In nearly a quarter-century coaching the water polo teams at USC, Jovan Vavic has compiled an impressive number of red-card ejections for his trademark bench antics. Entering the MPSF tournament championship against Stanford on April 29, it had been a long time since his last ejection — possibly too long.
With that in mind, Vavic was able to tidily frame his ejection from the Stanford game as a "good omen." The Trojans beat the Cardinal to earn the No. 1 seed in this weekend's women's NCAA championships at USC's Uytengsu Aquatics Center. As penalty for his latest red card, Vavic could not coach the Trojans in their NCAA quarterfinal match Friday against Wagner.