2006 NCAA Tournament Release Dec. 3, 2006 Top-Seeded Trojans Armed To Defend NCAA Title

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1 USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC 2006 USC men s water polo USC Sports Information Department of Intercollegiate Athletics HER 103 Los Angeles, CA Phone: (213) FAX: (213) Water Polo Sports Information Director: Darcy Couch dcouch@usc.edu 2006 NCAA Tournament Release Dec. 3, 2006 Top-Seeded Trojans Armed To Defend NCAA Title USC looks to win back-to-back national championships as the top seed in 2006 NCAA Tournament at LMU Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result Sept. 9 No. 11 UC Irvine W, 10-4 Sept. 10 at No. 9 LMU W 12-4 Sept. 16 ^Santa Clara W, 22-4 Sept. 16 ^No. 7 LMU W, 13-1 Sept. 17 ^No. 3 UCLA W, 7-6 Sept. 17 ^No. 1 California W, 10-7 Sept. 23 *at No. 16 Long Beach State W, 12-7 Sept. 24 ALUMNI GAME 12 p.m. Sept 30 No. 13 Pepperdine W, 14-7 Sept. 30 Pomona W, 12-2 Oct. 6 *No. 9 UC Santa Barbara W, 15-8 Oct. 7 *No. 5 Pacific W, Oct. 14 %No. 8 UC Santa Barbara W, 11-5 Oct. 14 %No. 11 UC Irvine W, 14-3 Oct. 15 %No. 3 UC San Diego W, 10-9 Oct. 15 %No. 2 California W, 6-5 Oct. 21 *No. 3 UCLA W, 9-8 (OT) Oct. 22 No. 8 St. Francis W, 20-8 Oct. 28 *at No. 11 UC Irvine W, 16-6 Nov. 3 at UC Santa Cruz W, 20-3 Nov. 4 *at No. 4 Stanford W, 6-2 Nov. 11 No. 20 Cal Baptist W, 14-5 Nov. 12 *at No. 9 Pepperdine W, 15-4 Nov. 18 *No. 2 California W, 10-9 Nov. 24 $No. 11 UC Irvine W, 13-2 Nov. 25 $No. 4 Stanford W, 5-3 Nov. 26 $No. 2 California L, 5-6 Dec. 2!Navy W, 20-3 Dec. 3!California 2 p.m. Home games in BOLD CAPS (at McDonald s Swim Stadium) * MPSF game All times are local to game site ^ NorCal Tournament (hosted by Stanford) % SoCal Tournament (hosted by USC) $ MPSF Tournament (hosted by UC Irvine)! NCAA Championships (hosted by LMU) 2006 Men s Collegiate Top 20 (Nov. 29) Rank School Previous Rank Points 1 California USC UCLA Stanford UC San Diego UC Santa Barbara Pacific Loyola Marymount Long Beach State Pepperdine UC Irvine Navy UC Davis St. Francis Princeton Air Force Santa Clara Bucknell UC Santa Cruz Redlands 20 5 THIS WEEK: The Trojans have had their focus on this weekend all season. USC has the opportunity to claim back-to-back men s water polo national championships for the first time in program history with their 20th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. First, the Trojans (26-1) had to get past East Coast representative Navy, the No. 4 seed in the tournament with a 24-5 overall record. USC made short work of the Midshipmen, posting a 20-3 victory behind 10 diffferent Trojan scorers to force its way into its fifth face-off of the season against California in the NCAA title match. Cal beat UC San Diego 12-6 in its semifinal match to set up for the championship game, to take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday (Dec. 3) at LMU. Livestats as well as live streaming of Sunday s action will be available online at loyo-06-tourney-central.html. The championship game also will be televised live on CSTV. THIS TIME LAST YEAR: At Bucknell University in 2005, the Trojans emerged with their third national championship after posting a 3-2 victory over Stanford in the lowest scoring NCAA final in history. USC opened the 2005 NCAA Tournament with a 14-8 win over St. Francis in the semifinal match. Against Stanford the next day, Juan Delgadillo, Ted Zepfel and Pavol Valovic each scored for the Trojans, while eventual NCAA Tournament Co-MVP Adam Shilling made nine saves in goal for USC to get the Trojans the tight victory and finish off the best season in program history with a 26-1 overall record. USC ended the season averaging 9.4 goals per game and leading the nation defensively with 5.3 goals against per game. The Trojans ended the year on a 19-game winning streak. AND NOW...: This year, USC has a relatively fresh slate coming into the NCAA Tournament. With a loss to California in the MPSF championship game, the Trojans are looking exact some revenge against the Bears in this year s final and claim back-to-back NCAA championships. USC is averaging 12.7 goals per game offensively and 5.3 goals against per game defensively. That extra scoring punch lapsed somewhat in the last two MPSF tournament games for USC, but the Trojans defense has remained strong throughout and they went big in their 20-3 win over Navy in the NCAA semis. All told, only one team has managed to score double figures against USC this year, as the Trojans continue to lead the nation in defense. THE CONTENDERS: The three other teams in the NCAA Tournament bring in solid records from their various conference-championship seasons. No. 4 seed Navy entered the field as the winner out of the Collegiate Water Polo Association with a 24-5 record that includes wins over MPSF teams Long Beach State and UC Irvine. No. 3 seed UC San Diego grabbed the automatic berth out of the Western Water Polo Association, bringing a 25-5 overall record that includes wins over MPSF squads UCLA, Pacific, UC Irvine, Long Beach State and UC Santa Barbara. Three of second-seeded California s four losses were dealt to the Bears by the Trojans this year. Cal s fourth loss this year was to Stanford, as the Bears brought a 29-4 overall record into the NCAA action after getting their automatic seat as the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament champion. Cal has won 11 NCAA titles, with the last coming in Neither Navy nor UC San Diego have ever won an NCAA crown, and no team from outside California has ever --more-- Final 2006 MPSF Standings CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT H A W L PCT H A N STK 1. USC <1> 2. California <2> $ W W4 3. UCLA <3> W1 4. Stanford <4> L2 5. UC Santa Barbara <6> W2 6. Pacific <7> L1 7. Long Beach State <10> W1 8. UC Irvine <11> 9. Pepperdine <8> L5 W1 Final standings will determine champ. seeding < > Denotes Latest National Ranking. MPSF Champion determined at MPSF Championship Tournament, Nov at UC Irvine.

