Oct. 12, 2002

Los Angeles, CA - Will Quist and Chris Lathrop scored two goals each as the No. 5 California Golden Bears defeated the No. 3 USC Trojans, 5-3, in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action at McDonald's Swim Stadium. The victory was extra sweet for the Bears, as the Trojans defeated Cal, 8-7, in triple overtime last weekend, ending the Bears' NorCal championship bid.

California (9-3, 2-1) held USC (12-4, 2-1) to two goals in the match until Jeff Larson netted a goal with 10 seconds remaining in regulation to bring the Trojans within two. But, there wasn't enough time for the Trojans to mount a comeback however, as the Bears' went on to win, improving its overall record to 9-3 on the season and 2-1 in conference play.

Russell Bernstein played solidly in goal, tallying four saves for the Golden Bears.

The Bears will host UCLA next Saturday (Oct. 19) in an MPSF match, beginning at 10:30 a.m. On Sunday, Cal will host UC Santa Cruz in a nonconference match at 11:00 a.m., both matches taking place at Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley.

GAME SUMMARY

GOALS
CAL - Will Quist 2, Chris Lathrop 2, Attila Banhidy
USC - Gadi Hadar, Predrag Damjanov, Jeff Larson

SAVES
CAL - Russell Bernstein 4
USC - Bozidar Damjanovic 4

BOX SCORE

	1	2	3	4	TOTAL
CAL	0	2	2	1	5
USC	0	1	1	1	3