2016 GCC MEN’S WATER POLO WEEKLY UPDATE • SEPT. 29, 2016 GOLDEN COAST CONFERENCE men’s water polo Sept. 29, 2016 • Release #4 @GOLDENCOASTWP Media Contact: John Shaffer • (310) 338-7643 • [email protected]

LOS ANGELES - It will be a light week within the Golden Coast Conference with just UPCOMING SCHEDULE eight games on the schedule. However, it will feature the first conference match-up Oct. 1 10:30 AM Occidental @ (6) Long Beach State for the first-year league as No. 4 Pacific travels to No. 9 Pepperdine on Sunday, Oct. 12:00 PM Long Beach City @ (6) Long Beach State 2 at 12 noon. 12:00 PM Pacific @ USC 12:00 PM UC Irvine @ UCLA Pacific will head to Southern California on Saturday, Oct. 1 to take on No. 3 USC in a 12:00 PM UCSB @ California rematch of the MPSF Invitational third place game. The game is set for noon. Sixth- 3:00 PM Golden West College @ (6) Long Beach State ranked Long Beach State will host a trio of games, including Occidental at 10:30 am Oct. 2 12:00 PM Pacific @ Pepperdine * on Saturday. Both seventh-ranked UC Santa Barbara and San Jose State (RV) will 1:00 PM San Jose State @ California play at Cal. The Gauchos make the trip on Saturday while San Jose State is at Cal Oct. 6 6:30 PM UCSB @ Pepperdine on Sunday. The other match-up on the week will see 13th-ranked UC Irvine travel to 7:00 PM Long Beach State @ California top-ranked UCLA on Saturday. Oct. 7 5:00 PM Pepperdine @ USC Oct. 8 12:00 PM UCLA @ Pacific All the action last weekend was at the MPSF Invitational. Pepperdine and Long 1:00 PM Long Beach State @ Stanford Beach State made moves in the polls thanks to their finish. Leading the way for the Oct. 9 12:00 PM Air Force @ Pepperdine 49ers, who moved to N0. 6 in the national poll was senior Nolan McConnell, who has 1:00 PM San Jose State @ Stanford been named the GCC Player of the Week. 1:00 PM USC @ UC Irvine

LONG BEACH STATE Senior Nolan McConnell led te 49ers at the MPSF Invitational. He scored four goals in 9-6 win over sixth-ranked UC Santa Barbara. Had four of team’s seven goals in 7-4 win over 11th-ranked UC Davis. Scored a goal in the tight setbacks to No. 2 USC and No. 5 Stanford. Leads team with 27 goals. After a busy weekend in Berkeley that included four games, Long Beach State will be back in action for four more games this Saturday at their home pool. LBSU finished 2-2 at the MPSF Invitational this past

