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Page 1: 2007 IN REVIEW - SIDEARM Sports · Davidson and Sbutega were named honorable mention All- America selections. Back row (left to right): student manager Carter Brutschy, Matt Kellogg,
Page 2: 2007 IN REVIEW - SIDEARM Sports · Davidson and Sbutega were named honorable mention All- America selections. Back row (left to right): student manager Carter Brutschy, Matt Kellogg,

2007 IN REVIEW

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UCLA 13, Stanford 9 (Sept. 16)Stanford (3-2) 2 2 3 2 9UCLA (7-1) 4 3 2 4 13Sbutega (4), Simpkins (3), Jacobs (2), Jemmett (2), Jorth, Santos

UCLA 12, UC Irvine 11 (sv-OT, Sept. 22)UC Irvine (4-3) 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 11UCLA (8-1) 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 12Sbutega (3), Greiner (2), Krikorian, March, Powell, Santos

Stanford 7, UCLA 6 (Sept. 29)UCLA (8-2) 3 2 0 1 6Stanford (5-2) 2 2 3 0 7Hohl (2), Davidson, Johnson, Santos, Swanson

UCLA 17, Santa Clara 5 (Sept. 30)UCLA (9-2) 5 3 4 5 17Santa Clara (8-8) 2 1 2 0 5Johnson (4), Sbutega (4), Consani (2), Jorth (2), Davidson, Healy, Jemmett, Santos, C. Smith

UCLA 20, UC Santa Cruz 3 (Sept. 30)UCLA (10-2) 7 5 5 3 20UCSC (5-11) 0 1 1 1 3C. Smith (4), Healy (3), Kuga (3), Consani (2), Jemmett (2), Jorth (2), Hohl, Jacobs, Johnson, Schmidt

UCLA 12, UC Irvine 5 (Oct. 5)UCLA (11-2) 1 7 3 1 12UC Irvine (6-4) 3 1 0 1 5Johnson (3), Santos (2), Davidson, Jacobs, Jemmett, Jorth, Kuga, Sbutega, Simpkins

UCLA 16, Brown 4 (Oct. 6)Brown (9-6) 2 1 0 1 4UCLA (12-2) 5 5 3 3 16Murphy (3), Jacobs (2), Schmidt (2), Swanson (2), Consani, Healy, Jemmett, Johnson, Jorth, Kuga, Santos

UCLA 8, Loyola Marymount 6 (Sept. 6)UCLA (1-0) 3 1 2 2 8LMU (2-3) 2 1 2 1 6Hohl (3), Davidson (2), Santos (2), Simpkins

UCLA 22, Pomona-Pitzer 3 (Sept. 8)UCLA (2-0) 5 6 7 4 22Pomona-Pitzer (0-5) 1 1 1 0 3Santos (3), C. Smith (3), Swanson (3), Davidson (2), Hohl (2), Allen, Consani, Jacobs, Jemmett, Johnson, Jorth, Kuga, Schmidt, Simpkins

UCLA 18, Occidental 3 (Sept. 8)UCLA (3-0) 7 2 5 4 18Occidental (0-1) 0 2 1 0 3Davidson (2), Johnson (2), Jorth (2), C. Smith (2), Allen, Consani, Flacks, Jacobs, Jemmett, Kuga, Murphy, Santos, Simpkins, Swanson

UCLA 16, Redlands 5 (Sept. 8)UCLA (4-0) 5 4 3 4 16Redlands (1-2) 1 1 2 1 5C. Smith (3), Consani (2), Davidson (2), Schmidt (2), Hohl, Jacobs, Jemmett, Johnson, Jorth, Kuga, Swanson

UCLA 15, Santa Clara 4 (Sept. 15)UCLA (5-0) 4 4 4 3 15Santa Clara (2-4) 1 1 2 0 4Sbutega (3), Consani (2), Davidson, Healy, Hohl, Jacobs, Jemmett, Johnson, Jorth, Santos, Schmidt, Swanson