2 2006 Univ. of Southern California Men s Water Polo won the title since NCAA men s water polo opened in 2006 USC Men s Water Polo Roster NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 Will Cherashore Goalie 6-1 FR* San Diego, Calif. (Bishop s School) 1 Ronnie Giery Goalie 6-2 SO Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) 1 Benjamin Weil Goalie 6-0 SO Hillsborough, Calif. (San Mateo HS) 1 Adam Shilling Goalie 6-1 JR Fremont, Calif. (Bellarmine Prep) 2 Thomas Hale Driver 6-0 SR Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) 3 J.W. Krumpholz Two-Meter 6-3 FR Santa Ana, Calif. (Foothill HS) 4 Matt Sagehorn Driver 6-2 FR Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) 5 Pavol Valovic Utility 6-3 SR Bratislava, Slovakia (Golden West College) 6 Juan Delgadillo Driver 6-4 SR Los Angeles, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake) 7 Gabor Sarusi Two-Meter 6-5 JR Csongrad, Hungary (West Valley College) 8 Anthony Artukovich Driver 6-0 FR Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) 9 Joe Cosentino Driver 6-3 SO* Greenwich, Conn. (Greenwich HS) 10 Nico Sardo Driver 5-9 FR La Jolla, Calif. (Bishop s School) 11 Matt Norris Driver 6-0 JR Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) 12 Justin Rappel Driver 6-3 FR Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake HS) 13 Drew Vyn Utility 6-3 JR Irvine, Calif. (Irvine HS/Golden West) 14 Jovan Vranes Two-Meter 6-6 SO Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro (Newport Harbor HS) 15 Arjan Ligtenberg Two-Meter 6-11 SO Los Altos Hills, Calif. (Gunn HS) 16 Stephen Lacy Driver 6-1 FR* Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) 17 Jordan Thompson Two-Meter 6-6 FR La Cañada, Calif. (La Cañada HS) 18 Dogan Aktay Driver 5-10 SO* Istanbul, Turkey (Uskudar American Academy) 19 Adam McCall Driver 6-0 SO Huntington Beach, Calif. (Servite HS) 20 Tommy Corcoran Two-Meter 6-2 JR Coronado, Calif. (Coronado HS) 22 Ryan Cummins Driver 6-0 FR* Santa Ana, Calif. (Foothill HS) 23 Chris Lingle Driver 6-0 SO Seal Beach, Calif. (Servite HS) 24 Tim Pickett Two-Meter 6-3 SO Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) 25 Daniel Lim Driver 5-8 FR* Honolulu, Hawaii (Iolani HS) 26 Andrew Platt Driver 6-2 FR* Beverly Hills, Calif. (Beverly Hills HS) Matt Aksel Two-Meter 6-2 SO Beaverton, Ore. (Westview HS) Shea Buckner Two-Meter 6-4 SO^ Laguna Beach, Calif. (Villa Park HS) Jesse Farquhar Two-Meter 6-4 FR^ Coronado, Calif. (Coronado HS) Garrett Hayes Driver 6-0 FR^ Santa Ana, Calif. (Foothill HS) Scott Huntley Driver 6-0 FR^ Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) Mike McGlennon Goalie 6-6 FR^ Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Tom Money Driver 6-1 FR^ Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar HS) Kyle Sterling Driver 6-3 FR^ Mercer Island, Wash. (Mercer Island HS) Kyle Wootten Driver 6-0 FR^ Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) Head Coach: Jovan Vavic * utilized redshirt season Assistant coaches: Marko Pintaric, Peter Janov, Bruno Adoric ^ will redshirt 2006 season THE RIVALRIES: USC had not played Navy this season. The teams have faced five times during NCAA competition, with the Trojans coming in with a 5-0 record against Navy in the postseason and a 9-0 record all-time. The pair last had squared off in the 2003 NCAA Semifinal, with USC claiming a 10-6 victory on the way to winning the 2003 national championship... USC has played UC San Diego only once this season a tight 10-9 Trojan win in the semifinals of the SoCal Tournament on Oct. 15. USC is 31-2 all-time against the Tritons, having won the past three games. UCSD last won in a 7-3 decision on Oct. 7, USC and California have clashed four times already this season three times in tournament championship games. The Bears snapped a 12-game losing streak to the Trojans with their recent win in the MPSF title match. USC is all-time against Cal, and is 2-4 against the Bears in NCAA meetings. The pair last faced in an NCAA match in 1994, when USC posted an 11-6 NCAA semifinal victory over Cal. MPSF RECAP: The Trojans finished off MPSF play undefeated in the regular season and ran their winning streak up to 44 straight games to more than double the previous program best. Wins No. 43 and 44 came in the first two MPSF Tournament games as USC downed UC Irvine 13-2 before beating Stanford 5-3 in the semifinals. In the MPSF final, however, with the automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament up for grabs, California posted a comeback win over USC for a 6-5 victory that claimed the MPSF championship for the Bears. Cal was awarded its second penalty shot of the game just before the final minute of regulation and converted to get the win. USC had led the game 4-2 at halftime, but could manage just one score in the second half leaving the Trojans with their second straight, season-low, five-goal game. Gabor Sarusi was USC s leading scorer in the tournament with five goals two against UC Irvine and California and one against Stanford. Tommy Corcoran, Pavol Valovic and Thomas Hale were next with three apiece, and goalie Adam Shilling tallied 23 saves during the tourney, including 11 against Cal in the final. Corcoran, Hale and Juan Delgadillo all were named to the MPSF All-Tournament Team following the action. THE MPSF S FINEST: For the second straight season, USC head coach Jovan Vavic has been named the MPSF Coach of the