Acres, Calif./Foothill HS Pool (Capacity)...... Spieker Aquatics Complex (2,000) 7 Miles O’Brien-Schridde AT 6-2 180 R-So. Burbank, Calif./Loyola HS Pool Dimensions...... 50 meters x 25 meters 8 Marko Valecic UTIL 6-4 220 So. Zagreb, Croatia/XI Gymnasium Athletics Department Office Phone...... (510) 642-0580 10 David Feingold AT 6-2 215 R-So. Palos Verdes, Calif./Palos Verdes HS Water Polo Office Phone...... (510) 643-1465 11 Nikolaos Papanikolaou CEN 6-3 242 Fr. Athens, Greece/49th High School of Athens Water Polo Office Fax...... (510) 643-5344 12 Jordan Hoover (C) AT 6-2 205 R-Sr. Moraga, Calif./Miramonte HS 13 Nikos Delagrammatikas 2M 6-5 205 Jr. Athens, Greece PROGRAM HISTORY 14 Warren Loth 2M 6-6 215 Fr. Corona del Mar, Calif./Mater Dei HS 15 Garrett Dunn AT 6-1 202 Fr. Lafayette, Calif./Campolindo HS First Year of Water Polo...... 1902 16 Jake Stone AT 6-0 180 Fr. Walnut Creek, Calif./Acalanes HS First Official Match...... Cal 3, Neptune Club 1 (1902) 17 Ian Minsterman AT 6-0 180 Fr. Cypress, Calif./Mater Dei HS NCAA Championships...... 14 19 Jake Deely UTIL 6-4 200 So. Danville, Calif./San Ramon Valley HS (1973, ‘74, ‘75, ‘77, ‘83, ‘84, ‘87, ‘88, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘06, ‘07, ‘16) 20 James Parker Allen AT 6-3 190 Jr. Auckland, New Zealand/King’s College/Wagner College Conference Championships...... 35 Collegiate Players of the Year...... 15 21 Sam Untrecht AT 5-11 195 Fr. Portola Valley, Calif./Menlo School Conference Players of the Year...... 13 22 Chris Ball AT/UTIL 6-1 185 Fr. La Jolla, Calif./Point Loma HS All-Americans...... 239 23 Mateus Stellet AT 5-11 180 So. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Olympians...... 28 Head Coach: Kirk Everist, 18th year (California, ‘90) COACHING STAFF Assistant Coaches: Jeff Tyrrell (California, ‘07), Lazar Andric (California, ‘17) Student Managers: Cade Kruse, Spencer Tagg, Joe Choi Head Coach...... Kirk Everist (California, ‘89) Years at Cal...... 18th season Career Record...... 372-108 (.775) 2019 ROSTER - BY CLASS NCAA Titles at Cal...... 3 (‘06, ‘07, ‘16) Assistant Coach...... Jeff Tyrrell (California, ‘07) FRESHMAN (8) SOPHOMORE (10) JUNIOR (3) Years at Cal...... 4th season 1 Adrian Weinberg GK 1 Frederick Houghton GK 4 Jasmin Kolasinac AT Assistant Coach...... Lazar Andric (California, ‘17) 11 Nikos Papanikolaou CEN 1 Anthony Rethans GK 13 Nikos Delagrammatikas 2M Years at Cal...... 2nd season 14 Warren Loth 2M 2 Tamir Avital CEN 20 James Parker Allen AT 15 Garrett Dunn AT 3 Kaan Gezguc UTIL SOCIAL MEDIA 16 Jake Stone AT 6 Joe Molina UTIL SENIOR (3) 17 Ian Minsterman AT 7 Miles O’Brien-Schridde AT 1 Bernardo Carelli GK Twitter 21 Sam Untrecht AT 8 Marko Valecic UTIL 5 Safak Simsek AT @CalWaterPolo 22 Chris Ball AT/UTIL 10 David Feingold AT 12 Jordan Hoover AT @CalAthletics 19 Jake Deely UTIL @CalCoachEverist 23 Mateus Stellet AT Facebook Facebook.com/CalAthletics/ Instagram @CalMWaterPolo BEAR NECESSITIES @CalAthletics 2018 IN REVIEW MANN TO THE HALL OF FAME The Bears fell short of their ultimate goal in a successful Former Cal standout John Mann (2003-06) was included CWPA TOP 20 - WEEK 1 (SEPT. 11, 2019) 2018 campaign, narrowly missing the NCAA Tournament in the seven-member 2019 Cal Athletic Hall of Fame 1. USC after falling to Stanford in the MPSF Championships title class. He and the six other members will be enshrined T2. UCLA match in Los Angeles. Cal finished the year at 18-6 overall the weekend of Nov. 8-9 in Berkeley. T2. Stanford and was ranked No. 4 in the final CWPA poll. Star power 4. UC Santa Barbara dominated Cal’s narrative in 2018, highlighted by four-time A two-time U.S. Olympian (2012, 2016) and starter at 5. Cal All-Americans Johnny Hooper and Odysseas Masmanidis. center for Team USA at the 2016 Olympics, Mann was 6. Pacific Hooper was named a finalist for the Peter J. Cutino Award as a member of multiple USA teams that competed at the 7. Long Beach State the nation’s top men’s player. The Bears opened the season World Championships, Pan Am Games and World League 8. Pepperdine with wins in 14 of their first 15 matches, but faltered down events, earning a gold medal at the 2007 and 2015 Pan T9. UC Irvine the stretch with five losses from Oct. 13 to Nov. 18. American Games. While at Cal, Mann received the Pete T9. UC San Diego Cutino Award as the nation’s top collegiate player as a 11. UC Davis OLYMPIC PRIDE senior in 2006 when he helped the Bears to the NCAA T12. Harvard Cal legends Luca Cupido and Johnny Hooper helped the title. The three-time All-American ranks third on Cal’s all- T12. Princeton U.S. National Team book its ticket to the 2020 Summer time scoring list with 218 goals. 14. Bucknell Olympics on Aug. 10 after defeating Canada 18-6 in the 15. George Washington Gold Medal Match of the 2019 Pan American Games. NEXT TIME 16. Loyola Marymount The Bears will take a short trip to UC Davis for the 17. St. Francis College - Brooklyn The championship gave Team USA an automatic berth to Aggie Roundup next weekend. Cal is slated to play four 18. San Jose State the Tokyo Games. It will mark Cupido’s second straight trip matches on Sept. 21-22 against California Baptist, 19. Brown to the Olympics. Cal assistant coach Jeff Tyrrell and former San Jose State, host UC Davis and Santa Clara. More 20. California Baptist Cal standout Gavin Arroyo also helped the Americans win information about the Aggie Roundup can be found at the Pan Am gold medal as part of the team’s coaching staff. CalBears.com later next week.

