2016 GCC MEN’S WATER POLO WEEKLY UPDATE • OCT. 26, 2016 GOLDEN COAST CONFERENCE men’s water polo Oct. 26, 2016 • Release #8 @GOLDENCOASTWP Media Contact: John Shaffer • (310) 338-7643 • [email protected]

LOS ANGELES - After a light four-game week, the Golden Coast Conference will be UPCOMING SCHEDULE busy for the first weekend of November with 10 games on tap. Highlighting the slate Nov. 4 5:00 PM UC Irvine @ Pepperdine * on the weekend will be Friday’s top-five showdown between GCC unbeatens, No. 4 7:00 PM San Jose State @ Long Beach State * Pacific hosting No. 5 UC Santa Barbara on Nov. 4 at 7 pm. 7:00 PM UCSB @ Pacific * Nov. 5 10:00 AM UCSB @ Fresno Pacific The other conference match-ups on Friday will see UC Irvine heading to Pepperdine 12:00 PM Pacific @ Stanford for a 5 pm start, while San Jose State travels to Long Beach State for a 7 pm start. 1:00 PM California @ UC Irvine 1:00 PM Pomona-Pitzer vs. UCSB Pacific remained unbeaten in conference play thanks to huge relief role by redshirt 3:00 PM San Jose State @ UCLA freshman goalie Dylan Becker, who has been named the GCC Player of the Week Nov. 6 12:00 PM California @ Pepperdine for Nov. 2. Becker got his first action since Sept. 16 when he took over at halftime 1:00 PM San Jose State @ USC of a tied game against No. 6 Long Beach State Friday following a misconduct on Nov. 9 7:00 PM LMU @ Long Beach State the Tigers’ starting keeper seconds before halftime. In 16 minutes of action, Becker Nov. 11 7:00 PM Pepperdine @ UCSB * recorded a career-high tying seven saves, as Pacific defeated the 49ers, 12-11, (with 7:00 PM UC Irvine @ Long Beach State * Long Beach scoring with three seconds left to settle on the final margin). He also 7:00 PM San Jose State @ Pacific * tallied a career-best three steals. One of Becker’s seven saves came on a five-meter Nov. 12 7:00 PM Pacific @ UC Davis penalty against Nolan McConnell, the third-highest goal scorer in the GCC, who had Nov. 18-20 TBA GCC Championships - Pacifc previously scored two five-meter penalty shots in the contest (one in the first half, one vs Becker).

LONG BEACH STATE Long Beach State has three games left to play in the regular season, and all three will be played in front of their home crowd at the Ken Lindgren Aquatic Center. But most significantly, two out of the three games will be conference matchups. Nolan McConnell is third in the GCC with 36 goals.

GCC WATER POLO • WEEKLY UPDATE • WWW.GCCWATERPOLO.COM 2016 GCC MEN’S WATER POLO WEEKLY UPDATE • OCT. 26, 2016 Women’s Collegiate Top-20 Poll 2016 GCC Men’s Water Polo Records (As of Nov. 2, 2016) Week #9 - Nov. 2, 2016 School GCC Pct. Overall Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Rk Team LW Pts. Pacific 3-0 1.000 15-5 .750 2-2 3-1 10-2 Won 1 1 UCLA 1 100 UCSB 3-0 1.000 14-6 .700 7-0 3-5 4-1 Won 3 2 USC 3 95 Long Beach State 1-2 .333 11-8 .579 2-2 2-4 7-2 Lost 3 3 California 2 91 Pepperdine 1-2 .333 11-10 .524 2-3 4-4 5-3 Lost 1 4 Pacific 4 85 5 UC Santa Barbara 5 79 UC Irvine 1-2 .333 9-10 .474 2-4 2-3 5-3 Lost 2 6 Stanford University 6 (T) 73 San Jose State 0-3 .000 7-15 .318 3-4 1-5 3-6 Lost 1 7 Long Beach State 6 (T) 72 8 UC Davis 8 (T) 65 PACIFIC 9 Pepperdine University 8 (T) 60 The Tigers are back in action on Friday, when Pacific faces No. 5 UC Santa Barbara in a battle for first place 10 (T) Harvard University 13 50 in the GCC, at home at 7 p.m. Alexander Petrovic leads the GCC in assists with 35 and three of the top-five 10 (T) Princeton University 11 50 spots belong to the Tigers. Ikko Saito and Devon Thumwood are tied for third with 22. Petrovic leads the 12 Brown University 10 45 league in points with 65. 