Year. It s a clean sweep once again for USC, as the MPSF Player of the Year also goes to a Trojan senior driver Juan Delgadillo. Vavic has guided USC to another outstanding season, helping the Trojans along to a program-best 44-game winning streak after an undefeated run through the regular season. In his 12th season at the helm of USC s men s water polo team, Vavic has his Trojans leading the nation in defense with 5.4 goals against per game and now in line to defend their 2005 national championship this weekend. This is his third MPSF Coach of the Year award on the men s side of the game (2003, 2005, 2006) and his fifth overall (Women s Coach of the Year in 1999 and 2004). He has kept intact his winning record against all opponents during his time at Troy with a 25-1 record as USC enters the NCAA Tournament. Delgadillo has won two national championships already with the Trojans and is the team s leading scorer with 48 goals. A defensive force as well as a formidable counterattack striker, Delgadillo was an All-MPSF First Team selection as a junior. Now a senior, Delgadillo is following in the footsteps of 2005 MPSF Player of the Year Juraj Zatovic as the Trojans top scorer. He has gotten to the back of the cage in 22 games this year, with 15 multiple-goal efforts including a five-goal outing against UC Irvine on Oct. 28. With his scoring output so far this year, Delgadillo has climbed to rank No. 10 all-time on USC s career scoring charts with 137 goals just ahead of fellow senior Thomas Hale s 133 career goals. Delgadillo also was named MPSF Player of the Week after his three-goal performance in the championship game against Cal helped USC secure back-to-back NorCal Tournament titles with a 10-7 win over the Bears on Sept. 17. RANK AND FILE: The Trojans spent 10 straight weeks as the nation s top-ranked team on the way into last week s MPSF Tournament. USC spent the last seven weeks of 2005 as the top-ranked team but was displaced in 2006 by California to open the year and was No. 2 for three weeks until topping Cal in the Northern California Tournament championship game on Sept. 17. USC ranks No. 2 this week, with Cal ranked No. 1. Navy is No. 12 and UC San Diego is No. 5. NEVER BETTER: USC s 23-0 sweep through the regular season marks the first time since men s water polo became an NCAA sport in 1969 that the Trojans have gone undefeated in the regular season. USC went 5-0 in 1944 long before the NCAA recognized the sport. No NCAA team has posted an undefeated overall record since California went 31-0 in STREAK SMARTS: OK... everyone is wondering where the Trojans 44-game winning streak stands. By hitting win No. 35 with its win over UCLA, the team passed up the USC football program s storied win streak, which was snapped in the 2005 national championship game just a month after the USC water polo team claimed the 2005 NCAA title. Water polo s 44-game run has well overtook the program s previous best winning streak of 17 games, but it is still seven wins

3 2006 Univ. of Southern California Men s Water Polo short of the all-time longest men s water polo winning streak in the country held at 51 by Stanford ( ). USC s game winning streak was built in part by a prestigious tournament win streak. USC s SoCal Tournament title marked the sixth consecutive tournament win for the Trojans (2005 SoCal, 2005 NorCal, 2005 MPSF, 2005 NCAA, 2006 NorCal and 2006 SoCal). At home, USC has won the past 22 games at McDonald s Swim Stadium. SHUTDOWN STREET: It s been a trend of sorts. USC opponents who may have caught a glimpse of hanging with the Trojans have on almost every occasion been dealt a big ZERO in at least one period of play. The USC defense has silenced 14 different opponents in at least one regulation frame. Only six teams have avoided a shutout period from the Trojans, and even then USC was able to match or better the single goal those opponents put up in their lowest-scoring quarter to ensure its winning edge. THE REPLACEMENTS: Replacing a player like all-time scoring leader Juraj Zatovic is impossible. What the Cutino Award winner brought to the pool is unmatched, which is why it s taken more than one guy to help fill the scoring hole Zatovic left. Enter this year s incoming class of Trojans. Six freshmen and two JC transfers have gotten to the back of the net this season, racking up 148 goals between them to account for 43 percent of USC s scoring. Freshman J.W. Krumpholz leads them all with 37 goals to stand as USC s third best scorer this season. ADD EM UP: Junior goalie Adam Shilling has proven himself a wall in the cage again this season, having moved past the 300 career save mark this year to now hold 356. He also has tallied 10 saves in the NorCal final game against Cal to help the Trojans to a 10-7 championship win, and then put up a career-high 12 saves against the Bears once more to help get USC the SoCal Tournament title with a 10-9 victory. He finished the NorCal tourney with 22 saves in three games, and added another 36 at the SoCal Tournament. He now boasts a 2006 total of 180 saves with a, MPSF-leading goals-against average of 4.6 and a saves average of 7.2. For his immense effort in the cage at the So- Cal Tournament, Shilling was named the MPSF Mikasa Player of the Week for the second time in his career. ONE-TWO-THREE PUNCH: USC boasts quite possibly the most well-rounded senior class on the planet. Though all three are speedy