Sept. 26, 2001

Berkeley - The fourth ranked California Men's Water Polo team (4-0) continued its bid to move up into the top slot in the country today, throttling two fellow UC opponents by a combined score of 26-5.

First up for Cal today was UC Davis. Featuring a balanced attack and efforts in the net, nine different Golden Bears put the ball in the net and goaltenders Russell Bernstein and Tim Kates combined to pitch a shutout against the visiting Aggies. When the smoke cleared, Cal had blanked UCD 11-0. Will Quist and Greg Panawek scored 2 each for the Bears.

The Banana Slugs of UC Santa Cruz were the next challenger, and even though the shutout streak was broken in the first quarter, Cal still won handily, 15-5. Led by Cameron Thom and Alex Niehenske each scored three with Beau Schuster adding two to make up the bulk of the Bears' scoring. Seeing action for the first time this season in goal was Derek Schauffler, who entered the game in the second period and performed well with 5 saves before giving way to Jasper Billings, who was also seeing his first action of the season. For the Banana Slugs, Darren Nelson led all scorers with four goals on the day.

Cal remains undefeated on the season with a 4-0 mark, with a win in their lone conference match, a 7-6 thriller against UCSB yesterday afternoon.

After a week off, the Bears will be back in the pool, squaring off against conference rivals Stanford and Pacific in Berkeley, on October 6 and 7 respectively.

GAME SUMMARY--CAL VS UC DAVIS

                           1       2       3       4       Total
                   UCD     0       0       0       0       0
                   CAL     3       2       1       5       11

                   GOALS
                   CAL-  Quist 2, Panawek 2, West 1, Hylton 1, Conte 1, Doonin 1, Malinsky 1, Schuster 1, Kaiser 1.
                   UCD- None.

                   SAVES
                   CAL-  Bernstein 4, Kates 3.
                   UCD- Engelman 7.

GAME SUMMARY--CAL VS UC SANTA CRUZ

                           1       2       3       4       Total
                   UCSC    1       0       3       1       5
                   CAL     3       4       3       5       15

                   GOALS
                   CAL- Thom 3, Niehenske 3, Schuster 2, Stoddard 1, Panawek 1, Quist 1, Malinsky 1, Kaiser 1, Dorn 1, Vienna 1.
                   UCSC- Nelson 4, King 1.

                   SAVES
                   CAL-  Schafler 5, Bernstein 1.
                   UCSC- Smith 7.