The Bears went into the break with the commanding 7-2 lead and never looked back. The second half saw Keola Richardson, Sean Vienna and Alexander Niehenke score their first goals of the year for the Golden Bears. Cal's solid defensive performance held the Gauchos to just five goals on the day, only 3 in the second half. Junior netminder Tim Kates tallied eight saves in a strong showing between the pipes.
In Cal's second match of the day, the Golden Bears squared off against No. 3 USC in a match that pitted Northern California against Southern California for the right to advance to the tournament's semifinal bracket. The Trojans earned a spot in the semifinals by defeating the Golden Bears in triple overtime 8-7.
Missed opportunities were the theme of the match for the Bears as neither team could muster much offense in the first half, going into the break tied 1-1. Cal was not without chances though, as Banhidy and Rob Arroyo both missed point blank penalty shots that could have given the Bears a commanding lead.
Cal jumped out to the early lead just 17 seconds into the second half, scoring on Arroyo's first of two goals to take the 2-1 lead. But the Trojans came right back, as Jaraj Zatovic scored a little more than 30 seconds later to knot the score at 2-2. Tensions started to rise and the Bears looked to capitalize on the energy. Vince Bevins put the Bears ahead on his third goal of the season before Peter Conte would steal the ball at the midpoint and go one-on-one with USC's keeper to net another goal putting Cal ahead 4-2. There was no quit in the Trojans though, as they tied the game with 21 seconds to go in the third period on an over-the-shoulder shot by Nick Andrejic. Arroyo proceeded to give the Bears the lead with one second remaining in the period on a nice rebound shot.
Back and forth the teams went, as neither squad wanted to back down. USC outscored Cal 2-1 in the fourth stanza to send the game into overtime. It wasn't until the 1:09 mark into the second overtime that the Trojans scratched the scoreboard first to take the 7-6 lead. But just 17 seconds later, Greg Panawek lobbed the ball over the head of USC's keeper to squeak a game-tying goal and send the game into a sudden-death triple overtime.
The Trojans resilience paid off as 47 seconds into sudden death, USC's Jordan Hewko skipped the ball under the outstretched arm of Cal's Russell Bernstein to win the game in dramatic fashion.
Cal will face Loyola Marymount tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. at Spieker Aquatics Complex for the right to advance to advance to the 5th place match. Stanford will face USC in the first semifinal match at 9:50 a.m. while UC Irvine will face UCLA in the other semifinal matchup. Here are results and the schedule for the tournament:
SATURDAY'S RESULTS (DAY ONE) First Round UC Irvine 13, Air Force 4 Stanford 22, US Santa Cruz 4 Pepperdine 11, UC San Diego 8 Long Beach State 12, Loyola Marymount 13 (3OT) Pacific 14, UC Davis 1 California 13, UC Santa Barbara 5 UCLA 12, Princeton 10 USC 14, Harvard 6NOTES: For up-to-date results and stats, follow the NorCal Tournament on www.calbears.com. Results will be posted periodically throughout the day. Credential requests for Sunday's final day of action can be made by calling Barry Rubenstein at (415) 948-8371, or by email to brubens@uclink.berkeley.eduSecond Round Air Force 6, UC San Diego 11 UC Santa Cruz 5, Long Beach State 15 UC Irvine 10, Pepperdine 9 Stanford 15, Loyola Marymount 6 UC Davis 4, Princeton 14 UC Santa Barbara 11 Harvard 3 Pacific 8, UCLA 9 California 7, USC 8 (3OT)
SUNDAY'S SCHEDULE (DAY TWO) Long Beach vs. UC Santa Barbara Loyola Marymount vs. California UC San Diego vs. Princeton Pepperdine vs. Pacific UC Santa Cruz vs. Harvard Stanford vs. USC (Semi Finals) Air Force vs. UC Davis UC Irvine vs. UCLA (Semi Finals)
Game #1 UC Irvine (7-2) 3-5-2-3 --- 13 Air Force 1-0-1-2 --- 4 UCI Goals: Powers 5, Barry 4, Noon, Merlo, Garcia, Gentry AFA Goals: Horn, Morgan, Petersen, Baber UCI Saves: Finfrock 12 AFA Saves: Shroyer 6