drivers, the senior tandem of Juan Delgadillo, Thomas Hale and Pavol Valovic has been a linchpin for the Trojans this year. Delgadillo and Hale present the top two scoring threats on the squad and both sit as USC s No. 10 and No. 11 all-time scorers, respectively. Delgadillo presents a flashy and versatile right-handed scorer who monopolizes the attention of opposing defenses, while Hale wields one of the sharpest left-handed strikes in the business and has buried more than a few game-winning goals himself in his years at Troy. Newer to the Trojan roster is Valovic, but his tactical smarts and blazing speed have won him almost every opening sprint and made him a creative option offensively as well as a pesky and stubborn shut-down defender. ON LOCKDOWN: USC has averaged just over one goal against each period this season, pinning up solid scores to outweigh opponents thus far in USC was No. 1 in the nation in team defense last year, averaging 5.3 goals against per game, and the Trojans remain the nation s top team once again, ranked No. 1 with 5.3 goals now allowed per game. Aside from the goal-fest that was USC s win over Pacific, no team has scored in double figures against the Trojans this year. FULL ARSENAL: The Trojans have an offensive balance this season that has the glaring ability to swamp opponents, with USC averaging alsost eight different scorers per game. USC has maxed out with 13 different scorers in its win over Pacific on Oct. 7. Even in the lowest scoring game of the year a 5-3 win over Stanford the Trojans had four different players get on the board. The widespread scoring started early and has remained heated as a grand total of 16 Trojans have found their ways to the back of the net this year. USC averages 12.7 goals per game, but no one player is averaging more than two goals a game. THIRD TIME S A CHARM?: Two Trojan seniors have now claimed two national championships at USC, and are ademately seeking a third. Seniors Thomas Hale and Juan Delgadillo both had a strong hand in the 2003 and 2005 titles. Head coach Jovan Vavic has led the Trojans to the national title three times now (1998, 2003, 2005). Assistant coaches Marko Pintaric and Peter Janov also were both members of that 1998 national champion team. HOME POOL DOMINATION: USC posted a flawless 2005 record in the waters of McDonald s Swim Stadium. Capping off the season as the tournament host to the MPSF Tournament, USC had some home-pool advantage to go along with that hefty winning streak. The Trojans finished off 2005 with a 9-0 record at home, and they finished 13-0 at home this year to hold a 22-game win streak in home waters PREVIEW: USC head coach Jovan Vavic, the 2005 National and MPSF Coach of the Year, has hauled in an eye-popping crop of fresh talent for the coming year in an effort to bolster the Trojan roster as USC goes in pursuit of back-to-back NCAA and MPSF titles. Eleven new players nine newcomers and four former redshirts cap up for USC this year, ready to see their first action in the pool as Trojans. Five incoming athletes traveled overseas during the summer as members of the U.S. Junior National Team, including Senior National Team player J.W. Krumpholz. The Trojans are led this year by three highly respected standout seniors, Juan Delgadillo, Thomas Hale and Pavol Valovic. Balance and depth will be prominent for the 2006 USC squad, and the cage will be manned once again by junior NCAA Co-MVP Adam Shilling. VAVIC ON DECK: Head coach Jovan Vavic, one of the top water polo coaches in the country, serves a dual role USC IN THE NATION (as of Nov. 26 games) USC TEAM DEFENSE Goals Against No goals (5.4 per game) USC TEAM OFFENSE Total Goals Per Game t-no gpg (324 total goals) INDIVIDUAL TOP 50 Total Saves No. 23 Adam Shilling 171 saves (7.1 per game) Total Goals t-no. 32 Juan Delgadillo 48 goals (1.9 per game) t-no. 44 Thomas Hale 44 goals (1.7 per game) By The Numbers (thru 12/2) Games Mult-Goal Player Scored In Games Juan Delgadillo Thomas Hale J.W. Krumpholz Jovan Vranes 20 8 Tommy Corcoran 17 9 Pavol Valovic 17 2 Gabor Sarusi 14 7 Matt Sagehorn 14 5 Drew Vyn 13 6 Justin Rappel 11 4 Anthony Artukovich 10 0 Jordan Thompson 7 3 Arjan Ligtenberg 7 3 Nico Sardo 7 2 Matt Norris 5 0 Stephen Lacy 2 0 Career Counter Career Name Yr. Goals Juan Delgadillo Sr. 141 Thomas Hale Sr. 133 Tommy Corcoran Jr. 68 Career Name Saves Adam Shilling 356 as the head coach of both the USC men s and women s teams and has led both to national championships twice in the same school year (the men in 1998 and 2003 and the women in 1999 and 2004). Now in his 12th season at the helm of the men s program, Vavic has improved his career coaching record on the men s side to (.821) after leading the Trojans to their third-ever NCAA Championship and a program-best 26-1 record in In his tenure as men s head coach, Vavic boasts a winning record against all opponents on the men s side of the game, recording only two losses in 11 seasons against teams outside the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. He is against MPSF teams since For his success in guiding USC to the NCAA crown in 2005, Vavic was named the AWPCA Men s Coach of the Year. His Trojans also claimed the 2005 MPSF Championship, and Vavic earned himself MPSF Coach of the Year honors as well. At 26-1, USC posted its most wins in history and broke another record by closing out the year on an 19-game winning streak.

