2018 UCLA MEN’S WATER POLO

2018 QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location , CA THIS IS UCLA Career Records 33 Athletic Dept. Address 325 Westwood Plaza 2018 Radio/TV Roster 2 Year-by-Year Results 34 Los Angeles, CA 90095 2018 Rosters 3 All-Time vs. Opponents 40 Athletics Phone (310) 825-8699 Head Coach Adam Wright 4 All-Time NCAA Tournament Results 41 Ticket Offi ce (310) UCLA-WIN Associate Head Coach Jason Falitz 6 The 2017 NCAA Championship 42 Men’s Water Polo Offi ce Phone (310) 794-6443 Assistant Coach Jack Grover 7 The 2015 NCAA Championship 43 Chancellor Dr. Gene Block Player Profi les 8 The 2014 NCAA Championship 44 Director of Athletics Daniel G. Guerrero Dirks Pool at 50 The 2004 NCAA Championship 45 Sr. Women’s Administrator Dr. Christina Rivera The 2000 NCAA Championship 46 Assoc. Athletic Director (MWP) Ashley Armstrong 2017 IN REVIEW The 1999 NCAA Championship 47 Faculty Athletic Rep. Dr. Michael Teitell Statistics and Results 21 The 1972, 1995 and 1996 NCAA Championships 48 Home Pool Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center Game-By-Game Stats and Polls 22 The 1969 and 1971 NCAA Championships 49 Enrollment 43,239 MPSF Information 23 Founded 1919 MPSF Standings and Honors 23 Colors Blue and Gold Nickname Bruins UCLA HISTORY Conference Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation All-Time Letterwinners 24 Conference MWP Contact Al Beaird Head Coaching History 26 Conference Phone (925) 296-0723 Bruin Award Winners 27 Conference Fax (925) 296-0724 UCLA Olympians 31 National Affi liation NCAA Division I Single-Season Records 32 Head Coach Adam Wright (UCLA ‘01) Record at UCLA (Years) 227-37 (9) Coach’s Phone (310) 267-4912 Associate Head Coach Jason Falitz (L.A. Valley College ‘06) Assistant Coach Jack Grover (UCLA ‘18) 2017 Record 25-3 2017 MPSF Record (Finish) 1-2 (T-3rd) 2017 MPSF Championship 2nd 2017 NCAA Championship 1st 2017 Final National Ranking 1st NCAA Championships 11 (1969, 1971, 1972, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017) All-Time NCAA Championship Appearances 33 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) All-Time Conference Championships 5 (1999, 2000, 2009, 2011, 2015) Men’s Water Polo SID Ryan Finney Finney’s Phone (310) 206-4701 Sports Information Fax (310) 825-8664 Finney’s E-mail rfi [email protected] Web Site www.uclabruins.com Twitter twitter.com/UCLAWaterPolo Facebook www.facebook.com/uclamenswaterpolo The 2018 seniors (from left), Eric Goldenberg, Austin Rone, David Stiling, Kent Inoue and Warren Snyder. 2018 SCHEDULE MEDIA INFORMATION DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (PT) TV MWP Contact: Ryan Finney Sept. 1 Fresno Pacifi c Spieker Aquatics Center 8:00 am Phone: 310-206-4701 Sept. 1 Whittier Spieker Aquatics Center 10:30 am Mobile: 424-832-0676 Sept. 1 Pomona-Pitzer Spieker Aquatics Center 2:15 pm E-mail: rfi [email protected] 1 Sept. 7 Wagner Princeton, N.J. 10:30 am Address: 325 Westwood Plaza Sept. 8 St. Francis Brooklyn1 Princeton, N.J. 9:30 am Los Angeles, CA 90095 Sept. 8 Air Force1 Princeton, N.J. 2:30 pm 1 Sept. 9 Brown Princeton, N.J. 5:45 am Credits: The 2018 UCLA men’s water polo information guide 1 Sept. 9 at Princeton Princeton, N.J. 9:30 am was written, edited and designed by Ryan Finney, UCLA Athletic Sept. 13 at UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. 7:00 pm Communications/Associate SID with assistance from UCLA Sept. 15 Pepperdine Spieker Aquatics Center 12:00 pm Women’s Water Polo student-athletes, Carlee Kapana and Sept. 15 Loyola Marymount Spieker Aquatics Center 2:00 pm Rachel Whitelegge. Photography by ASUCLA Campus Studio Sept. 21 at Long Beach State Long Beach, Calif. 7:00 pm (Don Liebig), John Hilinski, Onno Zwaneveld, Juan Lainez Sept. 22 UC Irvine Spieker Aquatics Center 1:00 pm (Marin Media), Catharyn Hayne Photography, Allen Lorentzen, Sept. 29 at Pacifi c Stockton, Calif. 1:00 pm Jeff Sipsey, Brock Scott Photography, Berliner Studios, Andrew Sept. 30 at UC Davis Davis, Calif. 12:00 pm Bernstein, Ruth Chambers and Scott Quintard. Oct. 6 San José State Spieker Aquatics Center 1:00 pm Oct. 12-14 Mountain Pacifi c Invitational2 Stanford, Calif. TBD Cover: The cover of the 2018 UCLA men’s water polo information Oct. 27 at * Berkeley, Calif. TBD Pac-12 Networks guide was designed by Summit Athletic Media with assistance Nov. 3 Stanford* Spieker Aquatics Center 3:30 pm from Ryan Finney. It features the 2018 seniors (from left), Nov. 10 at USC* Los Angeles, Calif. TBD Pac-12 Networks Eric Goldenberg, Austin Rone, David Stiling, Kent Inoue and Nov. 16-18 at MPSF Championship3 Los Angeles, Calif. TBD Pac-12 Networks Warren Snyder. Dec. 1-2 at NCAA Championship4 Stanford, Calif. TBD NCAA.com KEY: 1 - Princeton Invitational / 2 - MPSF Invitational (at Stanford) / 3 - MPSF Championship (at USC) / 4 - NCAA Championship (at Stanford) / * MPSF game / Home games in bold / All times listed are Pacifi c

