STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford sophomore Makenzie Fischer was named MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week when the conference announced its weekly honors on Tuesday afternoon.
Fischer accounted for 40 percent of Stanford's scoring offense in its two wins at No. 7 UC Irvine (8-2) and No. 17 UC Santa Barbara (17-2), scoring five goals in each victory. She started by playing a role in all eight Cardinal goals at Irvine last Monday, scoring five and assisting on the other three in additional to collecting a game-high three steals.
Against Santa Barbara on Wednesday, Fischer had a three-minute stretch across the third and fourth quarters where she scored three goals and assisted on another as part of a 10-goal Cardinal run. She also had two steals and two field blocks against the Gauchos.
Fischer's performances tied her career high in goals scored and were the fourth and fifth times she's reached the mark. After posting a 5.00 goals per game average in the two wins, Fischer upped her season average to a team-leading 2.36 goals per game, which is second in the MPSF.
No. 1 Stanford has four league games remaining in its regular season, beginning with Saturday's date at No. 4 UCLA at noon on Pac-12 Bay Area and Pac-12 Los Angeles.