CALIFORNIA Golden Bears 2005 SEASON IN REVIEW John Mann was the Bears’ leading scorer in 2005, tallying 56 goals and earning first-team All-America, first- team All-MPSF and MPSF All- Tournament honors. Marshall was the winner of the Golden Bear Coaches Award, and Sharf and junior Brian Bacharach were the recipients of the Academic Achievement Award. Tyrrell and Monsees received the Peter J. Cutino Water Polo Trophy as the team’s most improved players. Monsees finished the 2005 campaign with 16 goals in 27 matches, and Tyrrell tallied 11 goals in 27 contests, including two goals in the Bears’ 9-7 victory over UC Irvine in the MPSF third- place match. Marshall is the third-ever recipient of the Golden Bear Coaches’ Award after competing in six matches last fall, notching goals against Santa Clara and UC Santa Cruz. Sharf and Bacharach were honored for their scholastic achievements. Both Sharf he 2005 California men’s water polo college career with 522 saves. Sharf was and Bacharach were members of the 2005 team had a solid 2005 campaign, second in scoring for the Bears as a MPSF All-Academic team. Sharf had a Tfinishing 21-7 and ending with a No. sophomore, tallying 31 goals in 27 3.589 GPA through fall 2005 semester, 3 nationally ranking. However, the season matches. He netted three goals in a match and Bacharach, majoring in molecular all came down to the semifinals of the on four occasions during the season, and cellular biology, had a 3.338 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation including Cal’s narrow losses to top- cumulative GPA through the fall. Tournament, where the Golden Bears fell, ranked USC on Oct. 16 and Nov. 12. Cal also had six players recognized by 10-8, to No. 1-ranked and eventual national Junior Marty Matthies was slated as an MPSF as members of the 2005 All- champion USC. From there, Cal honorable mention All-American after he Academic Team. Bacharach, sophomore rebounded to defeat UC Irvine, 9-7, to scored 19 goals in 24 matches, including Adam Haley, Monsees, Sharf, Tyrrell and conclude the MPSF Tournament in third a team-high six goals during the MPSF junior Andrija Vasiljevic were all noted by place, but was not selected as one of the Tournament. Matthies also notched a the MPSF for their academic two teams from the MPSF to advance to the score in the Bears’ victory over Stanford. achievements. To be eligible for MPSF All- NCAA Tournament. Of the Bears’ seven He had earlier been selected second- Academic, an athlete must have a 3.0 or losses during the 2005 campaign, four team All-MPSF. better cumulative GPA, must be at least a came in the hands of the national champion At the annual team awards banquet, sophomore academically, and must have Trojans. Mann was picked as the team MVP, while competed in fifty percent or more of a Still, Cal had some impressive individual sophomores Jeff Tyrrell and Zac Monsees team’s matches. Vasiljevic was a second- accomplishments. Junior John Mann were tabbed Most Improved, junior Jon team All-MPSF pick as well. scored a team-high 56 goals on the year and was named first-team All-American, first-team All-MPSF, and was a member of the MPSF All-Tournament team. Mann scored five goals in the three MPSF tournament matches, and earlier was the Oct. 4 MPSF Player of the Week after leading Cal to three victories and scoring four goals in the Bears’ 9-5 victory over Stanford on Oct. 1. Senior goalie Nate Bennett and sophomore attacker Michael Sharf were tabbed as third-team All-Americans. Bennett had an outstanding 2005 campaign, recording 211 saves in 28 matches with 26 saves during the MPSF Tournament. He was the Oct. 25 MPSF Player of the Week after recording a career- high 20 saves in Cal’s 9-2 conference victory over UC Irvine. Earlier named third- Nate Bennett concluded an outstanding college career in 2005, earning third-team team All-MPSF, Bennett finished his All-America accolades and finishing with 522 career saves. 16 2006 California Golden Bears Men’s Water Polo Media Guide CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS CALIFORNIA Golden Bears 2005 FINAL STATISTICS 21-7 OVERALL; 5-2 MPSF (9-3 Home; 5-2 Road; 7-2 Neutral) Date Opponent Result Score Streak Leading Scorers Sept. 3 vs. Bucknell% W 11-2 WON 1 Mann 4 Sept. 3 vs. St. Francis% W 11-8 WON 2 Bacharach, Mann, Tyrrell 2 Sept. 4 at Navy% W 9-3 WON 3 Mann 4 Sept. 10 at Pacific W 8-5 WON 4 Sharf 2 Sept. 17 vs. Cal Baptist# W 17-4 WON 5 Bacharach, Mann, Sharf 3 Sept. 17 vs. UC San Diego# W 8-6 WON 6 Bacharach 3 Sept. 18 vs. USC# L 8-7 LOST 1 Mann, Vasiljevic 2 Sept. 18 vs. UCLA# W 8-7 (OT) WON 1 Vasiljevic 3 Oct. 1 Stanford W 9-5 WON 2 Mann 4 Michael Sharf Oct. 2 UC Santa Cruz W 16-2 WON 3 Bacharach, Calder, Monsees, Platshon, Tyrrell 2 Oct. 2 Santa Clara W 17-6 WON 4 Bacharach, Monsees 3 Oct. 8 at UCLA* L 7-4 LOST 