13 Bucknell University 12 43 14 UC San Diego 15 38 PEPPERDINE 15 (T) California Baptist 14 21 The No. 8 Pepperdine men’s water polo team plays its final two home games this week when they host No. 15 (T) Pomona-Pitzer 16 21 18 UC Irvine for a Golden Coast Conference matchup on Friday and then No. 2 California on Sunday. Sunday 17 Loyola Marymount 20 20 will also be senior day for the Waves. The Waves will honor six graduating seniors before Sunday’s game 18 George Washington 17 13 against Cal. Robert Beck, Cristian Bridley, Jonathan Hirsch, Reid Lazzarini, Brock Liebhardt and Charles 19 UC Irvine 18 (T) 11 20 (T) Santa Clara RV 9 Olsen will be playing their final regular-season game at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool. Pepperdine goalie 20 (T) St. Francis College 18 (T) 9 Zack Rhodes is currently second in the GCC and ninth in the nation with 161 saves this season. Rhodes RV University of Redlands RV 3 is averaging 8.05 saves per game and has a .567 save percentage. He picked up GCC Player of the Week RV San Jose State University RV 1 honors earlier this year after an 18-save performance against Pacific. RV Air Force Academy NR 1 SAN JOSE STATE On the heels of a 15-7 defeat to #9-Pepperdine, San José State men’s water polo looks to rebound against three of the nation’s top teams.The Spartans (7-15, 0-3) will head down to southern California to take on 2016 GCC PLAYER OF THE WEEK three top ten teams this weekend starting with Golden Coast Conference foe #7-Long Beach State on Friday, November 4. SJSU will have a quick turnaround as they take on undefeated #1-UCLA on Saturday and #2- Sept. 7 Ikko Saito USC on Sunday. Ben Hauschild leads the league in steals with 45. Pacific UC IRVINE Sept. 14 Matej Matijevic UC Irvine UC Irvine junior goalie Matej Matijevic recorded 18 saves in a game for the fifth time this season in a back-and-forth, 10-9 loss to No. 5 UC Santa Barbara last Friday night in a Golden Coast Conference game. Sept. 21 Alen Osmanovic Matijevic turned back a penalty shot in the second quarter and had three more saves on power-play oppor- Pacific tunities. He has 255 saves in 19 starts this season... UC Irvine, 9-10 overall and 1-2 in the GCC, travels to Pepperdine Friday for a conference game at 5:00 p.m. before hosting California in a non-conference contest Sept. 29 Nolan McConnell Long Beach St. Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Sophomore Jack Trush leads the Anteaters with 36 goals, followed by junior Ryan Warde with 32. Warde scored four goals for the third time in the past four games versus UCSB. Freshmen Oct. 5 Zach Rhodes Bryant Joudrie and Ian Fleenor have scored 23 and 22 goals, respectively. Pepperdine UC SANTA BARBARA Oct. 12 Reed Cotterill UC Santa Barbara No. 5 UCSB looks to continue its three-game win streak against No. 4 Pacific this Friday. Although Pacific just barely edged Santa Barbara in the rankings this week, that may change after this weekend. The Gau- Oct. 19 Tim Reeves chos have been on fire lately, going 6-1 in their last seven outings, compared to 4-3 for the Tigers. The next Pacific day, UCSB heads to Fresno for the FPU Mini Tournament to face off against Fresno Pacific and Pomona- Pitzer. In its latest game, Fresno Pacific finally ended an eight-game skid, defeating Chapman 12-8. Currently Oct. 26 Liam Lenihan UC Santa Barbara on an eight-game win streak, Pomona-Pitzer has been playing its best water polo of the season over the last month, going 12-1 in October. Nov. 2 Dylan Becker Pacific