GCC WATER POLO • WEEKLY UPDATE • WWW.GCCWATERPOLO.COM 2016 GCC MEN’S WATER POLO WEEKLY UPDATE • SEPT. 29, 2016 Women’s Collegiate Top-20 Poll 2016 GCC Men’s Water Polo Records (As of Sept. 29, 2016) Week #4 - Sept. 28, 2016 School GCC Pct. Overall Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Rk Team LW Pts. Pacific 0-0 .000 11-2 .846 0-0 1-0 10-2 Lost 2 1 UCLA 1 100 Long Beach State 0-0 .000 8-3 .727 0-1 1-0 7-2 Lost 1 2 University of California 3 95 UCSB 0-0 .000 7-3 .700 2-0 1-2 4-1 Won 1 3 USC 2 90 Pepperdine 0-0 .000 8-4 .667 0-0 3-1 5-3 Lost 3 4 University of the Pacific 4 85 5 Stanford University 5 80 UC Irvine 0-0 .000 7-5 .583 1-1 1-1 5-3 Won 2 6 Long Beach State 7 74 San Jose State 0-0 .000 2-8 .200 0-0 1-2 1-6 Lost 7 7 UC Santa Barbara 6 67 weekend as all of their opponents were ranked inside the Top 11 in the latest poll. Their two wins came 8 Harvard University 8 (T) 66 against No. 7 UC Santa Barbara and No. 10 UC Davis. The 49ers will open up Saturday with a rematch 9 Pepperdine 10 58 against Occidental, who they defeated 19-1 a few weeks ago in the Inland Empire Tournament. The Beach 10 (T) UC Davis 11 (T) 49 will then face off against a couple of local junior college teams in Golden West College and Long Beach City 10 (T) Bucknell University 13 49 College. Both boast impressive records at 9-0 and 6-1, respectively. The day will conclude with LBSU facing 12 UC 14 42 off against Long Beach State Alumni. 13 UC Irvine 8 (T) 35 14 Princeton University 11 (T) 34 PACIFIC 15 Brown University 15 31 Aleksandar Petrovic led Pacific with six goals and eight assists as the Tigers finished fourth at the Mountain 16 California Baptist 16 (T) 27 Pacific Invitational, the annual NorCal tournament. He scored one goal and added four assists in Pacific’s 17 George Washington 16 (T) 24 win over No. 5 Stanford to advance to the semifinals, and he tallied a goal and three assists against No. 18 Air Force Academy RV 18 1 UCLA. 19 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges NR 9 20 19 7 RV San Jose State 18 5 PEPPERDINE RV Whittier College RV 4 Freshman George Mooney had a breakout game for No. 10 Pepperdine in the Waves’ win over No. 8 UC RV Saint Francis College RV 3 Irvine to open the Mountain Pacific Invitational. Mooney scored a season-high three goals in a convincing RV Fresno Pacific University 20 1 12-6 victory over the Anteaters. Mooney also found the back of the net against No. 6 UC Santa Barbara RV Loyola Marymount RV 1 to give him 11 goals on the year. Pepperdine finished eighth at the Mountain Pacific Invitational, nearly missing an upset over No. 5 Stanford after leading for most of the contest. Marko Asic continued to lead the offensive push for the Waves, scoring seven times in Pepperdine’s three losses. Asic now has 36 goals 2016 GCC PLAYER OF THE WEEK on the year.

Sept. 7 Ikko Saito SAN JOSE STATE Pacific San Jose State returns to action, Sunday, October 2, taking on California in a non-conference match at the Spieker Aquatic Complex on the Berkeley campus. Match time is 1:00 p.m. The Golden Bears finished Sept. 14 Matej Matijevic UC Irvine second at the Mountain Pacific Invitational losing to UCLA, 10-7, in the championship match.

Sept. 21 Alen Osmanovic UC IRVINE Pacific Freshman Bryant Joudrie scored a team-high seven goals for UC Irvine at the Mountain Pacific Invitational this past weekend. He scored three goals each in the Anteaters’ victories over San Jose State (12-7) and Sept. 29 Nolan McConnell Long Beach St. Santa Clara (10-6). Joudrie scored all three of his goals in the first quarter against San Jose State and he had two goals early in the third quarter versus Santa Clara to help UCI extend its lead... UC Irvine went 2-2 at the Mountain Pacific Invitational in Northern California this past weekend. Junior goalie Matej Matijevic had 61 saves in the four games while Bryant Joudrie, Ryan Warde, and Ian Fleenor scored seven goals each... Jack Trush, who scored six goals, including a career-high five against Pomona-Pitzer, leads the Ant- eaters with 25 on the season. Warde follows with 17 and Fleenor and Joudrie have 16 apiece. Matijevic has registered 170 saves in 12 starts.

UC SANTA BARBARA Senior Reed Cotterill started in all four games of the Mountain Pacific Invitational and got at least one goal and drawn exclusion every game. Overall, he lead the team last weekend with nine goals – scoring hat tricks in both UCSB victories – and nine drawn exclusions. He also recorded four steals, the second-most on the Gaucho roster. Toping off his stats. Cotterill also recorded two field blocks and one assist.

