Nov. 3, 2002

Berkeley, Calif. - The No. 3 California Golden Bears (15-4, 4-2) completed their sixth consecutive victory today with an 11-5 win over No. 20 UC Davis (14-11) at Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley. Junior All-American Attila Banhidy led the charge with a hat trick, giving him five goals on the weekend and a team leading 40 on the year.

Cal took an early 4-0 lead six minutes into the first quarter on two goals from Banhidy and scores by Joe Born and Andrew Stoddard. But with :56 remaining in the first stanza, Aggies' freshman driver Patrick Jacobson found himself in a struggle with Cal keeper Tim Kates and was able to force an underhand shot into the net to put UC Davis on the board, 4-1.

The second period was all Cal as Banhidy notched his third goal of the game and Todd Hylton tallied a pair of scores to give the Bears a 7-1 lead going into the intermission.

Cal Freshman goalkeeper Nate Bennett entered the cage to start the second half and faced a barrage of shots on goal. In fact, the Aggies outscored the Bears 3-2 in the third quarter to cut the Cal lead in half at one point, 8-4. The Aggies' George Dingeldein started them off two minutes into the second half, while Tom Jay notched two of his team-leading three goals in the period. Cal's Jeff Leeper scored his third goal of the season at the 3:19 mark and Peter Conte added a score with :30 to play, giving the Bears a 9-4 lead.

The Aggies' Tom Jay cut the Cal lead to four, 9-5, just 1:17 into the fourth period. But, the Bears' Vince Bevins and Tom Kurth made sure the Aggies' didn't get any closer, closing the game out with two consecutive scores to win the match, 11-5.

With the victory Cal improves to 15-4 on the season while UC Davis falls to 14-11.

The Bears return to action next Saturday, Nov. 9 at 10:00 a.m., as they host Pepperdine in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation matchup.

BOX SCORE:

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

Cal goals: Attila Banhidy 3, Todd Hylton 2, Andrew Stoddard, Joe Born, Jeff Leeper, Peter Conte, Vince Bevins, Tom Kurth
UC Davis goals: Tom Jay 3, Patrick Jacobson, George Dingeldein
Cal Saves: Tim Kates 2, Nate Bennett 4
UC Davis Saves: Zach Wordes 5