1 RADIO / TV ROSTER

1 1A 1B 2 3 4 Alex Wolf Jonathan Van De Velde Danny Roland Quinten Osborne Evan Rosenfeld Jake Cavano RS-Jr., GK, 6-7, 215 RS-Jr., GK, 6-4, 205 Fr., GK, 6-3, 205 So., CTR, 6-4, 250 So., UTL, 6-3, 185 Fr., ATK/UTL, 6-4, 210 Huntington Beach, Calif. Seal Beach, Calif. San Rafael, Calif. Huntington Beach, Calif. Thousand Oaks, Calif. Huntington Beach, Calif. Huntington Beach HS Mater Dei HS Sir Francis Drake HS Huntington Beach HS Harvard-Westlake School Huntington Beach HS

5 6 7 8 9 10 Eric Goldenberg Warren Snyder James Vlachonassios Raphael Raede Luke Henriksson David Stiling RS-Jr., ATK, 6-0, 190 Sr., DEF, 6-2, 205 Jr., ATK/UTL, 6-2, 190 RS-Jr., CTR, 6-0, 230 So., ATK, 5-11, 175 Sr., ATK, 6-0, 200 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. La Cañada, Calif. Huntington Beach, Calif. Glendale, Calif. Bell Canyon, Calif. Beaverton, Ore. St. Thomas Aquinas HS Harvard-Westlake School Huntington Beach HS Harvard-Westlake School Harvard-Westlake School Southridge HS

12 13 15 16 17 19 Michael Graner Felix Brozyna-Vilim Bailey Jarvis Morio Saito Chasen Travisano Ashworth Molthen Fr., ATK, 6-0, 185 So., UTL, 6-5, 250 RS-Fr., DEF, 6-4, 205 Fr., ATK, 5-10, 150 So., ATK, 6-2, 195 Fr., ATK, 6-3, 215 El Segundo, Calif. Santa Monica, Calif. Walnut Creek, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Glendora, Calif. Buena Park, Calif. Loyola HS Harvard-Westlake School Las Lomas HS Harvard-Westlake School Damien HS Orange Lutheran HS