4 USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC 2006 MPSF ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM John Mann (MVP) California #4 Senior 2-Meter Offense Michael March UCLA #17 Senior Driver Juan Delgadillo USC #6 Senior Driver Thomas Hale USC #2 Senior Driver Tommy Corcoran USC #20 Junior 2-Meter Offense Mark Sheredy California #1 Junior Goalkeeper J.J. Garton Stanford #5 Senior Utility Marty Matthies California #13 Senior 2-Meter Defense Spencer Warden California #12 Freshman Attacker

5 USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC 2006 USC RESULTS DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES Sept. 9 No. 11 UC IRVINE W 10-4 Vranes 2, Artukovich, Delgadillo, Hale, Vyn, Shilling 3, Krumpholz, Ligtenberg, Sagehorn, Valovic. Weil 1 Sept. 10 at No. 9 LMU W 12-4 Hale 3, Corcoran 2, Krumpholz 2, Valovic, Shilling 5, Delgadillo, Sagehorn, Artukovich, Vranes. Giery 1 Sept. 16 ^Santa Clara W 22-4 Hale 4, Krumpholz 4, Sagehorn 3, Vyn 3, Delgadillo 2, Weil 7, Sarusi 2, Rappel 2, Artukovich, Valovic. Giery 1 Sept. 16 ^No. 7 LMU W 13-1 Delgadillo 4, Artukovich, Rappel, Vyn, Vranes, Lacy, Shilling 6 Sarusi, Hale, Corcoran, Norris. Sept. 17 ^No. 3 UCLA W 7-6 Vranes 2, Corcoran 2, Delgadillo, Krumpholz, Shilling 6 Sagehorn. Sept. 17 ^No. 1 California W 10-7 Delgadillo 3, Hale 2, Krumpholz 2, Rappel, Shilling 10 Vranes, Corcoran. Sept. 23 *at No. 16 Long Beach State W 12-7 Hale 3, Delgadillo 2, Rappel 2, Vranes 2, Shilling 4 Krumpholz, Thompson, Sagehorn. Sept 30 No. 13 PEPPERDINE W 14-7 Delgadillo 3, Krumpholz 2, Ligtenberg 2, Hale 2, Shilling 5 Artukovich, Valovic, Corcoran, Sarusi, Lacy. Sept. 30 POMONA-PITZER W 12-2 Vyn 3, Krumpholz 3, Thompson 2, Hale, Norris, Weil 9, Sagehorn, Rappel. Giery 0 Oct. 6 *No. 9 UC SANTA BARBARA W 15-8 Krumpholz 5, Sagehorn 2, Delgadillo, Sarusi, Shilling 6, Hale, Valovic, Vranes, Ligtenberg, Weil 1, Corcoran, Vyn. Giery 0 Oct. 7 *No. 5 PACIFIC W Delgadillo 4, Hale 3, Thompson 3, Krumpholz 2, Shilling 5, Ligtenberg 2, Sardo 2, Valovic, Corcoran, Weil 1, Sagehorn, Vyn, Rappel, Artukovich, Norris. Giery 1 Oct. 14 %No. 8 UC Santa Barbara W 11-5 Valovic 2, Vyn 2, Sagehorn 2, Sarusi 2, Vranes, Shilling 9 Krumpholz, Hale. Oct. 14 %No. 11 UC Irvine W 14-3 Thompson 3, Delgadillo 2, Sarusi 2, Vranes 2, Shilling 7, Valovic, Sardo, Hale, Rappel, Norris Weil 5 Oct. 15 %No. 3 UC San Diego W 10-9 Krumpholz 2, Hale 2, Vranes 2, Corcoran 2, Shilling 8 Delgadillo 2. Oct. 15 %No. 2 California W 6-5 Delgadillo, Vyn, Hale, Sarusi, Vranes, Krumpholz. Shilling 12 Oct. 21 *No. 3 UCLA W 9-8 (3OT) Hale 2, Delgadillo 2, Krumpholz 2, Valovic, Shilling 8 Artukovich, Corcoran. Oct. 22 No. 8 St. Francis W 20-8 Corcoran 3, Sagehorn 3, Delgadillo 2, Vyn 2, Shilling 7, Sardo 2, Rappel 2, Valovic, Vranes, Sarusi, Weil 3, Hale, Krumpholz, Thompson. Giery 2 Oct. 28 *at No. 11 UC Irvine W 16-6 Delgadillo 5, Hale 4, Sarusi 2, Vranes, Vyn, Shilling 9, Artukovich, Krumpholz, Rappel. Weil 2, Giery 1 Nov. 3 at UC Santa Cruz W 20-3 Hale 4, Vyn 3, Lacy 3, Vranes 3, Delgadillo 2, Shilling 2, Artukovich, Corcoran, Sarusi, Sardo, Sagehorn. Weil 4 Nov. 4 *at No. 4 Stanford W 6-2 Valovic 2, Delgadillo 2, Krumpholz, Vranes. Shilling 12 Nov. 11 No. 20 CAL BAPTIST W 14-5 Corcoran 3, Delgadillo 2, Sarusi 2, Rappel 2, Shilling 8 Hale, Krumpholz, Sardo, Vranes, Thompson. Nov. 12 *No. 9 Pepperdine W 15-4 Delgadillo 4, Vranes 3, Corcoran 2, Valovic, Shilling 8 Sagehorn, Ligtenberg, Rappel, Krumpholz, Thompson. Nov. 18 *No. 2 CALIFORNIA W 10-9 Vranes 4, Hale 3, Corcoran 2, Valovic. Shilling 8 Nov. 24 $No. 11 UC Irvine W 13-2 Hale 3, Sarusi 2, Delgadillo, Vranes, Krumpholz, Shilling 5, Valovic, Vyn, Sagehorn, Sardo, Artukovich. Weil 3 Nov. 25 $No. 4 Stanford W 5-3 Corcoran 2, Sarusi, Valovic, Delgadillo Shilling 7 Nov. 26 $No. 2 California L 5-6 Sarusi 2, Valovic, Corcoran, Ligtenberg. Shilling 11 Dec. 2!Navy W 20-3 Delgadillo 4, Corcoran 3, Sagehorn 3, Vyn 2, Shilling 9, Krumpholz 2, Ligtenberg 2, Valovic, Vranes, Weil 4 Norris, Sardo. Dec. 3!California 2 p.m. Player Goals Juan Delgadillo 52 