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Behind a career-high three goals from Andrej Grgurevic, the Trojans outscore UC Santa Barbara 6-1 in the second half.

Trojans fight out of a three-goal hole but wind up short of Cal in an 11-10 defeat in the third-place game.

The Trojans followed a rare loss by defeating host No. 6 UC Davis 12-4, and then took down No. 20 Navy 14-5 to improve to 8-2 overall on the year.

Trojans take on Long Beach State at 5 p.m. and Golden West at 6:30 p.m. at Uytengsu Aquatics Center.

The USA Men's National Team picked up their second straight win at the FINA World League Super Final, defeating Italy 13-9 to claim the Group B title.

Italy rallied from two goals down with 18 seconds left to force overtime, but Team USA bounced back in the extra shootout session to secure the win.

All-tournament MVP Nikos Papanikolaou and the Cal Bears defeated USC 13-12 on Sunday to win their 15th NCAA championship.

Trojans roll into their 17th straight NCAA Tournament this weekend in Westwood.

Trojans visit the No. 4 Cardinal at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Avery Aquatic Center.

USC had three players — Wyatt Barker, Ashworth Molthen and Carson Kranz — net hat tricks in the win, while goalie Nic Porter hauled in 11 saves in the cage.