PALOS VERDES ESTATES – Senior Elena Arias matched her best round of the season by shooting 1-under par, and the Cal women's golf team moved up one more spot to finish in 11^th place among the loaded field at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge.

Senior Katherine Zhu and sophomore Mika Jin each birdied her last hole to help the Bears break a tie with No. 22 Arizona and place 11^th. The tournament featured 10 teams ranked in the latest Golfstat top-25, including four top-10 squads.

Sophomore Cristina Ochoa was Cal's top individual finisher at 9-over par for the tournament. That put her in a tie for 38^th place in the 84-team field, where only five golfers broke par.

Arias and Zhu were each 10-over par for the Bears, who finished at 37-over par. Oregon won the championship and was the only team to break even at 4-under par.

Cal will play its fourth tournament in four weeks next Monday and Tuesday at the Fresno State Invitational.