DAVIS – All-American Nikolaos Papanikolaou scored a career-high seven goals to lead the No. 4 Cal men's water polo team to a 16-8 victory over No. 19 Cal Baptist on the first day of the Aggie Shootout on Friday.

Senior Miles O'Brien-Schridde added three goals and junior Jake Stone scored twice as the Bears methodically pulled away from the Lancers to improve to 7-0.

Papanikolaou scored the game's first two goals and three of the Bears' first four as Cal opened up a 7-2 lead midway through the second quarter.

After leading 8-4 at halftime, the Bears extended to a 10-4 advantage early in the third quarter. CBU got as close as 11-6 late in the period but Cal pulled away once again.

Senior Mateus Stellet registered three assists and goalie Adrian Weinberg made four saves for the Bears, who face No. 8 UC Davis and No. 11 San Jose State on Saturday on the second day of the tournament. Cal head coach Kirk Everist needs two more wins to reach the 400-mark for his career.