GCC WATER POLO • WEEKLY UPDATE • WWW.GCCWATERPOLO.COM 2016 GCC MEN’S WATER POLO WEEKLY UPDATE • OCT. 26, 2016 LONG BEACH STATE (11-8, 1-2 GCC) PACIFIC (15-5, 3-0 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 W-15-1 9-3 3:15 PM vs. (1) UCLA L-5-8 11-1 12:00 PM vs. Long Beach City ! W-17-2 -- Sept. 25 1:00 PM vs. (2) USC L-3-8 11-2 3:00 PM vs. Golden West ! W-13-6 -- Oct. 1 12:00 PM @ (3) USC L-7-15 11-3 Oct. 6 7:00 PM @ (2) California L-7-17 9-4 Oct. 2 12:00 PM @ (9) Pepperdine * W-9-8 (OT) 12-3, 1-0 Oct. 8 1:00 PM @ (5) Stanford L-9-10 9-5 Oct. 8 12:00 PM vs. (1) UCLA L-5-9 12-4 Oct. 12 6:00 PM @ (16) UC San Diego W-10-6 10-5 Oct. 14 7:00 PM @ (18) UC Irvine * W-17-5 13-4, 2-0 Oct. 14 7:00 PM vs. (8) Pepperdine * W-7-4 11-5, 1-0 Oct. 20 7:00 PM vs. (14) George Washington W-19-11 14-4 Oct. 20 6:00 PM @ (7) UCSB * L-5-8 11-6, 1-1 Oct. 23 7:00 PM vs. (2) California L-10-14 14-5 Oct. 22 1:00 PM vs. (3) USC L-8-13 11-7 Oct. 28 7:00 PM vs. (6) Long Beach State * W-12-11 15-5, 3-0 Oct. 28 7:00 PM @ (4) Pacific * L-11-12 11-8, 1-2 Nov. 4 7:00 PM vs. (5) UCSB * Stockton, CA Nov. 4 7:00 PM vs. (RV) San Jose State * Long Beach, CA Nov. 5 12:00 PM @ (6) 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 (11-10, 1-2 GCC) SAN JOSE STATE (7-15, 0-3 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 @ (2) California L-9-16 2-9 2:00 PM vs. (5) Stanford L-9-11 8-3 Oct. 9 1:00 PM @ (5) Stanford L-2-10 2-10 Sept. 25 10:00 AM vs. (6) UC Santa Barbara L-7-15 8-4 Oct. 14 7:00 PM @ (7) UCSB * L-7-13 2-11, 0-1 Oct. 2 12:00 PM vs. (4) Pacific * L-8-9 (ot) 8-5, 0-1 Oct. 15 10:30 AM vs. Whittier W-10-7 3-11 Oct. 6 6:30 PM vs. (7) UCSB L-8-10 8-6 1:00 PM vs. La Verne W-13-7 4-11 Oct. 7 5:00 PM @ (3) USC L-4-15 8-7 Oct. 21 7:00 PM vs. UC Irvine * L-9-10 4-12, 0-2 Oct. 9 12:00 PM vs. (19) Air Force W-20-6 9-7 Oct. 22-23 The Rodeo - Saratoga, CA Oct. 14 7:00 PM @ (6) Long Beach State * L-4-7 9-8, 0-2 Oct. 22 9:00 AM vs. U.S. Naval Academy W-14-7 5-12 Oct. 15 5:30 PM vs. (20) LMU W-7-6 10-8 1:00 PM vs. (14) George Washington W-12-7 6-12 Oct. 23 12:00 PM vs. (5) Stanford L-5-9 10-9 5:00 PM vs. (10) Brown University L-5-8 6-13 Oct. 28 7:00 PM @ (RV) San Jose State * W-15-7 11-9, 1-2 Oct. 23 9:15 AM vs. (18) St. Francis L-4-8 6-14 Oct. 29 12:30 PM @ (8) UC Davis L-9-10 11-10 2:45 PM vs. John Hopkins University W-10-6 7-14 Nov. 4 5:00 PM vs. (19) UC Irvine * Malibu, CA Oct. 28 7:00 PM vs. (8) Pepperdine * L-7-15 7-15, 0-3 Nov. 6 12:00 PM vs. (2) California Malibu, CA Nov. 4 7:00 PM @ (7) Long Beach State * Long Beach, CA Nov. 11 7:00 PM @ UCSB * Santa Barbara, CA Nov. 5 3:00 PM @ (1) UCLA Los Angeles, CA Nov. 18-20 at GCC Championships - Stockton, CA Nov. 6 1:00 PM @ (2) 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 • OCT. 26, 2016 UC IRVINE (9-10, 1-2 GCC) UC SANTA BARBARA (14-6, 3-0 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 @ (2) California L-9-13 7-4 4:00 PM vs. (18) San Jose St. W-12-7 6-5 Oct. 6 6:30 PM @ (8) Pepperdine W-10-8 8-4 Sept. 25 11:30 AM vs. (20) Santa Clara W-10-6 7-5 Oct. 13 7:00 PM @ (1) UCLA L-7-10 8-5 Oct. 1 12:00 PM @ (1) UCLA L-0-11 7-6 Oct. 14 7:00 PM vs. (RV) San Jose State * W-13-7 9-5, 1-0 Oct. 9 1:00 PM vs. (3) USC L-4-20 7-7 Oct. 15 UCSB Mini Tournament Oct. 14 7:00 PM vs. (4) Pacific * L-5-17 7-8, 0-1 Oct. 15 10:00 AM vs. (RV) Whittier W-16-2 10-5 Oct. 18 7:00 PM vs. Chapman W-14-4 8-8 1:00 PM vs. La Verne W-15-3 11-5 Oct. 21 7:00 PM @ San Jose State * W-10-9 9-8, 1-1 Oct. 16 1:00 PM @ (3) USC L-6-16 11-6 Oct. 23 12:00 PM @ (15) UC San Diego L-6-7 9-9 Oct. 20 7:00 PM vs. (6) Long Beach State * W-8-5 12-6, 2-0 Oct. 28 7:00 PM vs. (5) UCSB * L-9-10 9-10, 1-2 Oct. 22 12:00 PM vs. (5) Stanford W-7-6 13-6 Nov. 4 5:00 PM @ Pepperdine * Malibu, CA Oct. 28 7:00 PM @ (18) UC Irvine * W-10-9 14-6, 3-0 Nov. 5 1:00 PM vs. California Irvine, CA Nov. 4 7:00 PM @ (4) 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. (15) 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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