UCLA 7, Pepperdine 5 (OT, Sept. 15)UCLA (6-0) 0 2 1 2 2 0 7Pepperdine (9-2) 0 2 1 2 0 0 5Sbutega (2), Jacobs, Johnson, Kuga, Santos, C. Smith

California 10, UCLA 8 (Sept. 16)UCLA (6-1) 2 2 2 2 8California (9-0) 1 5 3 1 10Johnson (2), Kuga (2), Allen, Davidson, Hohl, Jacobs

UCLA 15, Pacific 10 (Oct. 13)Pacific (11-9) 1 2 2 5 10UCLA (13-2) 8 2 3 2 15Jacobs (3), Hohl (3), Consani (2), Santos (2), Davidson, Johnson, Kuga, Murphy, Simpkins

UCLA 11, Pepperdine 6 (Oct. 13)Pepperdine (18-4) 2 1 3 0 6UCLA (14-2) 4 3 2 2 11Davidson (3), Kuga (3), Santos (3), Hohl, Swanson

USC 7, UCLA 6 (Oct. 14)UCLA (14-3) 2 1 1 2 6USC (11-0) 2 1 4 0 7Davidson (2), Jemmett, Johnson, Jorth, Sbutega

California 8, UCLA 7 (Oct. 14)UCLA (14-4) 3 2 1 1 7California (16-2) 1 4 2 1 8Davidson, Jacobs, Jemmett, Johnson, Jorth, Santos, Sbutega

California 8, UCLA 7 (Oct. 20)California (17-2) 3 0 2 3 8UCLA (14-5) 2 1 1 3 7Davidson (2), Santos (2), Hohl, Johnson, Kuga

UCLA 16, Pacific 6 (Oct. 21)Pacific (13-14) 1 1 2 2 6UCLA (15-5) 4 3 5 4 16Davidson (3), Healy (3), Sbutega (2), C. Smith (2), Consani, Jacobs, Johnson, Murphy, Santos, Simpkins

UCLA 9, USC 5 (Oct. 28)USC (13-1) 1 2 0 2 5UCLA (16-5) 2 2 2 3 9Davidson (2), Sbutega (2), Jacobs, Jemmett, Santos, Simpkins, Swanson

UCLA 14, UC San Diego 6 (Nov. 3)UCLA (17-5) 4 5 1 4 14UCSD (10-14) 1 2 0 3 6Swanson (3), Jemmett (2), Jorth (2), Santos (2), Davidson, Hohl, Johnson, Murphy, C. Smith

UCLA 14, UC Santa Barbara 6 (Nov. 10)UCSB (17-11) 1 2 1 2 6UCLA (18-5) 3 4 4 3 14Hohl (4), Sbutega (3), Davidson (2), Jemmett (2), Jacobs, Santos, Swanson

Pepperdine 7, UCLA 6 (6 OT, Nov. 17)Pepperdine (18-11) 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 7UCLA (18-6) 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6Davidson (3), Jemmett, Hohl, Sbutega

UCLA 9, Long Beach State 7 (Nov. 18)UCLA (19-6) 4 4 0 1 9L.B. State (17-12) 2 2 2 1 7Sbutega (4), Davidson (2), Johnson (2), Santos (2), Jacobs, Kuga, C. Smith

UC Irvine 10, UCLA 9 (sv-OT, Nov. 23)UC Irvine (13-10) 4 1 0 2 1 1 1 10UCLA (19-7) 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 9Davidson (3), Sbutega (2), Hohl, Jacobs, Johnson, Santos

UCLA 13, Long Beach State 9 (OT, Nov. 24)L.B. State (19-14) 0 2 5 1 1 0 9UCLA (20-7) 1 1 4 2 3 2 13Sbutega (4), Davidson (2), Johnson (2), Santos (2), Jacobs, Kuga, C. Smith

