No. 4 Stanford (13-3)
No. 7 Long Beach State (11-10) | Saturday • 12 p.m. (PT)
Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center • Long Beach State, Calif.
No. 6 UC Irvine (10-7) | Sunday • 1 p.m. (PT)
Anteater Aquatics Complex • Irvine, Calif.
Live Stats » Long Beach State | UC Irvine
Game Notes » Stanford
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WHAT'S NEXT: Riding a seven-game winning streak, No. 4 Stanford hits the road a final time during the regular-season as the Cardinal travels south to face No. 7 Long Beach State at noon on Saturday and No. 6 UC Irvine at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
HOW TO FOLLOW: Live statistics will be available for both matches, with the Long Beach State contest available here - http://www.thefosh.net/livestats.php?gameid=3885 and the UC Irvine contest available here - http://www.thefosh.net/livestats.php?gameid=3231.
LAST TIME OUT: Stanford completed a perfect 4-0 weekend, defeating No. 16 Bucknell (11-3), Wagner (20-5), No. 7 Pepperdine (9-3) and No. 12 St. Francis Brooklyn (20-4) last week. Freshman Ben Hallock led all members of the Cardinal with 12 goals in the four contests. He posted a hat trick in three of the four contests. Senior goalie Drew Holland posted 29 saves over the four matches.
LIGHTING UP THE SCOREBOARD: The Cardinal is averaging 14.9 goals per game this season, topping the 20-goal mark in six of its 16 matches on the year. Freshman Ben Hallock leads the way offensively with 44 goals, with while senior Cody Smith is adding 28 scores. Junior Blake Parrish has 27 and sophomore Bennett Williams has contributed 26 goals on the year.
HALLOCK HONORED: Freshman Ben Hallock has lived up to his billing as one of the top players in his class coming out of high school. He has earned Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Newcomer of the Week honors twice in the first five weeks of the season. The freshman totaled 11 goals in four games at the Bruno Classic to lead Stanford to a sweep of No. 10 Harvard, No. 15 Brown, No. 19 St. Francis Brooklyn and MIT. He scored three goals in the win at Pacific three weeks ago to earn his second weekly honor.
Hallock, who redshirted last season after playing for USA Water Polo in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, leads Stanford in scoring with 44 goals through 16 matches. He is the lone Cardinal to score at least one goal in all 16 contests this season. The freshman ranks second in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in scoring, averaging 2.75 goals-per-game.
ALL-TIME SAVES LEADER: Senior Drew Holland became Stanford's all-time saves leader earlier this season. He enters this week's matches with 867 career stops. Holland is averaging 10.7 saves per game this season, with a season-high 17 stops at No. 2 USC in the Mountain Pacific Invitational Sept. 23.
CAREER SAVES LEADERS
| Rank | Name | Years | Total Saves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Drew Holland | 2013 – present | 867 |
| 2. | Chris Aguilera | 1994-98 | 744 |
| 3. | Larry Bercutt | 1990-93 | 727 |
| 4. | Nick Ellis | 1999 – 2002 | 714 |
STRONG START: The Cardinal has out-scored its opponents 131-38 over the first half in the first 16 matches of the season. In the second quarter alone, Stanford has out-scored its opponents, 62-16.
A LOOK AT THE POLLS: The Cardinal check in at No. 4 in this week's Collegiate Water Polo Association national poll released on Oct. 25. Stanford has been in the top five of the national poll every week over the past two seasons.
VETERAN GROUP: Stanford's veteran group features eight seniors on the 2017 roster, including Drew Holland, Jackson Kimbell, Connor Stapleton, Cody Smith, Justin Roberto, Reid Chase, Sam Pfeil and Oliver Lewis. Holland, Kimbell, Stapleton and Chase redshirted last season.
ALL-AMERICAN QUINTET Among Stanford's 18 returning letterwinners is a group of five individuals who have earned All-America honors in their career in goalie Drew Holland, utility man Jackson Kimbell, and drivers Connor Stapleton, Blake Parrish and Cody Smith.
SMITH SCORING: Senior Cody Smith has posted 28 goals in Stanford's first 16 games and leads the Cardinal's active roster in career goals with 137. Smith has posted multiple goals in nine games this season, including a season-best four against No. 12 St. Francis Brooklyn last Sunday.
FRESHMAN PRODUCTION: The freshman trio of Ben Hallock, Tyler Abramson and Sawyer Rhodes have scored 69 goals this season. Hallock (44) is a redshirt freshman after sitting out last year following his competition in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero. Rhodes (16) and Abramson (9) are true freshmen.
HOME SWEET HOME: After playing 10 of its first 11 games on the road, Stanford recently completed its season-long four-game homestand. The Cardinal is 5-0 at home this season. Following this weekend's road contests, Stanford will play its final three regular-season matches at home, Nov. 4 vs. UCLA, No. 9 vs. Cal and No. 11 vs. Santa Clara.
HONORING CHAMPIONS: During a special halftime ceremony during the win over UCSB on Oct. 14, the program honored its NCAA championship teams from the 1980s as several Cardinal greats were recognized for their outstanding accomplishments. Several members of those teams went on to represent the United States in the Olympics, including Jody Campbell, Chris Dorst, Craig Klass, Erich Fischer, Alan Mouchawar, as well as former head coach Dante Dettamanti.