March 2, 2002

BERKELEY, Calif. - Sofia Konoukh scored the hat trick Saturday to lead the No. 3 USC Trojans to an 11-7 win against the California Golden Bears in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action at Spieker Aquatics Complex. USC improves to 11-2 overall and 3-0 in MPSF play while California falls to 6-5 overall, 1-1 in MPSF play.

USC scored three goals in a little over two minutes to close the first period, taking a 4-1 lead. Both teams scored three times in the second as the Women of Troy held a three-goal cushion into the second half.

Freshman Sarah Mix made seven saves in goal for the Trojans.

USC travels to Pacific for another MPSF match on Sunday.

RECAP California: 6-5 USC: 11-2, 3-0

	1	2	3	4	F
USC	4	3	1	3	11
Cal	1	3	2	1	7
SCORING
Cal: Needles 2, Fleener 2, Cesnik 2, Lorenz
USC: Sofia Konoukh 3, Eszter Gyori 3, Nina Wengst 2, Katrin Dierolf 2, Aniko Pelle


GOALIE SAVES
Cal: Dennis 10
USC: Mix 7