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LOS ANGELES — The No. 4 California women’s water polo team went toe-to-toe with top-ranked USC in MPSF action today before the host Trojans got out ahead before halftime and held off the Golden Bears for a 14-10 decision. The road loss puts Cal at 13-4 overall and 3-2 in MPSF play.<\/p>\n
Cal was right in stride with USC for the first 12 minutes, consistently finding a response to each Trojan goal in an offensive onslaught for that opening stretch. After a Despoina Drakotou<\/a> takeaway, Talia Fonseca<\/a> found Maria Bogachenko<\/a> on the counterattack, and she hit Rosalie Hassett<\/a> for a strike that knotted the game up for the sixth time. With 12 goals scored in 12 minutes, the score was even at 6-6. That’s when the Trojans shifted gears, knocking in three straight scores to go up 9-6 before Hassett hit her second of the day to make it a 9-7 margin just before halftime.\u00a0<\/p>\n USC crept ahead 11-7 with a couple early goals in the third before Julia Bonaguidi<\/a> tallied her third goal for Cal to make it 11-8 with 3:11 on the clock. USC hit from distance next, and then Hassett set up Eszter Varr\u00f3\u00a0 for a blast at the post for the Bears to get Cal back within three. USC finished off a 6-on-5 soon after, though, and it was a 13-9 scoreline entering the fourth frame. There, Cal got another Varro blast off a feed from Hassett in the final minute, but the Bears could move no closer in the remaining time and took a 14-10 loss to the No. 1 Trojans.<\/p>\n #1 USC 14, #4 Cal 10 SCORING: SAVES:\u00a0Talia Fonseca<\/a> (CAL) 10, Anna Reed (USC) 9.<\/p>\n NEXT:\u00a0Cal turns to cap off regular-season play next week with a visit to Stanford for a 1 p.m. meeting on Saturday (April 4) at Avery Aquatic Center.<\/p>\n NOTABLE: STAY POSTED
\nMarch 28, 2026 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
\nCAL\u00a0 \u00a05 – 2 – 2 – 1 = 10
\nUSC\u00a0 5 – 4 – 4 – 1 = 14<\/p>\n
\nCAL — Eszter Varr\u00f3 4, Rosalie Hassett<\/a> 2, Julia Bonaguidi<\/a> 2, Abbi Magee<\/a>, Maria Bogachenko<\/a>.
\nUSC — Emily Ausmus 3, Rachel Gazzaniga 3, Alma Yaacobi 2, Ava Knepper 2, Meghan McAninch 2, Sinia Plotz, Morgan Netherton.<\/p>\n
\n– With three goals today, Julia Bonaguidi<\/a> has scored multiple goals in Cal’s last six games.
\n– With one goal today, Abbi Magee<\/a> has now scored in 15 of Cal’s 16 games this season — a team high.
\n– With 10 saves, Talia Fonseca<\/a> recorded her second double-digit saves outing of the season and the eighth of her career.
\n– Eszter\u00a0Varr\u00f3\u00a0scored a season-high four goals.<\/p>\n
\nFor more coverage of Cal women’s water polo, follow the Bears on X (@calwwpolo<\/a>), Instagram (@calwwpolo<\/a>) and Facebook (@calwwpolo<\/a>).
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