UCLA 15, UC Santa Barbara 8 (Nov. 25)UCSB (19-14) 3 2 0 3 8UCLA (21-7) 3 5 4 3 15Davidson (3), Sbutega (3), Santos (2), Healy, Hohl, Jemmett, Johnson, Jorth, Swanson, C. Smith

UCLA finished the 2007 season with a 21-7 overall record, compiling a 5-3 MPSF mark and a final No. 5 national ranking. The Bruins finished fifth at season-culminating MPSF Tournament after having posted third-place and fourth-place finishes, respectively, at the NorCal and SoCal Tournaments.

Led by five seniors, the Bruins logged their first victory over crosstown rival USC since 2005, a 9-5 decision, handing the Trojans their first loss of the fall and knocking them from the top spot in the weekly rankings. UCLA played three games into sudden-victory overtime, including an epic six-overtime defeat on Senior Day to Pepperdine, 7-6.

Sophomore Scott Davidson led the Bruins with 49 goals, the most by any UCLA player since Brett Ormsby logged 70 goals as a senior in 2004. Junior Krsto Sbutega registered 35 goals and seniors Marco Santos and Justin Johnson rounded out UCLA’s top four scorers with 32 and 31 goals, respectively.

Among the team’s most memorable individual performances came in a sudden-victory overtime win over UC Irvine (12-11), on Sept. 22, when Davidson netted a career-high five goals. Davidson’s fifth goal helped the Bruins close a 9-7 deficit in regulation, before Johnson broke an 11-11 deadlock one minute, 31 seconds into the first sudden-victory overtime session.

Freshman Ben Hohl contributed 27 goals, the fifth-highest total on the team, including a game-high three goals in his first collegiate contest - an 8-6 UCLA win at Loyola Marymount in the season opener. Hohl finished his first season at UCLA with six multiple-goal games, including a four-goal attack against UC Santa Barbara.

Sophomore Chay Lapin led UCLA’s talented defense, recording 198 saves in the cage. Lapin finished the year having earned third-team All-America accolades and second-team All-MPSF honors. Lapin posted a 6.90 goals against average, the fourth-lowest mark among all MPSF goalkeepers

UCLA received 20-goal efforts from seven players, including senior Matthew Jacobs (22) and sophomore Tyler Jemmett (20). Seven other Bruins each contributed 10 goals or more, as senior Cameron Smith netted 19 goals, sophomore Scott Swanson registered 18 and sophomores Clay Jorth and Kevin Kuga netted 17.

The Bruins began the 2007 campaign with six consecutive victories before dropping their first match to California in a NorCal Tournament semifinal match. UCLA bounced back that afternoon with a 13-9 win over Stanford to finish third at the annual tournament. The Bruins split their first two conference

2007 BOX SCORES

matches and collected three wins against non-MPSF teams before posting a fourth-place finish at the SoCal Tournament.

Following a down-to-the-wire loss to California at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center, UCLA rebounded with a victory the next day against Pacific before capturing its signature win of the season against USC (Oct. 28) at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. UCLA entered the MPSF Tournament having won four of its previous five games.

The Bruins absorbed a 10-9, sudden-victory overtime loss to UC Irvine in the first round of the MPSF Tournament, ending UCLA’s chances of advancing to the NCAA Tournament. UCLA answered with conference tournament victories against Long Beach State and UC Santa Barbara.

Five Bruins earned All-MPSF honors at season’s end, as Davidson, Lapin, Santos and Sbutega were named second-team selections. Johnson earned third-team All-MPSF honors. Johnson, Lapin and Santos each gained ACWPC All-America accolades, and Davidson and Sbutega were named honorable mention All-America selections.

