USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • University of Southern California 2012 Women’s Water Polo USC Sports Information 3501 Watt Way • Heritage Hall 103 • Los Angeles, CA 90089 Phone: (213) 740-8480 • FAX: (213) 740-7584 Water Polo Sports Information Director: Darcy Couch • email: [email protected] 2013 NCAA Championships — May 10-12, 2013 No. 1 USC Heads To Harvard For 2013 NCAA Tournament Top-seeded Women of Troy take aim at a fourth national championship this week in Boston. 2013 SCHEDULE/RESULTS THIS WEEK @USCWaterPolo Date Opponent Time/Result The USC women’s water polo team carry some winning momentum into its 10th straight NCAA Tourna- Feb. 9 @Cal State East Bay W 26-4 ment appearance this week. At 24-1 overall, the 2013 MPSF Tournament champs are seeded No. 1 in the @#17 Cal State Northridge W 9-2 eight-team field of contenders traveling to Harvard’s Blodgett Pool for competition May 10-12. The Wom- Feb. 10 @#7 San Diego State W 12-3 en of Troy are looking to claim their fourth national championship on this cross-country journey, hoping to @#5 Arizona State W 13-6 add the 2013 trophy to their 1999, 2004 and 2010 titles. USC (24-1) opens the 2013 tourney against No. Feb. 15 ^#11 Long Beach State W 9-1 8 Pomona-Pitzer (18-16) at 5:15 p.m. ET on Friday, May 10. No. 2 Stanford (27-2), the two-time defending ^Azusa Pacific W 29-4 national champion, will face No. 7 seed Iona; No. 3 seed UCLA (26-6) faces No. 6 seed Princeton (26-5); Feb. 16 ^at Cal Baptist W 22-3 ^Concordia W 24-6 and No. 5 seed UC San Diego (25-13) plays No. 4 seed Hawaii (21-9) at 7 p.m. The winners will advance to Feb. 23 %#18 Pacific W 14-2 May 11 semifinals rounds, with the 2013 national championship game set for May 12 at 5:15 p.m. ET at %#7 San Diego State W 17-5 Harvard’s Blodgett Pool. Feb. 24 %#3 UCLA W 11-10 %#1 Stanford W 13-10 NCAA TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: http://www.ncaa.com/sports/waterpolo-women/d1 March 2 at #5 California * W 10-5 USC IN THE RANKINGS March 9 #3 ARIZONA STATE * W 11-7 USC opened 2013 ranked No. 2 in the nation, and the Women of Troy took over the top spot after beating March 15 #10 SAN JOSE STATE * W 18-4 March 23 at #8 Hawai’i * W 15-7 Stanford in the UCI Invitational championship. The takeover marked the first time USC had been ranked March 30 at CSU Bakersfield * W 19-6 No. 1 in the nation since the conclusion of the vs. Brown W 16-5 2010 season. The Trojans stole the top spot All-Time Records vs. April 4 at #11 Loyola Marymount W 17-6 away from Stanford, which had been at No. 1 for almost a year, on Feb. 27. USC remained 2013 NCAA Teams April 6 at #7 UC Irvine W 11-3 THROUGH MAY 5, 2013 April 13 #2 STANFORD * L 6-4 at No. 1 for seven straight weeks until the USC’s Record April 19 at #4 UCLA * W 11-6 Cardinal grabbed an MPSF win over USC on April 26 &[7] CSU Bakersfield W 21-5 [Seed] Opponent W L (Streak) In NCAA Tourn. April 13, putting the Trojans back at No. 2 for [2] Stanford 26 27 (W1) 2-3 April 27 &[3] Arizona State W 11-5 two weeks until USC avenged its lone loss in April 28 &[1] Stanford W 11-7 [3] UCLA 21 44 (W3) 1-5 beating Stanford at the MPSF Championship. [4] Hawai’i 35 3 (W13) 3-0 NCAA Tournament (hosted by Harvard) The Trojans are now back on top as the No. 1 [5] UC San Diego 10 4 (W10) 0-0 May 10 $[8] Pomona-Pitzer 5:15 p.m. ET team in the nation. May 11 $TBD TBD [6] Princeton 2 0 (W2) 1-0 May 11 $TBD TBD NCAA NOTES [7] Iona 0 0 (--) 0-0 Home games in BOLD CAPS (at Uytengsu Aquatics Center) USC has won three national championships in [8] Pomona-Pitzer 4 0 (W4) 0-0 * MPSF game @ Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) program history, with the first coming in 1999 ^ Lancer Invitational (hosted by Cal Baptist) before the NCAA sponsored women’s water Overall NCAA Tournament Record*: 18-8 % UCI Invitational (hosted by UC Irvine) *NCAA Tournament began in 2001 & MPSF Tourn. (Berkeley, Calif.) polo. In 2004, the Trojans posted the first-ever $ NCAA Champs (Cambridge, Mass) undefeated season on the way to capturing (P-12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks PAST NCAA APPEARANCES (9) the 2004 NCAA title. USC’s third title came 2004: 1st place (2-0) 2009: 2nd place (2-1) in 2010 in a championship win over Stanford. def. Hartwick 12-4 def. Cal Lutheran 22-2 USC has since finished third in 2005 and 2007, def. Loyola Marymount 10-8 def. Hawai’i 17-5 placed second in 2006, 2008 and 2009 and lost to UCLA 5-4 2012, and was fourth in 2011. This year marks 2005: 3rd place (2-1) May 10-12 • Blodgett Pool (Boston, Mass.) 2010: CHAMPION (3-0) USC’s 10th consecutive NCAA appearance and def. Redlands 18-2 def. Marist 20-5 FIRST ROUND (Friday, May 10) lost to Stanford 5-4 10th overall, as the Trojans hold an 18-8 all- def. Loyola Marymount 10-6 Game 1 — [2] Stanford vs. [7] Iona 1:45 p.m. time record in NCAA tournament play. def. Hawai’i 11-6 def. Stanford 10-9 Game 2 — [3] UCLA vs. [6] Princeton 3:30 p.m. Game 3 — [1] USC vs. [8] Pomona-Pitzer 5:15 p.m. BRACKET BREAKDOWN 2006: 2nd place (2-1) 2011: 4th place (1-2) Game 4 — [4] Hawai’i vs. [5] UC San Diego 7 p.m. The top-seeded Trojans (24-1) earned their def. