LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15. DANTE Dettamante may have left the deck but John Vargas is proving to be a more than capable replacement.<\/p>\n
Dettamante, who retired as Stanford men's water polo coach last year after winning a record-tying eighth NCAA Championship (and the Cardinal's ninth overall), has been replaced by former Corona del Mar High headman John Vargas — but the beat still goes on and on and on.<\/p>\n
In the finals of the So-Cal Tournament this evening at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium on the campus of USC, Stanford toppled Coach Ed Newlin's U Cal Irvine Anteaters, 10-6.<\/p>\n
Stanford, ranked No. 1 in the U.S. Water Polo Assn.'s Coaches' poll, is now 6-zip for the season. Irvine, which last won the NCAA Championship in 1989 and which had opened last weekend at home with an impressive victory over then No. 2-ranked UCLA, is 5-1.<\/p>\n
Stanford reached the finals with a hard-fought 8-7 win over No. 4 California. Irvine, scoring a pair of goals in the final quarter, held off UOP in the other semifinal match.<\/p>\n
Cal overcame a 6-4 UOP halftime lead to take third place in the tournament with a hard-fought 9-7 win.<\/p>\n
In the fifth-place match, UCLA defeated USC in overtime, 8-7.<\/p>\n
Stanford got a big lift in the finals from junior Mike Derse, who scored three goals. U.S. National team members Tony Azevedo, Peter Hudnut and senior Jeff Guyman added two apiece and Nesmith tallied one. Nick Ellis remained strong in goal, recording three saves as the Cardinal won handily.<\/p>\n
Irvine's "big gun" was driver Jeff Powers, an All-America two years ago who sat out last season, with three goals and teammate Dreason Barry scored twice.<\/p>\n
— Bill Bell<\/p>\n
GAME SUMMARIES<\/p>\n
SoCal Tournament
\nSept. 15, 2002<\/p>\n
CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINAL (1)
\nCal (2-1) 0-2-1-4—7
\nStanford (5-0) 1-4-1-2—8<\/p>\n
Cal Goals: Will Quist 3, Attila Banhidy 3, Andrew Stoddard
\nStan Goals: Peter Hudnut 3, Tony Azevado 3, Greg Crum, Jeff Nesmith
\nCal Saves: Tim Kates 6
\nStan Saves: Nick Ellis 9<\/p>\n
CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINAL (2)
\nUC Irvine (4-0) 3-3-1-2—9
\nPacific (3-1) 3-3-1-1—8<\/p>\n
UCI Goals: Dreason Barry 4, Rick Merlo, Garrett Gentry, Dan Noon, Phil Garcia, Jeff Powers
\nUOP Goals: Nic Hepner 3, Sasha Maese 3, Chris Nowak, Eddie Wisniewski
\nUCI Saves: Doug Finfrock 5
\nUOP Saves: Laurie Trettel 9<\/p>\n
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL<\/p>\n
UC Irvine (4-1) 2-3-0-1—6
\nStanford (6-0) 4-3-1-2—10<\/p>\n
Stanford Scoring: Mike Derse 3, Tony Azevedo 2, Peter Hudnut 2, Jeff Guyman 2, Jeff Nesmith 1.
\nUCI scorers: Jeff Powers 3, Dreason Barry 2, Garrett Gentry 1.
\nGoalie Saves: Nick Ellis (Stan) 3<\/p>\n
FIFTH-PLACE MATCH (Overtime)
\nUCLA (3-2) 3-3-1-0-2-0—9
\nUSC (6-2) 0-3-3-1-0-0—7<\/p>\n
UCLA Goals: Michael March 3, Brett Ormsby 2, Matt Flesher 2, Albert Garcia, Peter Belden
\nUSC Goals: Jaraj Zatovic 3, Predrag Damjanov, Cameron Kaiser, Gadi Hadar, Jordan Hewko
\nUCLA Saves: Brandon Brooks 13
\nUSC Saves: Bozidar Damjanovic 4
\nGame #21 – Third-Place Match
\nPacific (3-2) 4-2-1-0—7
\nCal (3-1) 1-3-3-2—9<\/p>\n
UOP Goals: Eddie Wisniewski 3, Jarrod Cruzat 2, Nic Hepner 2
\nCal Goals: Chris Lathrop 3, Attila Banhady 2, Will Quist 2, Andrew Stoddard, Rob Arroyo
\nUOP Saves: Laurie Trettel 7
\nCal Saves: Russell Bernstein 9<\/p>\n
Game #23 – Ninth-Place Match
\nNavy (5-3) 4-4-6-0—14
\nLoyola Marymount (3-5) 1-0-0-2—3<\/p>\n
Navy Goals: Joe Donahue 3, Adrian Rawn 2, Paul Kepner 2, Patrick Rollo 2, Alex Ratcliffe 2, Joe Snelgrove, Ben Ceniseroz, Tim Fox
\nLMU Goals: Eric Lefebvre, Endre Rex-Kiss, Trevor Wagner
\nNavy Saves: Cody Acuna 6
\nLMU Saves: Kevin Paulsen 5<\/p>\n
Game #24 – 11th-Place Match
\nUC Santa Barbara (2-4) 6-2-1-2—11
\nUC San Diego (4-6) 2-2-3-3—10<\/p>\n
UCSB Goals: Anthony Borasi 3, Mark Welch 3, Doug Arthur 2, David Letts 2, Steven Traverso
\nUCSD Goals: Jonathan Hopkins 3, Clark Petersen 2, Brandon Borson 2, Matt Ellis 2, Kevin Smoker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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