Water Polo 2012 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE MEN’S
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Water Polo 2012 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE MEN’S Highlights It’s a Five-Peat for Southern California: In its home pool, Southern California pulled off a dramatic 11-10 come-from-behind victory over rival UCLA for its fi fth straight NCAA title December 2 at the McDonald’s Swim Stadium in Los Angeles. Michael Rosenthal scored a team-high three goals in the championship match to earn Most Valuable Player honors while leading the Trojans (29-0) to an undefeated season. UCLA held a 10-9 lead with 3:09 to go in the game, but USC scored the fi nal two goals of the game to win the title. Rosenthal scored with 2:25 to tie the game, while Kostas Genidounias netted the game-winner with 40 seconds left in the contest. In the semifi nals, Southern California defeated Air Force, 18-7, while UCLA advanced to the championship game with a 17-3 victory against St. Francis (New York). St. Francis (New York) beat the Falcons 14-8 to take third place honors. UCLA 17, St. Francis (NY) 3 CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 Results St. Francis (NY) .........................1 0 1 1 — 3 UCLA .............................................2 5 6 4 — 17 DEC. 2 AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA St. Francis (NY) goals: Luka Vukomanovic 2, Guram Southern California 11, UCLA 10 SEMIFINALS Nozadze. Southern California ................3 3 2 3 — 11 DEC. 1 AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UCLA goals: Griffin White 4, Paul Pickell 3, Lucas UCLA .............................................5 3 1 1 — 10 Reynolds 2, Paul Reynolds 2, Chris Fahlsing 2, Aimone Southern California goals: Michael Rosenthal 3, Southern California 18, Air Force 7 Barabino, David Culpan, Josh Samuels, Danny McClintick. Connor Virjee 2, Matt Burton 2, Nikola Vavic, Tobias Southern California ................4 4 6 4 — 18 Saves: St. Francis (NY) (Igor Mladenovic 7, Luka Raic 1) 8; Preuss, Mace Rapsey, Kostas Genidounias. Air Force ......................................2 1 2 2 — 7 UCLA (Matt Rapacz 5, Stephen White 4) 9. UCLA goals: Bret Lathrope 2, Danny McClintick 2, Southern California goals: Kostas Genidounias 5, Marc Attendance: 945. Josh Samuels 2, Chris Fahlsing, Paul Reynolds, Lucas Vonderweidt 3, Nikola Vavic 3, Jeremy Davie 2, Mace Reynolds, Daniel Lenhart. Rapsey, Jack Plaga, Stephen Siri, Connor Virjee, Zach Lucas. THIRD-PLACE GAME Saves: Southern California (James Clark) 10; UCLA (Matt Rapacz) 12. goals: Josh Stedman 2, Andrew Hamilton 2, DEC. 2 AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Air Force Attendance: 1,575. Cruz Smithson, Petar Jackovich, Max Reilly. St. Francis (NY) 14, Air Force 8 Saves: Southern California (James Clark 4, Ely Bonilla 6) Air Force ......................................1 2 0 5 — 8 10; Air Force (Mike Fish) 12. St. Francis (NY) .........................5 3 3 3 — 14 Air Force goals: Cruz Smithson 3, Brad Rajchel 2, Josh Stedman, Ben Rogers, Dillon Fisher. St. Francis (NY) goals: Marko Gencic 4, Bosko Stankovic 3, Vuk Vujosevic 2, Jacob Baraschick 2, Luka Vukomanovic, Liam Veazey, Marko Dzigurski. Saves: Air Force (Mike Fish) 12; St. Francis (NY) (Igor Mladenovic 16, Luka Raic 1) 17. 2 MEN'S WATER POLO—HISTORY History Team Results Championship Year Champion (Record) Coach Score Runner-Up Host or Site Attendance 1969 ........................UCLA (19-0) Bob Horn 5-2 California Long Beach, Calif. — 1970 ........................UC Irvine (27-2) Ted Newland 7-6 (3 ot) UCLA Long Beach, Calif. — 1971 ........................UCLA (18-1) Bob Horn 5-3 San Jose St. Long Beach, Calif. — 1972 ........................UCLA (19-1) Bob Horn 10-5 UC Irvine New Mexico — 1973 ........................California (25-1) Pete Cutino 8-4 UC Irvine Long Beach, Calif. — 1974 ........................California (25-2) Pete Cutino 7-6 UC Irvine Long Beach, Calif. — 1975 ........................California (22-6) Pete Cutino 9-8 UC Irvine Long Beach, Calif. 3,326 1976 ........................Stanford (20-2) Art Lambert 13-12 UCLA Long Beach, Calif. 3,050 1977 ........................California (29-3) Pete Cutino 8-6 UC Irvine Brown 765 1978 ........................Stanford (26-1-1) Dante Dettamanti 7-6 (3 ot) California Long Beach, Calif. 2,541 1979 ........................UC Santa Barbara (27-2-1) Pete Snyder 11-3 UCLA Long Beach, Calif. 2,542 1980 ........................Stanford (28-2-1) Dante Dettamanti 8-6 California Long Beach, Calif. 2,401 1981 ........................Stanford (31-0) Dante Dettamanti 17-6 Long Beach St. Long Beach, Calif. 2,579 1982 ........................UC Irvine (30-0) Ted Newland 7-4 Stanford Long Beach, Calif. 2,128 1983 ........................California (29-3-2) Pete Cutino 10-7 Southern California Long Beach, Calif. 2,697 1984 ........................California (26-4-1) Pete Cutino 9-8 Stanford Long Beach, Calif. 