University Southern California Trojans
Joel Dennerley Named MPSF Player of the Week
September 19, 2011 | Men's Water Polo
Sept. 19, 2011
Senior Joel Dennerley became USC's all-time career saves leader while also helping the Trojans claim their second straight NorCal Tournament championship over the weekend. For his historic and impressive saves tally in the winning run, Dennerley collects his seventh career selection as the MPSF Player of the Week.
After 12 saves in a dominating 12-5 semifinal win over Stanford, Dennerley needed just three saves in the title match against UCLA in order to take over as USC's all-time career saves leader. The senior went well over that mark in collecting a career-high 19 saves for the Trojans' defensive stand against the rival Bruins, anchoring a 10-8 win to net the tournament title for USC while chiseling himself in Trojan history by eclipsing a 24-year stand by Kevin Stringer as the USC saves leader. Dennerley now holds 692 career saves. He's averaging 10.2 saves per game now, with 4.8 goals against.
Dennerley and the Trojans now bring their 5-0 record back to McDonald's Swim Stadium for a Saturday doubleheader in which the Trojans face UC Irvine in their MPSF opener at 1 p.m. USC then turns to face Golden West in a 2:30 p.m. exhibition game that afternoon.