Thomas Hale 44 J.W. Krumpholz 37 Jovan Vranes 32 Tommy Corcoran 29 Drew Vyn 22 Matt Sagehorn 22 Gabor Sarusi 21 Pavol Valovic 19 Justin Rappel 15 Jordan Thompson 12 Anthony Artukovich 10 Arjan Ligtenberg 10 Nico Sardo 9 Stephen Lacy 5 Matt Norris 5 TOTAL 344 Home games in BOLD CAPS Held at McDonald s Swim Stadium * MPSF game ^ NorCal Tournament Hosted by Stanford & MPSF Tournament Hosted by UC Irvine % SoCal Tournament Hosted by USC! NCAA Tournament Hosted by Loyola Marymount Goalie Games / Periods Saves Goals Against Ronnie Giery 7 / Adam Shilling 25 / Ben Weil 11 / Total Goals by Period OT1 OT2 SD Total USC Opponents

6 USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC Year-by-Year Record Year... W-L-T Career Goals (since 1983) 1. Juraj Zatovic Robert Lynn Hrvoje Cizmic Danny Leyson Giacomo Rossi Zoltan Berty Marko Zagar Jose Santiago Rob Carver Juan Delgadillo Thomas Hale Year... W-L-T (as of 12/2/06) TOTAL (.669) NCAA Tournament History 1969 (6th place) UCLA 4, USC 3 USC 13, Yale 3 UC Irvine 3, USC (5th place) UC Irvine 7, USC 4 USC 7, Colorado State 6 USC 10, Stanford (4th place) USC 17, New Mexico 7 San Jose State 19, USC 14 (OT) USC 15, UC Santa Barbara 10 UC Irvine 12, USC (3rd place) USC 7, San Jose State 5 UC Irvine 9, USC 5 USC 7, UCLA (5th place) Pepperdine 9, USC 8 USC 16, Loyola (Ill.) 3 USC 11, UC Santa Barbara (5th place) California 7, USC 6 (OT) USC 11, Brown 8 USC 8, UC Santa Barbara (2nd place) USC 12, Brown 4 USC 9, UC Irvine 8 California 10, USC (3rd place) USC 12, Brown 11 California 10, USC 9 USC 13, Pepperdine (5th place) Pepperdine 10, USC 9 USC 13, Air Force 3 USC 8, Navy (2nd place) USC 17, Navy 5 USC 12, UCLA 11 (OT) California 9, USC 8 (OT) 1988 (3rd place) USC 13, UC Irvine 11 UCLA 13, USC 10 USC 10, Stanford (3rd place) USC 16, UC San Diego 7 Stanford 11, USC 7 USC 11, UC Irvine (2nd place) USC 16, UC San Diego 9 USC 12, California 11 (OT) Stanford 11, USC (2nd place) USC 15, Navy 5 USC 11, California 6 Stanford 14, USC (2nd place) USC 21, Massachusetts 6 UCLA 8, USC (2nd place) USC 14, Queens College 6 Pepperdine 8, USC 7 (OT) 1998 (1st place) USC 12, Massachusetts 3 USC 9, Stanford 8 (OT) 2000 (3rd place) UC San Diego 9, USC 8 USC 15, Navy (1st place) USC 10, Navy 6 USC 9, Stanford 7 (OT) 2005 (1st place) USC 14, St. Francis 8 USC 3, Stanford USC 20, Navy 3 USC vs. California Jovan Vavic: Winning Records vs. All Opponents ( as of 12/2/06) Opponent Overall (Pct.) vs. California (.765) vs. Long Beach State (.960) vs. Pacific (.857) vs. Pepperdine (.758) vs. Stanford (.718) vs. UC Irvine (.914) vs. UCLA (.541) vs. UC Santa Barbara (1.000) vs. Non-MPSF teams (.973) OVERALL (.833)

7 USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC USC 2006 USC men s water polo USC Sports Information Department of Intercollegiate Athletics HER 103 Los Angeles, CA Phone: (213) FAX: (213) Water Polo Sports Information Director: Darcy Couch dcouch@usc.edu 2006 All-MPSF Awards Nov. 29, 2006 Jovan Vavic Named MPSF Coach of the Year; Juan Delgadillo is Player of the Year Thomas Hale, Adam Shilling, Tommy Corcoran, Jovan Vranes and Pavol Valovic also named to All-MPSF teams. For the second straight season, USC has swept the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men s water polo awards. After an undefeated run through MPSF action once again, the Trojans have laid claim to the conference s top honors, as head coach Jovan Vavic has been named 2006 MPSF Coach of the Year, and senior driver Juan Delgadillo is the 2006 MPSF Player of the Year. They are joined by five fellow Trojans on the All-MPSF teams as USC heads into the NCAA Tournament this weekend to defend its national championship title. Delgadillo is joined by fellow senior Thomas Hale and junior goalie Adam Shilling on the All-MPSF First Team; junior Tommy Corcoran was named to the Second Team; sophomore Jovan Vranes is a Third Team selection, and senior Pavol Valovic was awarded Honorable Mention. USC head coach Jovan Vavic has earned back-to-back honors as the MPSF Coach of the Year, having won last season on the way