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Cal goalkeeper Maite Zabala and defender Tami Pivnik were selected in the Women’s United Soccer Association supplemental college draft this week, and will both play in the fledgling league’s inaugural season beginning in April. 

Zabala was chosen with the eighth overall pick by the Atlanta Beat, and Pivnik was chosen by the Bay Area CyberRays with the 31st overall pick. 

“I was a little surprised to have been picked so high,” Zabala said. “But I’m glad I’ll be getting the chance to keep playing soccer.” 

Zabala plans to graduate next winter, but will drop her current classes to train with the Beat. She will return to school when the season ends in August. 

“I’m a little nervous, because I’ve never been to Atlanta,” she said. “But a lot of people have told me it’s a nice city.”