STANFORD, Calif. – Sophomore Jasmine Aikey netted a hat trick on Friday night as No. 3 Stanford (15-0-4, 8-0-3 Pac-12) completed an undefeated regular season by way of a 4-0 shutout over California (7-6-6, 4-3-4 Pac-12).
The hat trick was the third multi-goal game of Aikey's career, joining the three at Oregon State on October 23, 2022 and the four-goal game vs. San Jose State in the first round of the 2022 NCAA tournament on November 11, 2022.
Aikey got her night started with a left-footed goal on an assist from Joelle Jung in the 19th minute. Aikey received the pass near the center of the box, spun to her left and unleashed a laser that proved to be the game-winner.
With the Cardinal already leading 2-0, the native of Palo Alto doubled the advantage in a matter of two minutes in the second half. Andrea Kitahata fired a cross in toward the box that was deflected by a Cal defender out toward the top of the box to the waiting foot of Aikey. Stanford's leading goal scorer wasted no time putting it back on frame, slipping her one-timer into the bottom right corner of the net as the clock struck the 58th minute.
Completing the hat trick and running her season goal total to 10 in the 60th minute, Aikey once again received a pass from Jung with her back to goal, spun to her left and fired another left-footed shot across her body to the far post for the score.
Fifth-year player Maya Doms also tallied a goal in the victory, receiving a pass from Allie Montoya in the 31st minute before settling it on her left foot and skipping her shot to the far post and past the dive of Cal goalkeeper Teagan Wy. Wy would finish the game with eight saves.
For Doms, the goal was her second in as many matches and ran her season total to eight.
Senior Ryan Campbell, who was honored alongside fellow seniors Julia Leontini, Catherine Paulson, Sarah Paulson, Mia Watanabe, Astrid Wheeler and Samantha Williams on Senior Night, played the first 81-plus minutes in goal and made six saves to lead the way to the shutout.
With the regular season complete, Stanford will now await the announcement of the NCAA Tournament field on Monday at 1 p.m.
GAME NOTES
- The undefeated regular season is the first for the Cardinal since 2018 – a year it went 21-1-2 with the lone loss coming in the semifinals to Florida State
- Aikey's multi-goal game was the first for a Stanford player this year, and the first for a Cardinal since she had four goals vs. San Jose State on November 11, 2022
- Aikey managed the hat trick on just six total shots
- Stanford is unbeaten in 25 straight home matches at Cagan Stadium dating back to October 3, 2021 and owns a 109-5-9 record at Cagan Stadium since the start of the 2014 season
- Now 15-0-4 to start the season, and with the 2022 campaign coming to an end via a penalty kick shootout, the Cardinal is unbeaten in its last 31 matches (25-0-6) and has posted 16 shutouts in the last 27 contests
- Stanford has allowed one goal or fewer in 31 straight matches dating back to Sept. 29, 2022 at USC
- With four goals on Friday, Stanford has reached the three-plus goal plateau eight times this year (8-0-0) and is now 12-0-0 this year when scoring first
- Jasmine Aikey has scored in eight of 19 matches this year, and after scoring in the final two last year, has scored in 10 of her last 21 ... owns 15 goals in those 21 matches ... has contributed a point in 12 of the 19 matches this season, and has scored in four of the last 10
- Maya Doms has scored in eight of 19 matches this year, including two straight, five of the last nine and eight of the last 17
- Stanford has posted 10 shutouts this year
- The Cardinal has played to a 368-174 advantage in shots and has outscored the opposition 42-9
- The Cardinal used 22 players in the Friday victory, including six of the seven seniors (Samantha Williams did not play due to injury)
- Stanford outshot California 19-12 and posted a 6-4 advantage in corner kicks