GCC WATER POLO • WEEKLY UPDATE • WWW.GCCWATERPOLO.COM 2016 GCC MEN’S WATER POLO WEEKLY UPDATE • SEPT. 29, 2016 LONG BEACH STATE (8-3, 0-0 GCC) PACIFIC (11-2, 0-0 GCC) Day Time Opponent Score Record Day Time Opponent Score Record Sept. 3 at UC San Diego Triton Invitational - La Jolla, CA Sept. 3-4 at Bruno Classic - Providence, RI Sept. 3 9:15 AM vs. Pomona-Pitzer W-9-5 1-0 Sept. 3 7:15 AM vs. (20) St. Francis W-13-4 1-0 1:45 PM vs. (RV) LMU W-11-7 2-0 12:00 PM vs. (16) John Hopkins W-19-3 2-0 Sept. 10-11 at Inland Empire Classic - Claremont 1:45 PM vs. (14) Harvard W-15-4 3-0 Sept. 10 9:00 AM @ La Verne W-22-2 3-0 Sept. 4 7:15 AM vs. (18) Bucknell W-15-7 4-0 1:15 PM vs. Chapman W-21-3 4-0 9:30 AM @ (13) Brown University W-12-8 5-0 Sept. 11 9:00 AM vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps W-17-5 5-0 Sept. 16-18 at Aggie Roundup - Davis, CA 12:00 PM vs. Occidental W-19-1 6-0 Sept. 16 6:00 PM vs. (16) California Baptist W-20-9 6-0 Sept. 17 7:00 PM vs. (1) UCLA L-6-8 6-1 Sept. 17 8:20 AM vs. (20) Santa Clara W-15-3 7-0 Sept. 23-25 at MPSF Invitational - Berkeley, CA Sept. 18 9:20 AM vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps W-17-4 8-0 Sept. 23 2:25 PM vs. (11) UC Davis W-7-5 7-1 2:40 PM vs. Redlands W-17-5 9-0 Sept. 24 10:45 AM vs. (2) USC L-4-9 7-2 Sept. 23-25 at MPSF Invitational - Berkeley, CA 4:30 PM vs. (6) UC Santa Barbara W-9-6 8-2 Sept. 23 3:50 PM vs. (RV) Air Force W-15-7 10-0 Sept. 25 11:30 AM vs. (5) Stanford L-6-8 8-3 Sept. 24 9:30 AM vs. (5) Stanford W-9-8 11-0 Oct. 1 10:30 AM vs. Occidental Long Beach, CA 3:15 PM vs. (1) UCLA L-5-8 11-1 12:00 PM vs. Long Beach City College Long Beach, CA Sept. 25 1:00 PM vs. (2) USC L-3-8 11-2 3:00 PM vs. Golden West College Long Beach, CA Oct. 1 12:00 PM @ USC , CA Oct. 6 7:00 PM @ California Berkeley, CA Oct. 2 12:00 PM @ Pepperdine * Malibu, CA Oct. 8 1:00 PM @ Stanford Stanford, CA Oct. 8 12:00 PM vs. UCLA Stockton, CA Oct. 12 6:00 PM @ UC San Diego La Jolla, CA Oct. 14 7:00 PM @ UC Irvine * Irvine, CA Oct. 14 7:00 PM vs. Pepperdine * Long Beach, CA Oct. 20 7:00 PM vs. George Washington Stockton, CA Oct. 20 6:00 PM @ UCSB * Santa Barbara, CA Oct. 23 7:00 PM vs. California Stockton, CA Oct. 22 1:00 PM vs. USC Long Beach, CA Oct. 28 7:00 PM vs. Long Beach State * Stockton, CA Oct. 28 7:00 PM @ Pacific * Stockton, CA Nov. 4 7:00 PM vs. UCSB * Stockton, CA Nov. 4 7:00 PM vs. San Jose State * Long Beach, CA Nov. 5 12:00 PM @ Stanford Stanford, CA Nov. 9 7:00 PM vs. LMU Long Beach, CA Nov. 11 7:00 PM vs. San Jose State * Stockton, CA Nov. 11 7:00 PM vs. UC Irvine * Long Beach, CA Nov. 12 7:00 PM @ UC Davis Davis, CA Nov. 18-20 at GCC Championships - Stockton, CA Nov. 18-20 at GCC Championships - Stockton, CA