Back row (left to right): student manager Carter Brutschy, Matt Kellogg, Cole Consani, Ben Hohl, Tyler Smith, Marco Santos, Justin Johnson, Kyle Healy, Kevin Schmidt, Nick Zakula, Chay Lapin, Andrew Mesesan, assistant coach Brandon Brooks; middle row (left to right): assistant coach Matt Flesher, head coach Adam Krikorian, Tyler Jemmett, Krsto Sbutega, Chris Allen, Kevin Kuga, Cameron Smith, Brian Flacks, Matthew Jacobs, Brett Hays, Jacob Murphy, staff athletic trainer Jenny Nickerson, student athletic trainers Chau Bui and Anna Cao; front row (left to right): Russell Simpkins, Clay Jorth, Scott Swanson, Scott Davidson, Cullen Hennessy, Matt Preciado, Alex Lawrence.

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STATISTICS AND RESULTS

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2007 STATISTICS – Record: 21-7 Overall, 5-3 MPSFName GP/GS G ATT PCT AST STL EE PFChris Allen 28/26 3 15 20% 1 8 8 14Cole Consani 16/1 13 30 43% 1 5 12 7Scott Davidson 27/26 49 113 43% 13 8 5 12Brian Flacks 7/0 1 7 14% 5 2 1 2Kyle Healy 15/0 10 14 71% 2 8 0 12Ben Hohl 28/27 27 61 44% 23 12 1 16Matthew Jacobs 28/4 22 43 51% 19 25 4 3Tyler Jemmett 28/0 20 45 44% 7 12 3 8Justin Johnson 28/1 31 71 44% 3 12 24 10Clay Jorth 28/4 18 39 46% 6 2 1 10Matt Kellogg 7/7 0 0 ----- 10 5 0 0Kevin Kuga 28/1 17 32 53% 8 18 5 14Chay Lapin 21/21 0 0 ----- 8 8 0 0Alex Lawrence 2/0 0 0 ----- 0 0 0 0Jacob Murphy 17/0 9 19 47% 1 5 4 3Marco Santos 28/27 32 76 42% 1 10 36 9Krsto Sbutega 23/23 35 78 45% 25 24 10 15Kevin Schmidt 14/1 7 14 50% 15 3 5 5Russell Simpkins 28/2 10 22 45% 5 5 1 21Cameron Smith 28/1 19 42 45% 6 18 4 5Scott Swanson 25/21 18 42 43% 6 10 3 6

TOTALS 28/28 341 763 45% 148 187 76 172

Goalkeepers GP/GS QP SV GA GAA MPMatt Kellogg 7/7 26+ 46 36 5.14 213:34Chay Lapin 21/21 84 198 145 6.90 716:09Alex Lawrence 2/0 1+ 2 2 1.00 10:26

TOTALS 28/28 112 246 183 6.54 940:09LEGEND: GP/GS - Games played/Games Started, G - Goals, ATT - Attempts, PCT - Scoring Percentage, AST - Assists, STL - Steals, EE - Earned Ejections, PF - Personal Fouls, QP - Quarter Played, SV - Saves, GA - Goals Against, GAA - Goals Against Average, MP - Minutes Played

