The 2001 Stanford University Water Polo Statistics (20-1 overall, 8-0 MPSF)

The 2001 Stanford University Water Polo Statistics (20-1 overall, 8-0 MPSF) Scoring Goals Tony Azevedo 64 Peter Hudnut 22 Jeff Nesmith 20 Brian Darrow 17 Pasi Dutton 16 Onno Koelman 13 Todd Snider 12 Jeff Guyman 9 Mark Amott 7 Michael Derse 6 Greg Crum 5 Nathan Alldredge 3 Mark Moser 2 Sam Tyre 2 Reed Gallogly 1 Totals 200 Opponents 95 Goalies Games Saves/Per Game Nick Ellis 20 154/7.7 Pasi Dutton 2 6/3.0 Jaison Robinson 2 3/1.5 Reed Gallogly 1 2/2.0 Stanford 21 165/7.9 Opponents 21 154/7.3 Goalies Games Goals Alw/Per Nick Ellis 20 85/4.3 Jaison Robinson 2 7/3.5 Reed Gallogly 1 0/0.0 Pasi Dutton 1 3/3.0 Stanford 21 95/4.5 Opponents 21 200/9.5 6-on-5 Stanford: 71-131 (.542) Opponent: 38-107 (.355) Quarter-by-Quarter Scoring Period 1 2 3 4 ot T Stanford 46 56 65 33 0 200 Opponent 21 23 26 25 0 95

W-L (20-1 overall, 8-0 MPSF) W, 11-3 vs UC Davis (Sept. 8) *W, 12-9 vs UC Irvine (Sept. 23) *W, 10-5 at USC (Sept. 29) W, 10-6 at UCLA (Sept. 30) *W, 8-4 at California (Oct. 6) W, 13-5 vs Loyola Marymount (Oct. 12) W, 17-3 vs Santa Clara (NorCal Tournament, Oct. 13) W, 8-3 vs UC Irvine (NorCal Tourmament, Oct. 13) W, 8-6 vs Pepperdine (NorCal Tournament, Oct. 14) W, 7-4 vs UCLA (NorCal Tournament, Championship Game, Oct. 14)) *W, 11-6 at Long Beach State (Oct. 20) *W, 9-5 at UC Santa Barbara (Oct. 21) W, 15-4 vs Pacific (Oct. 24) *W, 8-3 vs UCLA (Oct. 27) *W, 10-7 at Pacific (Nov. 3) W, 13-2 at UC Davis (Nov. 4) *W, 5-3 vs Pepperdine (Nov. 10) L, 3-4 vs California (Nov. 17) #W, 8-4 vs UC Irvine (Nov. 23) #W, 7-4 vs Long Beach State (Nov. 24) #W, 7-5 vs California (Nov. 25, Championship game of MPSF Tournament) Home games in bold *MPSF Game #MPSF Tournament September 8 vs UC Davis - Stanford 11, UC Davis 3 The Tony Azevedo era has started. The redshirt freshman, the youngest member of the 2000 United States Olympic Water Polo Team, opened his collegiate career with four goals to lead top-ranked Stanford to a season-opening 11-3 victory over UC Davis. Azevedo, who is considered one of the world's great water polo players, even though he is only 18 years old, scored Stanford's first goal of the season at 5:20 of the first period. Azevedo then added a goal in each of the next three periods. Brian Darrow and Mark Amott each added two goals for the Cardinal, coached by Dante Dettamanti, who is retiring after the 2001 season. Dettamanti is in his 25th year at Stanford. UC Davis 0 1 1 1 = 3 Stanford 3 3 3 2 = 11 UC Davis scorers: Turpen 1, Rogers, 1, Conlon 1 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 4, Darrow 2, Amott 2, Snider 1, Dutton 1, Moser 1 Goalie saves: Robinson (S) 2, Ellis (S) 2; Engelman (UCD) 7 6-on-5: Stanford (2-3); UC Davis (2-4) September 23 vs UC Irvine - Stanford 12, UC Irvine 9 Tony Avezedo collected five goals to lead top-ranked Stanford to a 12-9 victory over seventh-ranked UC Irvine in a MPSF game. Azevedo scored all of Stanford's three goals in the first period, and added a goal each in the third and fourth period. Brian Darrow, Pasi Dutton and Todd Snider each added two goals for the Cardinal. UC Irvine 1 2 3 3 = 9 Stanford 3 3 3 3 = 12 UC Irvine scorers: Dorfi 4, Kirchwehm 2, Boyer 2, Gentry 1 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 5, Dutton 2, Darrow 2, Snider 2, Koelman 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 3, Robinson (S) 1; Finfrock (UCI) 3 6-on-5: Stanford (7-9); UC Irvine (5-6)

