IRVINE, Calif. – The No. 4 Cal women's water polo team split a pair of matches Saturday at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational, defeating No. 5 Arizona State 10-4 before falling to No. 1 Stanford 12-9 in the semifinals.

The Bears (12-2) scored the final four goals of the game to pull away from the Sun Devils, as juniors Anna Illes and Carla Carrega each found the back of the cage twice to provide the final scoring margin. Illes finished with four goals for the Golden Bears. Senior Emily Loughlin and freshman Emma Wright each added two scores apiece.

Senior goalie Madeline Trabucco made eight saves against ASU.

The Cardinal led Cal throughout but the Bears made a run late in the third period to close the gap. With Stanford leading 10-5, Loughlin scored a goal followed by a pair by junior Kindred Paul to make it 10-8 with 1:10 left in the third quarter.

The Cardinal answered with two goals in a row before junior Dora Antal scored her third goal of the game to close out the scoring. Antal, who moved into fifth place on Cal's all-time scoring list on Friday, now has 176 in her career.

Paul also had a hat trick against the Cardinal.

Cal now has two losses this season, both to No. 1 Stanford by three goals each time.

The Bears will play in the Third Place Game at 11:30 a.m.on Sunday against No. 3 UCLA..

 
No. 4 Cal 10, No. 5 Arizona State 4
ASU 1 2 1 0 – 4
Cal 1 3 3 3 – 10
ASU Goals: Alkistis Benekou, Lena Mihalovic, Peggy-Jean Allin, Maud Koopman
Cal Goals: Anna Illes 4, Emma Wright 2, Carla Carrega 2, Emily Loughlin 2.
ASU Saves: Mia Rycraw 12.
Cal Saves: Madeline Trabucco 8.
 
No. 1 Stanford 12, No. 4 Cal 9
Cal 1 3 4 1 – 9
Stan 3 3 4 2 - 12
Cal Goals: Dora Antal 3, Kindred Paul 3, Emily Loughlin 2, Kacey Avalos
Stanford Goals: Makenzie Fischer 5, Maggie Steffens 4, Dani Jackovich 2, Jamie Neushel.
Cal Saves: Madeline Trabucco 3.
Stanford Saves: Gabby Stone 7.