to the Trojans 2005 national championship. This year, Vavic has guided USC in another outstanding season, helping the Trojans along to a program-best 44-game winning streak after an undefeated run through the regular season. In his 12th season at the helm of USC s men s water polo team, Vavic has his Trojans leading the nation in defense with 5.4 goals against per game, and they are now in line to defend their 2005 national championship this weekend. Vavic has kept intact his winning record against all opponents during his time at Troy with a 25-1 record as USC enters the NCAA Tournament for the 20th time. This is his third MPSF Coach of the Year award on the men s side of the game (2003, 2005, 2006) and his fifth overall (Women s Coach of the Year in 1999 and 2004). Vavic also was named MPSF Co-Coach of the Year in 1996 with John Williams. Vavic s career record as the men s head coach at Troy is now (.833) overall entering the NCAA Tournament. Rounding out the clean MPSF sweep for USC is senior driver Juan Delgadillo, who becomes the second straight Trojan to be named the MPSF Player of the Year. Delgadillo has won two national championships already with the Trojans as is USC s leading scorer this year with 48 goals. A defensive force as well as a formidable counterattack striker, Delgadillo was an All-MPSF First Team selection as a junior. Now a senior, Delgadillo is following in the footsteps of 2005 MPSF Player of the Year Juraj Zatovic as the Trojans top scorer. He has gotten to the back of the cage in 22 games this year, with 15 multiple-goal efforts including a five-goal outing against UC Irvine on Oct. 28. With his scoring output so far this year, Delgadillo has climbed to rank No. 10 all-time on USC s career scoring charts with 137 goals just ahead of fellow senior Thomas Hale s 133 career goals. Delgadillo also was named MPSF Player of the Week after his three-goal performance in the championship game against Cal helped USC secure back-to-back NorCal Tournament titles with a 10-7 win over the Bears on Sept. 17. He also was recently named to the 2006 MPSF All-Tournament Team. Holding down the fort on the All-MPSF First Team along with Delgadillo are senior driver Thomas Hale and junior goalie Adam Shilling. Thomas Hale has wielded a mighty left hand once again for the Trojans. He is second on the team in scoring with 44 goals, having scored in 21 games so far this year. The senior notched a huge game-winning goal in sudden death overtime against crosstown rival UCLA, marking one of 12 multiple-goal performances this season. Hale has tallied three 4-goal games in his senior season, helping to guide the Trojans through a stellar season and set himself up for a possible third national championship in his career at Troy. Hale has earned All-MPSF honors the past two seasons, named to the second team as a sophomore and the third team as a junior. He also was recently named to the 2006 MPSF All-Tournament Team. Adam Shilling has shined in his full-time role as the Trojans starting goalie, racking up 171 saves so far this season and boasting a 4.7 goals-against average. That goals-against mark leads the MPSF and has helped anchor the Trojans No. 1 defense in the nation. He set a new career high this season with 12 saves against California in a 10-9 win to help USC win the Southern California Tournament championship. He s also moved up on the USC career charts to now hold 347 career saves. He was named MPSF Player of the Week once this season. This is his first All-MPSF award. USC s 2006 All-MPSF Second Team selection junior 2-meter man Tommy Corcoran is fifth on the team in scoring with 26 goals having tag-teamed the heated hole position with freshman J.W. Krumpholz. Corcoran has scored in 16 games this season including eight multiple-goal efforts so far. He recently punched in a pair of goals for the Trojans in a tight, low-scoring 5-3 win over Stanford in the MPSF Semifinals. Corcoran has tallied two hat tricks this year, and was also named to the All-MPSF Second Team last year as a sophomore. He also