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PEPPERDINE (8-4, 0-0 GCC) SAN JOSE STATE (2-8, 0-0 GCC) Day Time Opponent Score Record Day Time Opponent Score Record Sept. 3 at UC San Diego Triton Invitational - La Jolla, CA Sept. 3 12:00 PM @ (19) Santa Clara W-10-9 1-0 Sept. 3 10:45 AM vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps W-15-8 1-0 Sept. 10 2:00 PM @ (13) UC Davis L-13-7 1-1 4:00 PM vs. Redlands W-13-3 2-0 Sept. 17-18 at Aggie Roundup - Davis, CA Sept. 10-11 at Inland Empire Classic - Claremont Sept. 17 11:00 AM vs. (16) California Baptist W-12-10 (2ot) 2-1 Sept. 10 10:15 AM vs. Chapman W-24-3 3-0 4:20 PM vs. Fresno Pacific L-8-11 2-2 2:45 PM @ La Verne W-18-4 4-0 Sept. 18 8:00 AM vs. Redlands L-10-11 2-3 Sept. 11 10:15 AM @ Redlands W-18-4 5-0 4:00 PM @ (12) UC Davis L-5-9 2-4 1:15 PM vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps W-26-4 6-0 Sept. 23-25 at MPSF Invitational - Berkeley, CA Sept. 16 7:00 PM @ (1) UCLA L-3-9 6-1 Sept. 23 5:15 PM vs. (5) Stanford L-5-20 2-5 Sept. 17 2:30 PM @ (RV) LMU W-11-6 7-1 Sept. 24 9:15 AM vs. (RV) Air Force L-11-12 (3OT) 2-6 Sept. 23-25 at MPSF Invitational - Berkeley, CA 4:00 PM vs. (8) UC Irvine L-7-12 2-7 Sept. 23 2:25 PM vs. (8) UC Irvine W-12-6 8-1 Sept. 25 10:00 AM vs. Whittier L-9-11 2-8 Sept. 24 8:00 AM vs. (1) UCLA L-5-11 8-2 Oct. 2 1:00 PM @ California Berkeley, CA 2:00 PM vs. (5) Stanford L-9-11 8-3 Oct. 9 1:00 PM @ Stanford Stanford, CA Sept. 25 10:00 AM vs. (6) UC Santa Barbara L-7-15 8-4 Oct. 14 7:00 PM @ UCSB * Santa Barbara, CA Oct. 2 12:00 PM vs. Pacific * Malibu, CA Oct. 15 10:30 AM vs. Whittier Santa Barbara, CA Oct. 6 6:30 PM vs. UCSB Malibu, CA 1:00 PM vs. La Verne Santa Barbara, CA Oct. 7 5:00 PM @ USC Los Angeles, CA Oct. 21 7:00 PM vs. UC Irvine * Saratoga, CA Oct. 9 12:00 PM vs. Air Force Malibu, CA Oct. 22-23 The Rodeo - Saratoga, CA Oct. 14 7:00 PM @ Long Beach State * Long Beach, CA Oct. 22 9:00 AM vs. U.S. Naval Academy Saratoga, CA Oct. 15 5:30 PM vs. LMU Malibu, CA 1:00 PM vs. George Washington Saratoga, CA Oct. 23 12:00 PM vs. Stanford Malibu, CA 5:00 PM vs. Brown University Saratoga, CA Oct. 28 7:00 PM @ San Jose State * San Jose, CA Oct. 23 9:15 AM vs. St. Francis Saratoga, CA Oct. 29 12:30 PM @ UC Davis Davis, CA 2:45 PM vs. John Hopkins University Saratoga, CA Nov. 4 5:00 PM vs. UC Irvine * Malibu, CA Oct. 28 7:00 PM vs. Pepperdine * Saratoga, CA Nov. 6 12:00 PM vs. California Malibu, CA Nov. 4 7:00 PM @ Long Beach State * Long Beach, CA Nov. 11 7:00 PM @ UCSB * Santa Barbara, CA Nov. 5 3:00 PM @ UCLA Los Angeles, CA Nov. 18-20 at GCC Championships - Stockton, CA Nov. 6 1:00 PM @ USC Los Angeles, CA Nov. 11 7:00 PM @ Pacific * Stockton, CA Nov. 18-20 at GCC Championships - Stockton, CA

