March 3, 2007
Top- ranked Stanford finished off a perfect weekend by defeating No. 17 UC San Diego 13-3 Saturday afternoon in San Diego, CA. Stanford finishes the weekend a perfect 3-0 and pushed their season record to 14-1 overall. The Cardinal scored the first seven goals of the game and led 8-1 by halftime. The Tritons kept it closer in the second half but still were unable to get much going. Katie Hansen led the way once again for Stanford, scoring a team-high four goals in the match.
Jessica Steffens got Stanford started early by scoring a goal two minutes in the game. Katie Hansen extended the Stanford lead to 4-0 after scoring three goals in the quarter's final 2:31. Stanford carried that momentum in the second period when Lauren Silver scored twice in the period and Stanford had a 6-0 lead. After Hansen tallied her fourth goal of the match and Christina Hewko scored, Stanford held an 8-1 on the Tritons after a late goal by Triton driver Sydney Gstettenbauer.
The second half of the match was more contested as Stanford tallied two goals in the period by Jessica Steffens and a third goal by Lauren Silver. After three quarters Stanford held a commanding 10-1 on the Tritons.
UC San Diego played their strongest quarter of the match in the fourth as Stanford outscored them 3-2. Jessica Steffens scored a second goal and Heather West and Kelsey Holshouser added goals to wrap up the 13-3 victory.
Katie Hansen had a great weekend for the Cardinal, scoring 14 goals in the three games. Stanford now has a three week break until they return to action March 24th at the Avery Aquatics Center against Princeton at 9:30 AM.
Stanford Women's Water Polo Results:
March 3, 2007
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA
MPSF: Stanford 13, UC San Diego 3
Stanford 4-4-2-3--13
UC San Diego 0-1-0-2 --3
Scoring:
Stanford - Hansen (4), Silver (3), Steffens (2), Eaton (1), Hewko (1), West (1), Holshouser (1)
UC San Diego - Gstettenbauer (1), Gearty (1), Hermann (1)
Records: Stanford 14-1, 6-0; UC San Diego 5-7, 0-2