NO. 3 CAL (17-4) AT NO. 9 UC DAVIS (18-9)
Saturday, April 21 | 12 PM PT | Schaal Aquatics Center | Davis, Calif..




With the MPSF season complete and the conference tournament looming next week, the No. 3 Cal women's water polo team closes out the regular season Saturday with its fourth game against UC Davis this season. The Bears have beaten the Aggies all three previous times this year by an aggregate total of 45-16. UC Davis tested Cal at times when the teams met during the Stanford Invitational in February, with the Bears finally prevailing, 14-9.


 


CAL TO HOST MPSF CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2018 MPSF Women's Water Polo Championships will take place at Cal's Spieker Aquatics Complex April 27-29. All six teams in the conference will compete for an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships. There will be two first-round games on Friday, the semifinals and a consolation game on Saturday with the championship and third place game taking place on Sunday. All-session and single-day tickets can be purchased at CalBears.com, by calling 1-80-GOBEARS or at the gate. 

BEARS CLINCH NO. 2 SEED, FIRST-ROUND BYE
The Bears have clinched a second-place finish in the final MPSF standings, giving them the No. 2 seed in next week's conference tournament at Cal. The top two seeds - USC and Cal - will have a bye in Friday's first round and advance straight to the conference semifinals. The second-place finish is the Bears' best performance in conference play since they also finished second in the 2011 season.

ANTAL AND THE LEADERBOARDS
Senior Dora Antal became Cal's all-time leading scorer when she netted her 217th career goal on Feb. 3 against San Jose State at the Stanford Invitational. Now with 233 career goals, she has moved into the MPSF all-time top-20 at No. 19. She needs two more goals to move into a tie for 18th place along with her head coach, Coralie Simmons, who was a two-time NCAA Player of the Year at UCLA. Larisa Baltgavlis of San Diego State also shares the No. 18 spot with 235 career goals. With two regular season games remaining followed by the postseason, Antal needs 12 goals to move into the top-10 all-time in MPSF history. Rae Lekness of San Jose State is the conference's all-time leading scorer with 294 goals.
MPSF All-Time Leading Scorers
10. Adriana Vogt, San Jose State (2008-11)    245
11t. Melissa Seidemann, Stanford (2009-13)    239
11t. Lauren Silver, Stanford (2006-09)        239
13. Kelly Mason, Hawai'i (2006-09)        238
14t. Dani Curran, San Jose State (2009-12)    237
14t. Addison McGrath, Arizona State (2006-09)    237
14t. Kelly Rulon, UCLA (2006-09)        237
17t. Coralie Simmons, UCLA (1996-98, 2001)        235
17t. Larisa Baltgalvis, San Diego State (1997-2000)    235
19. Dora Antal, Cal (2014-15, 2017-18)        233

SPIEKER GETS A MAKEOVER
Spieker Aquatics Complex has a new look in 2018. The entire pool was replastered during the summer of 2017 and new bleachers were installed on both the upper and lower levels. A new scoreboard was also added, and all games will now be played directly in front of the new stands at the south end of the complex.

ABOUT NO. 9 UC DAVIS
• Aggies have two wins over top-10 teams (No. 9 UOP, No. 7 UC Irvine)
• Have dropped three games to Cal this season by a combined score of 45-16
• SR Paige Virgil leads the Aggies with 51 goals this season
 • CAL ALL-TIME VS. UC DAVIS: 39-2