BERKELEY, Calif. --- UC Irvine scored first but fourth-ranked California built an 8-3 halftime lead en route to a 14-6 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation victory over the No. 8 'Eaters Sunday at Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley.

UCI's Mitch Wise opened the scoring on a goal with 6:31 left in the first quarter before the Bears scored four straight to go up 4-1 after the initial period.

Cal outscored the 'Eaters 4-2 in the second quarter and went on to claim the win.

Sam Figueroa led UCI (13-9, 1-4 MPSF) with a game-high three goals and Alex Kazmier had seven saves in goal.

Four players scored two goals each for the Bears, who improved to 16-3 overall and 4-1 in the conference.

The 'Eaters play their next three games at home, beginning Thursday night at 7:00 against Long Beach State in an MPSF and "Black & Blue" rivalry game.


UC Irvine        1 – 2 – 1 – 2 --- 6
California       4 – 4 – 2 – 4 --- 14

UCI:  Sam Figueroa 3, Brian Pickford, Mitch Wise, Derrik Jarvis.

Cal:  Aleksa Saponjic 2, Luka Saponjic 2, Zach Greenwood 2, Marin Balarin 2, Hunter Gettelfinger, Ayal Keren, Cory Nasoff, Luka Ivanovic, Collin Smith, Ivan Rackov.

Saves:  Alex Kazmier (UCI) 7;  Justin Parsons (Cal) 13.

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