USC freshman Strahinja Krstic (Belgrade, Serbia) had two strong performances in wins over No. 7 Long Beach State and No. 12 Pepperdine (Sept. 5-7), tallying four goals, three steals and eight drawn exclusions. In USC’s home opener against the Beach, he scored twice in the fourth period and accumulated seven drawn exclusions and two steals. At Pepperdine, Krstic scored twice more, while finishing with another steal and drawn exclusion. This is the second career MPSF award for Krstic, repeating the honor from last week.