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 27-2 def. UC Irvine 14-9 def. Hawai’i 9-7 SEMIFINALS (Saturday, May 11) place in the tourney as the automatic bid lost to Stanford 8-4 Game 5 — Losers Game 1 & 2 1:45 p.m. out of the MPSF by winning the tournament lost to UCLA 9-8 lost to UCLA 6-5 Game 6 — Losers Game 3 & 4 3:30 p.m. championship in Berkeley. The rest of the 2007: 3rd place (2-1) 2012: 2nd place (2-1) Semifinal 1 — Winners Game 3 & 4 5:15 p.m. 2013 NCAA field includes two other MPSF def. Hartwick 20-5 def. Princeton 14-2 Semifinal 2 — Winners Game 1 & 2 7 p.m. teams -- No. 2 seed Stanford (27-2) and No. 3 lost to UCLA 7-6 def. UCLA 12-10 FINALS (Sunday, May 12) seed UCLA (26-6) -- awarded at-large berths, def. San Diego State 13-6 lost to Stanford 6-4 7th Place — Losers Game 5 & 6 12 p.m. along with the automatic bids won by confer- 5th Place — Winners Game 5 & 6 1:45 p.m. ence champions around the nation. Those 2008: 2nd place (2-1) 3rd Place — Semifinal Losers 3:30 p.m. seeded teams are: No. 4 Hawai’i (21-9, Big def. Michigan 12-3 Championship — Semifinal Winners 5:15 p.m. West Conference), No. 5 UC San Diego (25- def. Stanford 10-6 lost to UCLA 6-3 All Times Eastern — more — 2013 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo 13, Western Water Polo Association), No. 6 Princeton match, though, generating its most decisive win over (26-5, Collegiate Water Polo Association), No. 7 Iona Stanford since the 2010 season, when the Trojans went (21-8, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) and No. 8 Po- on to win the 2010 NCAA Championship. The Women of 2013 AWARDS mona-Pitzer (18-16, Southern California Intercollegiate Troy could do no wrong in the first frame, taking a quick MPSF Coach of the Year: Athletic Conference). lead on a sliding blast from Monica Vavic and adding Jovan Vavic to it with a skipper from Hannah Buckling. Those two THIS TIME LAST YEAR continued to provide plenty of firepower for the Trojan USC was the No. 3 seed into the 2012 NCAA Champion- MPSF Player of the Year: offense, blasting two apiece in the first frame around a Monica Vavic ships, held in San Diego. The Trojans opened up with a stinging skip shot from Kelly Mendoza to bump USC up powerful 12-10 win over No. 6 seeded Princeton to face 5-0. Buckling would end the day by scoring USC’s final All-MPSF First Team: rival UCLA in the semifinals. There, USC recorded its first goal of the game, going low corner on the Cardinal de- NCAA tournament win over the Bruins with a strong Monica Vavic fense to match her USC career best of four goals in the Flora Bolonyai 12-10 victory that launched the Trojans into their sixth game. Vavic had a hat trick by halftime, and Anni Espar NCAA title match. Defending champion Stanford was sliced in two goals to help drive the powerful Trojan of- Anni Espar able to hold off the Trojans in the final, however. Four fense out of reach of Stanford. On the defensive end, All-MPSF Second Team: different Trojans scored as USC pulled even at 4-4 in USC’s Flora Bolonyai hauled in nine saves in the game, the fourth frame, but Stanford got two to go down the including a block against a Stanford 5-meter penalty Kaleigh Gilchrist stretch to take the title with a 6-4 win over the Trojans. shot that would have recorded the Cardinal’s first goal All-MPSF Hon. Mention: USC goalie Flora Bolonyai had nine saves in the game of the game and made it close early. USC last won the and earned a spot on the NCAA All-Tournament Second MPSF Championship in 2009, and also won the tourna- Hannah Buckling Team, with NCAA All-Tournament First Team picks Patri- ment title in 2004. cia Jancso, Kaleigh Gilchrist and Monica Vavic. All-MPSF Newcomer Team: CENTURY CLUBBING BY THE NUMBERS Hannah Buckling USC sophomore Monica Vavic has sprinted to her 100th Anni Espar Entering the 2013 NCAA Tournament, USC is outscor- career goal, hit at UCLA. Vavic got to 100 in her 41st ing opponents 374-128 on the year. That scoring mark game as a Trojan, and she now holds 110 as she works NCAA.com is the third most in a single season in program history. her way up USC’s all-time top-20 career scorer list. At The record was set with 422 goals scored in 2001, and Player to Watch: the MPSF Tournament, junior Kaleigh Gilchrist also Flora Bolonyai the 2013 Trojans are within reach of passing up the No. chiseled her place in the club, scoring her 100th goal 2 mark of 380 hit in 2007. Sophomore Monica Vavic has during a five-goal blitz in the first round. She now holds been the undisputed scoring leader down the stretch, MPSF Player of the Week: 103 career goals to date. Waiting in the wings to join the Monica Vavic (Feb. 11, Feb. 18) with 71 goals scored to date — almost double her fresh- crew is senior Dominique Sardo, who has tallied 89 in man season total of 39 to push her past the 100 career her Trojan career entering her final NCAA trip. Anni Espar (Feb. 25) goal mark. Her 71 goals this season is the fourth most Kaleigh Gilchrist (April 22) scored in a singles season by a Trojan. Vavic hit her land- WORLD WARRIORS mark 100th goal against rival UCLA on April 19. Next in USC has an influx of incredible international talent this MPSF Newcomer of the Week: line on the scoresheets are Kaleigh Gilchrist with 41 season. Freshly capped up for their first seasons as Tro- Hannah Buckling (Feb. 25) goals, Hannah Buckling with 33, and Dominique Sardo jans are Australian imports Jayde Appel and Hannah Jayde Appel (March 11) and Jayde Appel with 27 each. Freshman Anni Espar Buckling, along with Olympic gold medalist