Feb. 13, 2000

SAN DIEGO -- UCLA held off a late Cal rally to capture the 2000 UC San Diego Arena NoGrip Invitational title at UCSD's Canyonview Pool. To reach the final, each time pulled off upsets of previously unbeaten teams, setting up a surprising pairing in the Championship Game. UCLA routed top-ranked USC, 10-3, earlier in the day while Cal edged second-ranked Stanford, 5-4, to advance to the final. The Bruins edged the Bears, 6-5, to take the tournament title.

Cal goalie Fana Fuqua was named the tournament MVP, while UCLA was represented on the All-Tournament Team by Catharine von Schwarz and Erin Golaboski. Nina Wengst and Aniko Pelle of USC, Margie Dingeldein of Stanford and Inna Fedoseyeva of San Jose State rounded out the All-Tournament Team.

Host UC San Diego picked up its first victory of the young season with a 9-7 defeat of cross-town rival San Diego State in the ninth-place game.

	GAME 23	1	2	3	4	OT	OT	TOT
UCLA (7-1)	1	4	2	3	-	-	10
USC (5-1)	2	0	0	1	-	-	3

UCLA Goals: Catharine von Schwarz-2, Erin Golaboski-2, Serela Kay-2, Jessica Lopez, Elaine Zivich, Jenny Lamb, Ashley Stachowski.
USC Goals: Sandra Milicev-2, Aniko Pelle.

CHAMPIONSHIP	1	2	3	4	OT	OT	TOT
UCLA (8-1)	3	1	0	2	-	-	6
CAL (4-2)	1	1	2	1	-	-	5

UCLA Goals: Catharine von Schwarz-2, Erin Golaboski, Jessica Lopez, Elaine Zivich, Kelly Heuchan.
CAL Goals: Brenna Fleener-3, Brooke Spittler, Kaliya Young.

FINAL STANDINGS:

PL.	TEAM	TOURNAMENT	OVERALL
1.	UCLA	5-1	8-1
2.	Cal	4-2	4-2
3.	USC	5-1	6-1
4.	Stanford	4-2	4-2
5.	San Jose State	4-2	7-2
6.	UC Santa Barbara	2-4	3-6
7.	UC Davis	2-4	3-5
8.	Long Beach State	1-5	3-5
9.	UC San Diego	1-4	1-7
10.	San Diego State	1-4	1-5

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Fana Fuqua (MVP)	Jr.	Cal
Margie Dingeldein	So.	Stanford
Inna Fedoseyeva	So.	San Jose State
Erin Golaboski	Sr.	UCLA
Aniko Pelle	So.	USC
Catharine von Schwarz	Sr.	UCLA
Nina Wengst	So.	USC