2012 Golden Bears Record Book
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2012 GOLDEN BEARS RECORD BOOK SENIORS MARIN BALARIN, JUSTIN PARSONS AND MASON COX WITH THE HEASTON TROPHY, PRESENTED TO THE WINNER OF THE CAL-STANFORD "BIG SPLASH" MATCH EACH YEAR. 2012 GOLDEN BEAR MEN’S WATER POLO FACTS and FIGURES Location: Berkeley, CA Enrollment: 35,409 Founded: 1868 Nickname: Golden Bears Colors: Blue and Gold Conference: Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Pool: Spieker Aquatics Complex (2,000) Pool Dimensions: 50-meters by 25 yards TABLE of CONTENTS Chancellor: Robert J. Birgeneau Facts and Figures/2012 Schedule ................................................1 Director of Athletics: Sandy Barbour 2012 Roster ..................................................................................2 Head Coach: Kirk Everist Years at Cal: 11th season 2011 Results & Statistics ...........................................................3-4 Career Coaching Record: 227-63 (.783) 2011 MPSF Results & Honors ......................................................5 Associate Head Coach: Boyd Lachance Year-by-Year Results ....................................................................6 Assistant Coach: Sean Nolan Athletic Trainer: Deanna Rolando Cal All-Americans .........................................................................7 2011 Record: 22-4 (7-1 MPSF) Team Awards ................................................................................8 Final National Ranking: Third NCAA Results & History ...............................................................9 Lettermen: Returning - 14; Lost - 9 Water Polo Athletic Communications Director: Scott Ball Cal Water Polo History ...............................................................10 Cell Phone - (510) 334-0793 California Olympians ..................................................................10 SID Office Phone: (510) 643-1741 Top Five Scorers (Season & Career)..........................................10 Fax Number: (510) 643-7778 Everist’s Office Phone: (510) 643-1465 All-Time Lettermen ................................................................11-13 2012 CALIFORNIA MEN’S WATER POLO SCHEDULE Date Day Opponent Site Time/TV September 7 Fri vs. St. Francis@ Princeton, N.J. 1 p.m. ET 7 Fri at Princeton@ Princeton, N.J. 6 p.m. ET ESPNU 8 Sat vs. Harvard@ Princeton, N.J. 11:45 a.m. ET 8 Sat vs. Bucknell@ Princeton, N.J. 7:15 p.m. ET 9 Sun vs. MIT@ Princeton, N.J. 9:45 a.m. ET 15-16 Sat-Sun at NorCal Invitational# Stanford, Calif. TBA 23 Sat at USC* Los Angeles, Calif. 1:00 p.m. ESPNU 29-30 Sat-Sun at SoCal Invitational$ Santa Barbara, Calif. TBA October 6 Sat UCLA* Berkeley TBA Pac-12 Network 20 Sat Stanford* Berkeley TBA Pac-12 Network 27 Sat Long Beach State* Berkeley 12 p.m. November 1 Thu at UC Irvine* Irvine, Calif. 7 p.m. 2 Fri at Pepperdine* Malibu, Calif. 3 p.m. 10 Sat Santa Clara Berkeley 10 a.m. 11 Sun UC Santa Barbara* Berkeley 12 p.m. 18 Sun at Pacific* Stockton, Calif. 12 p.m. 23-25 Fri-Sun at MPSF Tournament% Los Angeles, Calif. TBA December 1-2 Sat-Sun at NCAA Tournament& Los Angeles, Calif. TBA All times Pacific Time (unless noted) and subject to change Home matches (bold) at Spieker Aquatics Complex @Denotes Princeton Invitational #Denotes NorCal Invitational $Denotes SoCal Invitational %Denotes MPSF Tournament &Denotes NCAA Tournament *Denotes Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match www.CalBears.com CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS 2012 Men's Water Polo Record Book 1 2012 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Last School) 1 Justin Parsons G 6-6 206 Sr. San Diego, Calif. (Coronado HS) 1 Jon Sibley G 6-6 208 So. Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) 1 Michael Boggan G 6-1 203 Jr. Burbank, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake HS) 2 Blake Kelly D/U 6-3 200 So. Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) 3 Max Bergeson A 5-11 190 So. Corona del Mar, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS) 4 Mason Cox A 5-11 204 Sr. Placentia, Calif. (Servite HS) 5 Perry Short A 6-2 198 Jr. Cottesloe, Australia (Scotch College) 6 Matt Russell C 6-2 186 So. Costa Mesa, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) 7 Collin Smith A 6-1 188 Jr. Carlsbad, Calif. (Carlsbad HS) 8 Marin Balarin A 6-2 205 Sr. Berkeley, Calif. (Berkeley HS) 9 Hunter Gettelfinger A 6-3 180 Jr. San Diego, Calif. (La Jolla HS) 10 Colin Mulcahy A 6-1 175 Fr. Los Altos, Calif. (Los Altos HS) 11 Aleksa Saponjic A 6-3 205 So. Belgrade, Serbia (IV Gimnazija) 12 Thomas Agramonte D 6-0 193 Fr. Half Moon Bay, Calif. (St. Frances HS) 13 Luka Ivanovic D 6-5 212 So. Podgorica, Montenegro (Int’l Bilingual School of Providence) 14 Giacomo Cupido D/U 6-0 188 Jr. Santa Margherita Ligure, Genova, Italy 15 Max Schell C 6-4 232 Fr. Soquel, Calif. (Soquel HS) 16 Tommy Gilfillan A 6-0 185 Jr. Pasadena, Calif. (Polytechnic HS) 17 Miguel Martin de Bustamante D/U 6-2 195 Jr. Los Altos Hills, Calif. (St. Francis HS) 18 Scott Siegel A 5-10 177 Jr. San Diego, Calif. (The Bishop’s School) 19 Nick Santala A 5-11 180 So. Aliso Viejo, Calif. (J Serra HS) 20 Chris Daniel A 6-1 238 So. Berkeley, Calif. (Alameda HS) 21 Graham Nesbit A 6-0 165 So. La Canada, Calif. (Pasadena Poly HS) 22 Robert Leiter A 5-10 165 Jr. Villa Park, Calif. (Villa Park HS) 23 Andrew Schnugg A 6-0 175 Fr. Lafayette, Calif. (Acalanes HS) 24 Evin Wieser A 6-2 172 Fr. Los Gatos, Calif. (Los Gatos HS) 25 Nikola Lipovac D 6-2 192 Fr. New York, N.Y. (Hendrik HS) 26 Daniel Daniel A 6-3 213 Fr. Berkeley, Calif. (Alameda HS) Ayal Keren U 6-2 200 Jr. Tivon, Israel (Diablo Valley College) Mitchell Hamilton A 6-0 182 Fr. Los Altos, Calif. (Bellarmine College Prep) John Neumann C 6-4 201 Fr. Sacramento, Calif. (Rio Americano HS) Peter O’Laughlin G 6-0 178 Fr. Carlsbad, Calif. (Carlsbad HS) Farrel South A 6-0 210 Fr. Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) C - center D/U – defender/utility A – attacker COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH Kirk Everist, 11th year (California, ‘90) ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Boyd Lachance, 11th year (Pacific, ‘94) ASSISTANT COACH Sean Nolan, Eighth year (California, ‘95) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Marin Balarin ...............................................................Ba-Lair-in Giacomo Cupido ...................................G-awk-co-mo Co-Pe-do Aleksa Saponjic .................................................... Sa-Pown-itch Evin Wieser ....................................................................Wee-Sir 2 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS 2012 Men's Water Polo Record Book 2011 RESULTS & STATISTICS (22-4 OVERALL; 7-1 MPSF; 5-1 HOME; 7-1 ROAD; 10-2 NEUTRAL) Date Opponent Result Score Streak Scorers Sept. 3 UC DAVIS! W 16-5 WON 1 Rackov 5, L. Saponjic 4, Nasoff, Greenwood, Cupido, Steffens, Keren, Gettelfinger, Kelly Sept. 3 SANTA CLARA! W 21-3 WON 2 Rackov 7, Nasoff 4, Steffens 2, Short 2, Keren 2, L. Saponjic,Balarin, Stampfl, Ivanovic Sept. 17 vs. Vanguard% W 27-3 WON 3 Rackov 7, L. Saponjic 6, Ivanovic 3, Cupido 2, A. Saponjic 2, Balarin, Nasoff, Gettelfinger, Golden, Kelly,Greenwood, Keren Sept. 17 vs. Pepperdine% W 8-7 WON 4 Keren 2, L. Saponjic 2, Rackov, Cupido, A. Saponjic, Steffens Sept. 18 vs. UCLA% L 6-5 LOST 1 L. Saponjic 2, Rackov 2, Kelly Sept. 18 vs. Stanford% W 8-7 WON 1 Rackov 3, L. Saponjic, Smith, Greenwood, Steffens, A. Saponjic Sept. 24 at Pacific W 8-6 WON 2 Rackov 4, L. Saponjic, Cupido, Greenwood, Balarin Sept. 25 vs. Fresno Pacific$ W 17-1 WON 3 Golden 5, Kelly 3, Russell 2, Gilfillan 2, Yeager 2, Cox, Bickham, Stampfl Sept. 25 vs. Santa Clara$ W 18-2 WON 4 Rackov 5, A. Saponjic 3, L. Saponjic 2, Keren 2, Smith 2, Balarin 2, Kelly, Gettelfinger Oct. 1 vs. Santa Clara# W 16-8 WON 5 Balarin 4, Smith 3, Short 3, Nasoff 2, L. Saponjic 2, Rackov, A. Saponjic Oct. 1 vs. Pacific# W 11-9 WON 6 Smith 2, L. Saponjic 2, Rackov 2, Steffens 2, Gettelfinger 2, Nasoff Oct. 2 vs. UCLA# W 8-4 WON 7 Rackov 2, L. Saponjic 2, Nasoff, Greenwood, Keren, A. Saponjic, Oct. 2 vs. Stanford# L 10-9 OT LOST 1 A. Saponjic 3, Rackov 2, Nasoff, Balarin, Smith, Gettelfinger Oct. 7 at UCLA* W 8-5 WON 1 Rackov 2, Greenwood 2, A. Saponjic, Balarin, Steffens, Kelly Oct. 8 at Long Beach State* W 14-6 WON 2 A. Saponjic 3, L. Saponjic 3, Smith 2, Ivanovic 2, Rackov, Steffens, Short, Gettelfinger Oct. 9 at UC San Diego W 18-8 WON 3 Rackov 5, L. Saponjic 3, A. Saponjic 2, Smith 2, Gettelfinger 2, Steffens, Nasoff, Kelly, Keren Oct. 15 USC* L 9-8 SDOT LOST 1 A. Saponjic 2, Rackov, Smith, Gettelfinger, Nasoff, Keren, Cupido Oct. 21 PEPPERDINE* W 11-8 WON 1 Rackov 4, L. Saponjic, Smith, Keren, Greenwood, A. Saponjic, Kelly, Gettelfinger Oct. 30 UC IRVINE* W 14-6 WON 2 Balarin 2, Greenwood 2, A. Saponjic 2, L. Saponjic 2, Gettelfinger, Keren, Nasoff, Ivanovic, Rackov Nov. 5 at UC Santa Barbara* W 8-7 WON 3 Greenwood 2, Rackov 2, A. Saponjic, L. Saponjic, Nasoff, Smith Nov. 11 PACIFIC* W 9-8 WON 4 Rackov 2, L. Saponjic 2, Balarin, Cupido, Nasoff, Smith, A. Saponjic, Nov. 12 at UC Davis W 13-6 WON 5 Rackov 3, Smith 2, Steffens 2, Short 2, Balarin 2, Keren, Russell Nov. 19 at Stanford* W 11-4 WON 6 A. Saponjic 3, Smith 3, L. Saponjic, Balarin, Steffens, Short, Rackov Nov. 25 vs. UC Irvine& W 15-9 WON 7 Rackov 5, Keren 2, Smith 2, Balarin, Greenwood, Kelly, Nasoff, L. Saponjic, Steffens Nov. 26 vs. UCLA& L 7-6 OT LOST 1 Rackov 2, Nasoff, L. Saponjic, Smith, Cupido Nov. 27 vs. Stanford& W 8-7 WON 1 A. Saponjic 2, Cupido 2, Keren 2, Balarin, L. Saponjic Caps indicates home match at Spieker Aquatics Complex *MPSF Match, !Cal Bear Invitational, Berkeley, Calif.; %NorCal Invitational, Stockton, Calif.; $Aggie Shootout, Davis, Calif., #SoCal Invitational, Long Beach, Calif., &MPSF Tournament, Los Angeles, Calif. CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS 2012 Men's Water Polo Record Book 3 2011 STATISTICS Name (Matches) Goals Ivan Rackov (25) ................................................................................................