Jan. 8, 2005

Box Score

Santa Barbara, Calif. - Top-seeded UCLA claims UCSB's 41st Annual Elephant Bar Invitational tournament title with thrilling five-game win over No. 2 seed Cal State Northridge. Long Beach State takes home third, while Stanford and Pacific rounded out the top five, respectively. UC Irvine placed sixth, and USC topped hosts UCSB to bring home seventh.

Championship Match • 7:00 p.m.
Match 9 • No. 1 UCLA 3 vs. No. 2 Cal State Northridge 2 (35-37, 30-25, 30-23, 23-30, 17-15)

Third Place Match • 5:00 p.m.
Match 10 • No. 5 Long Beach State 3, vs. No. 6 Stanford 2 (25-30, 31-29, 33-31,23-30,19-17)

Fifth Place Match • 2:30 p.m.
Match 11 • No. 3 Pacific 3, vs. No. 8 UC Irvine 1 (30-26, 21-30,30-28,31-29)

Seventh Place Match • 12:00 p.m.
Match 12 • No. 7 USC 3, No. 4 UC Santa Barbara 0 (30-27,30-26, 30-24)

Overall Tournament Standings and Records
1. UCLA (3-0)
2. Cal State Northridge (2-1)
3. Long Beach State (2-1)
4. Stanford (1-2)
5. Pacific (2-1)
6. UC Irvine (1-2)
7. USC (1-2)
8. UC Santa Barbara (0-3)