Sami Hill (photo by Don Liebig)Sami Hill (photo by Don Liebig)
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Sixteen Bruins to Compete at 2015 Pan American Games in Canada

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Four current Bruins and 12 alumni are in Canada competing in the 2015 Pan American Games.

A total of 16 Bruins in 12 sports will compete at the 2015 Pan American Games, including current student-athletes Nirra Fields (women's basketball), Mitch Stahl (men's volleyball), Alex Roelse (men's water polo) and Rachel Fattal (women's water polo) and 2015 graduates Ally Carda (softball) and Sami Hill (women's water polo). The Pan American Games are being held in Toronto, Canada from July 10-26.

UCLA has the most representation in water polo, with four women's players (KK Clark, Fattal, Hill and Courtney Mathewson) plus head coach Adam Krikorian, and two men's players (Roelse and Josh Samuels). Water polo competition began earlier this week and goes through Wednesday, July 15.

In basketball, Ryan Hollins will represent Team USA on the men's side, and Fields will represent Team Canada on the women's side. Fields and Team Canada are scheduled to play Venezuela on July 16, Argentina on July 17, and Cuba on July 18. Medals will be earned on July 20. Hollins and Team USA begin play on July 21 against Venezuela and will also play Puerto Rico on July 22, and Brazil on July 23. Gold and bronze medal games will be earned on July 25.

Pitcher David Huff plays for Team USA in the baseball competition. The preliminary rounds begin on Saturday, July 11, with the semifinal round on July 18 and the medal rounds on July 19.

Carda and the World Cup champion USA Softball team opens round robin play on Monday, July 20 against Brazil. Team USA will then take on Canada on July 21, Cuba on July 22 and the Dominican Republic on July 23. Semifinal games are on July 24, with the bronze medal game on July 25 and the gold medal game on July 26.

Olympic medalist Chelsea Stewart rejoins Canada's soccer team to face Ecuador on July 11, Costa Rica on July 15 and Brazil on July 19. The semifinals will take place on July 22, with the third place game on July 24 and the gold medal game on July 25.

Dennis Novikov will represent Team USA in the tennis competition, which starts Friday, July 10 and concludes on July 15.

Stahl will play indoors with the USA Volleyball team, which faces Puerto Rico on Friday, July 17 in its first preliminary game. The U.S. will also play Mexico on July 19 and Canada on July 21. Quarterfinals will take place July 22, semifinals July 24 and finals July 26.

Fresh off her appearance at the FIVB World Grand Prix, Tabi Love leads the host country's women's indoor volleyball team. Preliminary rounds for the discipline start on Thursday, July 16.

Women's golf alumna Mariajo Uribe will play in the women's individual and mixed team competition, which begin July 16.

UCLA alumna Kelly Griffin will play for Team USA in women's rugby.

ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes will provide exclusive, multimedia coverage of the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games in both English and Spanish. ESPN and ESPN2 will dedicate more than 80 hours of live coverage, while ESPN Deportes will present more than 200 hours of Olympic-type coverage around the event. Additionally, the network will stream 560 hours of coverage on ESPN3.

UCLA's 2015 Pan American Games Competitors

Baseball
David Huff (USA)

Men's Basketball
Ryan Hollins (USA)

Women's Basketball
Nirra Fields (CAN)

Golf
Mariajo Uribe (COL)

Women's Rugby
Kelly Griffin (USA)

Women's Soccer
Chelsea Stewart (CAN)

Softball
Ally Carda (USA)

Men's Tennis
Dennis Novikov (USA)

Men's Indoor Volleyball
Mitch Stahl (USA)

Women's Water Polo
KK Clark (USA)
Rachel Fattal (USA)
Sami Hill (USA)
Courtney Mathewson (USA)

Men's Water Polo
Alex Roelse (USA)
Josh Samuels (USA)

Women's Indoor Volleyball
Tabi Love (CAN)