3,214 1985 ........................Stanford (25-4) Dante Dettamanti 12-11 (2 ot) UC Irvine Long Beach, Calif. 3,410 1986 ........................Stanford (36-0) Dante Dettamanti 9-6 California Long Beach, Calif. 3,491 1987 ........................California (27-3) Pete Cutino 9-8 (ot) Southern California Long Beach, Calif. 4,398 1988 ........................California (33-3) Pete Cutino 14-11 UCLA Long Beach, Calif. 5,073 1989 ........................UC Irvine (27-6) Ted Newland 9-8 California Indianapolis 3,421 1990 ........................California (29-1) Steve Heaston 8-7 Stanford Long Beach, Calif. 3,185 1991 ........................California (26-1) Steve Heaston 7-6 UCLA Long Beach, Calif. 3,502 1992 ........................California (31-0) Steve Heaston 12-11 (3 ot) Stanford Long Beach, Calif. 3,517 1993 ........................Stanford (24-6) Dante Dettamanti 11-9 Southern California Long Beach, Calif. 3,165 1994 ........................Stanford (27-1) Dante Dettamanti 14-10 Southern California Long Beach, Calif. 3,608 1995 ........................UCLA (20-6) Guy Baker 10-8 California Stanford 1,903 1996 ........................UCLA (24-6) Guy Baker 8-7 Southern California UC San Diego 2,790 1997 ........................Pepperdine (25-3) Terry Schroeder 8-7 (2 ot) Southern California Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 927 1998 ........................Southern California (25-3) John Williams/Jovan Vavic 9-8 (2 ot) Stanford Newport Beach, Calif. 3,132 1999 ........................UCLA (22-3) Guy Baker/Adam Krikorian 6-5 Stanford La Jolla, Calif. 4,441 2000 ........................UCLA (19-7) Guy Baker/Adam Krikorian 11-2 UC San Diego Malibu, Calif. 3,049 2001 ........................Stanford (22-1) Dante Dettamanti 8-5 UCLA Stanford 4,503 2002 ........................Stanford (24-5) John Vargas 7-6 California Loyola Marymount 4,767 2003 ........................Southern California (24-3) Jovan Vavic 9-7 (ot) Stanford Stanford 4,280 2004 ........................UCLA (25-3) Adam Krikorian 10-9 (ot) Stanford Stanford 3,044 2005 ........................Southern California (26-1) Jovan Vavic 3-2 Stanford Bucknell 1,656 2006 ........................California (31-4) Kirk Everist 7-6 Southern California Loyola Marymount 4,552 2007 ........................California (28-4) Kirk Everist 8-6 Southern California Stanford 4,369 2008 ........................Southern California (29-0) Jovan Vavic 7-5 Stanford Stanford 2,660 2009 ........................Southern California (26-2) Jovan Vavic 7-6 UCLA Princeton 1,822 2010 ........................Southern California (28-2) Jovan Vavic 12-10 (2 ot) California California 2,135 2011 ........................Southern California (24-3) Jovan Vavic 7-4 UCLA California 2,184 2012 ........................Southern California (29-0) Jovan Vavic 11-10 UCLA Southern California 2,520 Note: From 1969 through 1994, the championship was composed of eight teams. Since 1995, the championship has been composed of four teams. Year Player, Institution, Goals Year Player, Institution, Goals Tournament Scoring Leaders 1986 Robert Lynn, Southern California, 12 Tony Azevedo, Stanford, 5 1987 Rafael Gandarillas, Pepperdine, 11 2003 Tony Azevedo, Stanford, 8 Year Player, Institution, Goals Alexis Rousseau, UCLA, 11 2004 Endre Rex-Kiss, Loyola Marymount, 7 1969 Ben Gage, UC Santa Barbara, 14 1988 Kyle Kopp, Long Beach St., 12 2005 Cutberto Hernandez, Loyola Marymount, 5 1970 Ben Gage, UC Santa Barbara, 12 1989 Tom Warde, UC Irvine, 11 2006 Juan Delgadillo, Southern California, 6 1971 Jim Waska, Cal St. Fullerton, 14 1990 Luis Nicolao, Navy, 10 2007 Tim Hummel, Loyola Marymount, 4 1972 Jim Kruse, UC Irvine, 31 1991 Steve Gill, UC Irvine, 11 1973 Bruce Kocsis, Southern California, 8 2008 Kyle Wertz, Navy, 6 1992 Danny Leyson, Southern California, 12 2009 Scott Davidson, UCLA, 5 1974 Jon Svendsen, California, 9 1993 Michael Nalu, UC San Diego, 13 2010 Peter Kurzeka, Southern California, 6 1975 Gary Figueroa, UC Irvine, 13 1994 Doug Munz, Navy, 11 2011 Thomas Nelson, Princeton, 6 1976 Dave Breen, Arizona, 17 1995 Jeremy Braxton-Brown, UCLA, 8 2012 Kostas Genidounias, Southern California, 6 1977 Scott Schulte, Bucknell, 14 1996 Hrvoje Cizmic, Southern California, 5 1978 Scott Schulte, Bucknell, 13 Brian Stahl, Massachusetts, 5 1979 Scott Schulte, Bucknell, 11 Marko Zagar, Southern California, 5 1980 Kevin Robertson, California, 12 1997 Jeremy Pope, Pepperdine, 6 Team Championships Scott Schulte, Bucknell, 12 1998 George Csaszar, Southern California, 5 1981 James Bergeson, Stanford, 12 1999 Sean Kern, UCLA, 8 California 13, Stanford 10, UCLA 8, Southern California 8, UC 1982 Peter Neushul, UC Santa Barbara, 9 2000 Ivan Babic, Southern California, 9 Irvine 3, UC Santa Barbara, Pepperdine, 1 each. 1983 Dan O’Connell, Loyola Chicago, 11 2001 Kevin Witt, Loyola Marymount, 6 1984 Alan Gresham, California, 10 2002 Michel