Berkeley, Calif. – Winthrop fell at California by a final score of 14-3 on Sunday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Katie Witmer got the Eagles on the board first on the man-up one minute in.
• Cal scored the next three goals, leading by this same score at the end of the first quarter.
• Neither team scored for half of the second quarter until the Golden Bears found the back of the net at the 7:40 mark.
• Cal scored again three minutes later to extend their lead to four and led 5-1 at the break.
• The home standing Golden Bears scored the first three goals of the third quarter.
• Ellie Dutton briefly ended the Cal run with a goal of her own with 6:31 left in the frame, cutting the lead to six.
• However, Cal answered on the next possession to take their lead back to seven.
• The Golden Bears would lead 10-2 at the end of the third quarter.
• Cal scored the first goal early in the fourth quarter but Erin Whitaker got her first goal of the afternoon on the next Eagle possession.
• The Golden Bears scored three more times in the frame to end the day.

NOTABLES (TEAM)

• Winthrop moves to 100-100 all-time as a program.
• Winthrop had 11 saves to Cal's eight.
• Witmer lead the Eagles in shots with three.
• Emma Calhoun led the Eagles in ground balls with five.
• Lexi Johnson and Madison Mayer each had three draw controls with three.

ON DECK
Winthrop stays put in California, taking on Cal-Davis on Tue., Mar. 12. The game will be at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
 
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