MPSF Women's Water Polo Championship - Day 2
April 27, 2002 | Women's Water Polo
In Saturday's other action, No. 9 UC Santa Barbara beat No. 12 Cal State Northridge, 12-1; No. 10 UC Irvine defeated No. 11 Pacific, 13-11; No. 4 California beat No. 8 Hawaii, 6-4; and No. 6 San Jose State defeated No. 7 San Diego State, 5-4.
The Cardinal and Bruins will meet on Sunday (April 28) at 4:15 p.m., with the winner getting an automatic berth into the 4-team NCAA Championship on May 11-12, also at USC. Five other games will be played on Sunday, beginning with the 11th place match at 10 a.m. between Pacific and Cal State Northridge, followed by the ninth place game at 11:15 a.m. between UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara, the seventh place game at 12:30 p.m. between San Diego State and Hawaii, the fifth place game at 1:45 p.m. between San Jose State and California and the third place game at 3 p.m. between Long Beach State and USC.
Game #14 USC (25-4) 2-2-1-1---6 UCLA (20-3) 1-4-1-1---7USC Goals: Eszter Gyori 2, Sofia Konoukh, Shelli Linza, Aniko Pelle, Sandra Milicev
UCLA Goals: Robin Beauregard 3, Kelly Heuchan, Jessica Lopez, Maureen Flanagan, Amber Stachowski
USC Saves: Sarah Mix 3
UCLA Saves: Jaime Hipp 12
Amber Stachowski's third quarter goal broke a 5-5 tie and then Robin Beauregard scored her third goal of the contest in the fourth quarter to help No. 3-seeded UCLA (20-3) beat No. 2 USC (25-4), 7-6. The Trojans held a 3-1 second quarter lead, but then got outscored 6-2 (the Bruins scored 4 times in the second quarter). Eszter Gyori had 2 goals for USC. UCLA advances to Sunday's (April 28) championship game against Stanford, while USC meets Long Beach State for third place.
Game #13 Long Beach State (19-12) 1-1-2-0---4 Stanford (21-1) 4-1-1-4---10LBSU Goals: Drue Wawrzynski 2, Robyn Gordin, Roberta Stewart
Stanford Goals: Margie Dingeldein 2, Ellen Estes 2, Julie Gardner 2, Wendy Watkins 2, Hannah Luber, Kelty Luber
LBSU Saves: Bri Hawkins 7
Stanford Saves: Jackie Frank 8
No. 1-seeded Stanford (21-1) got 2 goals each from Margie Dingeldein, Ellen Estes, Julie Gardner and Wendy Watkins to beat No. 5 Long Beach State (19-12). The Cardinal led 3-0 in the first quarter, but LBSU pulled to within 5-4 early in the third quarter before Stanford scored 5 unanswered goals. Drue Wawrzynski scored twice for the 49ers. Stanford advances to Sunday's (April 28) championship match against the winner of the USC-UCLA contest, while Long Beach State plays the Trojan-Bruin loser in the third place game.
Game #12 San Diego State (19-14) 3-0-0-1---4 San Jose State (19-11) 0-2-1-2---5SDSU Goals: Casey Finnegan 2, Heidi Matsumoto, Holly Hartzell
SJSU Goals: Stefanie Le Sueur 2, Christine Welsh 2, Inna Fedoseyeva
SDSU Saves: Heather Stiles 8
SJSU Saves: Michelle Rozzen 4, Nichole Lipman 1
Christine Welsh scored a backhanded goal with 8 seconds to play to give No. 6-seeded San Jose State (19-11) a 5-4 win over No. 7 San Diego State (19-15). The Spartans overcame a 3-0 second quarter deficit by tying the game at 3-3 in the third quarter on a goal by Stefanie Le Sueur. After Heidi Matsumoto put the Aztecs up 4-3 early in the fourth quarter, Le Sueur's second goal of the day knotted the game with 4:05 to go and set up Welsh's game-winner, her second goal of the contest. Casey Finnegan scored twice for SDSU, both in the first quarter. SJSU advances to Sunday's (April 28) fifth place game against California, while the Aztecs will meet Hawaii for seventh place.