Game #2 Pepperdine (5-3) 3-3-3-2 --- 11 UC San Diego (10-7) 2-1-3-2 --- 8 PU Goals: No. 10 (3), Acosta 2, Niehaus, Harvey, Hausmann, Kaluderovic, Rodriguez, Keitel UCSD Goals: Hopkins 3, Petersen 2, Smoker 2, Casellini PU Saves: Soltis 9 UCSD Saves: Onken 4
Game #3 Pacific (6-3) 6-3-2-3 --- 14 UC Davis 0-1-0-0 --- 1 UOP Goals: Wisniewski 3, Pendergrass 3, #20 (2), Cruzat 2, Maese, Johnson, Norvall, McLaughlin UCD Goals: Hopkins UOP Saves: Trettel 10 UCD Saves: Wordes 8
Game #4 UCLA (4-3) 2-4-2-4 --- 12 Princeton 4-0-2-4 --- 10 UCLA Goals: Ormsby 5, Garcia 3, Briscoe, Hewko, March, Peck Princeton Goals: Urquhart 4, Foster 2, Halliday, Riskas, Holligan, Murray UCLA Saves: Brooks 13 Princeton Saves: Sabbatini 10
Game #5 Air Force 1-1-1-3 --- 6 UC San Diego (11-7) 3-2-3-3 --- 11 AFA Goals: Jewett 2, Nary, Horn, Peterson, Reiner UC San Diego Goals: Hopkins 3, Motschall 2, Hori 2, Boettner, Petersen, Borso, Jendrusina AFA Saves: Shroyer 10 UC San Diego Saves: Onken 8
Game #6 UC Irvine (8-2) 4-2-2-2 --- 10 Pepperdine (5-4) 1-2-4-2 --- 9 UC Irvine Goals: Barry 4, Powers 2, Merlo, Gentry, Garcia, Noon Pepperdine Goals: Smith 4, Acosta 3, Rodriguez, Hausmann UC Irvine Saves: Finfrock 8 Pepperdine Saves: Soltis 9
Game #7 UC Davis 2-0-1-1 --- 4 Princeton 3-5-5-1 --- 14 UC Davis Goals: Rogers 2, Jay, Combs Princeton Goals: Urquhart 4, Stover 4, Armato 3, Wong, Holligan, Riskas UC Davis Saves: Wordes 11 Princeton Saves: Sabbatini 3
Game #8 Pacific (6-4) 2-3-2-1 --- 8 UCLA (5-3) 4-3-0-2 --- 9 Pacific Goals: Johnson 3, Wisniewski 2, McLaughlin, Hepner, Valenzuela UCLA Goals: Peck 4, Ormsby 3, Belden, Hewko Pacific Saves: Trettel 9 UCLA Saves: Brooks 8
Game #9 Stanford (10-1) 5-10-3-4 --- 22 UC Santa Cruz 1-0-3-0 --- 4 Stanford Goals: Azevedo 4, Hopkins 3, Varellas 2, Caswell 2, Moser 2, Crum 2, Tyre 2, Hudnut, Wiesen, Gallogly, Nesmith, Derse UC Santa Cruz Goals: Shippy 2, McGarvy, Luther Stanford Saves: Taylor 6 Vaughn 5, Burrus 6
Game #10 Long Beach State (6-8) 2-4-2-2-1-1-0 --- 12 Loyola Marymount (6-6) 2-2-3-2-1-2-1 --- 13 LBS Goals: Geoffroy 5, Allard 2, Holloway, Carlson, Filipponi, Geiger, Durley, LMU Goals: Witt 4, Chapatte 3, Jenson 2, Rex-Kiss, Szego, Barr, Wimer LBS Saves: Konstas 1, Onyshko 0 LMU Saves: Paulsen 1, Coleman 0
Game #11 California (5-2) 4-3-2-4 --- 13 UC Santa Barbara (3-7) 1-1-1-2 --- 5 CAL Goals: Banhidy 3, Lathrop 2, Malinsky 2, Nehienke, Conte, Quist, Bevins, Vienna, Richardson UCSB Goals: Schoneberger 3, Muenter, Borasi CAL Saves: Kates 5 UCSB Saves: Kim 6, Burrus 2
Game #12 USC (10-2) 5-2-4-3 --- 14 Harvard 1-0-2-3 --- 6 USC Goals: Zatovic 2, Hadar 2, Kaiser 2, N. Healy 2, Weiner, E. Healy, Andrejic, Damjanov, Ault, Larson Harvard Goals: Masterson 2, Schulte, Bell, Zollei, Ludwick USC Saves: Damjanovic 5 Harvard Saves: Tselentis 5
Game #13 UC Santa Cruz 1-1-1-2 --- 5 Long Beach State (7-8) 6-3-3-3 --- 15 UC Santa Cruz Goals: King 2, Lesser, Webb, Eakes Long Beach State Goals: Geoffrey 3, Holloway 2, Del Grande 2, Logan, Scoles, Carlson, Adoric, Geiger, Durley, MacKenzie, Becskehazy UC Santa Cruz Saves: Vaughn 5 Long Beach State Saves: Konstas 5
Game #14 Stanford (11-1) 2-7-4-2 --- 15 Loyola Marymount (6-7) 0-2-2-2 --- 6 Stanford Goals: Azevedo 7, Crum 3, Hopkins 2, Hudnut, Guyman Loyola Marymount Goals: Chapatte 2, Witt, Zintsmaster, Szego, Smith Stanford Saves: Ellis 6 Loyola Marymount Saves: Coleman 11
Game #15 UC Santa Barbara (4-7) 2-3-4-2 --- 11 Harvard 0-1-1-1 --- 3 UC Santa Barbara Goals: Borasi 3, Traverso 2, Schoneberger 2, Letts, Strong, Arthur, Muenter Harvard Goals: Masterson, Cassel, Zollei UC Santa Barbara Saves: Burrus 6 Harvard Saves: Tselentis 4
Game #16 California (5-3) 1-0-4-1-0-1-0 --- 7 USC (11-2) 1-0-3-2-0-1-1 --- 8 California Goals: Arroyo 2, Bevins 2, Conte, Panawek, Quist USC Goals: Lipinski 2, Zatovic 2, Damjanov 2, Hewko, Andrejic California Saves: Bernstein 8 USC Saves: Damjanovic 11
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