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No. 4 Cal Men's Water Polo (5-2) Defeats BYU-Hawaii, 17-7
9/26/2003 12:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
Sept. 25, 2003
BERKELEY, CA - The No. 4 ranked California men's water polo team (5-2) dominated No. 18 ranked BYU-Hawaii (1-2), 17-7, Thursday evening at Spieker Aquatics Complex. Cal was paced by senior All-American Attila Banhidy's five goals. Junior two-meter man Keola Richardson added two goals and 10 other Bears tallied single goals apiece.
Sophomore goalie Nate Bennett played the majority of the match for Cal and finished with five saves. Junior goalie Derek Schauffler also had a save for the Bears.
Cal jumped out ahead of the Seasiders early in the contest, holding a 3-1 lead after the first period. The Bears then outscored BYU-Hawaii, 5-3, in the second period, and held an 8-4 lead at halftime. Banhidy scored all of his team-high five goals in the first two periods and has scored 18 goals in the team's first seven matches of 2003.
Cal went on to outscore the Seasiders, 9-3, in the third and fourth quarters for the final 17-7 margin. The Bears next begin Mountain Pacific Sports Federation competition as they host No. 1 ranked USC, Saturday, Sept. 27 at 12:30 p.m. at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
SCORE BY QUARTERS: BYU-HAWAII (1-2) 1 3 1 2 7 CALIFORNIA (5-2) 3 5 4 5 17BYUH Goals: Vanja Kalabic-4, Vlada Stankovic-2, Jordan Brink. CAL Goals: Attila Banhidy-5, Keola Richardson-2, Brian Bacharach, Justin Fassnacht, Brian Kinsel, Jeff Leeper, Jason Malinsky, Marty Matthies, Greg Panawek, Will Quist, Andrija Vasiljevic, Sean Vienna. Goalie Saves: Nate Bennett (CAL)-5, Derek Schauffler (CAL)-1. Peter Caley (BYUH)-4