September 29 at USC - Stanford 10, USC 5 The top-ranked Stanford water polo team exploded for five goals in the second quarter enroute to a convincing 10-5 victory over second-ranked USC. Peter Hudnut scored three goals, while Tony Azevedo and Jeff Nesmith each scored two goals in Stanford's second period outburst as the Cardinal led 7-2 at intermission. The Cardinal extended its lead to 10-3 after three periods, thanks to goals by Azevedo, Pasi Dutton and Brian Darrow. Stanford 2 5 3 0 = 10 USC 1 1 1 2 = 5 Stanford scorers: Hudnut 3, Azevedo 2, Darrow 2, Nesmith 2, Dutton 1 USC scorers: Praporski 2, Reynolds 1, Damjuanov 1, Lontoy 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 8; Damjanovic (USC) 5 6-on-5: Stanford (2-40; USC (2-7) September 30 at UCLA - Stanford 10, UCLA 6 Tony Azevedo continues to be a dominant force for the top-ranked Cardinal as the freshman scored three goals to lead Stanford to a 10-6 victory over the two-time defending NCAA champion UCLA Bruins. Azevedo scored twice in the first quarter as Stanford led at the first break, 3-2. Azevedo added a third-period goal to give Stanford an unsurmontable 8-3 lead after three stanzas. Seven different Stanford players scored goals, including two by senior Onno Koelman. Nick Ellis collected 12 saves. The Stanford victory knocked the Bruins from the ranks of the unbeaten. UCLA had won ten straight games dating back to last year. Stanford 3 2 3 2 = 10 UCLA 2 0 1 3 = 6 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 3, Koelman 2, Snider 1, Hudnut 1, Nesmith 1, Darrow 1, Dutton 1 UCLA scorers: Ormsby 3, Peck 1, Pflueger 1, Tucay 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 12; Brooks (UCLA) 5 6-on-5: Stanford (4-6); UCLA (3-6) October 6 at California - Stanford 8, California 4 Tony Azevedo scored three goals to lead the top-ranked Cardinal to an 8-4 victory over previously unbeaten California in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game. Pasi Dutton and Jeff Nesmith each added two goals for the Cardinal. The Cardinal jumped to a 2-0 first period lead, and extended the margin to 5-1 at halftime. Cardinal junior goalkeeper Nick Ellis collected six saves. Stanford 2 3 1 2 = 8 California 0 1 1 2 = 4 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 3, Dutton 2, Nesmith 2, Hudnut 1 California scorers: Dorin 2, West 1, Benidy 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 2; Kates (C) 1, Bernstein (C) 2 6-on-5: Stanford (3-4); California (2-7) October 12 vs Loyola Marymount - Stanford 13, Loyola Marymount 5 Tony Azevedo scored four goals to lead top-ranked Stanford to a 13-5 victory over tenth-ranked Loyola Marymount in a non-league game. Azevedo scored three of the team's four goals in the third period. Brian Darrow and Onno Koelman each added two goals. LMU 2 1 2 0 = 5 Stanford 4 4 4 1 = 13 LMU scorers: Barr 2, Kevin Witt 2, Lipinski 1 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 4, Darrow 2, Koelman 2, Dutton 1, Snider 1, Nesmith 1, Derse 1, Guyman 1 Goalies saves: Ellis (S) 9, Dutton (S) 1; Paulsen (LMU) 7, Treaner (LMU) 2 6-on-5: Stanford (4-4); Loyola Marymount (1-2) October 13 vs Santa Clara - Stanford 17, Santa Clara 3 Jeff Guyman scored a career-high four goals to lead the Stanford Cardinal to a 17-3 victory over Santa Clara in the opening round of the NorCal Tournament. Tony Azevedo added three goals as ten players scored at least one goal. Santa Clara 0 0 2 1 = 3 Stanford 4 3 5 5 = 17 Santa Clara scorers: Doucette 1, Morehead 1, Figoni 1 Stanford scorers: Guyman 4, Azevedo 3, Amott 2, Tyre 2, Derse 1, Alldredge 1, Snider 1, Gallogly 1, Moser 1, Crum 1 Goalie saves: Gallogly (S) 2, Dutton (S) 5; Owens (SC) 5 6-on-5: Stanford (5-7); Santa Clara (1-5)

