March 28, 2000

BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia Tech's Dawn Will scored five goals and assisted on another to lead the Hokies to a 19-5 victory over California at Rector Fieldhouse today.

California took the early 1-0 lead when Laura Forrest scored unassisted at 29:05 in the first half. Tech exploded for 13 first-half goals, taking a 13-1 lead at halftime. Will scored four goals, Kate Bjorke scored two goals, Karen Diacont scored twice, Courtney Hubbard, Katie Madden, Jane Poole, Sam Sybert, Lisa Tsimbidis, each added a goal to lead the Hokies' first-half scoring.

The Golden Bears scored early in the second half when Sarah Wheatley scored from a Carrie Scribner assist for their second goal of the match. Tech extended its lead to 16-2 on goals from Will, Hubbard and Madden. Both teams scored three goals in the final 15 minutes of play to provide the final outcome. Kellyn Hentz scored twice and Katie Trevisan scored once to round out the Hokies' scoring.

Stacey Rainbolt played 35 minutes, finishing with seven saves. Lauren DeSomma played the final 25 minutes and finished with two saves. Golden Bear goalie Eden Coelho played the entire match and finished with 22 saves.

Tech outshot Cal, 47-23 and finished with 27 ground balls, 15 draw controls and caused eight turnovers.

Cal is 5-4 on the season.

Goals: VT 19 (Will 5, Bjorke 2, Diacont 2, Hentz 2, Hubbard 2, Madden 2, Poole, Sybert, Trevisan, Tsimbidis), UC: 5 (Forrest 2, Wheatley 2, Jensen) Assists: VT 5 (Diacont, Geis, Hubbard, Tsimbidis, Will), UC 3 (Kado 2, Scribner)

Saves: VT 9 Rainbolt (35 minutes, 7 saves, 2 goals), DeSomma (25 minutes, 2 saves, 3 goals) UC 22 Coelho (60 minutes, 22 saves, 19 goals)

Shots: VT (47), UC (23)

Ground Balls: VT (27), UC (17) Turnovers: VT (8), UC (11) Draw Controls: VT (15), UC (9)