2007 RESULTS Date W/L UCLA OPP. OPPONENT RECORD MPSF9/6 W 8 6 No. 12 Loyola Marymount 1-09/8^ W 22 3 Pomona-Pitzer 2-09/8^ W 18 3 Occidental 3-09/8^ W 16 5 Redlands 4-09/15# W 15 4 Santa Clara 5-09/15# W 7 5 No. 6 Pepperdine (OT) 6-09/16# L 8 10 No. 2 California 6-19/16# W 13 9 No. 4 Stanford 7-19/22 W 12 11 No. 6 UC Irvine (sv-OT) 8-19/29 L 6 7 No. 4 Stanford 8-2 0-19/30 W 17 5 No. 20 Santa Clara 9-29/30 W 20 3 UC Santa Cruz 10-210/5* W 12 5 No. 6 UC Irvine 11-2 1-110/6 W 16 4 No. 20 Brown 12-210/13% W 15 10 No. 15 Pacific 13-210/13% W 11 6 No. 5 Pepperdine 14-210/14% L 6 7 No. 1 USC 14-310/14% L 7 8 No. 2 California 14-410/20* L 7 8 No. 3 California 14-5 1-210/21* W 16 6 No. 13 Pacific 15-5 2-210/28* W 9 5 No. 1 USC 16-5 3-211/3 W 14 6 No. 14 UC San Diego 17-511/10* W 14 6 No. 7 UC Santa Barbara 18-5 4-211/17* L 6 7 No. 7 Pepperdine (sv-OT) 18-6 4-311/18* W 9 7 No. 8 Long Beach State 19-6 5-311/23^^ L 9 10 No. 5 UC Irvine (sv-OT) 19-7 11/24^^ W 13 9 No. 8 Long Beach State (OT) 20-711/25^^ W 15 8 No. 7 UC Santa Barbara 21-7TOTALS 341 183 21-7 5-3* MPSF match^ Inland Empire Classic (hosted by Redlands)# NorCalTournament(hostedbyCalifornia)–3rdplace% SoCalTournament(hostedbyUCIrvine)–4thplace^^ MPSFTournament(hostedbyCalifornia)–5thplace

UCLA TEAM LEADERSGoals1. Scott Davidson 492. Krsto Sbutega 353. Marco Santos 324. Justin Johnson 315. Ben Hohl 27

Attempts1. Scott Davidson 1132. Krsto Sbutega 783. Marco Santos 764. Justin Johnson 715. Ben Hohl 61

Assists1. Krsto Sbutega 252. Ben Hohl 233. Matthew Jacobs 19

Steals1. Matthew Jacobs 252. Krsto Sbutega 243. Kevin Kuga 183. Cameron Smith 18

FINAL 2007 NATIONAL TOP 20 POLL School Points 1. California 100 2. USC 95 3. UC Irvine 88 4. Stanford 84 5. UCLA 81 6. UC Santa Barbara 73 7. Navy 68 7. Pepperdine 68 9. Long Beach State 60 10. Loyola Marymount 58 11. UC Davis 51 12. St. Francis College 45 13. Pacific 40 14. Air Force 35 15. Santa Clara 28 16. UC San Diego 22 17. George Washington 21 18. Cal Baptist 14 19. Bucknell 10 20. Brown 7

UCLA IN ThE 2007 POLLSWeek (date of release) RankPreseason 31 (Sept. 5) 32 (Sept. 12) 33 (Sept. 19) 34 (Sept. 26) 35 (Oct. 3) 46 (Oct. 10) 47 (Oct. 17) 48 (Oct. 24) 3 9 (Oct. 31) 210 (Nov. 7) 3 11 (Nov. 14) 312 (Nov. 21) 313 (Nov. 28) 4Final (Dec. 5) 5

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MOUNTAIN PACIFIC SPORTS FEDERATION

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2007 MPSF TOURNAMENT RESULTS1st Place: USC 10, UC Irvine 63rd Place: California 12, Stanford 95th Place: UCLA 15, UC Santa Barbara 87th Place: Pepperdine 13, Long Beach State 10

2007 MPSF STANDINGS MPSF OvERALLSChOOL W L PCT hOME AWAy W L PCT hOME AWAy NEUTCalifornia (1)** 7 1 .875 5-0 2-1 28 4 .875 14-2 5-1 9-1USC (2)*^ 6 2 .750 4-0 2-2 19 3 .864 5-0 3-2 11-1Stanford (4) 5 3 .625 3-1 2-2 17 8 .680 8-1 4-3 5-4UCLA (5) 5 3 .625 3-2 2-1 21 7 .750 5-2 6-2 10-3UC Irvine (3) 4 4 .500 2-2 2-2 14 11 .560 6-5 5-3 3-3Pepperdine (7) 3 5 .375 2-1 1-4 27 10 .730 6-1 2-4 19-5UC Santa Barbara (6) 3 5 .375 1-3 2-2 19 14 .576 1-3 7-5 11-6Long Beach State (8) 2 6 .250 1-2 1-4 17 15 .531 6-4 6-5 5-6Pacific (14) 1 7 .125 1-3 0-4 14 17 .452 5-5 2-6 7-6Final National Ranking in Parenthesis, ** NCAA Champions, * NCAA Tournament Qualifier, ^ MPSF Champion