20 21 22 24 25 Austin Rone Nicolas Saveljic Peter Lovas Kent Inoue Matthew Kacura Sr., ATK, 5-11, 160 So., ATK, 6-6, 212 RS-So., ATK, 6-3, 200 Sr., ATK, 6-1, 230 Fr., ATK, 6-2, 190 Coronado, Calif. Kotor, Montenegro Budapest, Hungary Huntington Beach, Calif. San Clemente, Calif. Cathedral Catholic HS Maritime School Kotor Csik Ferenc Secondary Grammar School Mater Dei HS Orange Lutheran HS

Adam Wright Jason Falitz Jack Grover Alex Roelse Head Coach (10th year) Assoc. Head Coach (4th year) Assistant Coach (1st year) Undergraduate Assistant Coach Alma Mater - UCLA ‘01 Alma Mater - L.A. Valley Alma Mater - UCLA ‘18 College ‘06

2 ROSTERS NUMERICAL ROSTER ROSTER BREAKDOWN No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) Alphabetical Class 1 Danny Roland GK 6-3 205 Fr. San Rafael, Calif. (Sir Francis Drake HS) B ...... Felix Brozyna-Vilim Freshmen (13): Cavano, 1 Jonathan Van De Velde GK 6-4 205 R-Jr. Seal Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) C ...... Jake Cavano Cheishvili, Graner, Jarvis, 1 Alex Wolf GK 6-7 215 R-Jr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach HS) ...... Tega Cheishvili Kacura, Molthen, Morgan, 2 Quinten Osborne CTR 6-4 250 So. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach HS) G ...... Eric Goldenberg B. Peterson, C. Peterson, 3 Evan Rosenfeld UTL 6-3 185 So. Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School) Roland, Saito, Westerman, ...... Michael Graner 4 Jake Cavano ATK/UTL 6-4 210 Fr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach HS) Wilde. 5 Eric Goldenberg ATK 6-0 190 R-Jr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas HS) H ...... Luke Henriksson 6 Warren Snyder DEF 6-2 205 Sr. La Cañada, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School) I ...... Kent Inoue Sophomores (7): Brozyna- 7 James Vlachonassios ATK/UTL 6-2 190 Jr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach HS) J ...... Bailey Jarvis Vilim, Henriksson, Lovas, 8 Raphael Raede CTR 6-0 230 R-Jr. Glendale, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School) K...... Matthew Kacura Osborne, Rosenfeld, Saveljic, 9 Luke Henriksson ATK 5-11 175 So. Bell Canyon, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School) L ...... Peter Lovas Travisano. 10 David Stiling ATK 6-0 200 Sr. Beaverton, Ore. (Southridge HS) O ...... Quinten Osborne Juniors (5): Goldenberg, 12 Michael Graner ATK 6-0 185 Fr. El Segundo, Calif. (Loyola HS) M...... Ashworth Molthen 13 Felix Brozyna-Vilim UTL 6-5 250 So. Santa Monica, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School) Raede, Van De Velde, ...... Will Morgan Vlachonassios, Wolf. 15 Bailey Jarvis DEF 6-4 205 R-Fr. Walnut Creek, Calif. (Las Lomas HS) P...... Brock Peterson 16 Morio Saito ATK 5-10 150 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School) ...... Chase Peterson Seniors (4): Inoue, Rone, 17 Chasen Travisano ATK 6-2 195 So. Glendora, Calif. (Damien HS) R ...... Raphael Raede Snyder, Stiling. 19 Ashworth Molthen ATK 6-3 215 Fr. Buena Park, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) 20 Austin Rone ATK 5-11 160 Sr. Coronado, Calif. (Cathedral Catholic HS) ...... Danny Roland 21 Nicolas Saveljic ATK 6-6 212 So. Kotor, Montenegro (Maritime School Kotor) ...... Austin Rone Position 22 Peter Lovas ATK 6-3 200 R-So. Budapest, Hungary (Csik Ferenc Secondary Grammar School/Golden West College) ...... Evan Rosenfeld Goalkeepers (3): Roland, Van 24 Kent Inoue ATK 6-1 230 Sr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) S...... Nicolas Saveljic De