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TTABLEABLE OOFF CCONTENTSONTENTS The UCLA men’s water polo program has won 10 NCAA Championships: ’69, ’71, ’72, ’95, ’96, ’99, ’00, ’04, ’14, ’15 TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS IS UCLA Credits: The 2016 UCLA men’s water Spieker Aquatics Center 3 polo record book was written, edited 2016 Radio/TV Roster 4 and designed by Ryan Finney, UCLA 2016 Rosters 5 Athletic Communications/Associate SID. UCLA Head Coach Adam Wright 6 Photography by ASUCLA Campus Studio (Don UCLA Assistant Coaches 7 Liebig), John Hilinski, Onno Zwaneveld, Juan Player Profiles 8 Lainez (Marin Media), Allen Lorentzen, Jeff Sipsey, Brock Scott Photography, Berliner 2015 IN REVIEW Ryder Roberts Garrett Danner Patrick Fellner Studios, Andrew Bernstein, Ruth Chambers Statistics and Results 19 and Scott Quintard. Game-By-Game Stats and Polls 20 MPSF Information 21 Cover: The cover of the 2016 UCLA men’s 2016 MEN’S WATER POLO SCHEDULE MPSF Standings and Honors 21 water polo record book features the Bruins’ 2014 and 2015 NCAA Championship rings Day Date Opponent Site Time UCLA HISTORY designed by Eleanor Boudreau of Jostens Sat. Sept. 3 at Triton Invitational1 San Diego, Calif. All Day with graphic design assistance provided by Sun. Sept. 4 at UCLA Invitational2 Cathedral Catholic HS (San Diego) All Day Head Coaching History 22 Fri. Sept. 9 at Princeton Invitational3 Princeton, N.J. All Day Year-by-Year Results 22 Summit Athletic Media. Sat. Sept. 10 at Princeton Invitational3 Princeton, N.J. All Day All-Time vs. Opponents 27 Sun. Sept. 11 at Princeton Invitational3 Princeton, N.J. All Day All-Time Letterwinners 28 Fri. Sept. 16 Pepperdine Spieker Aquatics Center 7:00 p.m. School Records 30 Sat. Sept. 17 at Long Beach State Long Beach, Calif. 7:00 p.m. NCAA Tournament History 31 Fri. Sept. 23 at NorCal Tournament4 Berkeley, Calif. All Day Water Polo Honors 32 Sat. Sept. 24 at NorCal Tournament4 Berkeley, Calif. All Day All-Americans and Olympians 35 Sun. Sept. 25 at NorCal Tournament4 Berkeley, Calif. All Day All-MPSF Selections 36 Sat. Oct. 1 UC Irvine Spieker Aquatics Center 12:00 p.m. Sat. Oct. 1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Spieker Aquatics Center 2:00 p.m. QUICK FACTS Sat. Oct. 1 Alumni Match Spieker Aquatics Center 3:00 p.m. Sat. Oct. 8 at Pacific Stockton, Calif. 12:00 p.m. Location J.D. Morgan Center National Affiliation NCAA Division I Sun. Oct. 9 at UC Davis Davis, Calif. 12:00 p.m. 325 Westwood Plaza Head Coach Adam Wright (UCLA ‘01) Thu. Oct. 13 at UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. 7:00 p.m. Los Angeles, CA 90095 Record at UCLA 181-30 (7 years) Sat. Oct. 22 at California* Berkeley, Calif. TBD Athletics Phone (310) 825-8699 Coach’s Phone (310) 267-4912 Sat. Oct. 29 Stanford* Spieker Aquatics Center TBD Chancellor Gene Block 2015 Record 30-0 Sat. Nov. 5 San Jose State* Spieker Aquatics Center 3:30 p.m. Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero 2015 MPSF Record (Finish) 9-0 (1st) Sat. Nov. 5 Whittier Spieker Aquatics Center 5:00 p.m. Assoc. Athletic Director Ashley Armstrong 2015 MPSF Tournament 1st Sat. Nov. 12 at USC* Los Angeles, Calif. TBD Faculty Athletic Rep. Michael Teitell NCAA Titles (10) ’69, ’71, ’72, ’95, ’96, ’99, ’00, ’04, ’14, ’15 Fri-Sun. Nov. 18-20 MPSF Tournament5 Spieker Aquatics Center All Day Home Pool Spieker Aquatics Center NCAA Tournament Appearances 31 Sat.-Sun. Dec. 3-4 NCAA Tournament6 Berkeley, Calif. All Day Enrollment 42,163 Men’s Water Polo SID Ryan Finney Founded 1919 Finney’s Phone (310) 206-4701 *MPSF Matches ... all game times are Pacific 1 Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) Colors Blue and Gold Sports Information Fax (310) 825-8664 2 UCLA Invitational (hosted by UCLA) Nickname Bruins Finney’s E-mail [email protected] 3 Princeton Invitational (hosted by Princeton) Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Athletic Communications Director Liza David 4 NorCal Tournament (hosted by California) Conference Water Polo Contact Al Beaird Web Site www.uclabruins.com 5 MPSF Tournament (hosted by UCLA) 6 NCAA Tournament (hosted by California) Conference Phone (925) 296-0723 Twitter twitter.com/UCLAWaterPolo Conference Fax (925) 296-0724 Facebook www.facebook.com/uclamenswaterpolo 2 SPIEKER AQUATICS CENTER entering its eighth season as UCLA’s home . SPIEKER AQUATICS CENTER The UCLA men’s water polo team begins its eighth season The Bruins’ women’s water polo program hosted the scoreboard, an LED, state-of-the-art piece of electronics, playing at Spieker Aquatics Center in the fall of 2016. MPSF Tournament in May 2009, taking advantage of making scores, statistics and messages easily visible to Over the past seven seasons, UCLA has logged a 62-7 the home setting to win the title at the three-day event. all in attendance. (.899) record at its state-of-the-art home