Game #11 Hawai'i (14-14) 2-0-1-1---4 California (17-8) 1-2-2-1---6Hawai'i Goals: Chelsea Garner-Prohs 2, Karin van Hoff, Erin Kocher
California Goals: Cara Chlebicki 2, Brenna Fleener, Lindy Spieker, Jodie Needles, Laura Graham
Hawai'i Saves: Christa Tackaberry 9
California Saves: Lauren Dennis 10
No. 4-seeded California (17-8) overcame a 2-0 first quarter deficit to defeat No. 8 Hawaii (14-14), 6-4. The game was tied at 3-3 early in the third quarter, but Cara Chlebicki scored both of her game's goals to give the Golden Bears a 2-goal lead. Chelsea Garner-Prohs had 2 goals for Hawaii. California advances to Sunday's (April 28) fifth place game against the winner of the San Jose State-San Diego State contest, while Hawaii plays the loser of the Spartan-Aztec game for seventh place.
Game #10 UC Irvine (15-22) 3-5-2-3---13 Pacific (5-19) 1-2-4-4---11UCI Goals: Erica Horman 7, Nerissa Reidenbaugh 3, Michelle Carey, Meghan O'Donnell, Lauren Volcan
Pacific Goals: Jessica Schroeder 5, Stacy Christy 3, Amy Valois-Collette 2, Lyndsay McNamee
UCI Saves: Sunceray Chamblee 10
Pacific Saves: Jaime Hamilton 7
Erica Horman scored 7 goals to lead No. 10-seeded UC Irvine (15-22) to a 13-11 win over No. 11 Pacific (5-19). Nerissa Reidenbaugh added 3 goals for the Anteaters. For the Tigers, Jessica Schroeder had 5 goals, Stacy Christy had 3 and Amy Valois-Collette had 2. UOP closed to 12-11 with 37 seconds to play on a Schroeder goal, but couldn't score again. UCI advances to Sunday's (April 28) ninth place game against UC Santa Barbara, while Pacific will play for 11th place against Cal State Northridge.
Game #9 UC Santa Barbara (17-16) 2-3-3-4---12 Cal St. Northridge (5-22) 1-0-0-0---1UCSB Goals: Kim Feig 2, Erin Miller 2, Teresa Gorbett 2, Mary Blumberg 2, Mica Bell, Katy Kunkel, Erika Campagne, Shawna Shipley
CSUN Goal: Melissa Hall
UCSB Saves: Yvonne Conard 7
CSUN Saves: Jessica Moody 4
No. 9-seeded UC Santa Barbara (17-16) got 2 goals each from Kim Feig, Erin Miller, Teresa Gorbett and Mary Blumberg to help defeat No. 12 Cal State Northridge (5-22), 12-1. Melissa Hall scored in the first quarter to tie the game at 1-1 for the Matador's only goal. The Gauchos advance to Sunday's (April 28) ninth place game against the winner of the UC Irvine-Pacific game, while CSUN will face the loser of that Anteater-Tiger game in the 11th place game.
Sun., Apr. 28 - Championship 11th Place Gm 15 10:00 a.m. #11 Pacific (5-19) vs #12 Cal State Northridge (5-22)9th Place Gm 16 11:15 a.m. #10 UC Irvine (15-22) vs #9 UC Santa Barbara (17-16)
7th Place Gm 17 12:30 p.m. #7 San Diego State (19-14) vs #8 Hawai'i (14-14)
5th Place Gm 18 1:45 p.m. #6 San Jose State (19-11) vs #4 California (17-8)
3rd Place Gm 19 3:00 p.m. #5 Long Beach State (19-12) vs #2 USC (25-4)
1st Place Gm 20 4:15 p.m. #1 Stanford (21-1) vs #3 UCLA (20-3)
