2019 UCLA MEN’S WATER POLO

2019 QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location , CA THIS IS UCLA Career Records 32 Athletic Dept. Address 325 Westwood Plaza 2019 Radio/TV Roster 2 Year-by-Year Results 33 Los Angeles, CA 90095 2019 Rosters 3 All-Time vs. Opponents 40 Athletics Phone (310) 825-8699 Head Coach Adam Wright 4 All-Time NCAA Tournament Results 41 Ticket Offi ce (310) UCLA-WIN Associate Head Coach Jason Falitz 6 The 2017 NCAA Championship 42 Men’s Water Polo Offi ce Phone (310) 794-6443 Assistant Coach Bret Lathrope 7 The 2015 NCAA Championship 43 Chancellor Dr. Gene Block Player Profi les 8 The 2014 NCAA Championship 44 Director of Athletics Daniel G. Guerrero Dirks Pool at 50 The 2004 NCAA Championship 45 Sr. Women’s Administrator Dr. Christina Rivera The 2000 NCAA Championship 46 Assoc. Athletic Director (MWP) Ashley Armstrong 2018 IN REVIEW The 1999 NCAA Championship 47 Faculty Athletic Rep. Dr. Michael Teitell Statistics and Results 20 The 1972, 1995 and 1996 NCAA Championships 48 Home Pool Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center Game-By-Game Stats and Polls 21 The 1969 and 1971 NCAA Championships 49 Enrollment 43,239 MPSF Information 22 Founded 1919 MPSF Standings and Honors 22 Colors Blue and Gold Nickname Bruins UCLA HISTORY Conference Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation All-Time Letterwinners 23 Conference MWP Contact Al Beaird Head Coaching History 25 Conference Phone (925) 296-0723 Bruin Award Winners 26 Conference Fax (925) 296-0724 UCLA Olympians 30 National Affi liation NCAA Division I Single-Season Records 31 Head Coach Adam Wright (UCLA ‘01) Record at UCLA (Years) 250-42 (10) Coach’s Phone (310) 267-4912 Associate Head Coach Jason Falitz (L.A. Valley College ‘06) Assistant Coach Bret Lathrope (UCLA ‘13) 2018 Record 23-5 2018 MPSF Record (Finish) 1-2 (T-3rd) 2018 MPSF Championship 3rd 2018 NCAA Championship T-3rd 2018 Final National Ranking 3rd NCAA Championships 11 (1969, 1971, 1972, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017) All-Time NCAA Championship Appearances 34 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) All-Time Conference Championships 5 (1999, 2000, 2009, 2011, 2015) Men’s Water Polo SID Ryan Finney Finney’s Phone (310) 206-4701 Sports Information Fax (310) 825-8664 Finney’s E-mail rfi [email protected] Web Site www.uclabruins.com Twitter twitter.com/UCLAWaterPolo Facebook www.facebook.com/uclamenswaterpolo The 2019 UCLA men’s water polo team. 2019 SCHEDULE MEDIA INFORMATION DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (PT) TV MWP Contact: Ryan Finney Sept. 7 Fordham1 Annapolis, Md. 8:30 am Phone: 310-206-4701 Sept. 7 Princeton1 Annapolis, Md. 12:15 pm Mobile: 424-832-0676 Sept. 8 at Navy1 Annapolis, Md. 6:15 am E-mail: rfi [email protected] 1 Sept. 8 La Salle Annapolis, Md. 10:00 am Address: 325 Westwood Plaza Sept. 14 San Jose State2 Stanford, Calif. 9:00 am Los Angeles, CA 90095 Sept. 14 Pro Recc. (Exhibition)2 Stanford, Calif. 1:00 pm 2 Sept. 15 Olympic Club (Exhibition) Stanford, Calif. 10:00 am Credits: The 2019 UCLA men’s water polo information guide 2 Sept. 15 Pro Recc. (Exhibition) Stanford, Calif. 3:00 pm was written, edited and designed by Ryan Finney, UCLA Sept. 21 at Pepperdine Malibu, Calif. 12:00 pm Athletic Communications/Associate SID. Photography by 3 Sept. 27-29 SoCal Invitational Spieker Aquatics Center TBD ASUCLA Campus Studio (Don Liebig), Minette Rubin, John Oct. 4 Long Beach State Spieker Aquatics Center 7:00 pm Hilinski, Onno Zwaneveld, Juan Lainez (Marin Media), Catharyn Oct. 5 Alumni Match Spieker Aquatics Center TBD Hayne Photography, Allen Lorentzen, Jeff Sipsey, Brock Scott Oct. 11 UC Santa Barbara Spieker Aquatics Center 7:00 pm Photography, Berliner Studios, Andrew Bernstein, Ruth Chambers Oct. 18 Pacifi c Spieker Aquatics Center 7:00 pm and Scott Quintard. Oct. 19 Cal Baptist Spieker Aquatics Center 3:00 pm Oct. 19 Whittier Spieker Aquatics Center 5:00 pm Cover: The cover of the 2019 UCLA men’s water polo information Oct. 27 at UC Irvine Irvine, Calif. 1:00 pm guide was designed by Summit Athletic Media with assistance Nov. 2 * Spieker Aquatics Center 1:00 pm from Ryan Finney. It features the 2018 seniors (from left), Nov. 9 USC* Spieker Aquatics Center TBD Pac-12 Networks Eric Goldenberg, Austin Rone, David Stiling, Kent Inoue and Nov. 16 at Stanford* Stanford, Calif. TBD Warren Snyder. Nov. 22-24 at MPSF Championship4 Berkeley, Calif. TBD Dec. 7-8 at NCAA Championship5 Stockton, Calif. TBD NCAA.com KEY: 1 - Navy Open / 2 - Stanford Invitational / 3 - SoCal Invitational (at UCLA) / 4 - MPSF Championship (at California) / 5 - NCAA Championship (at Pacifi c) / * MPSF game / Home games in bold / All times listed are Pacifi c

