Women's Water Polo Wins Long Beach State Tournament
April 15, 2001 | Women's Water Polo
April 14, 2001
LONG BEACH -- Junior Sofia Konoukh scored seven goals in the championship match as the No. 3 USC Trojans defeated the host Long Beach Staet 49ers, 15-6, at the Long Beach State Tournament. The Women of Troy went 6-0 in the two-day tournament, outscoring opponents by a 95-19 margin.
USC has won its last 14 straight matches.
The Women of Troy's outstanding freshmen goalie duo of Courtney Lee and Kelly Graff recorded two saves each in the championship match.
Konoukh now has a team-leading 86 goals for the season after recording 28 goals in six matches at the Long Beach State Tournament.
1 2 3 4 OT Final
USC (19-3) 6 6 5 8 -- 25
UC Santa Cruz (14-14) 0 0 0 0 -- 0
Goalie Saves:
USC: Courtney Lee (14)
UCSC: Nicole Beatie (4)
Scoring:
USC- Sofia Konoukh (5), Nina Wengst (4), Jocelyn Manderino,
Aniko Pelle (6), Shelli Linza, Katrin Dierolf (2),
Julie Henn (2), Sandra Milicev, Laura Trunk (2),
Katay Kocsis
Rebecca Angus (2), Karin VanHoff (2), Stacy El-Hajj,
1 2 3 4 OT Final
USC (21-3) 5 4 3 4 -- 16
Cal Baptist (15-12) 0 0 1 0 -- 1
Goalie Saves:
USC: Courtney Lee (7)
CBU: Jackie Lothridge (1), Toni Cudney (2)
Scoring:
USC: Aniko Pelle (3), Nina Wengst, Julie Henn (2), Laura
Trunk, Sandra Milicev (3), Sofia Konoukh (3), Suzannah
Johnson, Megan Thomas (2)
Cal Baptist: Julie Egus
1 2 3 4 OT Final
USC (20-3) 4 5 5 3 -- 17
UC Irvine (1-19) 1 0 0 0 -- 1
Goalie Saves:
USC: Kendra Browne (15)
UCI: Sally Belderian (6)
Scoring:
USC- Aniko Pelle (3), Sofia Konoukh (7), Sandra Milicev (2),
Suzannah Johnson (1), Nina Wengst, Katrin Dierolf,
Shelli Linza (2)
UCI: Erica Horman
1 2 3 4 OT Final
USC (22-3) 2 5 3 2 -- 12
San Diego State (16-12) 1 0 1 4 -- 6
Shots:
USC: 27
SDSU: 21
Goalie Saves:
USC: Kelly Graff (11)
SDSU: Heather Stiles(3), Ashley Zabel (5)
Scoring:
USC- Katrin Dierolf (3), Aniko Pelle (4), Nina Weingst (3),
Sofia Konoukh (2)
SDSU- Natalie Nipper, Amber Prestegard (4), Whitney
Winslow
1 2 3 4 OT Final
USC (23-3) 5 3 1 1 -- 10
UC Santa Barbara (11-11) 0 0 1 4 -- 5
Shots:
USC- 18
UCSB- 16
Goalie Saves:
USC- Courtney Lee (6), Kendra Browne (3)
UCSB- Yvonne Conard (4)
Scoring:
USC- Sofia Konoukh (4), Aniko Pelle, Nina Wengst (2),
Suzannah Johnson, Shelli Linza, Katay Kocsis
UCSB- Erin Lezark (2), Jenny Hollady (3)
1 2 3 4 OT Final
USC (24-3) 3 5 5 2 -- 15
Long Beach State (14-12) 2 1 0 3 -- 6
Shots:
USC 22
LBSU: 18
Goalie Saves:
USC: Courtney Lee (2), Kelly Graff (2)
LBSU: Amanda Wightman (7)
Scoring:
USC: Sofia Konoukh (7), Aniko Pelle (5), Shelli Linza,
Nina Wengst, Suzannah Johnson
LBSU: Angelica Garcia (2), Ashley Richardson (2),
Lisa Helm, Sarah Vejar
