﻿{"id":309225,"date":"2018-05-12T11:01:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T18:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=309225"},"modified":"2018-05-14T08:26:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T15:26:30","slug":"usc-behind-brownsberger-hauschild-and-megens-downs-wagner-in-ncaa-womens-water-polo-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usc-behind-brownsberger-hauschild-and-megens-downs-wagner-in-ncaa-womens-water-polo-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"USC, Behind Brownsberger, Hauschild and Megens, Downs Wagner in NCAA Women\u2019s Water Polo Quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES, CA. The top-ranked Trojans of USC opened their pursuit of their sixth national championship with a decisive 12-5 win Friday over Wagner College in the quarterfinals of the 2018 NCAA Women\u2019s Water Polo Tournament. <strong>Kaylee Brownsberger<\/strong> led USC with three goals, while <strong>Paige Hauschild<\/strong>, <strong>Maud Megens<\/strong> and <strong>Elise Stein<\/strong> chipped in two goals apiece. <strong>Erika Hardy<\/strong> led the Seahawks with two goals, who misfired on 24 of the 29 shots they took against goalies <strong>Amanda Longan<\/strong> and <strong>Victoria Chamorro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"59390\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-releases-2015-division-i-championship-time-standards-all-a-cuts-are-faster\/ncaa-logo-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ncaa-logo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1497,1460\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ncaa-logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ncaa-logo-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ncaa-logo-1024x998.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-59390\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ncaa-logo-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ncaa-logo-1024x998.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ncaa-logo.jpg 1497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Missing for the Trojans (24-1) was Head Coach <strong>Jovan Vavic<\/strong>, who had to sit out the game as the result of a red card he received two weeks ago in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament final, a 13-12 overtime win over defending national champions Stanford.<strong> Casey Moon<\/strong> filled in for the long-time Trojan head coach in front of a large contingent of USC fans in the Uytengsu Aquatics Center\u2019s stands.<\/p>\n<p>When USC started out slowly to open the game, and led only 2-1 after the first period, some Trojan faithful were noticeably restless\u2014but not Moon, who has been with USC for 11 years. After the match he expressed utmost confidence that the team would work out it\u2019s issues, which it did by the second period.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309229\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309229\" data-attachment-id=\"309229\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usc-behind-brownsberger-hauschild-and-megens-downs-wagner-in-ncaa-womens-water-polo-quarterfinals\/uscfans_ncaas_may18\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/USCfans_NCAAs_MAY18.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Catharyn Hayne&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1526036060&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Catharyn Hayne&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;300&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"USCfans_NCAAs_MAY18\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;USCfans_NCAAs_MAY18&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Catharyn Hayne&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/USCfans_NCAAs_MAY18-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/USCfans_NCAAs_MAY18-1024x682.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-309229 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/USCfans_NCAAs_MAY18-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"USCfans_NCAAs_MAY18\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/USCfans_NCAAs_MAY18-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/USCfans_NCAAs_MAY18-533x355.jpeg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/USCfans_NCAAs_MAY18-280x187.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/USCfans_NCAAs_MAY18.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-309229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trojan faithful rejoice! Photo Courtesy: Catharyn Hayne<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Goals by Brownsberger, Megens and Hauschild early in the second period allowed the Trojans to break open the game as they sprinted to a 7-2 halftime lead and were never headed in advancing to the NCAA semifinals for the 15th straight year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur girls are the most prepared in the country, so we could have anybody stand there as a coach, and the girls can play for themselves,\u201d Moon said. \u201cIt was great to see them play for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For much of the second half, USC rested Hauschild and Megens, while Chamorro filled in between the goal posts for Longan, the 2018 MPSF player of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a tough loss to the Trojans, Wagner Head Coach <strong>Chris Radmonovich<\/strong> spoke of the progress for his team (25-7), which has qualified for five straight NCAA tournaments and advanced to the quarterfinals the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had our ups and downs bringing upper classmen and younger athletes together and making it all fit together through the year but, in the end, they\u2019ve just really played hard and found a way to be successful,\u201d Radmonovich said. \u201cThe goal every year is to take the next step forward, whether it was winning the conference championship, or winning in the opening round [of NCAAs].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompared to last year [a 17-2 quarterfinal loss to UCLA] to where we\u2019ve come now, I feel that we\u2019ve taken a big step forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309227\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309227\" data-attachment-id=\"309227\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usc-behind-brownsberger-hauschild-and-megens-downs-wagner-in-ncaa-womens-water-polo-quarterfinals\/hardy_ncaas_may18\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hardy_NCAAs_MAY18.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"5184,3456\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Catharyn Hayne&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1526036085&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Catharyn Hayne&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;300&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hardy_NCAAs_MAY18\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Hardy_NCAAs_MAY18&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Catharyn Hayne&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hardy_NCAAs_MAY18-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hardy_NCAAs_MAY18-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-309227 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hardy_NCAAs_MAY18-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Hardy_NCAAs_MAY18\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hardy_NCAAs_MAY18-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hardy_NCAAs_MAY18-533x355.jpeg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Hardy_NCAAs_MAY18-280x187.jpeg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-309227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wagner&#8217;s Erika Hardy. Photo Courtesy: Catharyn Hayne<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Watching from the stands were a sizable contingent of Seahawk supporters, including senior <strong>Elise Begg\u2019s<\/strong> parents Susan and Scott. While it was a disappointing end to their daughter\u2019s career in Staten Island, the Beggs had nothing but positive thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou couldn\u2019t ask for a better ending, playing USC at USC,\u201d Susan Begg said. \u201cI\u2019m proud of all the girls; they did a terrific job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked how their California-born daughter fared out East, Begg was upbeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe lived every moment and loved it,\u201d she said. \u201cBeing in New York City was fabulous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe can come back [West] and say I did something amazing\u2014and Wagner was a big part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also watching from the stands was <strong>Jasmin Kolasinac<\/strong>, a star freshman for the Wagner men\u2019s polo team. When asked if he was inspired by the Seahawk women, Kolasinac, who scored 88 goals in helping a Seahawk squad to the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Final in only the second year of the program\u2019s existence, was excited by the possibility of following the lead of his coed classmates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring this game I\u2019m thinking a lot about our men\u2019s team.\u201d he said. \u201cIt is inspiring when you see they came all the way to California and made the top eight teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Seahawks will now pack their bags for a return East; the Trojans will prepare for a third meeting this season with the Bruins of UCLA. USC has won all previous meetings and\u2014with Megens, Hauschild and <strong>Denise Mammolito<\/strong> (38 goals) all healthy, beating the Trojans in their home pool appears to be a near-impossible task\u2014especially with Vavic, one of the winningest coaches in NCAA water polo history\u2014back in his accustomed role behind the USC bench.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor LOS ANGELES, CA. 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