TEMPE, Ariz. – Three players had hat tricks and No. 2 Stanford scored seven second-half goals to beat No. 9 Arizona State, 10-7, on Saturday afternoon.
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Aria Fischer, Makenzie Fischer and Ryann Neushul each scored three times for the Cardinal (12-1, 2-0 MPSF), which moved to 2-0 in conference with the victory and 26-0 all-time against Arizona State.
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Stanford scored the game's first three goals and seemed to be in control before the Sun Devils responded with a three-goal run of their own to make it 3-3 at the half. Neushul (6:15), Kat Klass (5:13) and Makenzie Fischer (1:16) rattled the cage to put the Cardinal up 3-0 in the first quarter. Peggy-Jean Allin scored with under a minute to go in the first quarter for Arizona State, which added two more in the second without allowing a Stanford score.
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The teams traded goals coming out of the break and it was 6-6 when Maud Koopman scored for ASU with 1:13 left in the third quarter. Neushul sparked the Cardinal to its first multi-goal lead since its game-opening run when she scored a 6-on-5 goal to close the third (0:34) and then added an even-strength strike to open the fourth (5:29).
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Stanford match its largest advantage when Aria Fischer scored at 5:06 in the fourth to make it 9-6. Borbala Kekesi and Makenzie Fischer alternated goals to close the game.
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The Cardinal is off next week and returns to the pool on Saturday, March 23 at noon when it hosts Harvard. Stanford makes its 2019 Pac-12 Networks debut at home on Monday, March 25 against UC Irvine (12:30 p.m.).
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No. 2 Stanford at No. 9 Arizona State
March 9, 2019 • Tempe, Ariz.
ASU 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 = 7
STAN 3 – 0 – 4 – 3 = 10
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Arizona State Goals:Â Maud Koopman 3, Peggy-Jean Allin 1, Borbala Kekesi 1, Bente Rogge 1, Amira Van Buren 1
Arizona State Saves: Bridget Johnston 5
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Stanford Goals: Aria Fischer 3, Makenzie Fischer 3, Ryann Neushul 3, Kat Klass 1
Stanford Saves: Emalia Eichelberger 8
