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NO. 5 CALIFORNIA BEATS NO. 3 USC 9-8; FINISHES 3RDFeb. 24, 2008
IRVINE, Calif. - No. 5 California defeated No. 3 USC 9-8 to capture third place match Sunday at the UC Irvine Women's Water Polo Invitational at Anteater Aquatics Complex. California led 3-2 after the first period. USC then scored three goals to go up 5-3 24 seconds into the third period. Two goals for the Golden Bears tied the match at 5-5 with 5:12 left in the third. The two teams would each score three more times in the third to head into the fourth period tied at 8-8. Meghan Corso scored the winning goal for Cal with 4:03 left in the match. Keeper Heather Stuart had 12 saves for the Golden Bears. Keeper Tumua Anae had 8 saves for USC. California - 3 - 0 - 5 - 1 - 9 Scoring USC: Veronika Bartunkova 3, Alexandra Kiss 2, Julie Spataru 1, Forel Davies 1, Michelle Stein 1 Saves USC: Tumua Anae 8 |