Anni Espar has missed some games for travel and injury, but is right of Spain. Espar was named to the 2012 Olympic All-Star squad -- which included current Trojan Nikola Vavic and up there as well on the MPSF leader board with 25 goals Team and also selected the European Women’s Water former Trojan Tommy Corcoran -- coach Vavic helped scored in her 14 appearances to average 1.8 goals per Polo Player of the Year. Appel has been a member of the United States to reach the final of the UANA World game. On the defensive end, USC has a reliable anchor the Australian Junior National Team, and Buckling is a Aquatic Championship Qualification Tournament in- or in junior goalie Flora Bolonyai, who averages 7.9 saves member of the Australian Senior National Team. Even der to secure a spot at Worlds. Vavic and Pintaric both per game and is third in the MPSF with 5.0 goals-against more international experience already lives large on the have returned to USC to resume duties leading the USC per game. In all, the Trojans lead the conference with Trojan roster. Olympian Flora Bolonyai helped Hungary women as they begin their 2013 season. Both coaches 14.96 goals per game. USC is second in the MPSF defen- to a fourth-place finish in London, and the junior now have concluded their time with USA Water Polo and sively with 5.12 goals-against per game. returns to Troy to guard the cage as one of USC’s most remain on the USC staff for the USC men and women. experienced and decorated goalies in history. A veteran 2012 RECAP CAPTAINS CORNER crew of U.S. Junior National Team talent also shines The 2012 Women of Troy fought back to the NCAA fi- USC’s captains this year are senior Dominique Sardo bright for the Trojans, with sophomore Eike Daube a nal for the fourth time in the past five seasons. Seeded and junior Kaleigh Gilchrist, who each carried 62 career current member of the U.S. junior team, and 2011 Ju- third in the tourney, USC beat rival UCLA 12-10 in the goals into this 2013 season. All-Americans both, the two nior World Championship teammates for the USA Kelly 2012 NCAA semifinals to force a rematch of the 2010 Trojan veterans are lined up to lead the Women of Troy Mendoza, Colleen O’Donnell, Madeline Rosenthal, national championship game with a bout against top- by word and deed this season. Thanks in part to a hat Dominique Sardo. Mendoza is another new addition to seeded Stanford. The Cardinal won the title with 6-4 trick at UCLA, Gilchrist now holds 41 goals on the year, the Trojan roster for 2013, coming to Troy as a junior victory, putting the Trojans at 23-6 overall on the year followed by Sardo at 27. transfer from Cal. Sophomore Monica Vavic, too, also as USC finished ranked No. 2 in the nation. The Trojans has spent time in international waters playing for the CONFERENCE CHAMPS finished third in the MPSF Tournament. Led by fresh- U.S. youth and junior teams. USC put forth a dominating performance at the 2013 man first-team selection Monica Vavic, the USC landed MPSF Tournament. The Trojans opened with a 21-5 CARDINAL & GOLD PAIRS WELL WITH RED, WHITE & BLUE six All-Americans for the 2012 season, including a pair win over CSU Bakersfield in the first round and took a USC’s decorated and championship-savvy water polo of newly crowned two-time All-Americans in second- 6-0 lead on ASU in the semifinals en route to an 11-5 head coach, Jovan Vavic, added another team to his team selection Flora Bolonyai and honorable mention win there. That put USC in the title match against Stan- charge in being named interim head coach of the USA recipient Nadia Dan. The rest of the group grabbed their ford, against which the Trojans had split games during Men’s Senior National Team. The 11-time National first career honors, with sophomoreKaleigh Gilchrist on the regular season. In the final, USC shell-shocked top- Coach of the Year at the helm of both the USC men’s the second team, and sophomore Colleen O’Donnell seeded Stanford. The Women of Troy rattled the Cardi- and women’s programs, Vavic stepped into the inter- and junior Dominique Sardo earning honorable men- nal cage with five unanswered goals in the first period national realm in an effort to help Team USA qualify tion. Gilchrist was the Trojans’ top scorer in 2012 with and finished off an 11-7 win to claim USC’s third MPSF for the 2013 FINA World Championships. In his debut 47 goals, followed by Vavic with 39. Bolonyai averaged title and avenge USC’s only loss of the year. USC and as interim head coach for Team USA Vavic, along with 8.6 saves per game and 5.3 goals-against per game on Stanford had traded wins earlier in the season, with the Trojan head assistant coach Marko Pintaric, success- the year. In all, the USC offense averaged 11.1 goals per Trojans posting a 13-10 win in February and the Cardi- fully guided Team USA to qualification for the upcoming game, while the defense allowed 5.2 goals-against per nal claiming a 6-4 win during the MPSF regular-season. FINA World Championships. Leading a fairly young U.S. game. USC outscored opponents 321-151 in 2012. • USC served up a healthy dose of payback in the title 2013 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo 2013 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo It’s A Vavic Sweep Of Top MPSF Honors Monica Vavic is MPSF Player of the Year; Jovan Vavic named MPSF Coach of the Year.
