DAVIS, Calif. – The No. 4 Cardinal moved to 3-0 on the season today, picking up a pair of wins at the Aggie Invitational. Stanford topped No. 10 UC Davis 12-6 for the team’s first top-10 win of the season, then followed it up with a 22-10 win against American River College in the afternoon.
In the morning bout with UC Davis, a strong second half carried the Cardinal. After leading 4-2 at halftime, Stanford outscored the Aggies 8-4 in the second half for a 12-6 final. Gianpiero Di Martire led the way with five goals on 10 shots, and Botond Balogh chipped in two goals and two assists.
Sophomore Orestis Zervoudakis scored his first career goal in the win, after redshirting in 2024. In the cage, West Temkin made five saves and allowed just five goals.
The Card took down American River in the afternoon game. Freshman Simone De Vecchis led the way with his first career goal, finishing with four scores and two assists. Zervoudakis kept his big day going, scoring four goals as well and earning an assist.
Seven members of the Card posted multi-goal games, including first-career goals from freshmen Ben Oerlemans and Collin Caras.
The Cardinal is on the road again next weekend, heading to southern California for a Friday game against No. 18 UCSB in Thousand Oaks, before continuing on to play No. 13 UCSD in La Jolla.
No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 10 UC Davis
UCD 2 – 0 – 1 – 3 = 6
STAN 2 – 2 – 4 – 4 = 12
STAN Goals: G. Di Martire (5), B. Balogh (2), C. Indart, M. Zelikov, O. Zervoudakis, W. Schneider, B. Forer
UCD Goals: N. Ginoti (2), C. Nicholls, M. Prokhin, T. Marr, O. Shatskikh
No. 4 Stanford vs. American River College
ARC 3 – 2 – 3 – 2 = 10
STAN 6 – 5 – 6 – 5 = 22
STAN Goals: S. De Vecchis (4), O. Zervoudakis (4), K. Mathiopoulos (3), B. Oerlemans (2), C. Caras (2), M. Zelikov (2), R. Ohl (2), G. Leonardi, T. Pulice, B. Forer
ARC Goals: M. Beier (4), N. Foster (2), J. Noonan, R. Archer, A. Donlin, O. Cockroft