April 11, 1998

STOCKTON, Calif. - In the first round at the MPSF Championship, the No. 3 ranked California Golden Bears women's water polo team defeated the No. 7 USC Trojans with a score of 9-6 and the No. 20 Long Beach State 49ers with a score of 18-2. The Bears jump to a 19-3 record overall (9-2 in MPSF), while the Trojans fall to 14-12 (4-7 in MPSF) and the 49ers to 3-19 (0-11 in MPSF).

The Bears tackled the Trojans first on Friday morning at 11:45 a.m. The score was tied 1-1 going into t he second quarter, but Cal pulled ahead scoring three goals to give the Bears a 4-1 lead going into the half. Cal again outscored the Trojans 4-1 in the third quarter to give the Bears an 8-2 lead. In the fourth quarter, the Trojans cut a six-goal third quarter deficit to three goals, falling to the Bears with a final score of 9-6. Sophomore Colette Glinkowski led the Bears with three goals in the match, while junior goalkeeper Evi Schueller totaled 6 saves.

Cal then faced Long Beach State at 4:45 p.m. that afternoon. The Bears led the 49ers 9-1 going into the second half of the match and then scored another nine goals to make the final score 18-2. Fifteen different Cal players found the back of the net during the match, and sophomore Cal goalkeeper Fana Fuqua tallied 5 saves.

Cal will next face Hawaii at 11:45 a.m. and Stanford at 7:15 p.m. on Saturday.

Results:

CAL     1   3   4   1 --    9
USC     1   0   1   4 --    6

Cal: Glinkowski 3, Beth Irwin 2, Buehler, Cook, A. vonHartitzsch, Young.
USC: Durley 2, Mapes, Martin, Simpson, Steinmetz.

Goalie Saves: Scheuller 6 in first three quarters (Cal), Fuqua 1 in last quarter (Cal), Orwig 8 (USC).

Records: Cal: 18-3, 8-2 in MPSF
         USC: 14-12, 4-7 in MPSF

CAL     7       2   6   3 --    18
LBSU    0       1   1   0 --    2

Cal: Rasala 2, M. vonHartitzsch 2, Windle 2, Buehler, Cook, Glinkowski, Griffiths, Irwin, 
                Kelley, Miller, Petri, Razzari, Sprinkle, A. vonHartitzsch, Young.
LBSU: Helm, Sobeck.

Goalie Saves: Schueller 1 in first quarter (Cal), Fuqua 5 in last three quarters (Cal), Nuttall 5 (LBSU).

Records: Cal: 19-3, 9-2 in MPSF
         LBSU: 3-19, 0-11 in MPSF