Feb. 13, 1998

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Stanford women's water polo team placed third at the UC San Diego Triton Invitational, defeating UC Santa Barbara 9-5. Seven different Cardinal found the back of the net in the victory, paced by sophomore Ellen Estes' (Novato, CA/Novato HS) three goals.

Stanford (3-1) suffered its first loss of the young season in the semifinals, losing narrowly to California 7-6. Cal jumped out to 3-0 by the end of the first quarter but the Cardinal rallied to within 4-3 by the half. Falling back 6-4 with one quarter remaining, the Cardinal rallied again but fell short. Estes again led the Stanford scoring attack with three goals.

Semifinals

            1   2   3   4   Total
Cal         3   1   2   1   7
Stanford    0   3   1   2   6

Cal Goals:  Alisa von Hartitzsch 6, Colette Glinkowski.
Stanford Goals:  Ellen Estes 3, Kris Koblik 2, Dani Bell.

Third-Place Match

            1   2   3   4   Total
Stanford    1   2   0   6   9
UCSB        1   0   1   3   5

Stanford Goals: Ellen Estes 3, Rachel Best, Kris Koblik, Nicole Glazer, Hillary Gallogly, Dani Bell, Kelly Shouey.

UCSB Goals: Dianne Vicheinrut, Juli Monahan, Lynn Nisbet, Nicole Comacho, Catherine Hill.