1 RADIO / TV ROSTER

1 1A 2 3 4 5 Alex Wolf Bernardo Maurizi Will Morgan Gabe Discipulo Jake Cavano Matthew Kacura RS-Sr., GK, 6-7 Fr., GK, 6-2 RS-Fr., ATK, 6-1 Fr., CTR, 6-3 So., ATK/UTL, 6-4 So., ATK, 6-3 Huntington Beach, Calif. Florence, Italy Pebble Beach, Calif. Santa Cruz, Calif. Huntington Beach, Calif. San Clemente, Calif. Huntington Beach HS Salesiani Firenze Stevenson School Bellarmine College Preparatory Huntington Beach HS Orange Lutheran HS

6 7 8 9 10 12 Andy Rodgers Jack White Cameron Reagan Brock Petersen Ryan Sawyer Michael Graner Fr., ATK, 6-2 Fr., ATK, 6-1 Fr., DEF/UTL, 6-2 RS-Fr., ATK, 6-2 RS-Fr., ATK, 6-1 So., ATK, 6-0 Coronado, Calif. Newport Beach, Calif. Huntington Beach, Calif. Dana Point, Calif. Palm Desert, Calif. El Segundo, Calif. Coronado HS Newport Harbor HS Mater Dei HS Santa Margarita Catholic HS Palm Desert HS Loyola HS

13 14 15 17 18 19 Felix Brozyna-Vilim Max Berg Bailey Jarvis Chasen Travisano Henry Wilde Ashworth Molthen Jr., UTL, 6-5 Fr., ATK, 5-10 RS-So., DEF, 6-4 Jr., ATK, 6-2 RS-Fr., ATK, 6-3 So., ATK, 6-3 Santa Monica, Calif. Long Beach, Calif. Walnut Creek, Calif. Glendora, Calif. Newport Beach, Calif. Buena Park, Calif. Harvard-Westlake School Woodrow Wilson HS Las Lomas HS Damien HS Corona del Mar HS Orange Lutheran HS

