April 6, 2002

LOS ANGELES - Senior Sofia Konoukh scored five goals Saturday and the No. 1 USC Trojans defeated the No. 12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, 14-6, in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action at McDonald's Swim Stadium.

USC improves to 18-3 overall and 9-1 in MPSF play while UCSB falls to 14-14 overall, 3-6 in MPSF play.

Nina Wengst, Aniko Pelle and Konoukh scored in the first period as USC took a 3-0 lead. The Women of Troy outscored the Gauchos, 5-2, in the second period to take an 8-2 lead at halftime.

USC will host Hawai'i to complete MPSF play on Friday (March 12) at 5 p.m. at McDonald's Swim Stadium.

UCSB     0-2-2-2-6
USC      3-5-4-2-14

UCSB Goals: Mica Bell 2, Megan Ricks, Teresa Gorbett, Kelley Tiffany, Shawna Shipley USC Goals: Sofia Konoukh 5, Aniko Pelle 3, Katrin Dierolf 3, Suzannah Johnson 2, Nina Wengst 1