Velde, Wolf. 25 Matthew Kacura ATK 6-2 190 Fr. San Clemente, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) ...... Warren Snyder Defenders (4): Cheishvili, Tega Cheishvili DEF 6-2 Fr. Tbilisi, Georgia (Tbilisi American High School) ...... David Stiling Jarvis, C. Peterson, Snyder. Will Morgan ATK 6-1 180 Fr. Pebble Beach, Calif. (Stevenson School) T ...... Chasen Travisano Chase Peterson DEF 6-1 200 Fr. Dana Point, Calif. (Santa Margarita Catholic HS) V ...... Jonathan Van De Velde Centers (3): Osborne, Raede, Brock Peterson ATK 6-2 185 Fr. Dana Point, Calif. (Santa Margarita Catholic HS) ...... James Vlachonassios Westerman. Jackson Westerman CTR 6-1 210 Fr. Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) W...... Jackson Westerman Henry Wilde ATK 6-3 195 Fr. Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS) Attackers (17): Cavano, ...... Henry Wilde Goldenberg, Graner, ...... Alex Wolf COACHING STAFF Henriksson, Inoue, Kacura Lovas, Molthen, Morgan, Head Coach Adam Wright (10th season) Height B. Peterson, Rone, Saito, Associate Head Coach Jason Falitz (4th season) Saveljic, Stiling, Travisano, Assistant Coach Jack Grover (1st season) 6-7 ...... Wolf Vlachonassios, Wilde. Undergraduate Assistant Coach Alex Roelse (1st season) 6-6...... Saveljic 6-5 ...... Brozyna-Vilim Utility (4): Brozyna- 6-4...... Cavano Vilim, Cavano, Rosenfeld, SUPPORT STAFF ...... Jarvis Athletic Trainer Carl Stocklin Vlachonassios...... Osborne Assistant Athletic Performance Coach Casey Metoyer ...... Van De Velde Team Managers Michael Hull, Tom Phillips and Justin Ko State 6-3...... Molthen Student Athletic Trainers Kira Conde and Nikhil Davuluri California (24): Brozyna- ...... Lovas Vilim, Cavano,Graner, ...... Roland Henriksson, Inoue, Jarvis, PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ...... Rosenfeld Felix Brozyna-Vilim – Bro-ZEN-uh Vill-um GUIDE TO WATER POLO Kacura, Molthen, Morgan, ...... Wilde Jake Cavano – CAV-uh-no Osborne, B. Peterson, C. POSITIONS 6-2...... Cheishvili Michael Graner – GRAIN-er Peterson, Raede, Roland, ...... Kacura Luke Henriksson – HEN-rick-son GK – goalkeeper, ATK – attacker/driver, Rone, Rosenfeld, Saito, Snyder, Kent Inoue – IN-oh-way CTR – center, DEF – defender, UTL – utility ...... B. Peterson Travisano, Van De Velde, Matthew Kacura – Kuh-SIR-uh Attacker: Similar to the guard and forward positions in ...... Snyder Vlachonassios, Westerman, Peter Lovas – LOW-vosh basketball. Look for these players to shoot often and create ...... Travisano Wilde, Wolf. Ashworth Molthen – MOLE-thin offensive chances for their teammates, as well as disrupt ...... Vlachonassios the opponents’ offensive play. Also known as a driver. Florida (1): Goldenberg. Raphael Raede – RAW-feye-el RAY-duh 6-1 ...... Inoue Alex Roelse – ROLE-suh Center Offense/Defense: Similar to the post position in ...... Morgan Oregon (1): Stiling. Danny Roland – ROW-lund basketball. These players station themselves in front of goal, engaging in physical battles for position. Defenders ...... C. Peterson Austin Rone – ROWN are similar to football safeties by preventing opponent ...... Westerman International Morio Saito – MORE-ee-oh SIGH-toe breakaways on counterattack. 6-0 ...... Goldenberg Hungary (1): Lovas. Nicolas Saveljic – SAV-uh-litch ...... Graner David Stiling – STYE-ling ...... Raede Georgia (1): Cheishvili. Chasen Travisano – TRAV-eh-saw-no ...... Stiling Jonathan Van De Velde – VAN-duh-veld Montenegro (1): Saveljich. James Vlachonassios – VLAW-huh-noss-ios 5-11 ...... Rone ...... Henriksson