facility, where Entering its sixth full season as UCLA’s home pool, Spieker Next to the scoreboard is the “Wall of Champions”, it won its 10th NCAA title in school history in 2016. Aquatics Center features a 52-meter by 25-yard all-deep showcasing all of UCLA’s water polo, swimming and diving Spieker Aquatics Center opened in September 2009, in water pool with a dividing bulkhead, allowing races to national championship teams, and individual student- time for the start of the men’s water polo season that take place at varying distances (meters, versus yards). athletes’ achievements, record-holders and Olympians. fall. PCL Construction broke ground on the facility in July The pool also has four platforms on a diving tower, at Separate men’s and women’s locker rooms house enough 2008. The athletics department officially opened Spieker heights of three, five seven and one half, and 10-meter lockers for all team members, with shower space and Aquatics Center on Sept. 26, 2009, as the men’s water platforms, as well as one and three-meter springboards. bathroom stalls and sinks for each team. Equipment polo team defeated UC Irvine, 10-4, after a dedication In addition, the aquatics center features a warming pool needed for meets and matches have storage capacity ceremony that evening. for divers directly behind the tower. on the facility’s south side. In 2016, UCLA is slated to play seven regular-season Adjacent to Sunset Canyon Recreation Center on the When walking through the public entryway to the center, games (includes the Alumni Match) at Spieker Aquatics northwest portion of campus, the Spieker Aquatics visitors first notice the Donor Wall. All donors who Center. The Bruins’ home will also be the site of the Center was made possible thanks to a generous lead generously made gifts to the Spieker Aquatics Center 2016 MPSF Men’s Water Polo Championship (Nov. gift from former student-athlete Tod Spieker and his wife, are recognized on this wall. Additionally, over 50 former 18-20). Catherine. Tod, a 1971 UCLA graduate and All-American, UCLA water polo players, swimmers and divers made swam for the Bruins from 1968-71 and still competes In the fall of 2011, UCLA hosted the MPSF Tournament gifts to “name” a locker. Those names will forever be part successfully in Master’s Swimming. (Nov. 25-27), using Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics of the locker rooms in the new facility. Center. The Bruins took full advantage of their home The main pool, Dirks Pool, is named after Carolyn Dirks, The state-of-the-art facility brings together all three court and won the Conference Tournament by beating who provided the lead gift for the swimming pool. Dirks of UCLA’s intercollegiate aquatic sports – water polo, top-ranked USC, 10-9, in sudden victory overtime on Pool has also been used for special use events and swimming and diving – to one venue. The aquatics center Nov. 27, 2012. The Bruins can also use the pool at Masters Swim meets. The signature feature of the Spieker features event lighting and permanent seating with the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center when hosting larger Aquatics Center is the diving tower, which sits at the west possibility of additional temporary seating for larger events. events. end of the pool. The east end of the pool houses the new 3 RRADIO/TVADIO/TV RROSTEROSTER 1 1 1 1 2 3 Garrett Danner Elliot Ordway Aleksandar Ruzic Alex Wolf Chancellor Ramirez Alec Zwaneveld Sr., GK, 6-1, 185 Jr., GK, 6-3, 210 Jr., GK, 6-0, 175 So., GK, 6-7, 210 Sr., D, 6-2, 205 Sr., C, 6-8, 220 Coto de Caza, Calif. (El Toro) San Anselmo, Calif. (Tamalpais) Rolling Hills, Calif. (Palos Verdes) Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach) Pasadena, Calif. (Loyola) La Cañada, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake) 4 5 6 8 9 10 Jack Grover Ryder Roberts Joey Fuentes James Robinson Gordon Marshall David Stiling Jr., ATK, 5-10, 180 Sr., ATK, 6-2, 170 Sr,. ATK, 6-1, 165 Jr., ATK, 6-4, 170 Sr., C, 6-7, 240 So., ATK, 6-0, 185 Pasadena, Calif. (Loyola) Vista, Calif. (Vista) Lake Forest, Calif. (El Toro) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes) Newcastle, Australia (Kotara) Beaverton, Oregon (Southridge) 11 12 15 18 19 20 Alex Roelse Matt Farmer Warren Snyder Patrick Woepse Max Irving Austin Rone Jr., UTL, 6-7, 230 Jr., C, 6-3, 222 So., D, 6-2, 180 Sr., C, 6-1, 195 Jr., ATK, 6-0, 170 So., ATK, 6-0, 152 Maarssen, Netherlands (Winford Stebo) La Grange, Ill. (Fenwick) La Cañada, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake) Tustin, Calif. (Mater Dei) Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Wilson) Coronado, Calif. (Cathedral Catholic) 23 24 Patrick Fellner Kent Inoue Evan Feller Eric Goldenberg Raphael Raede Jake Simpson Sr., ATK, 6-3, 200 So., ATK, 6-1, 220 Fr., ATK, 5-11, 156 So., ATK, 6-0, 180 RS-Fr., C, 6-0, 215 Fr., ATK, 5-10, 175 Orinda, Calif.