Oct. 11, 2001
Stanford Story:
Stanford (5-0) vs Loyola Marymount (7-6)
Friday, October 12, 2001, 3:00 p.m.
Avery Aquatic Center
NorCal Tournament
Saturday-Sunday, October 13-14, 2001, All Day
Avery Aquatic Center
Cardinal Chatter
Stanford University (5-0) returns home on Oct. 12 (3:00 p.m.) to face Loyola Marymount (7-6) in a non-league game at the Avery Aquatic Center ... The Lions are ranked #10 in the nation ... LMU is led by Steve Lipsinski with 30 goals, and Tamas Szego with 17 ... Steve Lipinski is the younger brother of former Cardinal standout Michael Lipinski ... On Oct. 13-14, Stanford will host the NorCal Water Polo Tournament, featuring many of the top water polo teams in the United States ... The 15-team tournament features #1 Stanford, #2 UCLA, #3 Pepperdine, #4 USC, #5 California, #6 Long Beach State, #7 UC San Diego, #8 UC Santa Barbara, #9 UC Irvine, #10 Loyola Marymount, #11 Pacific, #17 Air Force, #19 Cal Baptist and Santa Clara ... Stanford will begin play on Oct. 13 (9:15 a.m.) against Santa Clara ... If Stanford wins, the Cardinal will face either #3 Pepperdine or #19 Cal Baptist at 1:45 p.m. ... The championship game will be played on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 4:45 p.m.
Cardinal Catalogue
Stanford continues to be the #1 team in the nation at 5-0 ... Cardinal freshman Tony Azevedo leads the team in scoring with 17 points, while Brian Darrow and Pasi Dutton each have seven goals ... Nick Ellis has 31 saves in five games, an average of 6.2 per game ... Check out www.gostanford.com for complete results at the end of each day's play ... Azevedo held an ESPN Chatroom on Thursday, October 11, and talked about his season and the Cardinal of 2001 ... Check it out at www.gostanford.com
Tournament Talk
The 2001 NorCal Tournament at Stanford will feature the nation's best water polo teams ... Thirteen of the 15 teams entered are ranked in the collegiate water polo Top 20 ... That includes all of the nation's Top 10 teams ... #1 Stanford is the nation's top team, and last week scored an 8-4 victory over #5 California as Tony Azevedo scored three goals ... Two-time defending NCAA champion UCLA moved from third to second nationally by virtue of its 7-5 victory over previously second-ranked USC ... Brett Ormsby scored four goals to lead the Bruins attack ... Ormsby scored the game winner with less than four minutes left in the game ... For his efforts, Ormsby was named MPSF Player of the Week ... Ormsby leads the Bruins in scoring with 17 goals and is shooting 50 percent on the season ... Azevedo and Cardinal goalkeeper Nick Ellis have been previous winners of MPSF Player of the Week honors ... Fourth-ranked USC (3-3) dropped two games last weekend, losing 7-5 to UCLA, and a 7-3 decision to seventh-ranked UC San Diego ... Predrag Damjanov leads the Trojan attack with ten goals ... Third-ranked Pepperdine is 5-1 overall after scoring an 11-8 victory over UCSD, and a 9-5 decision over Loyola Marymount last weekend ... Waves junior goalkeeper Michael Soltis contributed 15 saves in the net in two wins last weekend, including eleven against LMU ... Greg Lonzo is Pepperdine's leading scorer with 20 goals ... Rick Azevedo, head coach at Long Beach State, is the father of Stanford standout Tony Azevedo ... Joe Kaiser leads the California attack with nine goals ... Cal is ranked fifth in the country with a 5-1 record.
The NorCal Tournament Schedule
Saturday, October 13
Stadium Pool
8:30 a.m. - Game 1 - USC vs UC Davis
9:40 a.m. - Game 2 - UC Santa Barbara vs Loyola Marymount
10:50 a.m. - Game 3 - UCLA vs Air Force
Noon - Game 4 - Long Beach State vs Pacific
2:00 p.m. - Game 5 - Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2
3:10 p.m. - Game 6 - Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 2
4:20 p.m. - Game 7 - Winner Game 3 vs Winner Game 4
5:30 p.m. - Game 8 - Loser Game 3 vs Loser Game 4
50-Meter Pool
8:00 a.m. - Game 9 - Pepperdine vs Cal Baptist
9:15 a.m. - Game 10 - Stanford vs Santa Clara
10:30 a.m. - Game 11 - UC Irvine vs UC San Diego
12:30 p.m. - Game 12 - California vs Cal Baptist
1:45 p.m. - Game 13 - Loser Game 10 vs Loser Game 11
3:00 p.m. - Game 14 - Winner Game 10 vs Winner Game 11
4:15 p.m. - Game 15 - Pepperdine vs California
Sunday, October 14
Stadium Pool
8:00 a.m. - Game 16 - 2ndA - 2ndD
9:15 a.m. - Game 17 - 2ndB - 2ndC
10:30 a.m. - Game 18 - 1stA - 1stD
11:45 a.m. - Game 19 - 1stB - 1stC
1:00 p.m. - Game 20 - L16 - L17 (7th place)
2:15 p.m. - Game 21 - W16 - W17 (5th place)
3:30 p.m. - Game 22 - L18 - L19 (3rd place)
4:45 p.m. - Game 23 - W18 - W19 (1st place)
50-Meter Pool
8:00 a.m. - Game 24 - 4thA - 4thC
9:15 a.m. - Game 25 - 3rdA - 3rdD
10:30 a.m. - Game 26 - 3rdB - 3rdC
12:30 p.m. - Game 27 - 4thB - 4thC
1:45 p.m. - Game 28 - L25 - L26 (11th place)
3:00 p.m. - Game 29 - W25 - W26 (9th place)
4:15 p.m. - Game 30 - 4thA - 4thB
Group A
1. Stanford
2. UC Irvine
3. UC San Diego
4. Santa Clara
Group B
1. USC
2. UC Santa Barbara
3. Loyola Marymount
4. UC Davis
Group C
1. UCLA
2. Long Beach State
3. Pacific
4. Air Force
Group D
1. Pepperdine
2. California
3. Cal Baptist
The Collegiate Water Polo Top 20
1. Stanford
2. UCLA
3. Pepperdine
4. USC
5. California
6. Long Beach State
7. UC San Diego
8. UC Santa Barbara
9. UC Irvine
10. Loyola Marymount
11. Pacific
12. Navy
13. Queens College
14. UMass
15. Princeton
16. St. Francis College
17. Air Force
18. Harvard
19. Cal Baptist
20. UC Davis
NCAA Notes: Stanford will be hosting the 2001 NCAA Division I Water Polo Championships at the Avery Aquatic Complex on Dec. 1-2 ... Two-day adult passes are now available for $20, while $14 two-day passes are available for students/children/seniors ... For ticket information, call the Stanford Ticket Office at 800-STANFORD.
