2005 Arizona State University Water Polo 1 All-American (Katie Davis - 2004) Competing in Their Fourth Season at the Varsity Level for the RECORD Gms
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2005 Arizona State University Water Polo 1 All-American (Katie Davis - 2004) Competing in their fourth season at the varsity level FOR THE RECORD Gms. 29-IN THE POOL THIS WEEK Neutral 14- 9-19, 3-9 MPSF #17 Arizona State at MPSF Championships Thursday, April 28 - Sunday, May 1 IN THE RANKINGS Spieker Aquatic Complex • Berkeley, Calif. #17 (as of April 20) ASU (#12 seed) vs. Long Beach State (#5 seed) Tournament Game #2 • 11:15 a.m. DEVIL DATA Winner plays Friday at 2 p.m. • Loser Plays Friday at 9:00 a.m. UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location .......................................... Tempe, Ariz. Water Polo Heads to Cal for MPSF Championships Founded ...................................................... 1885 ASU, seeded 12th, faces fifth-seeded Long Beach State in the first round Enrollment ............................................... 45,693 Conference ............................................... MPSF TEMPE, Ariz. - The championship season ASU HISTORY: THE MPSF TOURNEY Nickname/Colors ...... Sun Devils/Maroon & Gold is upon the No. 17 Arizona State Univer- Arizona State is making its second ap- President ................................ Dr. Michael Crow sity water polo team this week as the Sun pearance in the MPSF Championships fol- Dir. of Athletics (July 1) ...................... Lisa Love Devils (9-19, 3-9 MPSF) travel to Berke- lowing a 1-2 mark in the event held in Los Faculty Representative ............ Prof. Myles Link ley, Calif., for the 2005 MPSF Champion- Alamitos, Calif., last year. In the opener, TEAM INFORMATION ships, set for April 28-May1 at the Spieker the No. 11 seed Sun Devils dropped a 14- Head Coach ................ Vicki Gorman (4th year) Aquatic Complex on the campus of Cal. 6 decision to No. 6 California. From there, Alma Mater ................................. Bucknell, ‘93 ASU met No. 10 seed UC Irvine and de- Record (Career) .................... 81-163 (8 years) Record (at ASU) ...................... 51-74 (4 years) WEEKEND WRAP feated the Anteaters, 8-5, to advance to Assistant Coach .......... Todd Clapper (1st year) Arizona State hit the road for the week- the ninth-place game. On the final day of Alma Mater ......................... Slippery Rock, ‘96 end for a trio of games and returned to the event, the Sun Devils fell in a close, 7- Team Manager ..........................Jelena Maljkovic Tempe with an 0-3 record. The Sun Devils 6, game to No. 8 seed San Jose State to Athletic Trainer ........................... Jerrett Holmes played twice Saturday, falling to No. 18 Cal finish 10th overall. State Northridge, 7-6, before traveling to 2004 SEASON IN REVIEW Overall Record ........................................... 12-19 La Jolla, Calif., where they lost a 5-2 deci- TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE MPSF Record ................................................. 2-9 sion to No. 19 UC San Diego. The final As the 12th seed in the tournament, the Reg. Season Finish ..................................... 11th game of the road swing saw the Sun Dev- Sun Devils will face fifth-seeded Long MPSF Tourney ............................................... 1-2 ils fall to No. 14 San Diego State, 11-5. Beach State in the first round of the MPSF Tourney Finish ............................................. 10th Championships at 11:15 a.m. and the out- When Home ................................................... 2-4 When Away .................................................... 1-7 THE STAKES come of the game will determine the next When Neutral ................................................. 9-8 The stakes are certainly high this week- opponent for ASU. A victory for the Sun end as the outcome of the 13-team tour- Devils would see them play at 2 p.m. Fri- PROGRAM HISTORY nament will help determine which teams day against the winner of fourth-seeded Overall Record (3 yrs) ............................... 51-74 gain entrance into the NCAA Champion- Hawaii and 13th-seeded Pacific while an MPSF Record (2 yrs) ................................... 5-19 When Home ............................................... 12-18 ships that will be held in Ann Arbor, Mich., ASU loss would match the Sun Devils When Away .................................................. 5-24 May 13-15. The conference champion against the loser of the UH-UP game start- When Neutral ............................................. 34-32 earns an automatic berth into the national ing at 9 a.m. Friday. event while the remaining MPSF teams will hope to secure one of several at-large se- POSSIBLE TELEVISION APPEARANCE MEDIA RELATIONS lections to fill out the eight-team field. If the Sun Devils can string together two Asst. AD/Media Relations Dir. ............ Mark Brand victories to open the tournament, not only Associates ........ Doug Tammaro & Rhonda Lundin HOW THEY FINISHED would they advance to the semifinals, but Assistants ...... Will Phillips, Jeff Evans & Alex Ryan Last year, the Sun Devils were seeded they also would appear on national televi- Grad. Assistant ................................. Casey Kyes Media Relations Phone ............ (480) 965-6592 11th in the 12-team event and improved sion as ESPNU is set to air four games. Media Relations Fax ................. (480) 965-5408 their standing by one place, finishing 10th The new all-college athletics television net- Mailing Address: in the tournament. In 2004, undefeated and work will broadcast the semifinal games Carson Student-Athlete Center No. 1 USC scored an 8-7 victory over No. slated for Saturday and then will carry the ICA Building, Room 131 2 Stanford in the final while No. 3 UCLA third-place and championship games on 500 E. Veterans Way Sunday afternoon. Tempe, AZ 85287-2505 defeated No. 5 Long Beach State, 6-4, to finish third. Both USC and Stanford earned Water Polo Contact .......................... Alex Ryan berths into the NCAA Championships that THE NUMBERS GAME Ryan E-Mail ........................ [email protected] USC would win by defeating the Cardinal Although the Sun Devils are the 12th Ryan Direct ................................ (480) 965-4987 once again. seed in the tournament this weekend, the Ryan Cell .................................... (480) 734-7794 team finished in a four-way tie for ninth overall in the conference with a 3-9 record. WWW.THESUNDEVILS.COM Based upon tie-breaking criteria, the Sun 2005 SUN DEVIL ROSTERS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ALPHABETICAL Devils slipped to the 12 seed based upon No. Sun Devil Position Ht. Yr. Hometown Last School the number of goals they scored in games 19 Traci Aparicio Utility 5-7 Fr. Downey, Calif. Downey HS 14 Elaine Bentley Utility 5-6 Jr. San Diego, Calif. Poway HS with San Diego State and San Jose State. 12 Ashley Bower Driver 5-5 So. Bondi Beach, Australia St. Catherine’s Anglican Girls’ Here is how the rest of conference is 2 Kim Buck Driver 5-5 Fr. Lisle, Ill. Naperville North HS seeded for the 2005 championships: No. 8 Kim Doll Driver 5-8 Jr. Irvine, Calif. Orange Coast College 5 Elena Escalona 2MD 6-0 Fr. Miami, Fla. Gulliver Prep HS 1 UCLA, No. 2 USC, No. 3 Stanford, No. 4 3 Katie Hedley Utility 5-6 So. Lake Forest, Calif. El Toro HS Hawaii, No. 5 Long Beach State, No. 6 21 Katy Lawlor 2M 5-11 Fr. El Segundo, Calif. El Segundo HS California, No. 7 UC Santa Barbara, No. 8 10 Megan Martin Driver 5-8 Fr. La Canada, Calif. Crescenta Valley HS 15 Jessica McDaniel Driver 5-10 So. Modesto, Calif. Fred C. Beyer HS UC Irvine, No. 9 Cal State Northridge, No. 1 Kristie Meyer Goalie 5-10 Jr. Reno, Nev. Galena HS 10 SDSU, No. 11 SJSU, No. 12 ASU and 20 Adriane Mota Driver 5-6 Jr. Long Beach, Calif. Woodrow Wilson HS No. 13 Pacific. 4 Holly Newman Utility 5-8 Jr. San Diego, Calif. University City HS 13 Heather Rempfer 2MD 5-6 Jr. Lodi, Calif. Lodi HS 16 Sharleanna Richardson Driver 5-6 Fr. Simi Valley, Calif. Royal HS NIFTY, NIFTY, NUMBER 50 7 Raelyn Ritchie 2MD 5-10 So. Newport Beach, Calif. Newport Harbor HS With its 6-3 defeat of Santa Clara at the 1 Jennifer Sanderson Goalie 5-7 Sr. Walnut Creek, Calif. San Jose State Long Beach Invitational (April 16) the Sun 6 Shelby Slay Utility 5-8 Jr. Baytown, Texas Hartwick College 17 Kimberlee Stevens 2M 5-10 Jr. Lodi, Calif. Lodi HS Devils collected a milestone victory as the 11 Amanda Stillwell Driver 5-7 Fr. Redwood City, Calif. Notre Dame Belmont HS win was the 50th of the program’s history. 9 Jill Szuszkiewicz Utility 5-7 Sr. Moreno Valley, Calif. Riverside CC Arizona State now stands 51-74 overall as 1 Caylinn Wallace Goalie 6-0 Fr. Laguna Hills, Calif. Laguna Hills HS a varsity program. The team’s first win, 18 Tessa Wyborny Utility 5-8 Jr. Walnut Creek, Calif. Monte Vista HS ironically enough, came in a 9-2 defeat of Santa Clara in the second game of a NUMERICAL doubleheader to open ASU’s inaugural No. Sun Devil Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Last School 1 Kristie Meyer Goalie 5-10 Jr. Reno, Nev. Galena HS season on Feb. 9, 2002. SCU took the first 1 Jennifer Sanderson Goalie 5-7 Sr. Walnut Creek, Calif. San Jose State game of the day, 8-6, in overtime. 1 Caylinn Wallace Goalie 6-0 Fr. Laguna Hills, Calif. Laguna Hills HS 2 Kim Buck Driver 5-5 Fr. Lisle, Ill. Naperville North HS 3 Katie Hedley Utility 5-6 So. Lake Forest, Calif. El Toro HS NATIONALLY KNOWN 4 Holly Newman Utility 5-8 Jr. San Diego, Calif. University City HS The Sun Devils find themselves ranked 5 Elena Escalona 2MD 6-0 Fr. Miami, Fla. Gulliver Prep HS in the national Top 20 for the 13th week in 6 Shelby Slay Utility 5-8 Jr. Baytown, Texas Hartwick College a row this season as they slipped one spot 7 Raelyn Ritchie 2MD 5-10 So. Newport Beach, Calif. Newport Harbor HS 8 Kim Doll Driver 5-8 Jr. Irvine, Calif. Orange Coast College to No. 17 for the week of April 20. 9 Jill Szuszkiewicz Utility 5-7 Sr. Moreno Valley, Calif.