Friday, December 1
Los Angeles, Calif.
6:00 PM
USC
16-6
18
vs
10
San Jose State
13-10
1
2
3
4
F
San Jose State
3
2
4
1
10
Southern California
3
6
6
3
18
Team Stats
SJSU
USC
Shots
26
34
Goals
10
18
Assists
4
11
Points
14
29
Exclusions
15
15
Steals
9
10
Sprints
0
4
1
Gal Haimovich
5:20
Mark Kis
4:21
Carson Kranz
3:05
Luka Brnetic
2:13
Mateja Bosic
0:52
Max Miller
0:29
2
Andrej Grgurevic
6:27
Massimo Di Martire
5:28
Mark Kis
3:23
Massimo Di Martire
2:53
Mateja Bosic
2:08
Carson Kranz
1:54
Max Miller
1:33
Tom McGuire
0:47
3
Tom McGuire
4:08
Mateja Bosic
3:57
Tony Nardelli
3:34
Laszlo Szieben
3:21
Massimo Di Martire
3:05
Andrej Grgurevic
2:51
Evan Ausmus
2:06
Nikki Matheisen
1:33
Mitchell Keightley
0:37
Andrej Grgurevic
0:16
4
Max Miller
7:33
Mark Kis
6:01
Joshua Waldoch
4:46
Zac Crenshaw
2:39
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
6
Goals
3
Assists
1
Points
4
Shots
5
Goals
2
Assists
3
Points
5
Shots
4
Goals
3
Assists
0
Points
3
Shots
4
Goals
3
Assists
0
Points
3
Players Mentioned
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Ten Trojans Score As No. 1 USC Men’s Water Polo Secures NCAA Semifinal Spot
December 01, 2023 | Men's Water Polo
USC is through to the semis for the 19th straight season after beating San José State 18-10 in today’s quarterfinal.
LOS ANGELES — The top-ranked USC men's water polo team is through to the NCAA semifinals for the 19th straight season thanks to a solid 18-10 win over San José State in tonight's quarterfinal round. The No. 3 seeded Trojans, who are hosting this year's National Collegiate Men's Water Polo Championship, now turn to take on a familiar foe in No. 2 seed California tomorrow (Dec. 2) in the semis at USC's Uytengsu Aquatics Center. Now 16-6 overall, USC utilized 10 different scorers in tonight's victory over the Spartans.
The Trojans turned a tight first period into a game fully controlled by the hosts. USC trailed early and equalized late in the first frame to snarl things up 3-3 after eight minutes of play. In the second, USC emerged out a one-goal game and made it a four-goal Trojan advantage with a string of goals from Carson Kranz, Max Miller and Tom McGuire in the final two minute of the first half. That had USC up 9-5 for halftime, and the Trojans kept clicking from there. McGuire hammered home his second while Massimo Di Martire and Andrej Grgurevic each had hat tricks in hand by the close of the third. Di Martire's third of the day marked the grad student's 100th career goal as a Trojan, while two more Trojans joined the scoresheet in the third frame on blasts from Tony Nardelli and Evan Ausmus. USC gripped a hefty 15-9 lead entering the fourth, where Miller competed his hat trick, and Joshua Waldoch buried his first to make it 17-10. With 2:30 to go, Zach Bettino fed Zac Crenshaw at set for a booming blast that stood as a the last of the night to cap off an 18-10 semi victory for the Trojans.
NEXT: USC next squares off against California in tomorrow's 4 p.m. NCAA semifinal bout at Uytengsu Aquatics Center.
NOTABLE:
- With three goals tonight, GS Massimo Di Martire hit 100 career goals as a Trojan.
- With three goals tonight, SR Max Miller continues to lead USC in scoring, now with 46 goals this season.
- Miller also leads the team with 15 multiple-goal games this year.
- Di Martire and Miller lead USC in each having scored in 19 different games this season.
- SO Andrej Grgurevic matched his career high of three goal scored tonight.
- Grgurevic and Miller have now each scored in USC's last seven games.
- San José State, coached by former Trojan Gabor Sarusi, was making its first NCAA appearance in 50 years.
2023 NCAA TOURNAMENT
QUARTERFINALS
USC 18, San José State 10
Dec. 1 2023 | Uytengsu Aquatics Complex (Los Angeles, Calif.)
USC 3 - 6 - 6 - 3 = 18
SJSU 3 - 2 - 4 - 1 = 10
SCORING:
USC — Max Miller 3, Andrej Grgurevic 3, Massimo Di Martire 3, Carson Kranz 2, Tom McGuire 2, Luka Brnetic, Tony Nardelli, Evan Ausmus, Joshua Waldoch, Zac Crenshaw.
SJSU — Mark Kis 3, Mateja Bosic 3, Laszlo Szieben, Nikki Matheisen, Gal Halmovich, Mitchell Keightley.
SAVES: Bernardo Herzer (USC) 5, Eric Hubner (USC) 1, Brendon Gyapjas (SJSU) 8.
The Trojans turned a tight first period into a game fully controlled by the hosts. USC trailed early and equalized late in the first frame to snarl things up 3-3 after eight minutes of play. In the second, USC emerged out a one-goal game and made it a four-goal Trojan advantage with a string of goals from Carson Kranz, Max Miller and Tom McGuire in the final two minute of the first half. That had USC up 9-5 for halftime, and the Trojans kept clicking from there. McGuire hammered home his second while Massimo Di Martire and Andrej Grgurevic each had hat tricks in hand by the close of the third. Di Martire's third of the day marked the grad student's 100th career goal as a Trojan, while two more Trojans joined the scoresheet in the third frame on blasts from Tony Nardelli and Evan Ausmus. USC gripped a hefty 15-9 lead entering the fourth, where Miller competed his hat trick, and Joshua Waldoch buried his first to make it 17-10. With 2:30 to go, Zach Bettino fed Zac Crenshaw at set for a booming blast that stood as a the last of the night to cap off an 18-10 semi victory for the Trojans.
NEXT: USC next squares off against California in tomorrow's 4 p.m. NCAA semifinal bout at Uytengsu Aquatics Center.
NOTABLE:
- With three goals tonight, GS Massimo Di Martire hit 100 career goals as a Trojan.
- With three goals tonight, SR Max Miller continues to lead USC in scoring, now with 46 goals this season.
- Miller also leads the team with 15 multiple-goal games this year.
- Di Martire and Miller lead USC in each having scored in 19 different games this season.
- SO Andrej Grgurevic matched his career high of three goal scored tonight.
- Grgurevic and Miller have now each scored in USC's last seven games.
- San José State, coached by former Trojan Gabor Sarusi, was making its first NCAA appearance in 50 years.
2023 NCAA TOURNAMENT
QUARTERFINALS
USC 18, San José State 10
Dec. 1 2023 | Uytengsu Aquatics Complex (Los Angeles, Calif.)
USC 3 - 6 - 6 - 3 = 18
SJSU 3 - 2 - 4 - 1 = 10
SCORING:
USC — Max Miller 3, Andrej Grgurevic 3, Massimo Di Martire 3, Carson Kranz 2, Tom McGuire 2, Luka Brnetic, Tony Nardelli, Evan Ausmus, Joshua Waldoch, Zac Crenshaw.
SJSU — Mark Kis 3, Mateja Bosic 3, Laszlo Szieben, Nikki Matheisen, Gal Halmovich, Mitchell Keightley.
SAVES: Bernardo Herzer (USC) 5, Eric Hubner (USC) 1, Brendon Gyapjas (SJSU) 8.
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