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2014 GCC WOMEN’S WATER POLO WEEKLY UPDATE • APR. 9, 2014 • THE INAUGURAL SEASON GOLDEN COAST CONFERENCE WOMEN’S WATER POLO Apr. 9, 2014 • Release #12 • The Inaugural Season Media Contact: John Shaffer • (310) 338-7643 • [email protected] Peters, Mitchell Shares Weekly Honor Conference match-ups continue to heat-up as season enters final stretch. LAST WEEK RESULTS Apr. 4 2:00 PM * Fresno Pacific @ Pacific 5-11 6:00 PM * Azusa Pacific @ (RV) California Baptist 4-13 5 1:00 PM * (11) LMU @ (RV) San Diego St. 5-6 2:00 PM * (18) Santa Clara @ Fresno Pacific 8-4 6 10:00 AM * Pacific @ (18) Santa Clara 9-15 3:00 PM (13) UC San Diego vs. Pacific 13-11 4:30 PM CSU East Bay @ (18) Santa Clara 10-12 COMING UP IN THE GCC Apr. 10 4:30 PM (13) LMU @ (3) USC - PAC-12 TV Apr. 11 3:00 PM * (20) San Diego St. @ (19) Santa Clara Apr. 12 10:00 AM CSU San Bernardino vs. Fresno Pacific 11:00 AM * Fresno Pacific @ (RV) California Baptist 12:00 PM * (13) LMU @ Azusa Pacific 12:00 PM * (20) San Diego St. @ Pacific 1:00 PM (19) Santa Clara @ Sonoma State 2:30 PM Chapman vs. (13) LMU Julia Peters 5:00 PM CSU San Bernardino @ (RV) California Baptist Santa Clara 5:30 PM Chapman @ Azusa Pacific Apr. 16 6:00 PM * San Diego St. @ Azusa Pacific Apr. 17 3:30 PM * California Baptist @ Santa Clara Apr. 18 6:00 PM San Diego St. @ UC San Diego Harper Cup 7:00 PM LMU @ UC Irvine Apr. 19 12:00 PM Santa Clara @ UC Davis onference play within the Golden Coast Conference con- tinues to heat-up as the season enters its final couple of Cweek. After five big match-ups last week that saw San Diego State and Santa Clara earn big wins, four more will take place this Friday and Saturday. After moving to the top of the conference and back into the na- tional rankings, No. 20 San Diego State will have two key confer- ence road games, starting with No. 19 Santa Clara on Friday at 3 pm and then at Pacific at Noon on Saturday. It will be the Tigers final conference game. LMU will also play its final conference game against Azusa Pacific on Saturday at Noon. Fresno Pacific will wrap-up GCC play as well, traveling to California Baptist on Saturday for a 11 am start. Earning big conference wins on the week were Santa Clara and San Diego State, led by Julia Peters and Rachel Mitchell, respec- tively. The Broncos’ Peters and the Aztecs’ Mitchell have been named the GCC Co-Players of the Week for Apr. 9. FOR TICKETS: VISIT LMULIONS.COM/TICKETS San Diego State goalie Rachel Mitchell helped the Aztecs defeat No. 11 LMU and take sole possession of first place in the GCC GCC WATER POLO • WEEKLY UPDATE • WWW.GCCWATERPOLO.COM 2014 GCC WOMEN’S WATER POLO WEEKLY UPDATE • APR. 9, 2014 • THE INAUGURAL SEASON Women’s Collegiate Top-20 Poll 2014 GCC Women’s Water Polo Records (As of Apr. 9, 2014) Week #12 - Apr. 9, 2014 School GCC Pct. Overall Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Rk Team LW Pts. San Diego St. 3-0 1.000 19-10 .655 7-3 3-1 9-6 Won 3 1 Stanford 1 (T) 97 LMU 4-1 .800 17-10 .630 6-4 2-2 9-4 Lost 1 2 UCLA 1 (T) 96 Santa Clara 3-1 .750 13-10 .565 6-3 4-3 3-4 Won 3 3 USC 3 92 California Baptist 2-2 .500 18-9 .667 14-1 0-5 4-3 Won 8 4 California 4 85 Pacific 2-3 .400 12-15 .444 3-1 1-5 8-9 Lost 2 Azusa Pacific 1-3 .250 14-17 .452 1-1 2-4 11-12 Lost 2 5 UC Irvine 6 78 Fresno Pacific 0-5 .000 7-20 .259 1-5 0-6 6-9 Lost 8 6 (T) San Jose State 8 73 6 (T) Arizona State 5 73 8 CSU Northridge 7 67 9 Hawaii 9 (T) 58 10 Princeton 9 (T) 56 11 Long Beach State 12 46 12 UC San Diego 13 43 13 Loyola Marymount 11 42 14 Indiana University 14 39 15 UC Santa Barbara 15 28 16 UC Davis 16 20 17 Hartwick College 19 19 Rachel Mitchell 18 University of Michigan 17 16 San Diego St. 19 Santa Clara University 18 13 20 San Diego State RV 8 with a game-high 11 saves, a team-high-tying two assists and a team-high four steals. RV California Baptist RV 4 The sophomore made a number of huge saves, but none bigger than her first opportu- RV Wagner College 20 1 nity of the second half when she turned away Alexandra