Vavic domination is alive and well at USC, with the Trojan’s father-daughter duo headlining a powerful group of Women of Troy on the MPSF honor roll for 2013. Fresh of winning a third MPSF Tournament championship and now bound for a 10th straight trip to the NCAA Tournament, USC has packed five players on the list for All- MPSF awards. Topping the charts for 2013 is USC head coach Jovan Vavic, who has been named MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year for the fourth time in his career. Sophomore Monica Vavic, meanwhile, has landed honors as this year’s MPSF Player of the Year, with her fellow Trojan teammates Flora Bolonyai, Anni Espar, Kaleigh Gilchrist and Hannah Buckling also on the All-MPSF honors lists. Bolonyai, Espar and Monica Vavic have all landed on the All-MPSF First Team; Gilchrist has All-MPSF Second Team honors; and Buckling has earned All-MPSF Honor- able Mention. Buckling and Espar are also on the All-MPSF Newcomer Team. The previous three MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year awards for Jovan Vavic have been followed by national championships. The MPSF Coach of the Year on the women’s side in 1999, 2004 and 2010, Vavic now adds the 2013 award to his laundry list of honors. As coach of the USC men and women, Vavic has now hauled in a grand total of 10 MPSF Coach of the Year accolades. That goes along with 11 national championships to date, as the USC women now go in pursuit of their fourth national title. To date, the USC men and women have won national championships three times in the same school year -- 1998-99, 2003-04 and 2009-10 -- as Vavic and his crew takes aim at making it a 2012-13 sweep this season. Vavic carries a career coaching record of 434-132 (.767) on the women’s side with USC into the 2013 NCAA Championships, held May 10-12 in Boston, Mass. At 24-1 overall, the Women of Troy have already recorded their 15th 20-win season in program history, with these 24 wins standing as the most in a season since 2010 when USC last won the NCAA title. In just under two seasons of action, sophomore Monica Vavic already has a body of work that has put her in the USC history books. As the 2013 MPSF Player of the Year, Vavic has picked up the Trojans’ ninth MPSF Player of the Year award. She leads the conference in scoring with 2.84 goals per game to date, having scored in every game to hold a whopping 71 goals for a count that ranks her No. 4 all-time at USC in single-season scoring and puts her in striking distance of the top-three by year’s end. Also an All-MPSF First Team selection as a freshman, Vavic has continued to impress on both ends of the pool, standing Single-Season Goal Leaders out as a key distributor and defensive force for the Trojans in addition to providing key goals. Name Season Total She struck nine in the MPSF Tournament last weekend to bump her career count up to 110 goals and earn her a 1. Sofia Konoukh 2001 104 repeat spot on the MPSF All-Tournament Team. Last year, Vavic was the first USC true freshman since 1999 to 2. Aniko Pelle 2001 81 3. Michelle Stein 2009 75 be named First Team All-American and All-MPSF. 4. Monica Vavic 2013 71 The indisputable backbone of the USC defense is junior goalie Flora Bolonyai. Bolonyai re- 5. Sofia Konoukh 2002 70 turned from the 2012 Olympic Games ready for action, and has stood tall for the Trojans all 6. Katrin Dierolf 2001 65 season long. Already a two-time All-American entering her junior season, Bolonyai now has her Moriah Van Norman 2003 65 first spot on the 2013 All-MPSF First Team, following second-team selection last year. She’s 8. Aniko Pelle 2000 64 averaging 7.9 saves and 5.0 goals-against per game entering the 2013 NCAA Championships. 9. Nina Wengst 2000 63 10. Brittany Hayes 2004 59 Last weekend, she picked up the pace even more with just under 10 saves per game at the MPSF Tournament, including a clutch 5-meter penalty stop against Stanford in the title match. She also was named an NCAA.com Player to Watch to start this season. Career Scoring Leaders 1. Aniko Pelle...... 1999-02...... 255 True freshman Anni Espar came to Troy with the bar already raised high, standing out as a 2. Sofia Konoukh...... 2001-03...... 224 2012 Olympic silver medalist and the second leading scorer at the London Games. The Span- 3. Moriah Van Norman.... 2003-06...... 215 ish star was a quick fit in the USC gameplan, and she shines as one of USC’s deftest distributor 4. Nina Wengst...... 1999-02...... 