STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford swept MPSF/Kap7 weekly honors on Tuesday when senior Jamie Neushul was named the league's player of the week and freshman Makenzie Fischer its top newcomer.
The No. 1 Cardinal swept its four games over the weekend to win the 2017 Stanford Invitational. Stanford beat No. 20 LMU (19-8), No. 8 Hawaii (12-5), No. 6 UC Irvine (11-4) and No. 4 Cal (10-7) to up its record at home to 92-6 since 2008.
Neushul tied for the team lead in goals at the tournament, scoring eight times in the four wins. She had multi-goal efforts against the Cardinal's three top-10 opponents, including her second hat trick of the season in the final against Cal. The senior leads the team with 16 goals this year and her 2.29 goals per game average is eighth in the MPSF.
It's the second player of the week award of Neushul's career and the second of the season for Stanford.
Fischer also tied for the team lead with eight goals. The freshman scored a season-high four in the opener against LMU, three later that afternoon against Hawaii and one against UC Irvine. Fischer now is fourth on the team with 12 goals this season and her 1.71 goals per game average ranks tied for 17th in the conference.
It's the first weekly award of her career.
Stanford is back in action on Saturday, Feb. 18 when it plays Santa Clara in Berkeley at the Cal Speedo Cup.
