April 8, 2000

SAN JOSE, CA - The No. 2 ranked California women's water polo team (24-3) will face Bay Area rival Stanford for the 2000 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Women's Water Polo Championship Sunday, April 9, at 1:00 p.m. at the Aquatics Center on the San Jose State campus. Each school finished 4-0 in MPSF pool play.

California clinched its bracket with a 5-4 victory over USC. Five different Golden Bears scored in the victory. Earlier in the day, Cal defeated Long Beach State, 11-6. Senior driver Colette Glinkowksi led Cal with four goals.

Stanford advanced to the championship match with a 7-6 victory over UCLA in the final match of the day. Last season, Cal defeated USC, 3-2, in the MPSF title match.

Saturday Results California 11 Long Beach State 6

Long Beach State 0 3 1 2 -- 6

California 1 4 5 1 -- 11

Goals - LBS - Ashley Richardson 3, Hillary Weissman, Sarah Mayfield, Karen Helm.

Cal - Colette Glinkowski 4, Cristen Razzari 2, Brooke Spittler, Beth Irwin, Julia Cesnik, Heather Glendenning, Brenna Fleener.

California 5 USC 4

USC 1 1 0 2 - 4

California 1 1 2 1 -- 5

Goals - USC - Christine Zador, Aniko Pelle, Sandra Milicev, Lisa Saenz.

Cal - Colette Glinkowski, Beth Irwin, Julie Arnold, Kaliya Young, Julia Cesnik.