20 21 22 23 24 25 Tega Cheishvili Nicolas Saveljic Morio Saito Evan Rosenfeld Tommy Gruwell Chase Petersen RS-Fr., DEF, 6-2 Jr., ATK, 6-6 So., ATK, 5-10 Jr., UTL, 6-3 Fr., ATK, 6-4 RS-Fr., DEF, 6-1 Tbilisi, Georgia Kotor, Montenegro Los Angeles, Calif. Thousand Oaks, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Dana Point, Calif. Tbilisi American High School Maritime School Kotor Harvard-Westlake School Harvard-Westlake School Cathedral Catholic HS Santa Margarita Catholic HS

Adam Wright Jason Falitz Bret Lathrope Michael Hull Head Coach (11th year) Assoc. Head Coach (5th year) Assistant Coach (1st year) Director of Operations Alma Mater - UCLA ‘01 Alma Mater - L.A. Valley Alma Mater - UCLA ‘13 Alma Mater - UCLA ‘19 College ‘06

2 ROSTERS NUMERICAL ROSTER ROSTER BREAKDOWN No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) Alphabetical Class 1 Alex Wolf GK 6-7 R-Sr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach HS) A ...... Giorgio Alessandria Freshmen (16): Alessandria, 1A Bernardo Maurizi GK 6-2 Fr. Florence, Italy (Salesiani Firenze) B ...... Max Berg Berg, Cheishvili, Discipulo, 2 Will Morgan ATK 6-1 R-Fr. Pebble Beach, Calif. (Stevenson School) ...... Felix Brozyna-Vilim Gruwell, Honaker, Larsen, 3 Gabe Discipulo CTR 6-3 Fr. Santa Cruz, Calif. (Bellarmine College Preparatory) C ...... Jake Cavano Maurizi, Morgan, B. 4 Jake Cavano ATK/UTL 6-4 So. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach HS) ...... Tega Cheishvili Petersen, C. Petersen, 5 Matthew Kacura ATK 6-3 So. San Clemente, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) D ...... Gabe Discipulo Reagan, Rodgers, Sawyer, 6 Andy Rodgers ATK 6-2 Fr. Coronado, Calif. (Coronado HS) White, Wilde. 7 Jack White ATK 6-1 Fr. Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) G ...... Michael Graner 8 Cameron Reagan DEF/UTL 6-2 Fr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) ...... Tommy Gruwell Sophomores (6): Cavano, 9 Brock Petersen ATK 6-2 R-Fr. Dana Point, Calif. (Santa Margarita Catholic HS) ...... Levon Gukasyan Jarvis, Kacura, Molthen, 10 Ryan Sawyer ATK 6-1 R-Fr. Palm Desert, Calif. (Palm Desert HS) H ...... Chase Honaker Morgan, Krutonog, Graner. 12 Michael Graner ATK 6-0 So. El Segundo, Calif. (Loyola HS) J ...... Bailey Jarvis 13 Felix Brozyna-Vilim UTL 6-5 Jr. Santa Monica, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School) K...... Matthew Kacura Juniors (5): Brozyna-Vilim, 14 Max Berg ATK 5-10 Fr. Long Beach, Calif. (Woodrow Wilson HS ) ...... Sam Krutonog Gukasyan, Rosenfeld, Saveljic, Travisano. 15 Bailey Jarvis DEF 6-4 R-So. Walnut Creek, Calif. (Las Lomas HS) L ...... Jack Larsen 17 Chasen Travisano ATK 6-2 Jr. Glendora, Calif. (Damien HS) M ...... Bernardo Maurizi Seniors (1): Wolf. 18 Henry Wilde ATK 6-3 R-Fr. Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS) ...... Ashworth Molthen 19 Ashworth Molthen ATK 6-3 So. Buena Park, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS ) ...... Will Morgan Position 20 Tega Cheishvili DEF 6-2 R-Fr. Tbilisi, Georgia (Tbilisi American High School) P...... Brock Petersen Goalkeepers (4): Honaker, 21 Nicolas Saveljic ATK 6-6 Jr. Kotor, Montenegro (Maritime School Kotor) ...... Chase Petersen 22 Morio Saito ATK 5-10 So. Los Angeles, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School/Santa Monica College) Krutonog, Maurizi, Wolf. R ...... Cameron Reagan 23 Evan Rosenfeld UTL 6-3 Jr. Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School) ...... Andy Rodgers Defenders (4): Cheishvili, 24 Tommy Gruwell ATK 6-4 Fr. San Diego, Calif. (Cathedral Catholic HS ) ...... Evan Rosenfeld Jarvis, C. Petersen, Reagan. 25 Chase Petersen DEF 6-1 R-Fr. Dana Point, Calif. (Santa Margarita Catholic HS) S...... Morio Saito Giorgio Alessandria UTL 6-3 Fr. Lafayette, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Centers (1): Discipulo. Levon Gukasyan UTL 6-0 Jr. Glendale, Calif. (Clark Magnet HS/Los Angeles Valley College) ...... Nicolas Saveljic Chase Honaker GK 6-3 Fr. Plano, Texas (St. Mark’s School of Texas) ...... Ryan Sawyer Attackers (16): Berg, Cavano, Sam Krutonog GK 6-1 So. Studio City, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School/USC) T ...... Chasen Travisano Graner, Gruwell, Kacura, Jack Larsen ATK 6-6 Fr. Moraga, Calif. (Campolindo HS) W...... Jack White Larsen, Molthen, Morgan, ...... Henry Wilde B. Peterson, Rodgers, Saito, ...... Alex Wolf Saveljic, Sawyer, Travisano, COACHING STAFF White, Wilde. Head Coach Adam Wright (11th season) Height Associate Head Coach Jason Falitz (5th season) Utility (6): Alessandria, 6-7 ...... Wolf Assistant Coach Bret Lathrope (1st season) Brozyna-Vilim, Cavano, 6-6...... Saveljic Gukasyan, Reagan, Rosenfeld. SUPPORT STAFF ...... Larsen 6-5 ...... Brozyna-Vilim State Director of Operations Michael Hull 6-4...... Cavano Athletic Trainer Carl Stocklin ...... Gruwell California (25): Alessandria, Assistant Athletic Performance Coach Casey Metoyer ...... Jarvis Berg, Brozyna-Vilim, Cavano, Sports Information Director Ryan Finney 6-3 ...... Alessandria Discipulo, Graner, Gruwell, ...... Discipulo Gukasyan, Jarvis, Kacura, Krutonog, Larsen, Molthen, PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ...... Honaker Morgan, B. Petersen, C. Giorgio Alessandria – GEORGE-ee-oh Al-uh-sand-ree-uh ...... Kacura GUIDE TO WATER POLO Petersen, Reagen, Rodgers, Felix Brozyna-Vilim – Bro-ZEN-uh Vill-um ...... Molthen Rosenfeld, Saito, Sawyer, Jake Cavano – CAV-uh-no POSITIONS ...... Rosenfeld Travisano, White, Wilde, Wolf. Tega Cheisvili – TAY-guh CHASE-villey ...... Wilde Gabe Discipulo – Dih-SIP-uh-low GK – goalkeeper, ATK – attacker/driver, 6-2...... Cheishvili Texas (1): Honaker. Michael Graner – GRAIN-er CTR – center, DEF – defender, UTL – utility ...... Maurizi Tommy Gruwell – Grew-well Attacker: Similar to the guard and forward positions in ...... B. Petersen International Levon Gukasyan – Luh-von Goo-KAH-see-un basketball. Look for these players to shoot often and create ...... Reagan Chase Honaker – Hon-uh-ker offensive chances for their teammates, as well as disrupt Georgia (1): Cheishvili. the opponents’ offensive play. Also known as a driver...... Rodgers Matthew Kacura – Kuh-SIR-uh Italy (1): Maurizi. Sam Krutonog – CREW-tuh-nog Center Offense/Defense: Similar to the post position in ...... Travisano Bernardo Maurizi – Mao-REET-zee basketball. These players station themselves in front of 6-1 ...... Krutonog Montenegro (1): Saveljic. goal, engaging in physical battles for position. Defenders ...... Morgan Ashworth Molthen – MOLE-thin are similar to football safeties by preventing opponent Morio Saito – MORE-ee-oh SIGH-toe breakaways on counterattack...... C. Petersen Nicolas Saveljic – SAV-uh-litch ...... Sawyer Chasen Travisano – TRAV-eh-saw-no ...... White 6-0 ...... Graner ...... Gukakasyan 5-10 ...... Berg ...... Saito

