SANTA CRUZ, Calif. ? Cal State Bakersfield, ranked No. 20 in the nation, will play for fifth place in the Western Water Polo Association after a commanding 14-8 victory over Colorado State at East Fieldhouse Aquatics Center on the UC Santa Cruz campus Saturday afternoon.

The Roadrunners improved to 24-12 on the season with one match remaining in the season on Sunday. Bakersfield will take on Cal State San Bernardino on Sunday for fifth place in the conference. That fifth-place game will feature two of the top three scorers in the country with Bakersfield's Amanda Ortiz, who is ranked No. 2 in the nation currently with 119 goals, while San Bernardino's Freyja Berg entered the weekend with the third highest scoring total in the nation.

Bakersfield junior Yulia Blinovskaya entered the weekend ranked No. 6 in the nation in scoring and currently has 98 goals on the season. She needs two goals to reach 100 for the season, which had never been done in Roadrunner history before Ortiz did so earlier this year.

Bakersfield and Colorado State battled early on and the Roadrunners held a narrow 5-4 lead after one period, but Bakersfield outscored Colorado State 4-1 in the second period to pull out to a big 9-5 advantage at the half. Colorado State never came closer than two goals the rest of the way.

Ortiz led Bakersfield with six goals while Blinovskaya and Paola Medina each scored three goals. In addition, Becky Seelos scored twice for the Roadrunners.

The Roadrunners will complete their 2007 season on Sunday against Cal State San Bernardino.