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Women’s tennis stays undefeated 

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The 12th-ranked California Golden Bears dropped No. 66 Loyola Marymount, 5-2, Saturday afternoon at the LMU tennis courts. The Bears improve to 3-0 on the season, as the Lions fall to 3-5 overall.  

In singles action, California’s top seeded Raquel Kops-Jones defeated LMU’s Andrea Lord in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5. Kops-Jones is currently ranked as the No. 26 singles player in the country, according to the latest ITA poll. Penka Fileva returned to the No. 2 spot for the Lions, defeating Cal’s Jieun Jacobs in straight sets, 6-3. 6-4. Edit Pakay played at No. 3 for the Lions, defeating Cal’s 38th-ranked Christina Fusano in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. Angelina Zdorovytska played at No. 4, falling to Catherine Lynch in two, 6-2, 6-0. Lynch is ranked at No. 49 in the current standings. In the No. 5 match, Golden Bear Jody Scheldt defeated Julie Hladik in two as well, 6-2, 7-6. And rounding out the singles for the Lions and Bears was Cal’s Kristen Case, who defeated LMU’s Jessica Placencia, giving up only one game in her straight set victory (6-0. 6-1).  

Cal returns to Berkeley next weekend. The Bears take on San Diego on Friday at 1:30, and then open their Pac-10 season Saturday at noon against arch-rival Stanford. 

Cal gymnasts finish second 

The California Golden Bears finished second, only to No. 10 UCLA, scoring a 192.825 to outdo UC Davis, 190.550 and UC Santa Barbara, 185.500, at the biannual California Invitational Sunday afternoon at Haas Pavilion. The Bruins tallied a score of 194.825.  

The Bears improved to 5-4 on the season while UCLA is now 9-4. The Aggies dropped to 9-5 and the Gauchos fell to 0-8.  

In the first rotation, junior Janet McKnight led the Bears with a season-high score of 9.825 on the vault. Freshman My-Lan Dodd also tied her season-best mark with a 9.850 performance on the uneven bars. Dodd also brought home a third place finish on the balance beam with a score of 9.800. The floor exercise, the final rotation of the afternoon, saw three Cal gymnasts draw a 9.800 mark - junior Monique Johnson, McKnight and Dodd.  

In the all-around competition, Dodd placed first with a total score of 39.075. Freshman Sheilah Buack also competed in all events, receiving a score of 38.075.  

Cal downs No. 6 UC Davis 

SUISUN, Calif. - Ericka Lorenz and Julie Arnold each scored two goals Saturday as fourth-ranked California beat sixth-ranked UC Davis, 11-3, in a women’s water polo match played at Solano College. Cal improved to 3-2 with the win, while the Aggies lost their third straight game to fall to 4-5 overall. 

Lorenz scored her first goal just over a minute into the game, igniting the Golden Bears who took a 3-0 lead after the first period. Cal led 5-0 early in the second quarter before Agee’s score with 4:51 remaining made it 5-1. A 4-0 surge by the Golden Bears in the third quarter - which included Arnold’s goals with 6:28 and 3:43 left - made it 9-1. Lorenz added her second scored during the third quarter as well.  

Sexton scored her goal less than 30 seconds into the final period, while Delaney converted her score on a penalty shot with 1:56 left. Cal had eight major fouls in the game, but UC Davis only scored once as a result.  

Nine different players scored for Cal in the win.  

Bear goalie Lauren Dennis had six for the Golden Bears, while Alexis Muecke put up seven stops for UC Davis.  

The Bears return to action next week, taking part in the UC Santa Barbara tournament.  

Cal rugby beats New Mexico 

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - The Cal varsity rugby squad (5-0) traveled to the desert equipped with its high altitude and came out with a hard fought win over the Lobos, 43-3 Saturday afternoon. This was the Bears’ twentieth straight win dating back to last year’s national championship run.  

“It was a solid victory against a worthy opponent playing at home,” said head coach Jack Clark. “Maybe it was the altitude or maybe it was our fitness level, but I thought we were dragging ... especially our big guys.”  

The Bears took a narrow 15-3 lead into halftime, only to put up 28 more points in the second half while holding the Lobos to none. The first half execution was shabby at best, but the physicality and the technical skills of the Bears’ seasoned veterans proved to be too much for New Mexico in the second half.  

The second half saw Cal dominating the line-outs and scrums while controlling the run of play. Even though the high altitude seemed to tire out the players, the Bears dominated the territory for nearly two-thirds of the game, rarely letting New Mexico advance to their side of the field.  

“I don’t want to seem ungrateful for the victory, but we have a long way to go to become the team we’re capable of becoming,” said Clark.  

Senior Dave Guest led the Bears scoring attack, scoring four tries, one penalty kick and five two-point conversions for a total of 33 points on the day. Cal held the Lobos to just one first half penalty kick while scoring six tries and one penalty kick of their own.