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UCLA Women’s Water Polo NCAA TOURNAMENT – MAY 9-11, 2008 Contact: Alex Timiraos – Phone: (310) 206-4008 – E-mail: [email protected] QUICK FACTS Head Coach ...............................Adam Krikorian (10th year) Top-Seeded UCLA Seeks Fourth Consecutive NCAA Title Career Record .......................................259-38 (all at UCLA) Bruins (30-0) have won a total of nine national titles. Letterwinners Returning/Lost ......................................11/4 National Championships ...............................................Nine (9) Friday, May 9 (Day One) Sunday, May 11 (Day Three) Web Site ....................................................www.uclabruins.com Game 1 1:30 p.m. (2) Stanford v. (7) Marist 7th Place Game Game 2 3:15 p.m. (3) USC v. (6) Michigan Game 9 12:30 p.m. Loser G5 v. Loser G6 2008 SCHEDULE Game 3 5:00 p.m. (1) UCLA v. (8) Pomona-Pitzer 5th Place Game Date Opponent Time/Result Game 4 6:45 p.m. (4) San Diego St. v. (5) UC Davis Game 10 2:15 p.m. Winner G5 v. Winner G6 1/26 1vs. Arizona State W, 14-5 1/26 1vs. UC San Diego W, 14-5 Saturday, May 10 (Day Two) 3rd Place Game 1/27 1vs. Colorado State W, 15-2 Game 5 12:30 p.m. Loser G1 v. Loser G2 Game 11 4:00 p.m. Loser G7 v. Loser G8 1/27 1vs. Indiana W, 15-6 Game 6 2:15 p.m. Loser G3 vs. Loser G4 2/2 at Loyola Marymount W, 13-6 Game 7 4:00 p.m. Winner G3 vs. Winner G4 Championship Game 2/5 Hartwick W, 19-7 Game 8 5:45 p.m. Winner G1 vs. Winner G2 Game 12 6:00 p.m. Winner G7 v. Winner G8 2/9 2vs. Michigan W, 16-0 2/9 2vs. Hawai’i W, 15-10 all games at Avery Aquatic Center (Stanford, CA) 2/10 2vs. San Jose State W, 12-7 game times Pacific 2/10 2vs. USC W, 8-4 2/15 *at UC Irvine W, 13-3 THIS WEEKEND: UCLA enters the NCAA Tournament play, with the senior class of Kamaile 2/16 *at Cal State Northridge W, 10-5 Tournament as the top seed after posting a perfect Crowell, Gabrielle Domanic, Jillian Kraus, Courtney 2/17 *at Long Beach State W, 19-7 30-0 mark in the regular season. The Bruins will Mathewson and Brittany Rowe owning three NCAA 2/23 3vs. Cal State Northridge W, 12-4 open the tournament on Friday, May 9 against titles and a perfect 9-0 mark. If the Bruins win a 3 2/23 vs. Loyola Marymount W, 11-6 eighth-seeded Pomona-Pitzer (17-11) at 5 pm. The fourth-straight title, that senior class would join Kelly 2/24 3vs. California W, 9-4 2/24 3vs. Stanford W, 8-7 (sv-ot) winner of that match will play the winner of the San Rulon (2003-07) as the only UCLA women in any 3/1 *at UC Santa Barbara W, 12-0 Diego State (29-6, No. 4 seed)/UC Davis (26-8, No. sport ever to win four NCAA team titles. 3/8 *Stanford W, 9-7 5 seed) match on Saturday, May 10 at 4 p.m. 3/9 *San Jose State W, 15-5 NCAA SCORERS: UCLA has eight players on its 3/14 *at USC W, 8-7 On the other side of the bracket, Stanford (25-4, roster who have scored in the NCAA Tournament, 3/26 vs. Canada (exhibition, in Honolulu) W, 8-5 No. 2 seed) plays Marist (27-7, No. 7 seed) in the led by seniors Gabrielle Domanic and Courtney 3/28 *at Hawaii W, 9-5 first round at 1:30 pm, while USC (19-7, No. 3 seed) Mathewson, who each have 11 career NCAA goals. 4/5 *California W, 10-4 plays Michigan (33-9, No. 6 seed) at 3:15 pm. Close behind is Jillian Kraus, with eight goals in 4/6 *Pacific W, 13-6 NCAA Tournament play. Also with goals are Brittany 4/12 *San Diego State W, 17-5 All games will take place at the Avery Aquatic Center 4/12 Sonoma State W, 14-5 on the Stanford University campus. Rowe and Tanya Gandy (five each), Anne Belden and 4/13 *Arizona State W, 14-4 Katie Rulon (three each), and Kamaile Crowell (two). 4/25 4vs. San Jose State W, 12-1 RADIO/TV: UCLABruins.com will provide a free Goalkeeper Brittany Fullen has played in one NCAA 4/26 4vs. Hawaii W, 8-6 audio broadcast of all UCLA games at the NCAA Tournament game, making two saves in a 22-0 first- 4/27 4vs. USC W, 8-7 Tournament. Providing the call will be Dave Marcus round victory over Pomona-Pitzer in 2007. 