CALIFORNIA MEN’S WATER POLO GAME NOTES 3 2019 CALIFORNIA STATISTICS ## FIELD PLAYERS GP SH G A PTS SHPCT EX DEX STL FB SPRINT 5 Safak Simsek 4 19 12 6 18 .632 3 2 3 1 0-0 4 Jasmin Kolasinac 4 14 7 6 13 .500 6 3 4 1 0-0 12 Jordan Hoover 4 19 9 2 11 .474 0 9 1 1 0-0 11 Nikolaos Papanikolaou 4 23 7 1 8 .304 3 11 0 2 0-0 23 Mateus Stellet 4 4 2 4 6 .500 2 2 2 0 0-0 21 Sam Untrecht 4 8 4 0 4 .500 0 0 7 0 0-0 19 Jack Deely 4 6 3 1 4 .500 3 1 2 1 0-0 14 Warren Loth 4 6 3 1 4 .500 4 0 1 5 0-0 13 Nikos Delagrammatikas 4 4 1 3 4 .250 3 1 5 2 0-0 6 Joe Molina 4 5 1 3 4 .200 1 0 3 0 0-0 15 Garrett Dunn 4 4 1 3 4 .250 3 1 3 0 0-0 1C Adrian Weinberg 4 0 0 4 4 --- 0 0 1 0 0-0 16 Jake Stone 4 1 0 3 3 .000 2 2 0 0 0-0 7 Miles O’Brien-Schridde 4 4 1 1 2 .250 0 1 2 0 0-0 2 Tamir Avital 4 8 1 0 1 .125 2 0 1 0 0-0 1 Bernardo Carelli 2 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 3 0 0-0 1B Anthony Rethans 2 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 Kaan Gezguc 4 0 0 0 0 --- 4 0 0 0 0-0

## GOAL KEEPERS GP GS MIN W L SA SV GA SvPCT GAA 1 Bernardo Carelli 2 0 24:00 0 0 13 6 7 .462 9.33 1B Anthony Rethans 2 0 24:00 0 0 9 8 1 .889 1.33 1C Adrian Weinberg 4 4 80:00 3 1 49 32 17 .653 6.80

CALIFORNIA MEN’S WATER POLO GAME NOTES