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An explosive driver and accurate shooter...Very active, strong player in front of the goal.
As a junior in 2000: Was fifth on the team with 29 goals…Scored three goals in four separate games, the first in a 13-2 win over Loyola Marymount in the UC Santa Barbara Invitational, then in a 13-8 victory over MPSF opponent Long Beach State, and last in an 18-3 decision over Pacific in the MPSF Tournament…Scored six goals in the four games of the National Championships, including three in a 17-6 win over Harvard in the first round.
As a sophomore in 1999: Was second on the team with 32 goals...Scored four goals on three different occasions, including against #15 Michigan in the first round of the Collegiate National Championships...Scored at least one goal in 18 of the team's 31 games.
As a freshman in 1998: Finished third on the team with 34 goals...Scored a season-high three goals in three games...Had eight two-goal games...Registered two goals in her first collegiate game, a 9-1 victory over USC at the UC San Diego Invitational...Posted at least one goal in 20 of the team's 35 games.
High School: Attended Wilson High School...Led the Bruins to league titles in 1996 and '97...Advanced to the CIF Southern Section championship match both years...A two-time team MVP, she also received league MVP and All-CIF honors in 1997...Played on the boy's team from 1994-95...Member of the swimming team which captured four straight league titles and the 1996 CIF Southern Section Div. II Championship...All-League swimmer in 1997...Member of the National Honor Society, California Scholastic Federation and Principal's Honor Roll all four years.
Personal: Born Feb. 20, 1979 in Long Beach, California...Daughter of Sam and Dana Bell...Helped lead the U.S. squad to the bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in 1997 and the Pan-American Championships in 1998...Her sister, Cat, is a sophomore on the UC Davis women's water polo team...Both parents attended Cal Poly, where her Father competed on the water polo team and her mother competed for track & field...Hobbies and interests include reading, suntanning, camping and listening to classic rock...An American studies major.