California
Santa Clara
11/7/2004 12:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
Nov. 7, 2004
BERKELEY, CA - The No. 4-ranked California men's water polo team (17-7) won two non-conference matches Sunday at Spieker Aquatics Complex, defeating Santa Clara, 15-3, and UC Santa Cruz, 16-3. During the two matches, 14 different players scored for the Golden Bears, while Cal outscored its two opponents, 31-6.
In the 9 a.m. match against Santa Clara, the Bears were led by sophomore Andrija Vasiljevic's three goals, and two goals apiece by freshman Mike Hayes, freshman Zac Monsees and sophomore John Mann. Cal had jumped out to an 8-0 lead before Josh Early finally scored for Santa Clara with 4:30 left in the third period. Chris Parolin scored the other two goals for the Broncos, with a shot at 2:09 in the third and a goal with 2:32 left in the match. Ten different players scored for the Bears against Santa Clara.
Against UC Santa Cruz in the noon match, Cal again jumped out to a big lead early, starting the contest off with six straight goals, including three by Mann. Joel McKown notched the Banana Slugs first goal with 4:18 left in the second period, and later in the second, Ben Johnson scored UC Santa Cruz's second goal with 1:44 left in the half. The Banana Slugs would not score again until a Justin Garver shot with 59 seconds left in the match.
On day, Mann finished with six goals, Vasiljevic had five goals and Monsees chipped in four goals for the Bears.
Cal will next travel to Stanford for an MPSF match against its Bay Area rival, Saturday, Nov. 13 at 10 a.m. at Avery Aquatics Complex.
SC ---- 0 - 0 - 2 - 1 --- 3 Cal ----- 3 - 4 - 2 - 6 --- 15SC: Parlon 2, Early.
Cal: Vasiljevic 3, Hayes 2, Mann 2, Monsees 2, Bacharach, MacLachlan, Matthies, Niehenke, Platshon, Werner.
Saves: Moore (SC) 5, Callahan (SC) 3; Bennett (Cal) 4, Schauffler (Cal) 1, Nicholas (Cal) 1
UCSC ---- 0 - 2 - 0 - 1 --- 3 Cal ----- 5 - 4 - 4 - 3 --- 16
UCSC: Garver, Johnson, McKown.
Cal: Mann 4, Kurth 2, Matthies 2, Monsees 2, Vasiljevic 2, Kinsel, MacLachlan, Marshall, Sharf.
Saves: Vaughn (UCSC) 5, Jourasm (UCSC) 5; Schauffler (Cal) 3, Nicholas (Cal) 1
