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Conference Championship Sunday for Cal Women's Water Polo and Klara Fabikova of Women's Tennis

UCLA stands between the Bears and two conference championships today. Viewing info in article.

By Ruey Yen
After beating Stanford for the 1st time since 2000, Cal Women's Water Polo will try to bring home the MPSF title.
After beating Stanford for the 1st time since 2000, Cal Women's Water Polo will try to bring home the MPSF title.
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First of all, it was a HUGE and long long overdue victory for 4th ranked Cal Women's Water Polo on Saturday when they downed No.1 Stanford 8-7 in the MPSF Semi-final. This is the 1st Cal victory over Stanford since 2000, a span of 40 matches. Yours truly was merely graduating from high school when the last Cal victory over Stanford had occurred.

Viewing Info: The Championship Match will see the Bears take on 2nd ranked UCLA at 2:30 PM PT will be streamed live online on Pac-12 Digital (click here for the link).

Coincidentally, Cal's last MPSF championship came in 2011 when the Bears beat the Bruins.

Back to the historic Cal win over Stanford, the Bears jumped out to a quick start (4-1 lead after the first quarter) but had to hang on late. Sophomore goalie Madeline Trabucco came up big in crunch time for the Bears.

No. 4 Cal 8, No. 1 Stanford 7

Cal 4 1 2 1 - 8

Stan 1 2 1 3 - 7

Cal Goals: Carla Carrega 2, Kelly McKee 2, Sierra Smiley, Roser Tarrago, Dora Antal, Stephanie Mutafyan.

Stanford Goals: Maggie Steffens 3, Kiley Neushul 3, Anna Yelizarova.

Cal Saves: Madeline Trabucco 7

Stanford Saves: Gabby Stone 8

Check out this CalTV feature on the Women's Water Polo team (from a week or so ago), including an interview with Cal goalie Madeline Trabucco.

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Also vying for a conference title is Cal junior Klara Fabikova for the Pac-12 Singles title. Ranked 25th in the country and the 4th seed (same as the Cal Women's Water Polo in the MPSF tournament, by the way), Fabikova will face UCLA's Catherine Harrison at 10 AM PT.

Viewing Info: This match will be covered live on the Pac-12 Networks at 10 AM PT.

Fabikova upset the top seed Olmos of USC in straight sets on Saturday.

Semifinal Round

[4] No. 25 Klara Fabikova (Cal) def. [1] No. 18 Giuliana Olmos (USC) – 6-1, 6-2

GO BEARS!

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