Pac-12 Conference

//87 2013-14 PAC-12 YEAR IN REVIEW // 87 (Capsule Reviews of 2013-14 Pac-12 Highlights in the MPSF) MEN'S GYMNASTICS STANFORD !nished third with a 436.300 at the NCAA Championships, marking its eighth top-three !nish in the past nine seasons. Stanford freshman Akash Modi !nished second in the all-around (89.200), second on parallel bars (15.550) and third on pommel horse (15.200). Modi--an All-American in three of those events--earned 2014 MPSF Gymnast of the Year honors after an impressive !rst year of collegiate gymnastics. The Cardinal recorded top-10 !nishes in all but one event of the championships, including a third-place !nish by junior Michael Levy on the "oor (15.450), a fourth-place !nish by sophomore Dennis Zaremski on the rings (15.050) and a tie for !fth-place by junior Sean Senters on the vault (15.150). While California didn't compete as a team, the Bears saw two gymnasts in redshirt senior Donothan Bailey and sophomore Kyle Zemeir !nish in the top-10 in the all-around competition, earning sixth and seventh overall, respectively, after record- ing scores of 86.250 and 86.100. The Cardinal was the runner-up at the MPSF Championship (436.700) behind Oklahoma with California placing third (427.150). Modi was crowned the parallel bars champion with a 15.800 and earned the all-around title totaling an 89.650. The Bear's Bailey nabbed the title in the pommel horse with a 14.900 while Stanford redshirt senior Paul Hichwa came away with the high bar championship (15.450). Stanford head coach Thom Glielmi was named MPSF Co-Coach of the Year for the second time. The !rst came dur- ing the NCAA and Conference championship season of 2009. MEN'S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD OREGON won its !rst NCAA indoor title since 2009 thanks in large part to freshman Edward Cheserek, who earned NCAA titles in both the 5,000 meter race (12:46.67) and the 3,000-meter race (8:11:59). The Ducks !nished with 62 points--eight more than runner-up Arkansas. Joining Oregon in the top-5 was ARIZONA, who !nished with 24 points at the championships. At the MPSF Championships, it was California who took the crown with 96 total points, followed by ARIZONA STATE (93), OREGON (88.5) and UCLA (75.5). The Bears' championship performance was highlighted by !rst-place !nishes from Hammed Suleman in the long jump (24'-6.50') and Jordan Locklear's mile run (4:04.03). Two MPSF Championship records were set at the 2014 event as the Wildcats' Lawi Lalang posted a 13:41.58 in the 5,000-meter race and Oregon's John Cabral tied the record of 7.46 in the 60-meter hurdles. WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD Powered by record-setting runs by Phyllis Francis, OREGON won its !fth-straight NCAA Indoor Track & Field title after Francis and her teammates swept the distance relays. Two Pac-12 teams placed in the top-10 at the NCAA Championships, with STANFORD !nishing in a tie for seventh. Francis also earned an individual national championship in the 400-meter, while teammate Laura Roesler placed third in the 800-meter race. At the conference championships, newcomer USC won the MPSF title in just its !rst year as a member of the league. The Trojans scored 106 points to !nish ahead of Arizona State (81), Arizona (75) and eventual NCAA Indoor champion Oregon (66.5). WOMEN'S LACROSSE STANFORD was ousted in the !rst round of the NCAA tournament, falling to Duke, 13-8, after !nishing second in the MPSF Championship. Junior mid!elder Hannah Farr of Denver was named MPSF Player of the Year, while COLORADO freshman goalkeeper Paige Soenksen was voted MPSF Rookie of the Year. Pac-12 teams had eight players on the All-MPSF Tournament team: USC's Courtney Tarleton; OREGON's Sami Kiser and Nikki Puszcz; Colorado's Soenksen and Johnna Fusco; and Stanford's Farr, Rachel Ozer and Adrienne Anderson. MEN'S VOLLEYBALL STANFORD advanced to the national championship match but fell in four sets to Loyola Chicago to !nish the season as national runner-up. Cardinal head coach John Kosty was named MPSF Coach of the Year while USC outside hitter Lucas Yoder was named MPSF Freshman of the Year. Earning !rst team All-MPSF honors were UCLA's Gonzalo Quiroga, USC's Micah Christienson, and Stanford's Brian Cook, James Shaw and Steven Irvin. Quiroga, Christienson and Cook were also !rst-team AVCA Division I-II All-America honorees. MEN'S WATER POLO USC became the !rst-ever collegiate water polo team to win a sixth-consecutive national championship, defeating Paci!c, 12-11, in double overtime in a battle of the top-two national seeds. STANFORD placed third in the NCAA Tournament, hosting the event. Trojan senior driver Nikola Vavic was the ACWPC National Co-Player of the Year as well as the MPSF Player of the Year, scoring 81 goals on the year for a career total of 254, which makes him USC's all-time leading scorer. Fellow Trojan Kostas Genidounias was honored as !rst-team All-American while Stanford's Alex Bowen and Bret Bonanni were also !rst-team recipients. USC, UCLA, CALIFORNIA and Stanford combined for 20 All-America honors, with four !rst-team, six second-team, six third-team and four honorable mention. UCLA redshirt freshman Garrett Danner was the MPSF Newcomer of the Year, receiving honorable mention All-America accolades. WOMEN'S WATER POLO STANFORD captured its fourth NCAA title and third in four years with a 9-5 victory over UCLA. The title was also the 105th for the Cardinal, which extended the school's national-best streak to 38 years with at least one NCAA championship. The Pac-12 had the top !ve !nishers in the NCAA tournament as Stanford was followed by UCLA, USC, CALIFORNIA and ARIZONA STATE in the top !ve. UCLA junior goalkeeper Sami Hill was named the MPSF Player of the Year after recording a career-best 5.05 goals against average in 2014 to become the seventh player of the year for the Bruins. California freshman attacker Dora Antal earned MPSF Newcomer of the Year honors as she scored 71 goals throughout the regular season, including the conference tournament, while becoming the !rst Cal player to lead the league in goals-per-game since 1997. In all, 24 student-athletes from Pac-12 schools were named to the All-MPSF teams while an addiitonal eight freshmen from the Conference earned spots on the All-MPSF Newcomer team. MOUNTAIN PACIFIC SPORTS FEDERATION

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