IRVINE, Calif. – No. 1 Stanford ran its season-opening win streak to 10 with a pair of victories on the second day of the Barbara Kalbus Invitational. The Cardinal beat No. 8 Pacific 13-6 in the quarterfinals and handled No. 4 UCLA 10-3 in the semifinals later in the afternoon.
Stanford (10-0) will meet No. 3 USC in tomorrow's championship at 1 p.m. The Trojans knocked off No. 2 California in Saturday's other semifinal, 6-5.
The Cardinal is 39-8 all-time at this tournament and has won it all three times, but not since 2011.
No. 1 Stanford 13 – No. 8 Pacific 6
Madison Berggren and Aria Fischer each had hat tricks to pace five Cardinal with multi-goal efforts and Stanford scored 11 over the second and third quarters to beat Pacific for the second time this season. The Cardinal won its Stanford Invitational opener over the Tigers, 16-4, on Feb. 3.
Berggren put Stanford up 2-1 after the first with even strength (7:43) and power play (2:57) goals, but it was in the second when the Cardinal really got rolling.
Shannon Cleary and Aria Fischer began the frame with even strength scores at 7:12 and 6:14 and after Rachel Krieger rattled the cage in the 6-on-5 at 5:41 Jordan Raney went back-to-back for the Cardinal to make it 6-2 midway through the quarter. Krieger again was successful on the power play for the Tigers with just under three minutes remaining, but Makenzie Fischer set up a pair of Stanford scores heading into the half to help push the Stanford edge to 8-3. Fischer first hit Cleary with 90 seconds to go and then found her sister Aria with the clock at 27 seconds.
Stanford kept the pressure on coming out of the break. Krieger tallied her third to begin the quarter before Stanford reeled off five straight to put the game out of reach.
Kat Klass (2), Berggren, Sarah Klass and Aria Fischer were responsible for the Cardinal offense in the closing run. Pacific scored twice in the final period, the only offense after Fischer's final goal for Stanford with 30 seconds to go in the third.
Julia Hermann played the first half in the cage and made eight saves. Emalia Eichelberger came on in the second and had four stops.
Stanford was 2-of-5 on power plays and shot 50.0 percent, scoring its 13 goals on 26 attempts.
No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 8 Pacific
Feb. 24, 2018 • Irvine, Calif.
UOP 1 – 2 – 1 – 2 = 6
STAN 2 – 6 – 5 – 0 = 13
Pacific Goals: Rachel Krieger 3, Kyra Christmas, Aelish Guinn, Karolina Hlavata
Pacific Saves: Alexis Hollinrake 5
Stanford Goals: Madison Berggren 3, Aria Fischer 3, Shannon Cleary 2, Kat Klass 2, Jordan Raney 2, Sarah Klass
Stanford Saves: Julia Hermann 8, Emalia Eichelberger 4
No. 1 Stanford 10 – No. 4 UCLA 3
Stanford's defense put the clamps on UCLA and the Cardinal won by its largest margin over the Bruins since an 8-1 victory on April 6, 2013.
Jordan Raney, who scored twice along with Aria Fischer, got Stanford started after a few empty possessions with a 6-on-5 goal at 4:49 in the opening quarter that was assisted by Madison Berggren. Kat Klass (2:46) and Fischer (1:41) extended the Cardinal edge to 3-0 before grace Reego was able to put a score on the board for UCLA late in the period.
Stanford scored three more times in the second without allowing a goal. Berggren rattled the cage at 2:36 and the Wiley sisters followed with a goal apiece. Mackenzie Wiley stole the ball and at scored at the offensive end on the ensuing possession with a nice feed from Shannon Cleary.
Each team scored two times in the third quarter, with Stanford's coming from Raney (4:10) and Aria Fischer (1:23). Makenzie Fischer was involved in both of the Cardinal goals in the fourth. She scored at 6:39, nabbed a steal when UCLA took possession and then hit Sarah Klass for Stanford's 10 and final tally.
Julia Hermann faced 11 shots and made eight saves for a 72.7 save percentage. Stanford's defense held UCLA without a goal on any of its seven power play opportunities.
No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 4 UCLA
Feb. 24, 2018 • Irvine, Calif.
UCLA 1 – 0 – 2 – 0 = 3
STAN 3 – 3 – 2 – 2 = 10
UCLA Goals: Devin Grab, Grace Reego, Myna Simmons
UCLA Saves: Carlee Kapana 6, Hannah Storum
Stanford Goals: Aria Fischer 2, Jordan Raney 2, Madison Berggren, Makenzie Fischer, Kat Klass, Sarah Klass, Cassidy Wiley, Mackenzie Wiley
Stanford Saves: Julia Hermann 8
Perfect 10
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