STANFORD, Calif. — Coming off a dominant outing against No. 11/12 Notre Dame last weekend, No. 2 Stanford wraps up the season-long three-game homestand this weekend, hosting Arizona State on Saturday, March 21. Opening draw from Cagan Stadium is slated for 1 p.m. PT.
Opening Draw
No. 2 Stanford heads into the Saturday matinee having earned its sixth Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) win of the season in a dominant 17-11 win over No. 11/12 Notre Dame last Saturday. Stanford, which jumped out to a 7-0 lead before the Irish could find the back of the net, utilized early scoring and free-position prowess to nab its fifth ranked win of the season and gave Stanford its best start to a non-COVID affected season in program history.
Offensively, three Cardinal recorded five or more points with Aliya Polisky leading the charge with a 4-3-7 line that included two goals from the eight-meter hash. Ava Arceri tied Polisky with four goals on the evening while Mallory Hasselbeck snagged a 2-4-6 line. Annabel Frist led the Cardinal on the draw with nine draw controls as the Cardinal earned a 22-8 advantage in the contest. Frist also tallied two goals to add on to her solid outing. Stanford’s defense earned eight caused turnovers while holding Notre Dame to 50% on the eight-meter hash. Earning her ninth win of the season, Lucy Pearson tallied six saves while the Cardinal defense allowed double-digit goals for only the second time this season.
Aliya Polisky leads the Cardinal in scoring through nine games this season, earning the team lead following her seven points against Notre Dame. Polisky owns a 27-15-42 line this season as she leads the team in goals (27) having scored in every game this season. Mallory Hasselbeck is second on the team in scoring with 37 points after a six-point outing last Saturday. Hasselbeck has earned six or more points in three of the last four games including a career-high seven points against Virginia Tech.Overall, Stanford has 14 players who have recorded a goal this season.
Stanford ranks fourth in the conference in assists per game, averaging 7.56 through nine games as Hasselbeck owns the team lead in helpers with 20 this season. Polisky ranks second on the Cardinal with 15 on the campaign while 12 players have recorded an assist this season.
On the circle, Annabel Frist holds the team lead in draw controls with 33 after tying her season high with nine against Notre Dame last Saturday. First currently sits 21 draw controls back from tying Genesis Lucero (2016-21) for the program record in draw controls as she has totalled 351 in her career. Jordyn Case slots second on the Cardinal with 32 draw controls this season having tied her career high in draw controls in a single game for the third time in her career with seven in the win over Virginia. Rylee Bouvier and Amanda Lawson slot third and fourth, respectively, as the other Cardinal to have recorded 10 or more draw controls this season.
Defensively, Rylee Bouvier and Kate Bellissimo lead the Cardinal having both earned ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors in the campaign. Bouvier and Bellissimo sit atop the leaderboard with 18 and 17 caused turnovers, respectively, while Bellissimo owns the record for caused turnovers in a game with eight, breaking a 26-year record in the win over Duke. Bellissimo also owns the team lead in ground balls with 26 on the season while Kaleigh Sommers follows her in second with 18.
In cage, Lucy Pearson owns a perfect 9-0 record entering the weekend after a six-save outing against Notre Dame last Saturday. Pearson, who made a season-high 10 saves in the win over Duke two weeks ago, owns a 7.00 goals-against average which ranks second in the conference (min. 100 minutes played) coupled with a .427 save percentage. Pearson ranks second all-time in goals-against average (8.95) and slots fifth all-time in goalkeeping games played with her 50th appearance last weekend. Pearson and the Cardinal defense owns the fifth-best scoring defense in the nation, holding the opposition to an average of 7.44 goals-against. Also earning minutes, Ella Morton saw action in the win over USC in what was her third appearance in 2026. Morton has made two saves on 11 shots faced so far in 2026.