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USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC •USC USC • •USC US • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • University of Southern California 2007 Women’s Water Polo USC Sports Information Department of Intercollegiate Athletics • HER 103 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0601 • Phone: (213) 740-8480 • FAX: (213) 740-7584 Water Polo Sports Information Director: Darcy Couch • Email: [email protected] Release # 6 — March 14, 2007 No. 3 USC Heats Up For Clash In Hawai’i Women of Troy face the team that snapped last season’s win streak on Saturday. 2007 Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result THIS WEEK: The No. 3 Women of Troy have shoved off for Hawai’i to close down Spring Break with a Sat- Feb. 1 at #11 LMU W 18-9 urday (March 17) face-off against the Rainbow Wahine. Hawai’i was responsible for snapping a 25-game Feb. 3 #7 ASU (Stanford Invite) W 12-4 winning streak held by the Trojans until the semifinals of the 2006 MPSF Tournament. This Saturday’s 4 p.m. Feb. 3 #3 Stanford (Stanford Invite) W 8-6 HT showdown against No. 8 Hawai’i is the first matchup between USC and the Rainbow Wahine this year. Feb. 4 #10 San Jose St. (Stanford Invite) W 10-6 • • • Feb. 4 #2 UCLA (Stanford Invite) L 11-10 RANKINGS: USC (11-3, 4-1 MPSF) is ranked No. 3 in the national poll this week. Hawai’i (9-7, 5-2) is Feb. 8 *at Cal State Northridge W 16-8 ranked No. 8. Feb. 17 *at #3 Stanford L 10-8 (OT) • • • Feb. 18 *at #6 San Jose State W 12-5 LAST WEEK: USC got the job done on both ends of the pool last week, posting its highest scoring output of Feb. 24 #15 Long Beach State (UCI Invite) W 14-5 the year while matching its stiffest defense in a 24-2 victory over visiting Pacific. The Women of Troy cruised Feb. 24 #10 UC Davis (UCI Invite) W 15-2 to their 34th straight win in their home pool, and a grand total of 13 different scorers had a hand in it. Senior Feb. 25 #2 Stanford (UCI Invite) L 10-8 Erika Figge led the season-high group of scorers with a career-best four goals on the day, while Trojan goal- Feb. 25 #4 California (UCI Invite) W 15-9 Mar. 3 *#5 UC IRVINE W 12-8 ies Whitney Morgan and Tumua Anae split time in goal to back up a staunch defensive effort by USC. Each Mar. 9 *PACIFIC W 24-2 goalie allowed just a single goal. On the scoring end, Jana Wenger tacked up her first hat trick of the year, Mar. 17 *at #8 Hawai’i 4 p.m. and juniors Alison Riddle and Julie Spataru scored their first goals of the season with a pair apiece. Mar. 24 *ARIZONA STATE 12 p.m. • • • Mar. 31 *LONG BEACH STATE 12 p.m. SCOUTING HAWAI’I: The Rainbow Wahine are 9-7 overall and 5-2 in MPSF play, having last topped Apr. 7 *at UCLA 1 p.m. Michigan 16-15 in nonconference play. Kelly Mason is second in the MPSF in scoring with 42 goals (2.63 Apr. 13 *CALIFORNIA 6 p.m. per game), and goalie Meike DeNooy leads the conference with 10.69 saves per game. USC is 23-3 all-time Apr. 14 *SAN DIEGO STATE 5 p.m. against Hawai’i. The teams faced four times last season, with USC winning three times, including a 9-7 win Apr. 15 HARTWICK 12:30 p.m. in the NCAA Semifinals. Apr. 20 *at UC Santa Barbara 5 p.m. • • • Apr. 26 &TBA (MPSF Tourn.) tba STARS (& STRIPES) AT TROY: The Trojans boast the most current national teamers on any collegiate Apr. 27 &TBA (MPSF Tourn.) tba roster this season. All told, four Women of Troy are doing double duty this season as USC stars also shining Apr. 28 &TBA (MPSF Tourn.) tba Apr. 29 &TBA (MPSF Tourn.) tba as members of the U.S. National Team. Seniors Patty Cardenas, Erika Figge and Brittany Hayes along May.11 $TBA (NCAA Tourn.) tba with sophomore 2-meter powerhouse Kami Craig have been training and competing with Team USA for May.12 $TBA (NCAA Tourn.) tba several summers now and are also vying for ultimate spots on the United State Olympics Team for the 2008 May.13 $TBA (NCAA Tourn.) tba Games in Beijing. The four current Trojans regularly join USC grads Moriah Van Norman and Lauren Wenger as members of the U.S. National Team, which also boasts 1996 USC grad and 2000 Olympian Bernice * MPSF game All times are local to game site Orwig as an assistant coach. USC sophomore Michelle Stein also has been