Card Wins Regular-Season Title

DAVIS, Calif. – The Stanford women’s lacrosse team scored the game’s first 13 goals on its way to beating UC Davis, 15-6, on Wednesday night to capture its first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation regular-season title since 2011.

No. 15 Stanford (12-2 overall) improved to 8-0 with one game left in MPSF play to clinch the top seed in the conference tournament and earn the right to play host to it next year. The six-team MPSF tournament (April 30-May 3 in Denver) determines the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA playoffs. Stanford still could tie USC (7-1), but owns the tiebreaker after beating the Trojans on Sunday, 12-6.

Hannah Farr scored four goals and Rachel Ozer had three assists for the Cardinal, including a streak of seven in a span of 7:19 that increased the lead from 4-0 to 11-0 by halftime. Goals by Mackenzie Tesei and Farr increased the lead to 13-0 before the Aggies (3-13, 3-6) got on the board with 24:36 left in the game.

Stanford got three draw controls, two caused turnovers, two groundballs one goal and one assist from Lucy Dikeou.

This is the sixth regular-season title for Stanford since MPSF play began in 2004, and third under seventh-year coach Amy Bokker.

Stanford will conclude the regular season at California on Sunday at noon before advancing to the MPSF semifinals on May 2 at 3 p.m. PT (4 p.m. MT). If Stanford beats Cal, the Cardinal will finish with its first perfect conference record since the MPSF expanded to 10 teams.

Stanford 15, UC Davis 6
Stanford 11 4 – 15
UC Davis   0 6 --   6
Stanford (goals-assists): Hannah Farr 4-1, Mackenzie Tesei 2-1, Lucy Dikeou 1-1, Kyle Fraser 1-1, Emily Newstrom 1-1, Kelly Myers 1-0, Alex Poplawski 1-0, Dillon Schoen 1-0, Sandy Smith 1-0, Charlotte Ward 1-0, Paige Southmayd 1-0, Rachel Ozer 0-3. Totals 15-8.
UC Davis: Courtney Neff 3-0, Mary Doyle 2-0, Melissa Kellan 1-0, Elizabeth Landry 0-2. Totals 6-2-15.
Records: Stanford 12-2, 8-0; UC Davis 3-13, 3-6.