October 13 vs UC Irvine - Stanford 8, UC Irvine 3 Tony Azevedo scored four goals to lead top-ranked Stanford to an 8-3 victory over ninth-ranked UC Irvine to advance to the championship semi-finals at the NorCal Tournament. Azevedo scored two of Stanford's four fourth period goals as the Cardinal broke open a close 4-3 game. Stanford 3 0 1 4 = 8 UC Irvine 1 0 2 0 = 3 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 4, Dutton 2, Hudnut 1, Crum 1 UC Irvine scorers: Dorfi 1, Barry 1, Noon 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 9; Finrock (UCI) 10 6-on-5: Stanford (4-7); UC Irvine (2-4) October 14 vs Pepperdine - Stanford 8, Pepperdine 6 Brian Darrow scored with 1:43 in the third period and Pasi Dutton added a goal with 12 seconds in the third frame to seal an 8-6 Stanford victory in the semi-finals of the NorCal Tournament. Pepperdine had taken a 6-5 lead with 3:11 in the third period before Stanford struck for three straight goals. Neither team scored in the fourth period. Tony Azevedo scored five goals. Pepperdine 0 4 2 0 = 6 Stanford 2 1 5 0 = 8 Pepperdine scorers: Rodriguez 3, Grubbs 2, Lonzo 1 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 5, Dutton 1, Darrow 1, Koelman 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 12; Soltis (P) 5 6-on-5: Stanford (6-9); Pepperdine (1-5) October 14 vs UCLA - Stanford 7, UCLA 4 Peter Hudnut scored three goals and Tony Azevedo added two goals to lead top-ranked and unbeaten Stanford to a 7-4 victory over second-ranked UCLA in the championship game of the NorCal Tournament. Hudnut sealed the win with two goals late in the third period to extend Stanford's lead to 7-4. Azevedo scored both his goals in the first period. In the four games that Stanford won over the two-day NorCal Tournament, Azevedo scored 15 goals. UCLA 2 1 1 0 = 4 Stanford 2 2 3 0 = 7 UCLA scorers: Peck 1, Garcia 1, Pflueger 1, Ormsby 1 Stanford scorers: Hudnut 3, Azevedo 2, Nesmith 1, Amott 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 5; Brooks (UCLA) 9 6-on-5: Stanford (3-6); UCLA (0-6) October 20 at Long Beach State - Stanford 11, Long Beach State 6 Tony Azevedo made a successful return to his hometown of Long Beach as he helped lead top-ranked Stanford to an 11-6 victory over sixth-ranked Long Beach State in a MPSF game. Stanford jumped to an early 3-0 lead at the end of the first period. Jeff Nesmith scored the third goal of the first period and added another goal later in the second quarter to help the Cardinal preserve a 7-3 halftime lead. Brian Darrow added three goals. Stanford 3 4 3 1 = 11 Long Beach St 0 3 1 2 = 6 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 3, Darrow 3, Hudnut 2, Nesmith 2, Guyman 1 LBS scorers: Segesman 2, Holloway 2, Jewell 1, Aguilar 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 8; Adolph (LBS) 7 6-on-5: Stanford (2-4); Long Beach State (5-9) October 21 at UC Santa Barbara - Stanford 9, UC Santa Barbara 5 Tony Azevedo, Pasi Dutton and Peter Hudnut each scored two goals to pace top-ranked Stanford to a 9-5 victory at tenthranked UC Santa Barbara. The Cardinal led 5-4 in the third period and then scored three straight times to take an unsurmountable 8-4 lead. Nick Ellis collected eight saves. Stanford 2 2 4 1 = 9 UCSB 1 2 1 1 = 5 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 2, Dutton 2, Hudnut 2, Nesmith 1, Darrow 1, Koelman 1 UCSB scorers: Schoneberger 1, Coughlan 1, Treman 1, Welch 1, Pacelli 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 8; Spence (UCSB) 7 6-on-5: Stanford (3-8); UC Santa Barbara (2-4)