5/9 5vs. Pomona-Pitzer 5:00 pm and Michael Sondheimer. The Championship game (at Stanford) COURTNEY IN THE CLUTCH: 5/10 NCAA Championships TBD on Sunday, May 11 will be televised live on CBS In each of the last 5/11 NCAA Championships (at Stanford) TBD two seasons, Bruin senior Courtney Mathewson has *Denotes MPSF Conference game College Sports (formerly CSTV) at 6 pm. 1 Michigan Invitational (Ann Arbor, Mich.) scored the winning goal in the NCAA Championship 2 Stanford Invitational (Palo Alto, Calif.) LOOKING FOR A FOUR-PEAT: The three-time game. In 2006, she scored with one second 3 UC Irvine Invitational (Irvine, Calif.) 4 MPSF Championships (San Diego, Calif.) defending NCAA Champion Bruins are seeking an remaining to give UCLA a 9-8 victory over USC. In 5 NCAA Championships (Stanford, Calif.) unprecedented four-peat and their 10th national 2007, her third goal of the game gave UCLA a 5-3 All games times are Pacific. women’s water polo title. Since the first NCAA lead over Stanford and proved to be the game-winner 2008 ROSTER Championship in 2001, UCLA has won five of the as the Bruins held on to win, 5-4. seven titles (2001, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007), No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. FIRST TO 101?: with only Stanford in 2002 and USC in 2004 being Last season, the women’s water 1 Brittany Fullen GK Jr. 5-10 polo team gave UCLA its 100th NCAA title, setting off 1 Morgan Ronimus GK Fr. 5-9 able to break the stranglehold UCLA has on the 2 Anne Belden Att. Jr. 5-8 NCAA trophy. Prior to women’s water polo becoming a year-long celebration as the university recognized 3 Gabrielle Domanic Att. Sr. 5-6 an NCAA-sanctioned championship, UCLA won its accomplishment of becoming the first in the 4 Brittany Rowe Ctr. Sr. 5-11 national titles in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2000. nation to win 100 NCAA titles. UCLA could be the 5 Katie Rulon Att. Jr. 5-9 first to 101 with another title this weekend. 6 Priscilla Orozco Att. Fr. 5-7 WATER POLO HOPES TO JOIN RARE COMPANY: 7 Courtney Mathewson Att. Sr. 5-8 UCLA VS. TOURNAMENT FIELD: UCLA is 7- 8 Melissa Mordell Att. So. 5-7 Only two UCLA teams have ever won four-straight NCAA titles - men’s basketball with seven straight 0 against the NCAA Tournament field and has 9 Jillian Kraus Def. Sr. 5-9 outscored those opponents by a combined total of 10 Tanya Gandy Att. Jr. 5-7 from 1967-73 and men’s volleyball with four straight 11 Kelly Easterday Def. Fr. 5-11 from 1981-84. 74-37. The Bruins are 1-0 against Michigan (16-0 12 Kamaile Crowell Att. Sr. 5-7 on Feb. 9), 3-0 against USC (8-4 on Feb. 10, 8-7 on 13 Monica Powers Utl. Fr. 5-11 BRUINS SEEK ANOTHER PERFECT SEASON: The Mar. 14 and 8-7 on Apr. 27), 2-0 against Stanford 14 Noel Umphrey Att. Fr. 5-5 2008 Bruins are looking to become only the third (8-7 in sudden victory overtime on Feb. 24 and 9-7 15 Kim Nelson Att. Jr. 5-10 women’s water polo team ever to record a perfect on Mar. 8), and 1-0 against San Diego State (17-5 16 Kelsey McGinley Att. Fr. 5-7 17 Megan Burmeister Def. Fr. 5-8 season. The 2005 UCLA team achieved a perfect on Apr. 12). 33-0 record in 2005, and USC went 29-0 in 2004. 18 Camy Sullivan Att. Fr. 5-6 The Bruins lead the all-time series with all of the 19 Samantha Spears Att. Jr. 5-4 UCLA NEARLY UNBEATABLE IN NCAA PLAY: 20 Kelsey Hafferkamp Att. Fr. 5-7 NCAA Tournament schools. UCLA is 25-24 against 21 Katie Estrada Ctr. Fr. 5-8 UCLA holds an all-time record of 14-1 in the NCAA Stanford, 35-12 against USC, 29-3 against San 22 Alexandra Neste Def. Fr. 5-11 Tournament, with its lone loss coming to Stanford, Diego State, 12-1 against UC Davis, 5-0 against Head Coach: Adam Krikorian (10th year) 8-4, in the 2002 NCAA Championship game at Michigan and 2-0 against Pomona-Pitzer. UCLA and Assistant Coaches: Matt Flesher (2nd year) USC. The Bruins have won 11 consecutive NCAA Marist have never faced each other. Brandon Brooks (2nd year) Tournament games. Sam Bailey (1st year) In NCAA Tournament action, UCLA is 5-1 against Undergrad Asst: Molly Cahill (1st year) NOTHING BUT SUCCESS: Each returning player Stanford, 2-0 against USC, and 1-0 against Pomona- Student Manager: Carter Brutschy (2nd year) on the 2008 Bruin roster is undefeated in NCAA Pitzer.