STANFORD, Calif. - Jamie Neushul scored four goals in her final game at Avery Aquatic Center to lead Stanford to a 17-3 win over San Jose State on Senior Day.
Stanford's seniors accounted for eight goals on Saturday. Maggie Steffens scored the first two goals of the game and finished with three, while Dani Jackovich added a second-quarter strike for the other senior tally of the afternoon.
Junior Jordan Raney matched Neushul with four goals for the Cardinal (18-2, 5-1 MPSF), which will head to next weekend's MPSF Tournament as the No. 2 seed following UCLA's win over USC.
Steffens' first two goals came within the first 90 seconds of the game, while Raney tacked on another to give Stanford a 3-0 lead with 4:47 left in the first quarter. San Jose State pulled within 3-1 on a goal from Klaudia Paradi with 4:17 remaining the period, but Katie Dudley answered back at the 2:08 mark to give Stanford a 4-1 lead heading into the second quarter.
The Cardinal kept the Spartans scoreless in the second frame while getting two goals from Raney and one from Jackovich to take a 7-1 advantage at halftime.
Stanford extended its scoring run to 9-0 by putting away the first five goals of the third quarter en route to a 12-1 lead, capped off by Steffens' last goal with 3:20 remaining. San Jose State answered back with goals from Jennifer Liu and Dania Momen.
Stanford scored the last two goals of the third period to make it seven goals for the quarter and 14-3 lead heading into the fourth thanks to cage-rattlers from Neushul and Madison Berggren. The Cardinal then shut out the Spartans in the fourth while burying three in the San Jose State net, two from Neushul and one from Hannah Shabb.
Stanford honored its six seniors, Jackovich, Sophia Monaghan, Neushul, Cassidy Papa, Steffens and Gabby Stone, in a pre-game ceremony to commemorate their time on The Farm. Head coach John Tanner subbed out the seniors following Neushul's goal at the 6:00 mark of the fourth quarter for one final round of applause from the fans. The group has played a key role in helping the Cardinal to national championships in 2014 and 2015.
Second-seeded Stanford will open the 2017 MPSF Tournament against seventh-seeded CSU Bakersfield Friday at 11 a.m. PT at UCLA.
No. 2 Stanford vs. San Jose State
April 22, 2017 · Stanford, Calif.
SJSU 1 – 0 – 2 – 0 = 3
STAN 4 – 3 – 7 – 3 = 17
Stanford Goals: Jamie Neushul 4, Jordan Raney 4, Maggie Steffens 3, Makenzie Fischer 2, Dani Jackovich, Katie Dudley, Madison Berggren, Hannah Shabb
Stanford Saves: Gabby Stone 5, Julia Hermann 3
San Jose State Goals: Klaudia Paradi, Donia Momen, Jennifer Liu
San Jose State Saves: Katelynn Thompson 4, Tayler Peters 2
