SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Eleven different members of the Cardinal scored as No. 4 Stanford cruised to its seventh consecutive victory, downing St. Francis Brooklyn, 20-4, Sunday as part of the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament at Santa Clara.
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Seniors Cody Smith and Jackson Kimbell, junior Mitchell Mendoza and freshman Ben Hallock each recorded a hat trick in the win. Smith paced the Cardinal with a game-high four scorers. Seniors Reid Chase, Sam Pfeil and Connor Stapleton, junior Marco Stanchi, sophomore Bennett Williams and freshmen Tyler Abramson and Sawyer Rhodes added a goal apiece in the victory.
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First-quarter goals from Abramson, Kimbell, Hallock, Smith and Pfeil gave Stanford (13-3) an early 5-1 lead. The Cardinal stretched it to 8-2 by halftime and used a seven-goal scoring barrage in the third quarter to build a 15-3 advantage. Mendoza scored all three of his goals in the fourth quarter to highlight five more Stanford scores in the final frame.
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The 20 goals scored Sunday against the Terriers marked the sixth time in 16 matches this season Stanford has produced at least 20 scores in a match.
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Defensively, senior goalie Drew Holland posted six saves, before handing it over to sophomore Andrew Chun in the second half. Chun finished with a pair of saves over the final 16 minutes.
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Stanford will travel south next weekend to face Long Beach State on Saturday (Oct. 28) at noon and UC Irvine on Sunday (Oct. 29) at 1 p.m. Â
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