213 as well as a defensive-savvy player who very clearly has the ability to score. With 25 goals 5. Brittany Hayes...... 2004-07...... 209 to date, she’s averaging 1.8 goals per game. She now opens her USC career with honors on 6. Katrin Dierolf...... 2000-03...... 204 the All-MPSF First Team and the All-MPSF Newcomer Team, going along with her spot on the 7. Michelle Stein...... 2006-09...... 170 MPSF All-Tournament Team and with MPSF Player of the Week accolades earlier this year. 8. Kami Craig...... 2006-10...... 152 USC’s second leading scorer this season, junior Kaleigh Gilchrist was a lock on the All-MPSF 9. Christina McCall...... 1995-97...... 142 Second Team. With 41 goals to date, Gilchrist went big in USC’s opening game of the MPSF Alexandra Kiss...... 2007-10 Tournament last weekend. Her career-best five goals carried the junior past the 100 career goal 10. Erika Figge...... 2004-07...... 137 mark. She was an All-American and All-MPSF Second Team honoree in 2012. This year, she 11. Joelle Bekhazi...... 2009-11...... 135 was named MPSF Player of the Week for the second time in her USC career. 12. Lauren Wenger...... 2003-06...... 127 13. Jennifer Durley...... 1998-01...... 122 USC newcomer Hannah Buckling has definitely found her place at Troy. Recently named 14. Kristen Dronberger.... 2008-11...... 120 MPSF Tournament MVP after providing seven huge goals for the Trojans last weekend, Buck- 15. Sandra Milicev...... 1999-02...... 116 ling solidified honors on the All-MPSF Honorable Mention list as well as the All-MPSF New- 16. Eszter Gyori...... 2002-05...... 115 comer Team in her first season as a Trojan. She matched her season best of four goals in 17. Kally Lucas...... 2007-10...... 113 USC’s dominating MPSF Championship win over Stanford, and now stands as USC’s third 18. Monica Vavic...... 2012-present.110 leading scorer to date with 33 goals. The Australian import also was named MPSF Newcomer 19. Veronika Bartunkova.2005-08...... 106 of the Week earlier this season. CLIMBING... MPSF award winners are voted upon by MPSF head coaches. Coaches do not vote for any members of their Kaleigh Gilchrist...... 2011-present..103 own team. Dominique Sardo ... 2010-present....89 2013 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo 2013 USC SCHEDULE/RESULTS (24-1 overall • 5-1 MPSF • MPSF Tournament Champion) DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES Feb. 9 @Cal State East Bay W 26-4 Vavic 4, Rosenthal 3, Cummins 3, Myers 3, O’Donnell 2, Bolonyai 3, Appel 2, Silvers 2, Gilchrist 2, Daube, Hiller, Moody, Hueso 1 Walters, McCall. @#17 Cal State Northridge W 9-2 Vavic 4, Buckling, Sardo, Silvers, Gilchrist, McCall. Bolonyai 13 Feb. 10 @#7 San Diego State W 12-3 Vavic 2, Daube 2, Gilchrist 2, Sardo 2, Appel, O’Donnell, Bolonyai 8 Walters, Buckling. @#5 Arizona State W 13-6 Vavic 4, Appel 2, Rosenthal 2, Sardo 2, O’Donnell, Bolonyai 5 Cummins, Gilchrist. Feb. 15 ^#11 Long Beach State W 9-1 Vavic 5, Mendoza 2, Sardo 2. Bolonyai 9 ^Azusa Pacific W 29-4 Sardo 4, Vavic 3, Silvers 3, Myers 3, Walters 3, Appel 2, Bolonyai 7, Rosenthal 2, Moody 2, Mendoza, Daube, Buckling, Hueso 1 Hiller, Cummins, Gilchrist, McCall. Feb. 16 ^at Cal Baptist W 22-3 Vavic 4, Rosenthal 3, Buckling 3, Moody 3, Mendoza 2, Bolonyai 1 Hiller 2, Silvers 2, Daube, Appel, Gilchrist. ^Concordia W 24-6 Cummins 4, Vavic 4, Gilchrist 3, Mendoza 2, Appel 2, Bolonyai 5, Salamon 2, Walters 2, O’Donnell, Rosenthal, Sardo, Hueso 1 Hiller, Myers. Feb. 23 %#18 Pacific W 14-2 Vavic 2, Sardo 2, Gilchrist 2, Daube 2, Appel, Buckling, Bolonyai 7 Cummins, Espar, McCall, Mendoza. %#7 San Diego State W 17-5 Appel 3, Daube 3, Silvers 2, Gilchrist 2, Espar 2, Vavic, Bolonyai 8, Rosenthal, O’Donnell, Mendoza, McCall. Hueso 1 Feb. 24 %#3 UCLA W 11-10 Espar 3, Vavic 2, Sardo 2, Cummins, Mendoza, Buckling, Bolonyai 8 Gilchrist. %#1 Stanford W 13-10 Espar 4, Vavic 3, Buckling 3, O’Donnell, Rosenthal, Bolonyai 9 Mendoza. March 2 at #5 California * W 10-5 Vavic 3, Espar 2, Appel 2, McCall, Sardo, Gilchrist. Bolonyai 7 March 9 #3 ARIZONA STATE * W 11-7 Gilchrist 4, Appel 2, Vavic 2, Sardo, O’Donnell, Buckling. Bolonyai 12 March 15 #10 SAN JOSE STATE * W 18-4 Mendoza 3, Vavic 3, Buckling 2, Rosenthal 2, Sardo 2, Bolonyai 3, Gilchrist, Espar, Silvers, Hiller, Appel, O’Donnell. Hueso 0 March 23 at #8 Hawai’i W 15-7 Vavic 4, O’Donnell 2, Buckling 2, Gilchrist 2, Espar, Bolonyai 12 Daube, Hiller, Myers, Mendoza. March 30 at CSU Bakersfield * W 19-6 Daube 5, Buckling 4, Vavic 3, Gilchrist 