First Team Yr. Pos. SchoolTommy Corcoran Sr. 2M USCTim Hutten Sr. 2M UC IrvineColin Mello Sr. ATT UC IrvineZac Monsees Sr. ATT CaliforniaMatt Sagehorn So. ATT USCMichael Sharf Sr. UTL CaliforniaAdam Shilling Sr. GK USCSpencer Warden So. UTL CaliforniaSage Wright So. ATT Stanford

Second Team yr. Pos. SchoolDragan Bakic Sr. UTL PacificScott Davidson So. ATT UCLAMilos Golic Fr. UTL UCSBChay Lapin So. GK UCLAMarco Santos Sr. 2M UCLAGabor Sarusi Sr. 2M USCKrsto Sbutega Jr. ATT UCLAMark Sheredy Sr. GK CaliforniaRoss Sinclair Sr. ATT UCSB

2007 ALL-MPSF SELECTIONS

Third Team yr. Pos. SchoolAdam Hewko Jr. ATT PepperdineWill Hindle-Katel Jr. 2M StanfordSandy Hoehner Sr. GK StanfordJustin Johnson Sr. UTL UCLAJ.W. Krumpholz So. 2M USCSteve MacKenzie Sr. GK L.B. StateGrant Miller Jr. ATT PepperdineJeff Tyrrell Sr. 2M CaliforniaDrac Wigo So. ATT StanfordJanson Wigo So. ATT Stanford

honorable Mention yr. Pos. SchoolCole Bielskis Jr. UTL UC IrvineCole Bitter Sr. 2M UC IrvineTravis Buchanan Sr. ATT L.B. StateShea Buckner So. 2M USCMichael Bury Sr. 2M StanfordMatt Garcia Sr. GK UC IrvineAdam Haley Sr. DEF CaliforniaBrandon Johnson Fr. ATT UC IrvineDuje Kaurloto Sr. ATT PacificJake Kinne Jr. DEF L.B. StateArjan Ligtenberg Jr. 2M USC

JP MacDonell So. ATT PepperdineClint Wilson Sr. ATT L.B. StateZsombor Vincze So. UTL UCSB

Player of the year yr. Pos. SchoolTim Hutten Sr. 2M UC Irvine

Newcomer of the year yr. Pos. SchoolMilos Golic Fr. UTL UCSB

Coaches of the year yr. SchoolGavin Arroyo 2nd Long Beach StateMarc Hunt 3rd UC Irvine

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) was established during the 1992-1993 academic year to serve the competitive needs of member institutions from the Big West, Pacific-10, Mountain West, Western Athletic and West Coast Conferences and other selected universities in the western United States; and to provide championship competition for Division I intercollegiate Olympic sports in a conference setting. The MPSF was originally formed to provide enhanced competition and championship opportunities for sports without conference affiliation; to contain the costs of competition; and to ensure the survival of sports impacted by Title IX and other fiscal pressures. The Federation has served as an incubator for emerging women’s sports and as a safe harbor for sports impacted by conference realignments. In 2006-2007, the Federation celebrated its 15th year of competition and is affirmed that is more relevant today than at any other time since its inception. As a testament to its viability, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation continues to successfully ride the ever-changing wave of college sports by fostering contraction and expansion of its intercollegiate athletics portfolio to meet the dynamic needs of its member institutions and conferences. Since its inception, MPSF teams have won 49 NCAA team championships and many individual titles as well.

