Oct. 1, 2000
Stanford, Calif. - - The No. 13 Stanford men's soccer team scored two goals in each half to defeat Cincinnati 4-0 at New Maloney Field on Sunday and win the championship of the 2000 Stanford/Nike Classic. The Cardinal, off to its best start since the 1997 team began 13-0-2, improves to 8-0-1. The Bearcats fall to 3-6-0.
Senior Luke Rust started the scoring with the game-winner at 12:27. After Matt Moses sent a cross to the middle of the goal box, Chris Gores tipped the ball to Rust, who beat the Cincinnati keeper to the near post. Twenty seconds later, senior Scott Leber took a long through ball from Derek Shanahan and netted his team-leading ninth goal of the season.
In the second half, defender Todd Dunivant played a long ball down the left sideline to forward Mike Murphy, who beat a Bearcat defender one-on-one before drilling a shot from five yards out to give the Cardinal a 3-0 lead. Junior defender Taylor Graham finished the scoring with his first collegiate goal, which came following a corner kick from Johanes Maliza.
Cardinal goalkeepers Adam Zapala (two saves) and Andrew Terris combined on Stanford's eighth shutout in nine games. Offensively, Stanford now has 38 goals in 2000 - three more than it scored in the entire 1999 season.
Cincinnati keeper Sacha Nathu, who faced 15 shots, finished with three saves. In the earlier game, Seton Hall's Luke Serafin scored with :50 seconds remaining to give the Pirates a come-from-behind, 2-1 victory over California. The Golden Bears used a Kendall Simmons goal at 19:28 to hold a 1-0 lead for much of the match, but Seton Hall's Arda Altincatal netted the equalizer at the 71:11 mark.
Cincinnati claimed second place on goal differential ahead of third-place Seton Hall. Stanford's Rust was named the Offensive MVP, while Cardinal defender Lee Morrison garnered Defensive MVP honors.
Stanford is next in action on Friday, Oct. 6, when it hosts Washington at New Maloney Field in the Cardinal's first-ever Pac-10 men's soccer game. Kick-off is set for 7:30 p.m.
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Scoring Summary: Scoring Summary: STAN - Rust (Gores, Moses) 12:27CAL - Simmons (Arredondo) 19:28 STAN - Leber (Shanahan) 12:47SH - Altincatal (McGowan, Strohmann) 71:11 STAN - Murphy (Dunivant) 56:41SH - Serafin (Altincatal) 71:11 STAN - Graham (Maliza) 74:58Shots: Seton Hall 13, California 11 Shots: Cincinnati 4, Stanford 15 Saves: McDonald (SH) 5, Walker (CAL) 4 Saves: Nathu (CIN) 3, Zapala (STAN) 2, Terris (STAN) 0