3, Silvers 2, Bolonyai 9 Rosenthal, Appel. vs. Brown W 16-5 Daube 3, Buckling 2, Cummins 2, O’Donnell 2, Mendoza, Bolonyai 4, Rosenthal, Appel, Sardo, Vavic, Hiller, Gilchrist. Hueso 1 April 4 at #11 Loyola Marymount W 17-6 Vavic 4, Appel 3, Daube 2, Rosenthal 2, Sardo 2, Bolonyai 4, McCall, Gilchrist, O’Donnell, Cummins. Hueso 1 April 6 at #7 UC Irvine W 11-3 Buckling 3, Gilchrist 2, Sardo, O’Donnell, Daube, Bolonyai 7 Silvers, Hiller, Vavic. April 13 #2 STANFORD * L 6-4 Espar 2, O’Donnell, Vavic. Bolonyai 5 April 19 at #4 UCLA * W 11-6 Espar 3, Gilchrist 3, Vavic 2, Buckling, Sardo, Cummins. Bolonyai 8 MPSF Tournament (hosted by Cal) April 26 &CSU Bakersfield W 21-5 Gilchrist 5, Vavic 3, Appel 3, Buckling 2, Mendoza 2, Bolonyai 10 Espar 2, Silvers, Sardo, McCall, Cummins. April 27 Arizona State W 11-5 Vavic 3, Gilchrist 2, Espar 2, Rosenthal, Buckling, Bolonyai 9 Sardo, Moody. April 28 Stanford W 11-7 Buckling 4, Vavic 3, Espar 2, Mendoza, Rosenthal. Bolonyai 9 NCAA Tournament (hosted by Harvard) May 10 [8] Pomona-Pitzer 5:15 p.m. ET May 11 $TBD TBD May 12 $TBD TBD
* MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center Player Goals @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego Games Mult-Goal Total ^ Lancer Tournament — Hosted by Cal Baptist Monica Vavic 71 Player Scored in Games Goals % UCI Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine Monica Vavic 25 21 71 Kaleigh Gilchrist 41 & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by Cal Hannah Buckling 33 ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by Harvard Kaleigh Gilchrist 21 11 41 Dominique Sardo 27 Hannah Buckling 17 9 33 Jayde Appel 27 Dominique Sardo 17 8 27 Anni Espar 25 Goalie Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Jayde Appel 15 9 27 Eike Daube 22 Flora Bolonyai 25 / 92 182 7.91 116 5.04 Madeline Rosenthal 13 6 21 Madeline Rosenthal 21 Alegra Hueso 7 / 10 6 2.4 12 4.8 Kelly Mendoza 13 5 19 Kelly Mendoza 19 Totals 25 games 188 7.52 128 5.12 Colleen O’Donnell 13 3 16 Colleen O’Donnell 16 Anni Espar 12 9 25 Olivia Cummins 16 Goals by Period 1 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. Eike Daube 11 5 22 Chelsea Silvers 15 USC 98 96 106 74 - - - - 374 14.96 Olivia Cummins 10 3 16 Constance Hiller 9 Chelsea Silvers 9 4 15 Emilie Myers 8 Opponents 31 40 29 28 - - - - 128 5.12 Constance Hiller 8 1 9 Nicolina McCall 8 Nicolina McCall 8 0 8 Courtney Walters 7 Emilie Myers 4 2 8 Blair Moody 7 Courtney Walters 4 2 7 Sara Salamon 2 Blair Moody 4 2 7 TOTAL 374 Sara Salamon 1 1 2 USC • 2013 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo 2013 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo
MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS---4/29/13 INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES GOALS GOALS/GAME 1 Monica Vavic SO USC 25 71 2.84 2 Alicia Brightwell SR ASU 31 84 2.71 3 Melissa Seidemann SR Stanford 29 67 2.31 4 Rae Lekness FR SJSU 24 54 2.25 4 Shannon Haas SR ASU 32 72 2.25 6 Timi Molnar SO SJSU 24 52 2.17 7 Emily Csikos SR California 24 49 2.04 8 Emily Donohoe SO UCLA 32 63 1.97 9 Rachel Fattal FR UCLA 32 62 1.94 10 Maggie Steffens FR Stanford 29 54 1.86 11 Anna Natalizio SR SJSU 24 43 1.79 11 Anni Espar FR USC 14 25 1.79 13 Annika Dries JR Stanford 19 32 1.68 14 Kiley Neushul SO Stanford 29 48 1.66 15 Kaleigh Gilchrist JR USC 25 41 1.64 16 Anna Yelizarova FR Stanford 29 44 1.52 17 Ashley Young SO California 24 36 1.50 18 Breda Vosters SR California 20 29 1.45 19 Nicola Barrett FR CSUB 34 48 1.41 19 Petra Pardi SO ASU 32 45 1.41 21 Gao Ao SO ASU 32 43 1.34 22 Hannah Buckling JR USC 25 33 1.32 23 Janelle Shelby SO CSUB 36 45 1.25 24 Victoria Smith SO SJSU 23 28 1.22 25 Sam Shead SR CSUB 36 43 1.19
GOALKEEPER SAVES *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SAVES/GAME 1 E.B. Keeve FR ASU 30.25 375 12.40 2 Sami Hill SO UCLA 26.24 281 10.71 3 Flora Bolonyai JR USC 23 182 7.91 4 Maddie Reardon JR SJSU 22.125 166 7.50 5 Alex Bayer SO CSUB 33.25 249 7.49 6 Kate Baldoni SR Stanford 16.06 120 7.47 7 Savanna Smith SO California 21.25 131 6.16 2013 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo
MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS---4/29/13 INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALSGOALS-AGAINST *Must*Must AppearAppear InIn 5030 % of Team QuartersGames ATHLETEATHLETE YEARYEAR SCHOOLSCHOOL QUARTERSGAMES GOALSGA GOALS/GAMEGAA 1 Kate Baldoni SR Stanford 64.25 75 4.67 1 Monica Vavic SO USC 25 71 2.84 2 Flora Bolonyai JR USC 92 116 5.04 2 Alicia Brightwell SR ASU 31 84 2.71 3 Sami Hill SO UCLA 104.955 164 6.25 3 Melissa Seidemann SR Stanford 29 67 2.31 4 Savanna Smith SO California 85 143 6.73 4 Rae Lekness FR SJSU 24 54 2.25 5 E.B. Keeve FR ASU 121 225 7.44 4 Shannon Haas SR ASU 32 72 2.25 6 Maddie Reardon JR SJSU 88.5 209 9.45 6 Timi Molnar SO SJSU 24 52 7 Alex Bayer SO CSUB 133 335 10.082.17 7 Emily Csikos SR California 24 49 2.04 8 Emily Donohoe SO UCLA 32 63 TEAM STATS 1.97 9 Rachel Fattal FR UCLA 32 62 1.94 10 MaggieTEAM Steffens GOALS FR Stanford 29 54 1.86 TEAM GAMES GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME 2013 WOMEN’S Preseason Poll 11 Anna Natalizio SR SJSU 24 43 (Preseason1.79 • Jan. 16) 111 Anni EsparUSC FR25 USC374 14.9614 25 1.792010 2 Stanford 29 378 13.03 Rank School Final Rank Points 13 Annika Dries JR Stanford 19 1. 32Stanford 1.68 1 100 143 Kiley NeushulCalifornia SO24 Stanford261 10.8829 2. 48USC 1.66 2 95 154 Kaleigh GilchristUCLA JR32 USC345 10.7825 3. 41UCLA 1.64 3 88 5 Arizona State 33 351 10.64 4. California 4 85 16 Anna Yelizarova FR Stanford 29 5. 44Arizona State 1.52 5 78 6 San Jose State 24 238 17 Ashley Young SO California 9.9224 6. 36UC Irvine 1.50 6 77 7 CSUB 36 305 8.47 7. San Diego State 8 66 18 Breda Vosters SR California 20 8. 29Loyola Maryymount1.45 7 64 19 Nicola Barrett FR CSUB 34 9. 48San Jose State 1.41 9 59 TEAM DEFENSE 10. Princeton 10 54 19 Petra Pardi SO ASU 32 11. 45Michigan 1.41 13 50 21 Gao Ao TEAM GAMESSO GOALSASU AGAINST GOALS/GAME32 12. 43UC Davis 1.34 11 43 221 Hannah BucklingStanford JR29 USC131 4.5225 13. 33Hawaii 1.32 15 41 2 USC 25 128 5.12 14. SPORTSIndiana UPDATE14 39 23 Janelle Shelby SO CSUB 36 15 45UC Santa Barbara1.25 16 33 3 UCLA 32 197 24 Victoria Smith SO SJSU 6.1623 16t.28 Cal State Northridge1.22 17 22 4 California 24 158 6.58 16t. Hartwick 18 22 25 Sam Shead SR CSUB 36 18t.43 Cal Baptist 1.19 19 12 5 Arizona State 33 241 7.30 18t. Brown University RV 12 6For ImmediateSan Jose Release State : April 2924, 2013 234 9.75 20. Contact:UC San DiegoDarren PrestonRV 6 7 GOALKEEPERCSUB SAVES36 *Must Appear449 In 30 % of12.47 Team QuartersRV Long Beach State RV 5 ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVESRV Iona SAVES/GAME20 3 1 E.B. Keeve FR ASU 30.25 375 12.40 2 Sami Hill 2013 MOUNTAINSO PACIFICUCLA SPORTS26.24 FEDERATION281 10.71 3 Flora Bolonyai WOMEN'SJR WATERUSC POLO23STANDINGS182 7.91 4 Maddie Reardon JR SJSU 22.125 166 7.50 5 Alex Bayer CONFERENCESO CSUB OVERALL33.25 249 7.49 6 Kate Baldoni WSRL PCTStanfordHOME AWAY W 16.06L PCT HOME120AWAY NEUT STREAK7.47 7 1.Savanna# Stanford Smith 6 SO0 1.000California3-0 3-0 27 21.252 .931 8-01316-0 13-2 Lost6.16 1 2. % # USC 5 1 .833 2-1 3-0 24 1 .960 2-1 7-0 15-0 Won 4 3. Arizona State 4 2 .667 2-1 2-1 26 7 .788 5-1 6-1 15-5 Lost 2 4. # UCLA 3 3 .500 2-1 1-2 26 6 .813 8-1 6-3 12-2 Won 1 5. California 2 4 .333 0-3 2-1 17 7 .708 4-4 4-1 9-2 Won 1 6. San Jose State 1 5 .167 1-2 0-3 12 12 .500 4-2 1-5 7-5 Lost 1 7. CSU Bakersfield 0 6 .000 0-3 0-3 12 24 .333 4-6 1-3 7-15 Lost 5 % USC MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Bid determined at MPSF Tournament, April 26-28 at California… # USC, Stanford, UCLA NCAA Tournament Participants 2013 Women’s Collegiate Top-10 2013 MPSF COACHES PRESEASON POLL (May 1) NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 TOURNAMENT2012 2102 MPSF Rank School Previous Rank Points Rank Team Points (1st-Place) Overall MPSF Record Finish 1. USC 2 100 1. Stanford $ 36 (6) 28-1 7-0 1st 2. Host:Stanford Harvard University1 95 3. UCLA 4 90 2. USC Host: University31 (1) of California23-6 5-2 T2nd) 4. BlodgettArizona Pool State; Cambridge,3 MA 84 3. UCLA ^ Spieker Aquatics26 Complex23-4 ; Berkeley,5-2 CA T2nd) 5. California 5 79 4. California 21 18-9 4-3 T4th) 6. https://tickets.gocrimson.com/Online/default.asp?doWork::WHawai’i 7 75 5. Arizona State 15 25-6 4-3 T4th) 7. Scontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticUC Irvine 6 69 6. San Jose Statehttp://www.calbears.com/sports/w 12 19-13 2-5 - 6th) 8t. Long Beach State 10 57 le::article_id=3E437E72-7A67-4AE4-B06F-9F1DC80B697E7. CSU Bakersfieldwpolo/spec 6 - rel/13-w24-17-wpolo -mpsf.html1st Year 8t. San Jose State 9 57 ^ 2012 MPSF Tournament Champion $ 2012 NCAA Champion 10. Princeton 11t 55 Friday, May 10 Sunday, April 28 Game 1 #2 Seed Stanford vs. #7 Seed Iona 1:45 pm Game 9 No. 2 USC 11, No. 1 Stanford 7 (Championship) Game 2 #3 Seed UCLA vs. #6 Seed Princeton 3:30 pm Game 8 No. 4 UCLA 10, No. 3 Arizona State 7 (3rd) Game 3 #1 Seed USC vs. #8 Seed Pomona 5:15 pm Game 7 No. 5 California 12, No. 6 San Jose State 8 (5th) Game 4 #4 Seed Hawaii vs. #5 Seed UC San Diego 7:00 pm Saturday, April 27 Saturday, May 11 Game 6 No. 1 Stanford 11, No. 4 UCLA 7 Game 5 Losers Games 1 and 2 1:45 pm Game 5 No. 2 USC 11, No. 3 Arizona State 5 Game 6 Losers Games 3 and 4 3:30 pm Game 4 No. 6 San Jose State 14, No. 7 CSUB 7 Game 7 Winners Games 3 and 4 5:15 pm Game 8 Winners Games 1 and 2 7:00 pm Friday, April 26 Game 3 No. 4 Seed UCLA 4, No. 5 Seed California 3 Sunday, May 12 Game 2 No. 3 Seed Arizona St. 12, No. 6 Seed San Jose St. 8 Game 9 Seventh-Place Game 12:00 pm Game 1 No. 2 Seed USC 21, No. 7 Seed CSU Bakersfield 5 Game 10 Fifth-Place Game 1:45 pm Game 11 Third-Place Game 3:30 pm Game 12 NCAA Championship Game 5:15 pm No. 1 Seed Stanford Quarterfinal Bye
1 2013 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo 2013 UniversiTy of SouThern California WOMen’s WaTer Polo NATIONAL Third Place CHAMPION May 12 May May 12 May Game 12 Game Game 11 Game 5:15 p.m. 5:15 3:30 p.m. 3:30 Championship Third-Place Game All times areAll Eastern time. Game 8 Loser Game 7 Loser Game Game 7 Winner Game 8 Winner Game 7 p.m. Game 7 Game 8 Game 5:15 p.m. 5:15 Mary 11 Mary Semifinals Game 3 Winner Game 4 Winner Game 2 Winner Game 1 Winner Game
7 p.m. Game 3 Game 4 Game 2 Game 1 Game May 10 May 5:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 1:45 First Round Southern California (24-1) Pomona-Pitzer (18-16) DiegoUC San (25-13) (21-9) Hawaii (26-6)UCLA Princeton (26-5) Iona (21-8) Stanford (27-2) Blodgett Pool Boston, Massachusetts Harvard University 3 8 5 4 6 7 2 1 Game 3 Loser Game 4 Loser Game 2 Loser Game 1 Loser Game Game 6 Game 5 Game May 11 May 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 1:45
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Women's Game 6 Loser Game 5 Loser Game Game 6 Winner Game 5 Winner Game Noon Game 9 Game May 12 May May 12 May Game 10 Game 1:45 p.m. 1:45 Fifth-Place Game Seventh-Place Game Seventh-Place 2013 National Collegiate2013 WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP Fifth Place Seventh Place Seventh 20102013 University UniversiTy of o Southernf SouThern California California Men’s WOM enWater’s Wa PoloTer Polo
2013 USC Women’s Water Polo Roster
# NAME HT. POS. YR. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) 1 Flora Bolonyai 5-‐11 Goalie JR Budapest, Hungary (Elte Trefort Agoston HS) 1A Alegra Hueso 5-‐9 Goalie FR Pasadena, Calif. (Pasadena HS) 2 Colleen O’Donnell 5-‐10 2-‐Meter JR Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) 3 Anni Espar 6-‐0 Driver FR Barcelona, Spain (IES CAR) 4 Kelly Mendoza 5-‐9 Driver JR Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista HS/California) 5 Madeline Rosenthal 5-‐11 2-‐Meter JR Miami, Fla. (Ransom Everglades HS) 6 Monica Vavic 5-‐8 Driver SO Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) 7 Eike Daube 5-‐11 2-‐Meter SO Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) 8 Jayde Appel 6-‐2 2-‐Meter FR Sydney, NSW, Australia (Meridan) 9 Hannah Buckling 6-‐0 2-‐Meter JR Sydney, NSW, Australia (Wenora School/Sydney Univ.) 10 Dominique Sardo 5-‐6 Driver SR San Diego, Calif. (Bishop’s School) 11 Constance Hiller 5-‐9 Driver SR Atherton, Calif. (Woodside Priory School) 12 Sara Salamon 5-‐6 Driver SO Riverside, Calif. (Riverside Poly HS) 13 Olivia Cummins 5-‐8 Driver JR Tustin, Calif. (Foothill HS/UC Irvine) 14 Chelsea Silvers 5-‐8 Driver SR Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) 15 Kaleigh Gilchrist 5-‐9 2-‐Meter JR Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) 16 Blair Moody 5-‐7 Driver SR Sacramento, Calif. (Rio Americano HS) 17 Courtney Walters 5-‐9 2-‐Meter FR Camarillo, Calif. (Rio Mesa HS) 18 Emilie Myers 5-‐8 Driver FR Las Vegas, Nev. (Cathedral Catholic HS) 19 Nicolina McCall 5-‐8 2-‐Meter SR Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) 20 Natalie Lavinsky 5-‐8 Driver FR Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) 21 Michelle Mercado 5-‐8 Driver SO Santa Clarita, Calif. (Notre Dame HS)
Head coach: Jovan Vavic Head assistant coach: Marko Pintaric Assistant coaches: Casey Moon, Stefan Luedecke Volunteer assistant coach: Vaso Cukovic PRONUNCIATIONS #1 Flora Bolonyai – BO-‐lone-‐YAI-‐ee #3 Anni Espar – AH-‐nee ESS-‐spar #6 Monica Vavic – VAH-‐vitch #7 Eike Daube – EYE-‐kah doe-‐BAY #8 Jayde Appel – JADE ah-‐PELL #15 Kaleigh Gilchrist – KAY-‐lee GILL-‐krist Jovan Vavic – YO-‐von -‐ VAH vitch