1 Mann 2 Oct. 15 UC Santa Cruz^ W 18-2 WON 1 Buckner 4 Oct. 15 Long Beach State^ W 9-8 WON 2 Sharf 3 Oct. 16 UCLA^ W 7-6 WON 3 Mann 3 Oct. 16 USC^ L 9-8 LOST 1 Sharf 3 Oct. 22 UC Irvine* W 9-2 WON 1 Kinsel 3 Oct. 23 at UC Davis W 15-7 WON 2 Mann 5 Oct. 27 Pacific* W 17-7 WON 3 Mann 3 Oct. 29 Pepperdine L 8-6 LOST 1 Buckner, Vasiljevic 2 Nov. 5 at Pepperdine* W 7-6 WON 1 Mann 3 Nov. 6 at UC Santa Barbara* W 7-6 WON 2 Mann 3 Nov. 12 USC* L 10-9 LOST 1 Mann, Sharf 3 Marty Matthies Nov. 13 Long Beach State* W 12-11 (OT) WON 1 Buckner 4 Nov. 19 at Stanford L 7-4 LOST 1 Kinsel 2 Nov. 25 vs. UCLA& W 13-12 (OT) WON 1 Vasiljevic 5 FINAL 2005 Nov. 26 vs USC& L 10-8 LOST 1 Kinsel 3 Nov. 27 vs UC Irvine& W 9-7 WON 1 Buckner, Mann, Matthies, STATISTICS Tyrrell 2 NAME (Matches) GOALS Home matches at Spieker Aquatics Complex *indicates MPSF Match, %indicates John Mann (26) ............................... 56 Navy Open, Annapolis, MD; #indicates SoCal Open, Irvine, Calif., ^indicates NorCal Michael Sharf (27) .......................... 31 Open, Berkeley, Calif., &indicates MPSF Tournament, Los Angeles, Calif. Brian Bacharach (27) ..................... 29 Andrija Vasiljevic (27) ..................... 29 Brian Kinsel (27) ............................ 27 Shea Buckner (27) ......................... 22 Marty Matthies (24) ......................... 19 Zac Monsees (27) .......................... 16 Mike Hayes (26) .............................. 13 Tom Kurth (27) ............................... 12 Jeff Tyrrell (27) ................................ 11 Trent Calder (22) .............................. 7 Kevin Platshon (22) .......................... 5 Jon Marshall (6) ................................ 2 Jonathan Richina (5) ........................ 2 Adam Haley (24) ............................... 1 Cameron Jones (5) .......................... 1 CALIFORNIA TOTALS ................. 283 OPPONENT TOTALS ................... 181 GOALKEEPER G Mins GA SV AG Nate Bennett 28 638 166 211 5.93 Nick Sgarlata 1 4 0 1 0.00 Mark Vacquier 6 70 15 17 6.00 CAL TOTALS 28 712 181 229 6.46 Brian Bacharach Andrija Vasiljevic 2006 VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE2006 California Golden Bears Men’s Water Polo Media Guide 1717 CALIFORNIA Golden Bears 2005 FINAL MPSF RESULTS & HONORS 2005 MPSF RESULTS 2005 INDIVIDUAL HONORS NOVEMBER 25-27, 2005 MCDONALD’S SWIM STADIUM, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 1. USC 2. Stanford 3. California 4. UC Irvine JOHN MANN BRIAN 5. UCLA First-Team All-American BACHARACH 6. Pacific MPSF First-Team 7. Pepperdine MPSF All-Academic MPSF All-Tournament Cal Scholar-Athlete Award 8. Long Beach State Oct. 4 MPSF Player of the Week 2005 MPSF PLAYER Cal Team MVP OF THE YEAR Juraj Zatovic, USC 2005 MPSF NEWCOMER ZAC MONSEES MPSF All-Academic OF THE YEAR Peter J. Cutino Award Will Hindle-Katel, Stanford NATE BENNETT (Most Improved) Third-Team All-American MPSF Third-Team 2005 MPSF COACH OF THE YEAR Oct. 25 MPSF Player Jovan Vavic, USC of the Week 2005 MPSF ALL-FEDERATION TEAMS JEFF TYRRELL FIRST TEAM MPSF All-Academic Peter J. Cutino Award Pos. Player Year School (Most Improved) 2M D Juraj Zatovic Sr. USC MICHAEL SHARF U John Mann Jr. California Third-Team All-American 2M D Jesse Smith Sr. Pepperdine MPSF Honorable Mention D Thomas Hopkins Sr. Stanford MPSF All-Academic D Peter Varellas Sr. Stanford Cal Scholar-Athlete Award D Juan Delgadillo Jr. USC G Sandy Hohener So. Stanford ADAM HALEY SECOND TEAM (CAL ONLY) MPSF All-Academic Pos. Player Year A Andrija Vasiljevic Jr. 2M D Marty Matthies Jr. MARTY MATTHIES Honorable Mention THIRD TEAM (CAL ONLY) All-American Pos. Player Year MPSF Second-Team G Nate Bennett Sr. JON MARSHALL Golden Bear Coaches Award HONORABLE MENTION (CAL ONLY) Pos. Player Year A Michael Sharf So. ANDRIJA VASILJEVIC MPSF Second-Team MPSF All-Academic 18 2006 California Golden Bears Men’s Water Polo Media Guide CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS CALIFORNIA Golden Bears YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1918.................................................... 1-0 Head Coach Head Coach 1921.................................................... 0-1 George Schroth Steve Heaston 1922.................................................... 3-1 153-58-1 (.724) 224-56 (.800) in 12 seasons. in 10 seasons. Head Coach Jack Robinson 1948 ............. 6-10-1 1989 ................. 26-4 4-6 (.400) 1949 ................. 10-4 1990 ................. 29-1 in four seasons. 1950 ................... 9-3 1991 ................. 26-1 1951 ................. 8-11 1992 ................. 31-0 1923 ................... 0-1 1952.................................................. 12-5 1993.................................................. 21-9 1925 ................... 1-1 1953.................................................