Sept. 26, 2001

Stockton - No. 4 Cal water polo jumped out to a 1-0 start today, toping No. 10 Pacific 13-6 in Chris Kjeldsen Pool on the Pacific campus.

After jumping out to an early lead, it looked as if Pacific might pose a threat to the Bears, the Tigers rallying from 2-0 and 4-1.

In the third period, the Bears put the game away for good. Already holding a 6-2 lead, the Bears ran off 5 goals to Pacific's 2 to push their lead up to 11-4.

Joe Kaiser led the way for the Bears, notching 4 scores, and Mike West put away two.

You can catch the Golden Bear Water Polo team next weekend in their 2-day Southern California Tournament in Los Angeles. The Bears open up at home against UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, Sept. 22.

California 13, PACIFIC 6
             1Q   2Q   3Q   4Q   Total
California    3    3    5    2      13
Pacific       1    1    2    2       6


California: Joe Kaiser 4, Mike West 2, Todd Hylton, Andrew Stoddard, Spencer Dornin,
            Will Quist, Greg Panawek, Peter Conte.
Pacific: Brady Norvall 3, Nic Hepner 2, Chris Nowak.

Goalie Saves:
California - 6, (Russell Bernstein 3, Tim Kates 3),
Pacific - 8 (Eric Bahneman 6, Dennis Zavalock 2).