March 28, 2001

LOS ANGELES, CA - The No. 4-ranked California women's water polo team (12-7, 5-3 MPSF) lost their first match since March 10, when they went head to head today against the No. 3-ranked USC Trojans for an MPSF match in Los Angeles. USC's Katrin Dierolf scored a team-high four goals to lead USC in its 10-8 victory at McDonald's Swim Stadium.

The Women of Troy used a key second period, outscoring the Golden Bears by a 4-0 margin. Despite the lack of scoring in the second quarter, the Bears managed to outscore USC in two of the four quarters.

The seven losses thus far on the year for the Bears matches their total losses last year when they ended the season with a fourth-place finish at the National Championship with a 28-7, 8-1 MPSF record.

Cal will travel to Hawaii from Los Angeles to take on No. 6-ranked Hawaii in another MPSF match.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Cal 	3 	0 	2 	3 	 8
USC 	2 	4 	2 	2 	10

Goals
California Goals: Ericka Lorenz 3, Heather Petri 2,
Beth Irwin, Julia Cesnik, Laura Graham.
USC Goals: Katrin Dierolf 4, Nina Wengst 2, Sofia Konoukh 2, Aniko Pelle, Sandra Milicev.