3 DIRKS POOL AT SPIEKER AQUATICS CENTER

entering its 11th season as UCLA’s home . . . SPIEKER AQUATICS CENTER The UCLA men’s water polo team begins its 11th season The Bruins’ women’s water polo program hosted the MPSF the pool houses the new scoreboard, an LED, state-of-the-art playing at Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center in the fall of Tournament in May 2009, taking advantage of the home piece of electronics, making scores, statistics and messages 2019. Over the past 10 seasons, UCLA has logged a 83-9 setting to win the title at the three-day event. easily visible to all in attendance. (.902) record at its state-of-the-art home facility, where it won its 10th NCAA title in school history in 2015. Spieker Aquatics Center features a 52-meter by 25-yard Next to the scoreboard is the “Wall of Champions”, showcasing all-deep water pool with a dividing bulkhead, allowing races all of UCLA’s water polo, swimming and national Spieker Aquatics Center opened in September 2009, in time to take place at varying distances (meters, versus yards). The championship teams, and individual student-athletes’ for the start of the men’s water polo season that fall. PCL pool also has four platforms on a diving tower, at heights of achievements, record-holders and Olympians. Construction broke ground on the facility in July 2008. The three, fi ve seven and one half, and 10-meter platforms, as Separate men’s and women’s locker rooms house enough athletics department offi cially opened Spieker Aquatics Center well as one and three-meter springboards. In addition, the lockers for all team members, with shower space and bathroom on Sept. 26, 2009, as the men’s water polo team defeated aquatics center features a warming pool for divers directly stalls and sinks for each team. Equipment needed for meets UC Irvine, 10-4, after a dedication ceremony that evening. behind the tower. and matches have storage capacity on the facility’s south side. In 2019, UCLA is slated to play seven regular-season games Adjacent to Sunset Canyon Recreation Center on the northwest When walking through the public entryway to the center, visitors at Spieker Aquatics Center. The Bruins will also host the MPSF portion of campus, the Spieker Aquatics Center was made fi rst notice the Donor Wall. All donors who generously made SoCal Invitational on Sept. 27-29 with water polo fans getting possible thanks to a generous lead gift from former student- gifts to the Spieker Aquatics Center are recognized on this to see the top 16 teams in the nation battle it out for the title. athlete Tod Spieker and his wife, Catherine. Tod, a 1971 UCLA wall. Additionally, over 50 former UCLA water polo players, graduate and All-American, swam for the Bruins from 1968-71 swimmers and divers made gifts to “name” a locker. Those In the fall of 2011, UCLA hosted the MPSF Tournament (Nov. and still competes in Master’s Swimming. 25-27), using Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center. The names will forever be part of the locker rooms in the new facility. Bruins took full advantage of their home court and won the The pool, Dirks Pool, is named after Carolyn Dirks, who provided The state-of-the-art facility brings together all three of UCLA’s Conference Tournament by beating top-ranked USC, 10-9, the lead gift for the swimming pool. Dirks Pool has also been intercollegiate aquatic sports – water polo, swimming and in sudden victory overtime on Nov. 27, 2012. The Bruins can used for special use events and Masters Swim meets. The diving – to one venue. The aquatics center features event also use the pool at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center when signature feature of the Spieker Aquatics Center is the diving lighting and permanent seating with the possibility of additional hosting larger events. tower, which sits at the west end of the pool. The east end of temporary seating for larger events.

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