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2008 IN REVIEW UCLA posted a 16-8 overall record in 2008, finishing fourth most critical threat at the two-meter position, finishing the season day. After a loss to Stanford in MPSF play on Oct. 18, the Bruins in the MPSF standings and in the final national poll. The Bruins with 21 goals (fourth-highest on the team). After redshirting the rebounded with three consecutive victories against Brown, registered a fourth-place finish at the MPSF Tournament after 2007 campaign, freshmen Cullen Hennessy and Matt Preciado California and Pacific. having finished second and fourth, respectively, at the annual each compiled impressive rookie seasons, logging 14 goals and More than past the midway point of their 2008 schedule, the NorCal and SoCal Tournaments. 10 goals, respectively. Bruins dropped a 6-3 decision at USC on Nov. 1, before bouncing Led by seniors Chris Allen, Krsto Sbutega and Russell Simpkins, Junior Chay Lapin continued to emerge as one of the nation’s back with four straight wins – versus UC Irvine, Concordia, UC San the Bruins earned their first victory against California since most talented goalkeepers. The native of Long Beach, Calif., Diego and at UC Santa Barbara. UCLA dropped a 9-5 decision in 2005 with a 6-4 win in a NorCal Tournament semifinal match logged a 6.35 goals against average and collected 206 saves in an MPSF match at Pepperdine on Nov. 22, sending the Bruins on Sept. 21. UCLA opened its season having collected eight wins 23 games. Lapin served as UCLA’s goalkeeper in 90 percent of to the No. 4-seed in the conference tournament. through its first nine games. In MPSF play, the Bruins earned the team’s minutes and capped his junior campaign by earning Playing at Pepperdine the following weekend in the MPSF victories against Long Beach State, California, Pacific, UC Irvine honorable mention ACWPC All-America accolades and second- Tournament, UCLA opened its slate with a convincing 11-8 victory and UC Santa Barbara. team All-MPSF honors. over California. UCLA lost consecutive contests on the final two Sbutega stood out in his senior season as UCLA’s primary Sbutega helped UCLA open the season with a 10-4 victory at days of the tournament – 9-5 to USC, and 10-7 to Stanford – to offensive weapon. The native of Kotor, Montenegro led the Bruins UC Irvine, scoring a career-high five goals in the non-conference conclude the season with a 16-8 mark. with a career-high 50 goals before securing first-team ACWPC affair. He followed that effort one week later, in UCLA’s second Both Sbutega and Lapin earned All-MPSF Team honors, and All-America and first-team All-MPSF accolades. Offensively, UCLA match, with a four-goal output at Pacific in the NorCal Tournament. Sbutega was joined by Hennessy, Hohl, Tyler Jemmett and Nick was bolstered by the strong play of junior Scott Davidson (34 Lapin helped UCLA secure victories in back-to-back games against Zakula as ACWPC Academic All-America selections. Sbutega was goals) and sophomore Ben Hohl (33 goals). Junior Scott Swanson Long Beach State and Loyola Marymount, notching 15 saves in named an ACWPC All-America selection, and Davidson, Hohl and established himself as one of the Bruins’ most dependable veterans, each contest. Lapin earned honorable mention All-America accolades. totaling 18 goals and winning a team-high 53 sprints. The Bruins entered the SoCal Tournament with a respectable The 2008 season also featured the development of several rising 6-1 record and won their first two games before dropping youngsters. Sophomore Jacob Murphy proved to become UCLA’s consecutive contests to Stanford and California the following Back row (left to right): Ben Hohl, Kevin Kuga, Clay Jorth, Russell Simpkins, Clinton Jorth, Scott Davidson, Scott Swanson, Krsto Sbutega, head coach Adam Krikorian, assistant coaches Matt Flesher, Brandon Brooks and Adam Wright. Middle row (left to right): staff athletic trainer Bryan MacMunn, Chay Lapin, Andrew Mesesan, Nick Zakula, Tyler Smith, Matt Preciado, Brett Hays, Tyler Jemmett, Cullen Hennessy, Chris Allen, Jacob