GCC WATER POLO • WEEKLY UPDATE • WWW.GCCWATERPOLO.COM 2016 GCC MEN’S WATER POLO WEEKLY UPDATE • SEPT. 29, 2016 UC IRVINE (7-5, 0-0 GCC) UC SANTA BARBARA (7-3, 0-0 GCC) Day Time Opponent Score Record Day Time Opponent Score Record Sept. 3 at UC San Diego Triton Invitational - La Jolla, CA Sept. 3 at UC San Diego Triton Invitational - La Jolla, CA Sept. 3 3:00 PM vs. California Lutheran W-11-5 1-0 Sept. 3 1:45 PM vs. Pomona-Pitzer W-18-3 1-0 8:15 PM vs. (2) USC L-14-3 1-1 3:00 PM vs. (15) Air Force W-20-11 2-0 Sept. 10 1:00 PM @ (5) Stanford L-10-5 1-2 Sept. 9 3:00 PM @ (19) LMU W-13-7 3-0 Sept. 11 at Inland Empire Classic - Redlands, CA Sept. 10 12:00 PM @ (2) USC L-14-3 3-1 Sept. 11 12:00 PM vs. Pomona-Pitzer W-9-4 2-2 Sept. 17 12:00 PM vs. (9) UC San Diego W-11-9 4-1 3:00 PM vs. Whittier W-8-4 3-2 2:00 PM vs. Occidental W-15-5 5-1 Sept. 15 7:00 PM vs. CUI W-13-3 4-2 Sept. 23-25 at MPSF Invitational - Berkeley, CA Sept. 17 10:30 AM @ (RV) LMU W-9-7 5-2 Sept. 23 5:15 PM vs. (11) Princeton W-12-11 (3OT) 6-1 Sept. 21 7:00 PM vs. (16) California Baptist L-8-9 5-3 Sept. 24 12:15 PM @ (3) Cal L-8-15 6-2 Sept. 23-25 at MPSF Invitational - Berkeley, CA 4:30 PM vs. (7) Long Beach St. L-6-9 6-3 Sept. 23 2:25 PM vs. (10) Pepperdine L-6-12 5-4 Sept. 25 10:00 AM vs. (10) Pepperdine W-15-7 7-3 Sept. 24 8:00 AM vs. Pomona-Pitzer L-7-8 (OT) 5-5 Oct. 1 12:00 PM @ California Berkeley, CA 4:00 PM vs. (18) San Jose St. W-12-7 6-5 Oct. 6 6:30 PM @ Pepperdine Malibu, CA Sept. 25 11:30 AM vs. (20) Santa Clara W-10-6 7-5 Oct. 13 7:00 PM @ UCLA Los Angeles, CA Oct. 1 12:00 PM @ UCLA Los Angeles, CA Oct. 14 7:00 PM vs. San Jose State * Santa Barbara, CA Oct. 9 1:00 PM vs. USC Irvine, CA Oct. 15 UCSB Mini Tournament Oct. 14 7:00 PM vs. Pacific * Irvine, CA Oct. 15 10:00 AM vs. Whittier Santa Barbara, CA Oct. 18 7:00 PM vs. Chapman Irvine, CA 1:00 PM vs. California Lutheran Santa Barbara, CA Oct. 21 7:00 PM @ San Jose State * Saratoga, CA Oct. 16 1:00 PM @ USC Los Angeles, CA Oct. 23 12:00 PM @ UC San Diego La Jolla, CA Oct. 20 7:00 PM vs. Long Beach State * Santa Barbara, CA Oct. 28 7:00 PM vs. UCSB * Irvine, CA Oct. 22 12:00 PM vs. Stanford Santa Barbara, CA Nov. 4 5:00 PM @ Pepperdine * Malibu, CA Oct. 28 7:00 PM @ UC Irvine * Irvine, CA Nov. 5 1:00 PM vs. California Irvine, CA Nov. 4 7:00 PM @ Pacific * Stockton, CA Nov. 11 7:00 PM @ Long Beach State * Long Beach, CA Nov. 5 10:00 AM @ Fresno Pacific Fresno, CA Nov. 18-20 at GCC Championships - Stockton, CA 1:00 PM vs. Pomona-Pitzer Fresno, CA Nov. 11 7:00 PM vs. Pepperdine * Santa Barbara, CA Nov. 18-20 at GCC Championships - Stockton, CA

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