San Diego State junior Jamel Wallace (Oceanside High) scored 23 minutes into yesterday's men's soccer match against Cal, providing the difference in the Aztecs' 1-0 victory over the seventh-ranked Bears at the SDSU Sports Deck.

SDSU is now 3-3-3 in the Pac-10 and 5-8-3 overall. The Aztecs are now 5-2-1 against Cal (2-2-3, 7-3-5) since moving into the Pac-10 four years ago. The victory was all the more impressive because SDSU played a man down for nearly 50 minutes when junior Daniel Ortega (Eastlake High) was issued a red card and sent off late in the first half.

The Aztecs were outshot 13-4 in the second half, but Aztecs goalkeeper Jorge Rosales and his defense denied the Bears time and again.

More soccer

The USD men dropped their second West Coast Conference match of the season, falling 2-0 to visiting Saint Mary's. The Toreros (6-2 WCC, 6-7-3 overall) outshot the Gaels (3-3-2, 4-8-3) by 11-9, but couldn't put anything into the net while being shut out for the fourth time this season. . . . Mary Carroll scored twice to lead host Cal Poly Pomona to a 2-0 win over the No. 16 UCSD women in the teams' regular-season finale. Carroll's first goal brought to an end a more than 355-minute scoreless streak by the UCSD defense. The Tritons (9-3-2 CCAA, 13-3-2 overall) open next week's CCAA Championship tournament as the top seed from the South Division. Pairings are to be announced today for the tournament, which will be hosted by the Tritons. . . . The UCSD men concluded the regular season with a 4-0 victory at Cal Poly Pomona. The Tritons (6-6-2, 10-6-2) did not qualify for the CCAA Championship Tournament, but still have hopes for an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament.

Water sports

The No. 8-ranked UCSD men's water polo team defeated visiting UC Santa Cruz 19-8 and Pomona Pitzer 13-6 in a pair of Western Water Polo Association matches. Daniel Garcia totaled nine goals on the day for the Tritons, who are 16-9 on the season. . . . SDSU's open four B boat (with Vanessa Jones, Allison Hardin, Jaime Hinton and Anna Ohrstrom) had a first-place showing at the Newport Autumn Rowing Festival, beating second-place UCLA by eight seconds in the event at Newport Harbor.