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By Staff Reports
Arizona Daily Wildcat
November 3, 1997

UA junior Michael Stopa fell short in this weekend's Rolex/ITA Southern California Regional Championships, losing 6-4, 6-3 to Jason Cook of UCLA in the semifinals. Stopa defeated, in order, UA's Brett Masi, Cory Guy of UC-Santa Barbara, Noah Newman of UCLA, and Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo's Chris Magyary, to reach the semifinals. It was Stopa's best finish and marked the end of the team's fall season.

Also successful for Arizona was senior Roland Kupka, who lost in the third-round to Cook. Kupka defeated Akran Zaman of USC and John Lundquist of Pepperdine before falling. Also advancing to the second round was UA senior Mike MacKay and sophomore Jean-Noel Lacoste.

Spring play and the Pacific 10 Conference season opens with a trip to UCLA on Jan. 30th.

Briefly

The No. 1 ranked UA water polo team finished 4th out of 12 teams in this weekend's Cactus Classic at the Student Recreation Center.

The Wildcats beat both intercollegiate teams they played, downing Oregon 25-3 on Friday and 4th-ranked Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 11-7 on Saturday afternoon. Bryan Kimbell had six points and Rafeal Cuartas had three goals against Cal Poly.

Arizona lost to the Kaos Masters, an elite masters team from California, 15-4 Saturday afternoon. In yesterday's third-place game, the Wildcats were eliminated 9-8 by the Cal Pinch Masters, a veteran team from southern California.

The San Diego Shores Masters squad won the tournament yesterday by beating Kaos 7-6 in double overtime.

The Wildcats are the No. 2 seed at the CWPA National Championships in Williamstown, Mass. that begin Friday. The team's first opponent is 5th-ranked Pennsylvania.

By the Numbers

$17 to $250:

Price range for a piece of the McKale Center floor that is being replaced after this season with a state-of-the-art, fixed-floating floor. Pieces of the present court will be offered to the public in a variety of products, from wooden pens to autographed square-foot slabs.