October 24 vs Pacific - Stanford 15, Pacific 4 Tony Azevedo and Onno Koelman each scored three goals to lead top-ranked and unbeaten Stanford to a 15-4 victory over eleventh-ranked Pacific in a non-league game. Stanford broke the game open with 12 goals in the second and third period, six of them by Azevedo and Koelman. That gave Stanford a 13-2 lead after three periods. Nick Ellis collected 13 saves. Pacific 0 2 0 2 = 4 Stanford 1 5 7 2 = 15 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 3, Koelman 3, Snider 2, Crum 2, Derse 2, Hudnut 1, Guyman 1, Nesmith 1 Pacific scorers: Nowak 1, Jorgensen 1, Cruzat 1, Stewart 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 13; Zavalock (UOP) 6 6-on-5: Stanford (5-6); Pacific (1-8) October 27 vs UCLA - Stanford 8, UCLA 3 Tony Azevedo scored three goals and Peter Hudnut added two scores to lead top-ranked Stanford to a convincing 8-3 victory over second-ranked UCLA in a MPSF game. Azevedo opened Stanford's scoring at 6:06 of the first period. A UCLA score by Alfonso Tucay tied the game at 3:17 of the first period, but that was the closest the two-time defending NCAA champions would get as Onno Koelman and Azevedo added goals to give the Cardinal a 3-1 after one period of play. Azevedo notched his third goal of the game at 2:47 of the third period to give Stanford an unsurmountable 8-2 lead. Nick Ellis collected eleven saves. UCLA 1 1 1 0 = 3 Stanford 3 2 3 0 = 8 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 3, Hudnut 2, Koelman 1, Nesmith 1, Darrow 1 UCLA scorers: Garcia 2, Tucay 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 11; Brooks (UCLA) 6 6-on-5: Stanford (1-4); UCLA (2-5) November 3 at Pacific - Stanford 10, Pacific 7 Eleventh-ranked Pacific gave top-ranked Stanford everything they wanted and more early as the Tigers jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first period before ultimately succumbing 10-7 in a MPSF game. After Pacific took a 3-0 lead, Stanford answered back with four straight goals, including two by Tony Azevedo. Pacific tied the game at 4-4 with 3:45 of the second period. From then on, Stanford controlled the action, jumping to a 9-5 lead with 4:01 to play. Azevedo and Jeff Nesmith each scored three goals. Stanford 2 4 2 2 = 10 Pacific 3 1 1 2 = 7 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 3, Nesmith 3, Hudnut 2, Alldredge 1, Amott 1 Pacific scorers: Pendergrass 3, Hepner 2, Norvall 1, Jorgensen 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 6; Zavalock (UOP) 10 6-on-5: Stanford (5-11); UOP (2-6) November 4 at UC Davis - Stanford 13, UC Davis 2 Tony Azevedo and Todd Snider each scored three goals to lead top-ranked Stanford to a 13-2 victory over UC Davis in a non-league game. With the score tied at 1-1 in the first period, Stanford scored eleven unanswered goals during the next 17 minutes. Six of those goals came in the third period, two of them by Snider. Nine different Cardinal players scored at least one goal. Stanford 3 3 6 1 = 13 UC Davis 1 0 1 0 = 2 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 3, Snider 3, Dutton 1, Guyman 1, Crum 1, Nesmith 1, Amott 1, Derse 1, Alldredge 1 UC Davis scorers: Conlon 1, Jones 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 4; Engelman (UCD) 15 6-on-5: Stanford (4-6); UCD (0-2)

November 10 at Stanford - Stanford 5, Pepperdine 3 Jeff Nesmith and Pasi Dutton each scored two goals to lead top-ranked Stanford to a 5-3 victory over third-ranked Pepperdine in a MPSF game. The game was tied three times before the Cardinal took the lead for good at 2:46 of the third period on Nesmith's second goal of the game. Peter Hudnut added an insurance goal at 1:56 of the third period. Pepperdine 1 1 1 0 = 3 Stanford 1 1 3 0 = 5 Pepperdine scorers: McPherson 1, Harvey 1, Lonzo 1 Stanford scorers: Nesmith 2, Dutton 2, Hudnut 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 10; Soltis (P) 2 6-on-5: Stanford (4-7); Pepperdine (1-3) November 17 at Stanford - California 4, Stanford 3 Tony Azevedo scored twice in the fourth quarter in an attempted comeback, but sixth-ranked California held Stanford to three goals to claim the Big Splash title with a 4-3 win. The upset was Stanford's first loss of