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Water Polo NATIONAL COLLEGIATE MEN’S Highlights Three in a Row! Trojans Beat California For National Championship: Southern California won its third straight National Collegiate Men’s Water Polo Championship on Dec. 5 with a tense 12-10 overtime victory over California. Peter Kurzeka had four goals and Nikola Vavic had three for the Trojans, who were picked to fi nish fourth in the Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation after losing all three of their fi rst-team All-Americans from last year’s team. But the Trojans wound up the regular season ranked No. 1 in the country, then won the national title in the home pool of the team that provided the biggest obstacle – No. 2-ranked California, which had been No. 1 most of the season. “We fi gured if we were going to win it, we would have to go through Cal,” Kurzeka said. “The mecca of water polo is here,” Southern California coach Jovan Vavic said. “It was everything a championship game should be.” California 7, Loyola Marymount 6 CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 Results Loyola Marymount .................1 2 2 1 — 6 California .....................................1 3 1 2 — 7 DEC. 5 AT CALIFORNIA Loyola Marymount goals: Ikaika Aki 2, Albert Samuels Southern California 12, California 10 (2 ot) SEMIFINALS 2, Edgares Asajavious, Brian Flacks. California .........................1 2 4 3 0 0 — 10 DEC. 4 AT CALIFORNIA California goals: Max Bergeson 2, Ivan Rackov 2, Brian Southern California ....1 2 5 2 2 0 — 12 Dudley, Cory Nasoff, Zach White. California goals: Zach White 4, Brian Dudley 2, Ivan Southern California 10, St. Francis (NY) 7 Saves: Loyola Marymount (Andy Stevens) 12; California Rackov 2, Luka Saponjic, Charlie Steffens. St. Francis (NY) .........................2 0 2 3 — 7 (Justin Parsons) 11. Southern California ................4 1 4 1 — 10 Southern California goals: Peter Kurzeka 4, Nikola Attendance: 1,051 Vavic 3, Matt Burton, Jeremy Davie, Tobias Preuss, Mace St. Francis (NY) goals: Stefan Gencic 2, Alexander Rapsey, Stephen Siri. Pantic 2, Boris Plavsic, Filip Sasic, Bosko Stankovic. THIRD-PLACE GAME Saves: California (Justin Parsons) 10; Southern California Southern California goals: Peter Kurzeka 2, Tobias (Joel Dennerley) 8. Preuss 2, Matt Burton, Forest Monroe, Mace Rapsey, DEC. 5 AT CALIFORNIA Attendance: 1,084 Michael Rosenthal, Nikola Vavic, Connor Virjee. Loyola Marymount 9, St. Francis (NY) 7 Saves: St. Francis (NY) (Igor Mladenovic) 17; Southern St. Francis (NY) .........................1 2 1 3 — 7 California (Joel Dennerley) 13. Loyola Marymount .................5 3 0 1 — 9 St. Francis (NY) goals: Stefan Gencic 3, Alexander Pantic 2, Bosko Stankovic, Boris Plavsic. Loyola Marymount goals: Tibor Forai 5, Edgares Asajavious, Derek Milligan, Albert Samuels, Daniel Smith. Saves: St. Francis (NY) (Nikola Djuric) 10; Loyola Marymount (Andy Stevens 16, Gavyn Wild 0) 16. 2 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE MEN—HISTORY History Team Results Championship Year Champion (Record) Coach Score Runner-Up Host or Site Attendance 1969 ........................UCLA (19-0) Bob Horn 5-2 California Long Beach, Calif. — 1970 ........................UC Irvine (27-2) Ted Newland 7-6 (3 ot) UCLA Long Beach, Calif. — 1971 ........................UCLA (18-1) Bob Horn 5-3 San Jose St. Long Beach, Calif. — 1972 ........................UCLA (19-1) Bob Horn 10-5 UC Irvine New Mexico — 1973 ........................California (25-1) Pete Cutino 8-4 UC Irvine Long Beach, Calif. — 1974 ........................California (25-2) Pete Cutino 7-6 UC Irvine Long Beach, Calif. — 1975 ........................California (22-6) Pete Cutino 9-8 UC Irvine Long Beach, Calif. 3,326 1976 ........................Stanford (20-2) Art Lambert 13-12 UCLA Long Beach, Calif. 3,050 1977 ........................California (29-3) Pete Cutino 8-6 UC Irvine Brown 765 1978 ........................Stanford (26-1-1) Dante Dettamanti 7-6 (3 ot) California Long Beach, Calif. 2,541 1979 ........................UC Santa Barbara (27-2-1) Pete Snyder 11-3 UCLA Long Beach, Calif. 2,542 1980 ........................Stanford (28-2-1) Dante Dettamanti 8-6 California Long Beach, Calif. 2,401 1981 ........................Stanford (31-0) Dante Dettamanti 17-6 Long Beach St. Long Beach, Calif. 2,579 1982 ........................UC Irvine (30-0) Ted Newland 7-4 Stanford Long Beach, Calif. 2,128 1983 ........................California (29-3-2) Pete Cutino 10-7 Southern California Long Beach, Calif. 2,697 1984 ........................California (26-4-1) Pete Cutino 9-8 Stanford Long Beach, Calif. 3,214 1985 ........................Stanford (25-4) Dante Dettamanti 12-11 (2 ot) UC Irvine Long Beach, Calif. 3,410 1986 ........................Stanford (36-0) Dante Dettamanti 9-6 California Long Beach, Calif. 