June 2, 2005
BERKELEY, CA -
California sophomore Elsie Windes and junior Allison Gold have been selected 2005 American Water Polo Coaches Association All-Americans. Windes, who earlier was a member the MPSF All-Tournament team and second team All-MPSF, was named third team All-American, while Gold earned honorable mention All-America accolades.
Windes, a standout all-arounder from Portland, Ore., was the Golden Bears' leading scorer with 51 goals this season, including five goals in the MPSF Tournament and two goals in Cal's 8-4 victory over No. 5-ranked Long Beach State in the tournament's fifth-place match. She was the Bears' leading scorer in 11 matches this season and has now tallied 84 goals in two years.
This past January, Windes was a member of the USA Junior National Team that won a gold medal at the 2005 FINA Junior World Championship in Perth, Australia. Last season as a freshman, she was named honorable mention All-America, was second team All-MPSF and a member of the 2004 MPSF All-Freshman Team.
Gold was Cal's leading scorer at the MPSF Tournament with nine goals in the four matches. She, Windes and junior Brittani Llorente each had two goals in the Bears' victory over Long Beach State. Gold also paced Cal with three goals versus San Diego State, two goals versus Stanford and two goals versus San Jose State. She finished second on the Bears' scoring list this season with 44 goals, and has now tallied 92 goals in three years.
The 2005 Cal women's water polo squad, in its third season under head coach Amber Drury-Pinto, finished 18-10 overall, 6-6 in the MPSF. The Bears were fifth in MPSF Tournament, defeating San Jose State (7-5) in the opening round, falling to Stanford (7-3) in the quarterfinals, defeating San Diego State (9-7) in the semifinals and topping Long Beach State (8-4) for fifth place.
