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Men's Soccer

One More Point

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STANFORD, Calif. – Foster Langsdorf headed home his fifth of the season in the first half, Brandon Vincent converted a penalty in the second and No. 3 Stanford continued to rack up results, this time playing UCLA to a 2-2 draw in front of 1,771 at Cagan Stadium on Friday night.

The tie keeps the Cardinal (11-1-2, 4-0-2 Pac-12) four points clear of the Bruins (7-6-1, 3-2-1 Pac-12) in the Pac-12 standings with four games to play. It also extends the second-longest unbeaten streak in program history to 13.

Stanford is next in action on Monday night at 7 p.m. when it hosts San Diego State (6-6-2, 1-5-0 Pac-12), a side it defeated last Sunday, 3-1. Tickets are available by calling 800-STANFORD or visiting gostanford.com/tickets.

TURNING POINT » Down 2-1 in the 70th minute, Brandon Vincent was called upon to bring Stanford level after UCLA was whistled for a hand ball in the box. The senior co-captain slotted it past Juan Cervantes seconds after the referee had finished issuing a yellow to UCLA's Nathan Smith, but apparently had gone too soon and was told to re-kick. The added pressure didn't make a difference, as Vincent converted on the second go-around to even the score, 2-2.

JEREMY GUNN » When you take a penalty and score and then get called back, it can rattle you as player. Brandon's absolutely rock solid as a person and absolutely rock solid as a competitor. For him to pick the ball back up and bury it again was worth two goals wasn't it?

AUTOMATIC » Vincent is a perfect 4-for-4 on PK's this season and 6-for-6 in his career. Six of his 11 career goals have been from the spot.

PLAYING FROM BEHIND » Stanford was forced to come back after an Abu Danladi goal in the 35th and a Seyi Adekoya strike in the 66th. The Cardinal, which entered Friday eighth in the nation in goals against average, allowed two for just the second time this season. UCLA's goals were only the second and third conceded by Stanford at home in 2015. It's the first time the Cardinal had allowed more than one goal at Cagan Stadium since Washington scored three times on October 6, 2013, a span of 25 matches. Stanford has only trailed for 61:27 this season.

JEREMY GUNN II » That's a wonderful attribute about our program and players – you can guarantee the work rate they're going to put out every single game and in college soccer that's quite unique. Most college teams have one or two games where they just don't show up. For us every day at training and every game we play we can play slightly better or slightly lower, but the output is always there. That's something we're very proud of and a hallmark of our program.

LANGSDORF LEADS OFF » Sophomore Foster Langsdorf got things started in the 21st when he headed home his fifth goal of the season. Eric Verso played it out wide to Drew Skundrich, who looped it in to Langsdorf at the face of goal for a back-post finish.

ANOTHER ASSIST » Coming into this season, no Stanford player had tallied an assist in four straight matches since Roger Levesque in 2002. Earlier in the year, Corey Baird went four straight against VCU, San Jose State, SMU and San Francisco and now Eric Verso has joined him. The senior midfielder has set up a score in each of his team's last four games.

UNBEATEN STREAK » Stanford hasn't lost since a season-opening setback at UC Santa Barbara, is unbeaten in 13 straight and has won 11 in that stretch. The Cardinal has only had one better run in program history, when it went 20 straight without a loss from Oct. 25, 1996 to Oct. 26, 1997. Stanford is also unbeaten in its last 14 conference matches dating back to last season, going 9-0-5 over that span.

HOME FOR HOMECOMING » Stanford is 6-0-2 at home this season and is 15-1-6 in its last 22 matches at Cagan Stadium.

STRONG START » The Cardinal's 11-1-2 start is its best in 14 years. In 2002, Stanford began the year 13-1-0 en route to a 19-2-1 overall record.