the year. Golden Bear senior Spencer Dornin got the scoring started with a goal just over two minutes into the game. Stanford junior Jeff Guyman rallied with a goal at 4:43 in the second period off a deep pass from goalkeeper Nick Ellis. California then tacked on two goals by Greg Panawek and Dornin to make the halftime score 3-1. Joe Kaiser chalked up one more goal in the game for the Golden Bears, just over a minute into the third quarter. The Cal defense was sturdy and held the Stanford offense to just one goal in the first three periods. Cal goalie Russell Bernstein energized his team with 13 saves in the game. Azevedo did not relent, though, and put up two more goals in the fourth quarter to cut the Cal lead to one with three minutes to play. Stanford was unable to capitalize on 6-on-5 possessions (0-9) throughout the match and Cal's defense was strong limiting the Cardinal to three goals on 31 shots. California 1 2 1 0 = 4 Stanford 0 1 0 2 = 3 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 2, Guyman 1 California scorers: Dornin 2, Panawek 1, Kaiser 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 7; Bernstein (C) 13 6-on-5: Stanford (0-9); California (0-3) November 23 at MPSF Tournament - Stanford 8, UC Irvine 4 Tony Azevedo scored three goals to lead top-ranked Stanford to an 8-4 victory over seventh-ranked UC Irvine in the first round of the MPSF Tournament. With the scored tied 2-2 after one period, Stanford exploded for six straight goals in the second and third period to ease to victory. Nick Ellis recorded eight saves. UC Irvine 2 0 0 2 = 4 Stanford 2 4 2 0 = 8 UCI scorers: Dorfi 1, Merlo 1, Basset 1, Kirchwehm 1 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 3, Snider 1, Darrow 1, Nesmith 1, Derse 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 8; Finrock (UCI) 8 6-on-5: Stanford (4-6); UC Irvine (2-5) November 24 at MPSF Tournament - Stanford 7, Long Beach State 4 The top-ranked Cardinal trailed Long Beach State for the first 9:30 of the match and did not take its first lead until nearly the end of the first half. But eventually Stanford came away with the victory, besting Long Beach State, 7-4, in the semifinals of the MPSF Tournament. The 49ers entered the fourth period down by only a goal, but were unable to contain Tony Azevedo who scored a team-high four goals. Nick Ellis came away with eight blocked shots. Long Beach St 1 0 2 1 = 4 Stanford 0 3 1 3 = 7 LBS scorers: Kewell 1, Allard 1, Millsa 1, Holloway 1 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 4, Hudnut 2, Koelman 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 8; Adolph (LBS) 9 6-on-5: Stanford (2-7); Long Beach State (2-5)

November 25 at MPSF Tournament - Stanford 7, California 5 Top-ranked Stanford defeated California, 7-5, to claim the MPSF Tournament Championship and an automatic berth in the NCAA Championships at Stanford on Dec. 1-2. Tony Azevedo's penalty shot in the closing seconds iced the game for the Cardinal. Azevedo scored three times. With Stanford leading 2-1 at halftime, the Cardinal outscored the Golden Bears, 3-1, in the third period. But Cal fought back and with 21 seconds remaining, Spencer Dornin scored to cut the Stanford margin to one goal, 6-5. Attempting to retrieve the ball, Golden Bear head coach Peter Asch sent an extra man into the pool with eight seconds remaining, drawing a four-meter penalty shot. Azevedo tossed the ball into the net to give the Cardinal the two-goal win. Stanford 1 1 3 2 = 7 California 1 0 1 3 = 5 Stanford scorers: Azevedo 3, Darrow 1, Koelman 1, Nesmith 1, Hudnut 1 Cal scorers: Dornin 3, Banhidy 1, Lathrop 1 Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 8; Bernstein (C) 10 6-on-5: Stanford (3-4); California (2-5)