3 DIRKS POOL AT SPIEKER AQUATICS CENTER

entering its 10th season as UCLA’s home . . . SPIEKER AQUATICS CENTER The UCLA men’s water polo team begins its 10th season The Bruins’ women’s water polo program hosted the MPSF the pool houses the new scoreboard, an LED, state-of-the-art playing at Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center in the fall of Tournament in May 2009, taking advantage of the home piece of electronics, making scores, statistics and messages 2018. Over the past nine seasons, UCLA has logged a 75-9 setting to win the title at the three-day event. easily visible to all in attendance. (.893) record at its state-of-the-art home facility, where it won its 10th NCAA title in school history in 2015. Spieker Aquatics Center features a 52-meter by 25-yard Next to the scoreboard is the “Wall of Champions”, showcasing all-deep water pool with a dividing bulkhead, allowing races all of UCLA’s water polo, swimming and national Spieker Aquatics Center opened in September 2009, in time to take place at varying distances (meters, versus yards). The championship teams, and individual student-athletes’ for the start of the men’s water polo season that fall. PCL pool also has four platforms on a diving tower, at heights of achievements, record-holders and Olympians. Construction broke ground on the facility in July 2008. The three, fi ve seven and one half, and 10-meter platforms, as Separate men’s and women’s locker rooms house enough athletics department offi cially opened Spieker Aquatics Center well as one and three-meter springboards. In addition, the lockers for all team members, with shower space and bathroom on Sept. 26, 2009, as the men’s water polo team defeated aquatics center features a warming pool for divers directly stalls and sinks for each team. Equipment needed for meets UC Irvine, 10-4, after a dedication ceremony that evening. behind the tower. and matches have storage capacity on the facility’s south side. In 2018, UCLA is slated to play nine regular-season games Adjacent to Sunset Canyon Recreation Center on the northwest When walking through the public entryway to the center, visitors (includes the Alumni Match) at Spieker Aquatics Center. The portion of campus, the Spieker Aquatics Center was made fi rst notice the Donor Wall. All donors who generously made Bruins will also host two exhibition games during the year. possible thanks to a generous lead gift from former student- gifts to the Spieker Aquatics Center are recognized on this athlete Tod Spieker and his wife, Catherine. Tod, a 1971 UCLA In the fall of 2011, UCLA hosted the MPSF Tournament (Nov. wall. Additionally, over 50 former UCLA water polo players, graduate and All-American, swam for the Bruins from 1968-71 swimmers and divers made gifts to “name” a locker. Those 25-27), using Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center. The and still competes in Master’s Swimming. Bruins took full advantage of their home court and won the names will forever be part of the locker rooms in the new facility. Conference Tournament by beating top-ranked USC, 10-9, The pool, Dirks Pool, is named after Carolyn Dirks, who provided The state-of-the-art facility brings together all three of UCLA’s in sudden victory overtime on Nov. 27, 2012. The Bruins can the lead gift for the swimming pool. Dirks Pool has also been intercollegiate aquatic sports – water polo, swimming and also use the pool at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center when used for special use events and Masters Swim meets. The diving – to one venue. The aquatics center features event hosting larger events. signature feature of the Spieker Aquatics Center is the diving lighting and permanent seating with the possibility of additional tower, which sits at the west end of the pool. The east end of temporary seating for larger events.

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