Murphy and Cole Consani. Front row (left to right): student athletic trainer Anna Cao, Michael Olson, Tim Steinmeier, Jack Roney, John Wilkins, Matt Rapacz, Alex Lawrence and student athletic trainer Stacey Kim. 2008 BOX SCORES UCLA 10, UC Irvine 4 (Sept. 13) UCLA 13, Bucknell 6 (Oct. 11) UCLA 11, California 10 (Oct. 25) UCLA 11, UC Santa Barbara 4 (Nov. 15) UCLA (1-0) 3 2 3 2 10 Bucknell (8-8) 2 1 1 2 6 UCLA (10-4) 1 4 3 3 11 UCLA (15-5) 1 3 4 3 11 UC Irvine (0-1) 1 0 2 1 4 UCLA (7-1) 2 3 3 5 13 California (11-5) 1 2 3 4 10 UC Santa Barbara (15-9) 2 0 0 2 4 Sbutega (5), Davidson (2), Hennessy, Hohl, Jemmett Jemmett (3), Davidson (2), Murphy (2), Hays, Hennessy, Hohl (4), Sbutega (3), Preciado (2), Swanson (2) Hohl (4), Davidson (3), Allen, Cla. Jorth, Muprhy, Sbutega Hohl, Preciado, Sbutega, Simpkins UCLA 11, Pacific 6 (Sept. 20) UCLA 14, Pacific 2 (Oct. 26) Pepperdine 9, UCLA 5 (Nov. 22) Pacific (6-5) 0 2 2 2 6 UCLA 12, UC San Diego 9 (Oct. 11) UCLA (11-4) 2 5 3 4 14 UCLA (15-6) 2 1 1 1 5 UCLA (2-0) 3 3 3 2 11 UC San Diego (12-5) 2 4 1 2 9 Pacific (10-15) 0 0 2 0 2 Pepperdine (19-6) 3 3 1 2 9 Sbutega (4), Davidson, Hohl, Jemmett, Cli. Jorth, Murphy, UCLA (8-1) 5 1 4 2 12 Davidson (5), Scutega (3), Cla. Jorth (2), Jemmett, Sbutega (2), Allen, Hennessy, Murphy Simpkins, Swanson Sbutega (4), Swanson (3), Hohl (2), Hennessy, Murphy, Murphy, Preciado, Swanson Preciado UCLA 11, California 8 (Nov. 28) UCLA 8, Pepperdine 3 (Sept. 20) USC 6, UCLA 3 (Nov. 1) California (18-8) 3 2 1 2 8 Pepperdine (5-2) 1 0 1 1 3 Stanford 7, UCLA 4 (Oct. 12) UCLA (11-5) 0 1 1 1 3 UCLA (16-6) 4 4 2 1 11 UCLA (3-0) 2 1 3 2 8 Stanford (12-1) 2 1 3 1 7 USC (20-0) 2 1 2 1 6 Davidson (3), Hohl (3), Sbutega (2), Jemmett, Murphy, Hohl (3), Consani, Davidson, Hennessy, Cli. Jorth, Sbutega UCLA (8-2) 0 0 3 1 4 Sbutega (2), Swanson Swanson Murphy (3), Hohl UCLA 6, California 4 (Sept. 21) UCLA 12, UC Irvine 10 (Nov. 7) USC 9, UCLA 5 (Nov. 29) UCLA (4-0) 2 1 2 1 6 California 12, UCLA 11 (OT, Oct. 12) UC Irvine (9-10) 3 3 2 1 10 UCLA (16-7) 0 2 1 2 5 California (6-1) 0 1 1 2 4 California (10-4) 2 4 4 0 0 2 12 UCLA (12-5) 4 4 3 1 12 USC (26-0) 4 2 2 1 9 Murphy (2), Davidson, Hennessy, Sbutega, Simpkins UCLA (8-3) 1 4 0 5 0 1 11 Hohl (3), Sbutega (3), Swanson (3), Davidson, Jemmett, Davidson (2), Hohl, Hennessy, Sbutega Davidson (4), Swanson (2), Consani, Hennessy, Hohl, Murphy USC 6, UCLA 5 (Sept. 21) Murphy, Sbutega Stanford 10, UCLA 7 (Nov. 30) UCLA (4-1) 1 2 1 1 5 UCLA 17, Concordia 5 (Nov. 8) UCLA (16-8) 0 2 3 2 7 USC (10-0) 1 1 2 2 6 Stanford 12, UCLA 2 (Oct. 18) Concordia (15-12) 2 1 1 1 5 Stanford (24-5) 3 2 2 3 10 Davidson (2), Hennessy, Hohl, Swanson Stanford (14-2) 3 2 2 5 12 UCLA (13-5) 4 5 6 2 17 Sbutega (3), Murphy (2), Davidson, Cla. Jorth UCLA (8-4) 0 1 0 1 2 Consani (2), Hays (2), Hohl (2), Preciado (2), Sbutega (2), UCLA 10, Long Beach State 4 (Oct. 4) Hennessy, Hohl Simpkins (2), Allen, Davidson, Jemmett, Cla. Jorth, Swanson L.B. State 2 0 1 1 4 UCLA (5-1) 3 1 3 3 10 UCLA 14, Brown 2 (Oct. 19) UCLA 11, UC San Diego 8 (Nov. 9) Davidson (3), Consani, Hays, Hennessy, Hohl, Murphy, Brown (11-7) 1 0 0 1 2 UC San Diego (18-10) 1 2 2 3 8 Sbutega, Swanson UCLA (9-4) 6 2 4 2 14 UCLA (14-5) 2 3 2 4 11 Murphy (3), Sbutega (3), Consani (2), Preciado (2), Sbutega (3), Davidson (2), Hohl (2), Consani, Cla. Jorth, UCLA 9, Loyola Marymount 2 (Oct. 9) Hennessy, Hohl, Simpkins, Zakula Preciado, Simpkins LMU (9-6) 0 1 1 0 2 UCLA (6-1) 2 4 2 1 9 Sbutega (4), Hennessy (2), Cli. Jorth (2), Swanson 20 2009 UCLA MEN’S WATER POLO STATISTICS AND RESULTS 2008 STATISTICS – Record: 16-8 Overall, 5-3 MPSF UCLA TEAM LEADERS Name GP/GS G ATT PCT AST STL EE PF Goals Chris Allen 13/1 3 9 .333 0 7 5 16 1. Krsto Sbutega 50 Cole Consani 24/1 8 29 .276 0 2 15 6 2. Scott Davidson 34 3. Ben Hohl 33 Scott Davidson 24/23 34 80 .425 8 19 13 11 4. Jacob Murphy 21 Brett Hays 20/0 4 16 .250 2 6 3 8 5. Scott Swanson 18 Cullen Hennessy 24/2 14 34 .412 5 14 10 18 Ben Hohl 24/24 33 78 .423 10 16 9 15 Attempts 1. Krsto Sbutega 124 Tyler Jemmett 24/0 9 40 .225 3 9 5 15 2. Scott Davidson 80 Clay Jorth 24/0 6 20 .300 5 5 3 14 3.