In 2008-2009, the MPSF will again provide competition in nine Olympic intercollegiate sports while serving over 1,500 student-athletes and approximately 75 head coaches from 32 universities in 12 western states. All MPSF teams compete at the NCAA Division I level in men’s soccer, men’s and women’s water polo, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men’s and women’s gymnastics, women’s lacrosse and men’s volleyball. All MPSF champions are eligible to compete in NCAA Championships with MPSF men’s soccer, men’s and women’s water polo, and men’s volleyball champions earning automatic qualification into NCAA championship events.

In 2007-2008, five MPSF teams won NCAA championships to total 53 NCAA team titles since the Federation’s first season of competition in 1992-93. Almost a score of Federation teams and hundreds of student-athletes competed in NCAA post-season competition. California started things off by winning their second-consecutive NCAA men’s water polo title last fall. Arizona State pulled off a double win with both the Sun Devils’ men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams taking NCAA crowns, after the women won both the MPSF and NCAA titles for the second year in a row. Oklahoma then won the NCAA men’s gymnastics title, also after taking the MPSF championship. This was the Sooners fifth NCAA crown in seven seasons and fourth-consecutive MPSF title with nine outright or co-conference titles in the past 10 seasons. UCLA capped the season by repeating as NCAA women’s water polo champions after winning the MPSF title, pulling off dual titles for the second year in a row.

Other Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Champions for the 2007-2008 season include New Mexico’s fourth-consecutive conference title in men’s soccer, the Lobos’ sixth in seven years; Oregon won it’s first-ever MPSF men’s indoor track and field championship while UC Davis added the Aggies’ first MPSF women’s gymnastics title. Pepperdine won its fourth MPSF men’s volleyball title before losing to Penn State in the NCAA final.

Al Beaird has been the Federation’s only executive director, taking the reigns after being selected by the MPSF Administrative Committee in December 1997 after a national search. Beaird’s position was established as a result of the Federation’s continued growth and emerging tradition of NCAA and national championship caliber play, including 38 NCAA team championships during his tenure. Beaird, who formerly served on the athletics staff at his alma mater UC Davis, where the integration of student and athlete is a long-rooted philosophy, oversees the administration of all Federation sports, having worked closely with administrators and coaches from more than

40 different universities over the course of his administration. Beaird presided over the transition of the Federation from what was initially a scheduling alliance to what is now a nationally recognized NCAA Division I multi-sports conference. Beaird directs all aspects of MPSF competition, including championships, officiating, rules compliance, scheduling, media relations, broadcasting, sponsorships and NCAA relations, while also shaping conference legislation, facilitating annual meetings and providing direction and communication for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Administrative and Executive Committees. In 2004, Beaird completed a four-year term, three years as chair, on the NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championships Committee and one year as chair of the inaugural NCAA Men’s and Women’s Water Polo Rules Committee. Beaird feels privileged to work with coaches and student-athletes who compete at the highest levels, including many who compete on USA national teams as coaches or players in international and Olympic competition. With his high level of involvement in NCAA Olympic sports, Beaird is often called upon to serve as liaison to the national governing bodies for amateur athletics in the United States and the United States Olympic Committee. Beaird received his undergraduate degree in physical education from UC Davis in 1977 before attaining his Masters of Business Administration (Marketing emphasis) from California State University, Sacramento in 1993. Beaird, who lives in Woodland, California, has two daughters who are active in high school and club sports.

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2007 SENIORS

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Four-year letterwinner • UtilityMission Viejo, Calif. (Mission Viejo)6-7 • 235

justin

JOhNSON

CAREER hIGhLIGhTS – Four-year letterwinner under head coachAdamKrikorian...earnedthird-team ACWPC All-America and third-team All-MPSF honors his senior season...twice scored four goals in a game...played in all but two matches in his final three seasons...scored the game-winning goal in sudden-victory overtime against UC Irvine his senior season (Sept. 22, 2007), leading UCLA to a thrilling 12-11 win at home.

