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No. 1 Men's Water Polo Overpowers No. 4 Cal, 11-5.
October 14, 2000 | Men's Water Polo
Oct. 14, 2000
Berkeley, CA - Led by three goals from Brian Brown and 12 blocks by goalie Brandon Brooks, top-ranked UCLA defeated No. 4 Cal, 11-5, in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match Saturday afternoon at Spieker Aquatics Complex. The Bruins improve to 9-2 and 5-0 in MPSF play, while the Bears fall to 6-5 overall and 2-2 in the MPSF.
UCLA dominated from the beginning of the match, jumping out to a 3-1 lead after the first period on goals by Brown, Dave Parker and Andrew Bailey. Senior two-meter man Jerry Smith gave Cal its first period goal with 2:39 left.
The Bears scored the first goal in the second period to get within 4-2 on another shot by Smith, this time from an assist by Joe Kaiser. However, UCLA went on to outscore Cal 4-1 the rest of the second period. Brooks helped his own cause by blocking a four-meter penalty shot attempt by Smith.
Both teams scored two goals in the third period, but the Bruins sealed the match in the fourth quarter on goals by Adam Wright and Olympian Sean Kern. Brooks also blocked another Cal four-meter penalty shot attempt, this time by Hazor.
The Bruins will face Stanford on Sunday, Oct. 15 at Noon.
UCLA 3 4 2 2 - 11
California 1 2 2 0 -- 5
UCLA: Brian Brown 3, Adam Wright 2, Matt Flesher 2, Dave Parker 2, Andrew Bailey, Sean Kern.
California: Jerry Smith 3, Eldad Hazor 2.
Goalie Saves: California - Russell Bernstein 6, Tim Kates 4, UCLA - Brandon Brooks 12
