SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The University of Hawai`i women's water polo team dropped two matches on the final day of the UCSB Gaucho Invitational claiming fourth place in the elite field.

Hawai`i (6-6) took No. 2 UCLA to the wire in the third place match before losing, 8-6.

UH, who trailed 1-0 after the first quarter, took the lead early in the second on goals by Kelly Mason and Anna Sieprath. But the Bruins reeled off three straight goals to go up 4-2 before UH's Lisa van Raalte found the net with 14 seconds left before halftime to close the gap to one.

In the third quarter, Kristy Bagnall's 6-on-5 goal tied it at four until UCLA went ahead 5-4 on a goal late in the third.

UCLA struck first in the fourth, but the Rainbow Wahine responded with goals by Iefke Van Belkum and Mason to tie it at six with 4:07 remaining. UCLA closed out the match with two goals in the final 3:35 to win, 8-6.

In the early match, UH dropped a 13-5 decision to No. 1 USC.

Hawai`i got as close as 8-4, but the Trojans got multiple goals from four players to advance to the championship match against Stanford.

UH got goals from Mason, Bagnall, Amy Logan, Brittany Dames, and Van Belkum in the loss.

The Rainbow Wahine are idle this week before opening up a nine-match homestand starting on March 11 against Mountain Pacific Sports Federation foe UC Irvine.