May 5, 2002
Berkeley, CA - Stanford earned the first-ever Mountain Pacific Lacrosse League Championship today by handing California a 16-7 loss at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. Stanford's freshmen took control of the offense this afternoon with Julia Calzonetti notching four goals and Nina Pantano and Kelsey Twist tabbing three goals apiece.
California opened up with a goal 25 seconds into the game, but Stanford rebounded with four goals to take a three-point lead. The Cardinal closed out the first half with six more goals for a 10-4 margin at halftime. Stanford then outscored the Bears 6-3 in the second half to earn the inaugural MPLL Championship.
Cardinal goalkeeper Virginia Solomon notched 11 saves on the day as the Cardinal took 33 shots.
Stanford ends its season with an 11-7 record, and a perfect conference record at 10-0.
| 1 | 2 | F | |
| Stanford | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| California | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Shots: Stanford - 33, California 14
Goals: (S) Julia Calzonetti 4, Nina Pantano 3, Kelsey Twist 3, Liz Britt 2, Jess Scott 2, Noor Dawood 1, Abbi Hills 1; (C) Kado 2, O'Mara 2, Edwards 1, Wheatley 1, Wu 1
Assists: (S) Jess Scott 1, Kelsey Twist 1; (C) Queisser 2, Monger 1
Saves:(S) Virginia Solomon 11; (C) Coelho 12
Stanford Stats
| # | Player | GS | GP | G | A | Pts | Sh | FP | GB | CT | TO | DC | F | C |
| 2 | Liz Britt | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | Emily Rodriguez | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Julia Calzonetti | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 6 | Nina Pantano | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Jess Scott | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Abbi Hills | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 10 | Claire Calzonetti | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 12 | Tiffany Chao | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Anthea Tjuanakis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 15 | Amanda Pettit | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Kim Cahill | |||||||||||||
| 17 | Ali Salatti | |||||||||||||
| 20 | Sophie Larroque | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Kelsey Twist | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 22 | Noor Dawood | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 25 | Larissa Conte | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 26 | Katie Grube | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 11 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 32 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | |
| CAL | - | - | 7 | |||||||||||
| Goalkeeper | GS | GP | Sv | GB | Min | GA | CT | S% | |
| 1 | Rachael Neumann | ||||||||
| 0 | Christina Saikus | ||||||||
| 36 | Virginia Solomon | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 60:00 | 7 | 2 | .611 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 60:00 | 7 | 2 | .611 |
| On the Board | ||||
| # | Player | G | A | P |
| 5 | Julia Calzonetti | 4 | 4 | |
| 6 | Nina Pantano | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 21 | Kelsey Twist | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Jess Scott | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Claire Calzonetti | 3 | 3 | |
| 2 | Liz Britt | 2 | 2 | |
| 22 | Noor Dawood | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Abbi Hills | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | 6 | 22 | |