Dec. 9, 1996

USC Water Polo Statistics And Polls

1996 USC Schedule/Results: 23-3, 7-1 in the MPSF

    Sept. 14-15   at So-Cal Tournament   2nd place
                  Long Beach State     W 14-7
                  Air Force            W 12-7
                  California           W  8-5
                  UCLA                 L  8-7 (ot)
    Sept. 20      UC SAN DIEGO         W 21-7
    Sept. 21      UC IRVINE            W  7-6
    Sept. 28      *at Pepperdine       W 16-5
    Oct. 5        *CALIFORNIA          W 10-6 (ot)>
    Oct. 12-13    at Nor-Cal Tournament  1st place
                  Santa Clara          W 15-5
                  Air Force            W 14-2
                  Pacific              W 13-7
                  UCLA                 W 13-8
    Oct. 19       *PACIFIC             W 13-8
    Oct. 26       *at UC Irvine        W  6-4
    Oct. 29       *at Long Beach State W 16-8
    Nov. 2        *UC SANTA BARBARA    W 15-7
    Nov. 3        STANFORD             W  6-5
    Nov. 9        *at Stanford         L 10-11
    Nov. 15       *UCLA                W 13-10
    Nov. 17       PEPPERDINE           W  9-2
    Nov. 23       at UCLA              W 12-10
    Nov. 28-D 1   at MPSF Championships  1st place
                  Pepperdine           W 12-9
                  Pacific              W  9-8
                  Stanford             W 12-5
    Dec. 6-8      at NCAA Championships   2nd place
                  vs. Massachusetts    W 21-6
                  vs. UCLA             L 8-7
    *Home games in CAPS, at McDonald's Swim Stadium
    *Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game

1996 USC Statistics

    
Scoring
                      Goals (2-Pt.)   Total  High Goals
Marko Zagar               55 (6)       61        5
Hrvoje Cizmic             56 (1)       57        4
Simun Cimerman            40 (6)       46        4
Mateo Juric               39 (4)       43        6
Brennan Shum              22           22        3
James Castle              15 (1)       16        3
Dan Cherrie               11           11        3
Aaron Wooler               9            9        2
Bjorn Nordstrom            6            6        2
Allen Basso                3            3        1
Luke Daniels               3            3        1
Alex Tahmoush              3            3        2
Johnathon Hewko            2            2        1
Matthew Bohm               1            1        1

Goalies
                Games   Saves   High
Brendan Grubbs   24      189     11
Richard McEvoy    6       14      4
 
Score by Quarters
             1   2   3   4   OT   Total
USC         77  75  70  56  3/2    283
Opponents   32  50  36  40  2/0    160


Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Standings (as of 11/18)
Final 1996 MPSF Standings
                MPSF            Overall
                W   L   Pct.    W   L   Pct.
USC             7   1   .875    23  3   .885
Stanford        7   1   .875    18  7   .720
UCLA            6   2   .750    24  6   .800
UC Irvine       6   2   .750    16  8   .667
California      4   4   .500    15  7   .682
Pacific         3   5   .375    13  13  .500
Pepperdine      2   6   .250    10  18  .357
UCSB            1   7   .125    2   22  .083
Long Beach St.  0   8   .000    9   17  .346

American Water Polo Coaches' Top 20 Poll (as of 11/19)
 1. USC
 2. Stanford
 3. UCLA
 4. California
 5. UC Irvine
 6. Pacific
 7. Air Force
 8. Pepperdine
 9. UC Davis
10. Long Beach State
11. UC San Diego
12. Claremont-Mudd
13. UMass-Amherst
14. UC Santa Barbara
15. Queens College
16. Brown
17. Navy
18. Santa Clara
19. Slippery Rock
20. Villanova