spending time capped up in ^ Stanford Invitational (Stanford, Calif.) red, white and blue as a member of the U.S. Junior National Team. The Senior National Teamers clashed % UC Irvine Invitational (Irvine, Calif.) & MPSF Tournament (Tempe, Ariz.) March 3 in a scrimmage between USC and Team USA at McDonald’s Swim Stadium, marking a send-off $ NCAA Tournament (Los Alamitos, Calif.) for Cardenas, Craig and Hayes as they join the U.S. squad at the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne, Home games in BOLD CAPS (at McDonald’s Swim Stadium) Australia during March. Figge — USC’s second leading scorer — has been named an alternate and will remain with the Women of Troy throughout the season. She stands as the Trojans second leading scorer 2007 Women’s Collegiate Top 20 with 24 goals so far on the year, averaging 1.71 goals per game. (March 14) Rank School Previous Points — more — 1 Stanford 1 100 By The Numbers... 2 UCLA 2 95 ON THE MOVE... (thru 3/10) 3 USC 3 90 Games Mult-Goal Total 4 California 4 85 USC CAREER GOALS Player Scored In Games Goals 5 UC Irvine 5 78 Career Erika Figge 13 7 24 Name Years at USC goals Brittany Hayes 12 11 31 6 UC Davis 7 70 Kami Craig 11 5 18 7 San Diego State 8 69 1. Aniko Pelle ...................1999-02 ......254 8 Hawaii 5 68 Alexandra Kiss 11 7 21 9 San Jose State 9 64 2. Sofia Konoukh ..............2001-03 ......224 Veronika Bartunkova 11 2 14 3. Moriah Van Norman .............2003-06 ........215 Patty Cardenas 10 3 15 10 Arizona State 10 55 Miranda Nichols 8 3 11 11 Loyola Marymount 11 51 4. Nina Wengst .................1999-02 ......213 12 UC Santa Barbara 12 45 Forel Davies 6 2 8 13 Hartwick 12 35 5. Katrin Dierolf ................2000-03 ......204 Kally Lucas 6 1 7 6. Brittany Hayes ......2004-present .......196 Michelle Stein 6 1 7 14 Santa Clara 17 33 Jana Wenger 5 1 7 15 Long Beach State 14 31 7. Christina McCall ...........1995-97 ......142 16 UC San Diego 15 28 Carolyn Conway 5 0 5 17 Michigan 16 23 8 Lauren Wenger .........2003-2006 ......127 Jordan Anae 4 0 4 9. Jennifer Durley ..............1998-01 ......122 Marina Mayer 3 1 4 18 Princeton 18 15 Mary Cousineau 2 0 2 19 Cal State Northridge NR 7 10.Sandra Milicev ..............1999-02 ......116 Alison Riddle 1 1 2 20 Cal State Bakersfield 19 4 Climbing... Erika Figge 2004-present.....111 Julie Spataru 1 1 2 2007 WOMEN’S WATER POLO Page USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC •USC USC • •USC US • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • STARTING STRONG: USC senior Brittany Hayes opened 2007 with a bang, claiming MPSF Mikasa Co-Player of the Week honors in the first week of action follow- ing her 10-goal performance at the Stanford Invitational and a hat trick to start the year in a win over LMU. She’s now third in the MPSF in scoring with 2.38 goals per game (31 total). • • • FIRST THING’S FIRST: Three Trojan newcomers wasted no time making an impact for USC in their freshman seasons at Troy. First-year backup goalie Tumua Anae saw time in the cage in USC’s opener at LMU and jumped in for two more halves of play at the Stanford Invitational, tallying nine saves and seven goals against in her first three games in the cage for the Trojans. On the offensive end, freshmen Alexandra Kiss and Kally Lucas also got to the back of the net for USC in the season opener. Kiss drilled out a hat trick to start off her USC career, and Lucas added one goal. Kiss is now third on the team in scoring with 21 goals, and Lucas has scored seven. Freshman Forel Davies also recently knocked in her first multiple-goal game of her career with a pair of goals in USC’s win in the third-place game vs. Cal on Feb. 24 at the UC Irvine Invitational, where redshirt freshman Mary Cousineau also tallied her first career goal at Troy vs. Long Beach State on Feb. 23. Those freshman have now scored a combined 38 goals. • • • SENIOR STRENGTH: The talent and leadership in this year’s senior class quite possibly outweighs all others to come through the USC waters. Erika Figge and Brit- tany Hayes have been starting since their freshman years, and Marina Mayer and Jana Wenger were regulars in that 2004 rotation that won the NCAA Champion- ship to start those four Trojans’ careers off on a winning note.