3,491 1987 ........................California (27-3) Pete Cutino 9-8 (ot) Southern California Long Beach, Calif. 4,398 1988 ........................California (33-3) Pete Cutino 14-11 UCLA Long Beach, Calif. 5,073 1989 ........................UC Irvine (27-6) Ted Newland 9-8 California Indianapolis 3,421 1990 ........................California (29-1) Steve Heaston 8-7 Stanford Long Beach, Calif. 3,185 1991 ........................California (26-1) Steve Heaston 7-6 UCLA Long Beach, Calif. 3,502 1992 ........................California (31-0) Steve Heaston 12-11 (3 ot) Stanford Long Beach, Calif. 3,517 1993 ........................Stanford (24-6) Dante Dettamanti 11-9 Southern California Long Beach, Calif. 3,165 1994 ........................Stanford (27-1) Dante Dettamanti 14-10 Southern California Long Beach, Calif. 3,608 1995 ........................UCLA (20-6) Guy Baker 10-8 California Stanford 1,903 1996 ........................UCLA (24-6) Guy Baker 8-7 Southern California UC San Diego 2,790 1997 ........................Pepperdine (25-3) Terry Schroeder 8-7 (2 ot) Southern California Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 927 1998 ........................Southern California (25-3) John Williams/Jovan Vavic 9-8 (2 ot) Stanford Newport Beach, Calif. 3,132 1999 ........................UCLA (22-3) Guy Baker/Adam Krikorian 6-5 Stanford La Jolla, Calif. 4,441 2000 ........................UCLA (19-7) Guy Baker/Adam Krikorian 11-2 UC San Diego Malibu, Calif. 3,049 2001 ........................Stanford (22-1) Dante Dettamanti 8-5 UCLA Stanford 4,503 2002 ........................Stanford (24-5) John Vargas 7-6 California Loyola Marymount 4,767 2003 ........................Southern California (24-3) Jovan Vavic 9-7 (ot) Stanford Stanford 4,280 2004 ........................UCLA (25-3) Adam Krikorian 10-9 (ot) Stanford Stanford 3,044 2005 ........................Southern California (26-1) Jovan Vavic 3-2 Stanford Bucknell 1,656 2006 ........................California (31-4) Kirk Everist 7-6 Southern California Loyola Marymount 4,552 2007 ........................California (28-4) Kirk Everist 8-6 Southern California Stanford 4,369 2008 ........................Southern California (29-0) Jovan Vavic 7-5 Stanford Stanford 2,660 2009 ........................Southern California (26-2) Jovan Vavic 7-6 UCLA Princeton 1,822 2010 ........................Southern California (28-2) Jovan Vavic 12-10 (2 ot) California California 2,135 Note: From 1969 through 1994, the championship was composed of eight teams. Since 1995, the championship has been composed of four teams. Year Player, Institution, Goals Year Player, Institution, Goals Tournament Scoring Leaders 1986 Robert Lynn, Southern California, 12 Tony Azevedo, Stanford, 5 1987 Rafael Gandarillas, Pepperdine, 11 2003 Tony Azevedo, Stanford, 8 Year Player, Institution, Goals Alexis Rousseau, UCLA, 11 2004 Endre Rex-Kiss, Loyola Marymount, 7 1969 Ben Gage, UC Santa Barbara, 14 1988 Kyle Kopp, Long Beach St., 12 2005 Cutberto Hernandez, Loyola Marymount, 5 1970 Ben Gage, UC Santa Barbara, 12 1989 Tom Warde, UC Irvine, 11 2006 Juan Delgadillo, Southern California, 6 1971 Jim Waska, Cal St. Fullerton, 14 1990 Luis Nicolao, Navy, 10 2007 Tim Hummel, Loyola Marymount, 4 1972 Jim Kruse, UC Irvine, 31 1991 Steve Gill, UC Irvine, 11 1973 Bruce Kocsis, Southern California, 8 2008 Kyle Wertz, Navy, 6 1992 Danny Leyson, Southern California, 12 2009 Scott Davidson, UCLA, 5 1974 Jon Svendsen, California, 9 1993 Michael Nalu, UC San Diego, 13 2010 Peter Kurzeka, Southern California, 6 1975 Gary Figueroa, UC Irvine, 13 1994 Doug Munz, Navy, 11 1976 Dave Breen, Arizona, 17 1995 Jeremy Braxton-Brown, UCLA, 8 1977 Scott Schulte, Bucknell, 14 1996 Hrvoje Cizmic, Southern California, 5 1978 Scott Schulte, Bucknell, 13 Brian Stahl, Massachusetts, 5 Team Championships 1979 Scott Schulte, Bucknell, 11 Marko Zagar, Southern California, 5 1980 Kevin Robertson, California, 12 1997 Jeremy Pope, Pepperdine, 6 California 13, Stanford 10, UCLA 8, Southern California 6, UC Scott Schulte, Bucknell, 12 1998 George Csaszar, Southern California, 5 Irvine 3, UC Santa Barbara, Pepperdine, 1 each. 1981 James Bergeson, Stanford, 12 1999 Sean Kern, UCLA, 8 1982 Peter Neushul, UC Santa Barbara, 9 2000 Ivan Babic, Southern California, 9 1983 Dan O’Connell, Loyola (IL), 11 2001 Kevin Witt, Loyola Marymount, 6 1984 Alan Gresham, California, 10 2002 Michel Vieira, Queens (NY), 5 Charles Harris, Southern California, 10 1985 J.R. Salvatore, UC Irvine, 10 TOURNAMENT SCORING LEADERS 3 1981 1990 All-Tournament Teams *James Bergeson, Stanford *Chris Humbert, California *Jody Campbell, Stanford Julian Bailey, California *Most Outstanding Player(s). Dave George, UC Santa Barbara Geoffrey Clark, Pepperdine Chris Kelsey, Stanford Dan Hackett, UCLA 1972 Alan Mouchawar, Stanford Colin Keely, Stanford *Eric Lindroth,