{"id":485331,"date":"2021-08-15T09:57:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T16:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=485331"},"modified":"2021-08-15T09:57:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T16:57:37","slug":"water-polo-usc-leads-way-with-three-finalists-for-cutino-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/water-polo-usc-leads-way-with-three-finalists-for-cutino-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Polo: USC Leads Way with Three Finalists for Cutino Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Water Polo: USC Leads Way with Three Finalists for Cutino Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three players from USC are among the six finalists for the men\u2019s and women\u2019s Peter J. Cutino Award, announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Finalists for the men\u2019s award as USC\u2019s <strong>Jacob Mercep,<\/strong> UCLA\u2019s <strong>Nicolas Saveljic<\/strong> and the University of California\u2019s <strong>Nikolaos Papanikolaou.<\/strong> On the women\u2019s side, Stanford\u2019s <strong>Sarah Klass<\/strong> is the interloper between USC teammates <strong>Denise Mammolito<\/strong> and <strong>Maud Megens.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With a combined ?\ufe621\ufe0f\u20e3 goals scored in 2021, Trojan seniors and\u270c\ufe0f-time natty champs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maudmegens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Maudmegens<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/denmammo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@denmammo<\/a> are BOTH women&#8217;s finalists for collegiate water polo\u2019s highest honor, the Peter J. Cutino Award! So proud!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FightOn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FightOn<\/a> ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DGKhCAabZx\">pic.twitter.com\/DGKhCAabZx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USC Water Polo (@USCWaterPolo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCWaterPolo\/status\/1426339405740920834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Cutino Award is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/yes-there-will-be-a-cutino-award-in-2020\/\">awarded annually since 1999<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olyclub.com\/cutino-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Olympic Club<\/a> to recognize the best collegiate men\u2019s and women\u2019s water polo players. USA Water Polo will broadcast the award ceremony live on Sept. 2, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/USAWP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its YouTube<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USAWP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook pages<\/a>. The Cutino Award is named after the eight-time NCAA championship coach at Cal.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 finalists represent five countries, with Mammolito and Klass the lone Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Mammolito (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) is a senior driver who helped lead USC to a national title. She was the Trojans\u2019 top scorer with 51 goals and finished 10th in program history with 174 career goals.<\/p>\n<p>Klass, a senior driver from San Ramon, Calif., helped the Cardinal reach the NCAA semifinals. A first-team All-American, she scored 47 goals to lead Stanford. She was second in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) in goals per game at 2.5 and first in sprints won with 67.<\/p>\n<p>Megens hails from Rotterdam, Netherlands. The senior utility player was the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) player of the year and MPSF player of the year. She scored 50 goals for the national champs and tallied 213 career goals, sixth-most in program history. She capped it with six goals in a romp over UCLA in the national title game. Megens was part of the Dutch team at the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>On the men\u2019s side, Saveljic has the national championship credentials. The senior attacker from Montenegro led UCLA to a national title, finishing first on the team and second in the nation with 37 goals. He was third on the Bruins in assists (10) and was tops in the NCAA in steals (30). Saveljic was the ACWPC Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"sl\">Saveljic Named Cutino Award Finalist <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AF5EvEtaKO\">https:\/\/t.co\/AF5EvEtaKO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoBruins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoBruins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UCLA Water Polo (@UCLAWaterPolo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCLAWaterPolo\/status\/1426309136090763265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mercep got USC to the NCAA final. A three-time All-American from Croatia, the senior driver scored 151 goals in his career, 11th in program history, capped by 39 in 2021. He was the leading scorer in the nation this year, and was an NCAA all-tournament and MPSF all-tournament selection.<\/p>\n<p>Papanikolaou is the lone underclassmen of the group, a sophomore center from Athens, Greece. The MPSF player of the year scored 25 goals, made 14 steals and earned 44 ejections. He was a first-team All-American.<\/p>\n<p>The Cutino Award was given only to a man in 2020 due to the pandemic cancellations, with U.S. Olympian <strong>Ben Hallock<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2020\/06\/08\/ben-hallock-wins-2nd-consecutive-cutino-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">winning it for a second consecutive time.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water Polo: USC Leads Way with Three Finalists for Cutino Award Three players from USC are among the six finalists for the men\u2019s and women\u2019s Peter J. 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