No. 2 Cal Defeats 49ers
Korsgaden and Greenwood each score twice
October 22, 2006 | MEN'S WATER POLO | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | F | RECORDS | | Cal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -- | 14 | 19-3/2-1 | | LBSU | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -- | 5 | 5-11/0-3 | LBSU GOALS: Nick Korsgaden (2), Jeff Greenwood (2), Jay Gerardi
CAL GOALS: Michael Sharf (2), Jeff Tyrell (2), Andrija Vasilijevic (2), Zac Monsees, Kenny Waldthaler, Trent Calder, Frank Reynolds, Kevin Platshon, Mike Hayes, John Mann, Brian Bacharach | | GOALIE SAVES: Steve MacKenzie (LBSU) 4; Mark Sheredy (Cal) 7 |
LONG BEACH, CA-- California (19-3, 2-1 MPSF) scored six first quarter goals on Sunday, as11 different players scored in the game, lifting the No. 2-ranked Golden Bears to a 14-5 win over Long Beach State (5-11, 0-3 MPSF) at the Long Beach Campus Pool. Nick Korsgaden and Jeff Greenwood each scored two goals for The Beach.
Cal jumped to a 4-1 lead in the first six minutes of the game after a Frank Reynolds goal at 2:17 in the first quarter. Korsgaden tallied his first goal of the day at 1:46 to cut the deficit to 4-2, but Cal got back-to-back goals from Michael Sharf (0:58) and John Mann (0:05) in the final minute of the quarter to take a 6-2 lead. Sharf finished with two goals on the day for Cal, along with Jeff Tyrell and Andrija Vasilijevic.
Long Beach cut the deficit to 6-3 at 5:21 in the second quarter as senior Jay Gerardi scored on a penalty shot, but the Golden Bears would score the next three goals to grab a commanding 9-3 lead. Vasilijevic (3:16), Trent Calder (2:37) and Sharf (2:12) scored for Cal in that late second quarter run. Cal tallied three more goals in the third quarter, wrapped around Korsgaden's second goal of the day at 3:32, to take a 12-5 lead after three quarters of action.
In goal, Cal's Mark Sheredy finished the day with seven saves while his counterpart from Long Beach, Steve MacKenzie, finished with four.
The 49ers will next be in action on Saturday, October 28 when they play at Stanford.
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