JUSTIN JOhNSON’S CAREER STATISTICSyear GP/GS G ATT PCT AST STL2004 8/0 1 3 33% 1 52005 27/0 24 53 45% 6 102006 23/0 15 31 48% 7 122007 28/1 31 71 44% 3 12Totals 86/1 71 158 45% 17 39

Four-year letterwinner • CenterMiami Beach, Fla. (Miami Beach Senior)6-4 • 220

marco

SANTOS

CAREER hIGhLIGhTS – Four-year letterwinner under head coachAdamKrikorian...earnedsecond-team ACWPC All-America honors as a senior; gained honorable mention All-America accolades as a junior...captured second-team All-MPSF honors as a junior and senior...finished third on the team in goals scored as a junior (27) and senior (32)...scored in 21 of 28 matches his senior season, including nine multiple-goal efforts.

MARCO SANTOS’ CAREER STATISTICSyear GP/GS G ATT PCT AST STL2004 23/0 9 17 53% 3 72005 27/10 18 46 39% 7 32006 23/22 27 63 43% 6 112007 28/27 32 76 44% 2 10Totals 101/59 86 202 43% 18

Four-year letterwinner • AttackerSanta Cruz, Calif. (Soquel)6-3 • 195

matthew

JACOBS

CAREER hIGhLIGhTS–Four-yearletterwinnerunderheadcoachAdamKrikorian...playedinall108 matches in four seasons at UCLA...earned ACWPC All-America academic “excellent” honors as a junior and senior...gained Academic All-MPSF honors as a freshman, junior and senior...played a role in leading UCLA to the 2004 NCAA Championship as a freshman...registered 11 multiple-goal games in his career.

MATThEW JACOBS’ CAREER STATISTICSyear GP/GS G ATT PCT AST STL2004 28/0 13 39 33% 8 122005 29/14 21 54 39% 7 142006 23/0 13 31 42% 8 152007 28/4 22 43 51% 19 25Totals 108/18 69 167 41% 42 66

Four-year letterwinner • GoalkeeperAlamo, Calif. (San Ramon Valley)6-4 • 200

matt

KELLOGG

CAREER hIGhLIGhTS – Four-year letterwinner under head coachAdamKrikorian...earnedthe Jack Bariteau Jr. “Most Inspirational Award”, an honor decided by the team, at the team’s year-end banquet...played in 15 career matches, making 10 starts...logged a 3.33 career goals against average in over 340 minutes...registered a career-high 10 saves in a 15-4 victory over Santa Clara at the NorCal Tournament (Sept. 15, 2007).

MATT KELLOGG’S CAREER STATISTICSyear GP/GS QP SV GA GAA MP2004 1/0 1 2 2 8.00 7:002005 5/3 15 27 11 2.20 104:002006 2/0 2 8 1 0.50 16:002007 7/7 26 46 36 5.14 213:34Totals 15/10 44 83 50 3.33 340:34

Four-year letterwinner • AttackerManoa, hawaii (Punahou)6-1 • 180

cameron

SMITh

CAREER hIGhLIGhTS–Four-yearletterwinnerunderheadcoachAdamKrikorian...playedinevery match as a sophomore (29) and senior (28)...finished his four-year career with 36 goals on 84 attempts...recorded 18 steals as a senior, the third-highest total on the team...also netted five multiple-goal games his senior season, including a career-best four goals against UC Santa Cruz (Sept. 30, 2007)...scored two goals in the 2007 MPSF Tournament.

CAMERON SMITh’S CAREER STATISTICSyear GP/GS G ATT PCT AST STL2004 9/0 5 9 56% 3 72005 29/0 7 21 33% 3 142006 12/0 5 12 42% 3 32007 28/1 19 42 45% 6 18Totals 78/1 36 84 43% 15 42