Honny’s penalty shot within the first minute of the third quarter to preserve the 5-5 tie. On LMU’s next offensive possession, Mitchell made a steal and found Anique Hermann, who gave the Aztecs a lead they would not relinquish. With her two assists, Mitchell was involved in a third of 2014 GCC PLAYER OF THE WEEK SDSU’s scoring for the game. Jan. 29 Laura Kocsis - CBU As for Peters, she had 13 goals over the weekend, including seven against GCC foe Pa- Feb. 5 Anique Hermann - SDSU cific. The Broncos would go 3-0 on the week and improved to 3-1 in GCC play. She also tallied three steals and two field blocks, including one big field block against Cal State Feb. 12 Alexandra Honny - LMU East Bay during their 6-on-5 in the fourth quarter that allowed the Broncos to keep the lead and win the game. Feb. 19 Hannah Evans - CBU Feb. 26 Claire Wright - LMU California Baptist University goalkeeper Lina Medeiros was dominant in the Lancers’ one game of the week against Azusa Pacific in conference action, as she racked up 13 Mar. 5 Nia Apodaca - FPU saves, three steals and assist in the game. APU managed just four goals as CBU won its eight-straight game. Medeiros has 90 saves and allowed just 47 goals through nine Mar. 12 Kaitlin Murphy - SCU games this year. She also has 20 assists and 16 steals. Mar. 19 Alexandra Honny - LMU Fresno Pacific goal Kelsie Harvey continues to have a head-turning season, going for Mar. 26 Maryann Slama - APU 31 saves in a pair of GCC games last week. She had 17 saves with two steals and an assist against Pacific then had 14 saves, three steals and another assist against Santa Apr.3 Ioli Benekou - SDSU Clara. She is third in the GCC with 254 saves on the season. Apr. 9 Julia Peters - SCU Rachel Mitchell - SDSU Apr. 16 GCC WATER POLO • WEEKLY UPDATE • WWW.GCCWATERPOLO.COM 2014 GCC WOMEN’S WATER POLO WEEKLY UPDATE • APR. 9, 2014 • THE INAUGURAL SEASON 2014 STAT LEADERS 2014 GCC SCORING LEADERS 2014 GCC STEALS LEADERS Rk NO. PLAYER SCHOOL YR GP GOALS GPG RK NO. PLAYER SCHOOL YR GP STLS SPG 1 14 ALEXANDRA HONNY LMU SR 27 63 2.33 1 13 ANIQUE HERMANN SDSU JR 29 64 2.21 2 10 LAURA KOCSIS CBU SR 27 62 2.30 2 14 ALEXANDRA HONNY LMU SR 27 63 2.33 3 5 TAYLOR ADAIR PAC JR 27 58 2.15 3 1 KELSIE HARVEY FPU JR 23.25 54 2.32 4 5 HANNAH EVANS CBU SR 27 55 2.04 4 6 NIKOLE FERRARI SDSU SO 29 45 1.55 5 7 GRACIE SMITH PAC SO 27 54 2.00 5 9 CLAIRE EADINGTON SCU SR 23 42 1.83 6 11 MARYANN SLAMA APU SO 29 50 1.72 6 11 MARYANN SLAMA APU SO 29 40 1.38 7 7 LOLI BENEKOU SDSU FR 29 49 1.69 7 12 CARINA CARBALLO SDSU JR 25 40 1.60 8 13 ANIQUE HERMANN SDSU JR 29 45 1.55 8 4 ALYSSA STEVENS FPU SO 27 40 1.48 9 11 ELLE SURBER SCU SO 23 43 1.87 9 8 MACKENZIE BECK LMU JR 27 39 1.44 10 10 TAYLOR WHITNEY APU JR 21 40 1.90 10 7 LOLI BENEKOU SDSU FR 29 38 1.31 11 17 ALYSSA DIACONO SDSU FR 29 40 1.38 11 1 MEGHAN ROWLAND CBU SO 14.25 36 2.53 12 17 KAITLIN MURPHY SCU SR 20 40 2.00 12 16 NIA APODACA FPU SO 27 34 1.26 13 3 IVANA CASTRO LMU SO 27 38 1.41 13 7 DANIELLE JOHNSON LMU SO 27 34 1.26 14 4 CAROLINE ISRAELS SDSU FR 27 37 1.37 14 1A KatIE MARGOT APU SO 29 32 1.10 15 8 MACKENZIE BECK LMU JR 27 36 1.33 15 11 CLAIRE MCKINNON SDSU SO 29 32 1.10 16 2 LAURA LOPEZ LMU JR 27 36 1.33 16 17 KAITLIN MURPHY SCU SR 20 32 1.60 17 11 ELLEN TIEDEMANN PAC FR 27 35 17 18 ELISE MARTIN PAC SR 27 32 1.19 18 21 CHRISTINA YOUNG CBU FR 27 33 1.22 18 11 MORGAN BARROWS CBU SO 27 29 1.07 19 2 MEGAN MYERS APU FR 29 32 1.10 19 12 ALYSSA BIRCH CBU SR 26 29 1.12 20 4 REBECCA WRIGHT PAC SR 27 29 1.07 20 11 ELLEN TIEDEMANN PAC FR 27 29 1.07 21 5 ALYSSA HESS APU JR 24 28 1.17 21 3 IVANA CASTRO LMU SO 27 28 1.04 22 5 EMILY MARR FPU SO 26 28 1.08 22 2 MALLORY RETTIG FPU JR 27 28 1.04 23 6 COURTNEY FOLSOM APU JR 29 26 0.90 23 7 ALYNN READE APU SO 29 26 0.90 24 9 MOLLY GRITCHEN CBU SO 25 26 1.04 24 21 CHRISTINA YOUNG CBU FR 27 26 0.96 25 2 JULIA PETERS SCU SO 15 26 1.73 25 11 ELLE SURBER SCU SO 23 26 1.13 26 7 ALYNN READE APU SO 29 24 0.83 27 3 KAITLIN FLETCHER FPU FR 27 24 0.89 2014 GCC SAVES LEADERS 28 6 BRIDGETTE ALVAREZ LMU SO 27 23 0.85 RK NO.