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Nic Porter And Marcus Longton Score MPSF Weekly Awards
November 04, 2019 | Men's Water Polo, Features
Porter has his first MPSF Player of the Week pick, and Longton is USC’s first Newcomer of the Week of the season.
After a powerful weekend of work in home waters, USC has swept the MPSF weekly awards with goalie Nic Porter named MPSF Player of the Week for the first time and freshman Marcus Longton nabbing USC's first MPSF Newcomer of the Week honor this season. The two first-time picks were instrumental in USC's upset win over No. 1 Stanford and a big victory over San José State in USC's final home games of the year.
Nic Porter had a career-high 20 saves — the most single-game saves by a USC goalie since at least 2005 — to help the Trojans upset #1 Stanford 9-8 in an MPSF clash on Saturday. Porter broke his previous career high of 15 with his 16th save coming against a dangerous Stanford counterattack in the final minute of the third, preserving a two-goal USC lead. His 20th save came with 1:20 remaining to hold a crucial late two-goal USC lead. It was Porter's fifth straight game with double-digit saves and the most since setting a previous career high of 15 almost exactly a year ago. On Sunday, Porter tallied nine saves in a 17-9 USC win over visiting #12 San José State.
Marcus Longton had his first career hat trick in USC's win over Stanford, then scored twice against San José State to help make it a winning weekend for the Trojans. Against the Cardinal, Longton scored twice in the first period, going back-to-back to give USC its first lead of the game. The Trojans would not trail the rest of the way, and Longton added his third to get USC up 7-5 during the third period. Against SJSU, Longton scored in the second and third periods, then added an assist on USC's final goal of the game. Longton had been scoreless in USC's previous three games before the breakout hat trick vs. Stanford.
Porter, Longton and the Trojans now turn to pay a visit to crosstown rival UCLA in an MPSF matchup at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday (Nov. 9) in Westwood.
Nic Porter had a career-high 20 saves — the most single-game saves by a USC goalie since at least 2005 — to help the Trojans upset #1 Stanford 9-8 in an MPSF clash on Saturday. Porter broke his previous career high of 15 with his 16th save coming against a dangerous Stanford counterattack in the final minute of the third, preserving a two-goal USC lead. His 20th save came with 1:20 remaining to hold a crucial late two-goal USC lead. It was Porter's fifth straight game with double-digit saves and the most since setting a previous career high of 15 almost exactly a year ago. On Sunday, Porter tallied nine saves in a 17-9 USC win over visiting #12 San José State.
Marcus Longton had his first career hat trick in USC's win over Stanford, then scored twice against San José State to help make it a winning weekend for the Trojans. Against the Cardinal, Longton scored twice in the first period, going back-to-back to give USC its first lead of the game. The Trojans would not trail the rest of the way, and Longton added his third to get USC up 7-5 during the third period. Against SJSU, Longton scored in the second and third periods, then added an assist on USC's final goal of the game. Longton had been scoreless in USC's previous three games before the breakout hat trick vs. Stanford.
Porter, Longton and the Trojans now turn to pay a visit to crosstown rival UCLA in an MPSF matchup at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday (Nov. 9) in Westwood.
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