was recently named to the 2006 MPSF All-Tournament Team. Jovan Vranes has unleashed his scoring skill with a vengeance this year, going biggest for the Trojans with a career-high four goals in USC s 10-9 regular-season finale win over California. USC s fourth leading scorer with 31 goals on the year to more than triple his freshman output, Vranes has scored in 19 games with eight multiple-goal efforts. A powerful threat from the perimeter, the sophomore 2-meter defender has earned his first All-MPSF nod with a place on the Third Team team. Senior Pavol Valovic has done a lot of everything for the Trojans in his senior season, and his efforts have been recognized with accolades as All-MPSF Honorable Mention. A lock on defense and a stellar sprinter, utility player Valovic also has upped his scoring impact and notched 18 goals this year, having scored in the past five games. He s gotten to the back of the cage in 16 games this year with a pair of two-goal games. This is Valovic s first All-MPSF award. 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8 2006 MPSF Coach of the Year Jovan Vavic, USC 2006 MPSF Player of the Year Juan Delgadillo, USC MPSF Newcomers of the Year Duje Kaurloto, Pacific Spencer Warden, California Drac Wigo, Stanford ALL-MPSF FIRST-TEAM Student-Athlete Cap No. Year Position School Hometown / Last School Juan Delgadillo 6 Senior Driver USC Los Angeles, CA / Harvard-Westlake HS Thomas Hale 2 Senior Driver USC Long Beach, CA / Wilson HS John Mann 4 Senior 2-Meter Offense California Newport Beach, CA / Corona del Mar HS Adam Shilling 1 Junior Goalie USC Fremont, CA / Bellarmine Prep Michael March 17 Senior Defender UCLA Newport Coast, CA / Corona del Mar HS Krsto Sbutega 11 Sophomore Attacker UCLA Kotor, Yugoslavia / L.S.S. Leghi (Rome) Will Hindle-Katel 8 Sophomore Utility Stanford Tarzana, CA / Harvard-Westlake HS ALL-MPSF SECOND-TEAM Student-Athlete Cap No. Year Position School Hometown / Last School Colin Mello 12 Junior Driver UC Irvine Sanger, CA / Reedley HS Andrija Vasiljevic 15 Senior Driver California Belgrade, Serbia / Fifth Belgrade HS Tommy Corcoran 20 Junior 2-Meter Offense USC Coronado, CA / Coronado HS Jay Gerardi 3 Senior Attacker Long Beach State Long Beach, CA / Wilson HS Ross Sinclair 4 Junior Driver UC Santa Barbara Newport Beach, CA / Newport Harbor HS Brian Kinsel 5 Senior 2-Meter Offense California Sacramento, CA / Rio Americano HS Marco Santos 20 Junior Center UCLA Miami Beach, FL / Miami Beach Sr. HS Chay Lapin 1 Freshman Goalie UCLA Long Beach, CA / Wilson HS ALL-MPSF THIRD-TEAM Student-Athlete Cap No. Year Position School Hometown / Last School J.J. Garton 5 Junior Utility Stanford Granite Bay, CA / Granite Bay HS Duje Kaurloto 5 Junior Attacker Pacific Split, Croatia / West Valley College Jovan Vranes 14 Sophomore 2-Meter Defense USC Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro/Newport Harbor HS Grant Zider 15 Senior Center UCLA Portola Valley, CA / The Menlo School Dragan Bakic 7 Junior Utility Pacific Split, Croatia / Gymnasium Vladimir Nazor Marty Matthies 13 Senior 2-Meter Defense California Malibu, CA / Harvard-Westlake HS Mark Sheredy 1 Junior Goalie California San Jose, CA / West Valley College Janson Wigo 7 Freshman Driver Stanford Oakland Park, FL / Northeastern HS HONORABLE MENTION ALL-MPSF Student-Athlete Cap No. Year Position School Hometown / Last School Logan Powell 14 Senior Attacker UCLA San Clemente, CA / San Clemente HS Pavol Valovic 4 Senior Driver USC Bratislava, Slovakia / Golden West College Rich Wright 1 Junior Goalie UC Santa Barbara San Diego, CA / University HS Jeff Tyrrell 14 Junior 2-Meter Defense California Granite Bay, CA / Granite Bay HS Drac Wigo 7 Freshman Driver Stanford Oakland Park, FL / Northeastern HS Justin Johnson 7 Junior Utility UCLA Mission Viejo, CA / Mission Viejo HS Tyler Drake 9 Senior Driver Stanford Long Beach, CA / Los Alamitos HS Zsombor Vincze 13 Freshman Driver UC Santa Barbara Szeged, Hungary / University of Szeged Jp Macdonald 7 Freshman Driver Pepperdine Redwood City, CA / Bellarmine Prep