{"id":410337,"date":"2020-01-09T15:45:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T22:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=410337"},"modified":"2020-01-09T15:46:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T22:46:42","slug":"usc-tops-2020-mpsf-womens-water-polo-coaches-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usc-tops-2020-mpsf-womens-water-polo-coaches-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Tops 2020 MPSF Women&#8217;s Water Polo Coaches\u2019 Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defending conference champion and NCAA runner-up USC placed on top of the 2020 MPSF Women\u2019s Water Polo Coaches\u2019 poll, collecting 33 points and four first-place votes. Winners of four of the last seven conference titles, the Trojans return senior All-Americans <strong>Denise Mammolito<\/strong> (29 goals) and <strong>Kelsey McIntosh<\/strong> (34 goals) as the veterans under first-year head coach <strong>Marko Pintaric<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"278043\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-mpsf-mens-invitational-opens-today-in-los-angeles\/mpsf-shield-final\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mpsf-shield-final.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"939,845\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mpsf-shield-final\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;09\/22\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nmpsf-shield-final&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mpsf-shield-final-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mpsf-shield-final.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-278043\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mpsf-shield-final-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"mpsf-shield-final\" width=\"175\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mpsf-shield-final-533x480.jpg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mpsf-shield-final-222x200.jpg 222w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mpsf-shield-final.jpg 939w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>UCLA placed second in the poll with 31 points and two first-place votes. The Bruins return three of their top six scorers from last year\u2019s NCAA semifinal team. Sophomore <strong>Val Ayala<\/strong> (35 goals) is back as an Honorable Mention All-American, as is sophomore <strong>Ava Johnson<\/strong> (20 goals).<\/p>\n<p>Defending NCAA Champion Stanford took third in the poll with 27 points and the remaining first-place vote. Second team All-America goalkeeper <strong>Emalia Eichelberger<\/strong> and All-America honorable mention <strong>Sarah Klass<\/strong> (42 goals) are back as the Cardinal searches for an all-time high eighth NCAA title.<\/p>\n<p>Coming off an NCAA semifinal appearance a year ago, California placed in the middle of the pack with 23 points. <strong>Brigit Mulder<\/strong> was one of the MPSF\u2019s breakout stars last season with 42 goals, and fellow junior <strong>Claire Sonne<\/strong> came on late last year to score eight goals during the Bears\u2019 final 12 games.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona State was fifth with 16 points. Two key returning players for the Sun Devils are junior <strong>Amira Van Buren<\/strong> and sophomore <strong>Borbala Kekesi<\/strong>. Van Buren recorded a 29-goal sophomore season, while Kekesi had a three-goal\/two-assist breakout game in the MPSF Tournament vs. San Jose State.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose State (11) and Indiana (6) rounded out this year\u2019s coaches\u2019 poll. Back for first-year head coach <strong>Beth Harberts<\/strong> and the Spartans is <strong>Olga Descalzi Portell<\/strong>, who led the MPSF freshman class in scoring last year with 57 goals. The Hoosiers, under new head coach <strong>Taylor Dodson<\/strong>, return everyone from 2019 including sophomore <strong>Tina Doherty<\/strong> (42 goals) and <strong>Izzy Mandema<\/strong> (28 goals).<\/p>\n<p>First sprint to the 2020 season is January 11, before the first conference game kicks-off on January 31. San Jose State University is this year\u2019s site of the MPSF Championship Tournament (April 24-26), where all seven teams will compete for a conference title and entry to the NCAA Tournament (hosted by Pacific; May 8-10).<\/p>\n<p>Since the inaugural season of MPSF Women\u2019s Water Polo in 1996, the MPSF has captured all 24 national championships.<\/p>\n<p>Rank Team Points (First-Place) 2019 Team Record 2019 MPSF Finish\/Postseason<br \/>\n1 USC 33 (4) 28-2 Overall; 5-1 MPSF #2\/MPSF Champion\/NCAA Final<br \/>\n2 UCLA 31 (2) 24-7 Overall; 4-2 MPSF #3\/NCAA Semifinal<br \/>\n3 Stanford 27 (1) 23-2 Overall; 6-0 MPSF #1\/NCAA Champion<br \/>\n4 California 23 17-9 Overall; 3-3 MPSF #4\/NCAA Semifinal<br \/>\n5 Arizona State 16 14-12 Overall; 1-5 MPSF #6<br \/>\n6 San Jose State 11 10-15 Overall; 2-4 MPSF #5<br \/>\n7 Indiana 6 6-17 Overall; 0-6 MPSF #7<\/p>\n<p><em>Content reproduced from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defending conference champion and NCAA runner-up USC placed on top of the 2020 MPSF Women\u2019s Water Polo Coaches\u2019 poll, collecting 33 points and four first-place votes. 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