STANFORD, Calif. — Ella Morton’s first collegiate win highlighted a successful end to the season-long homestand as the No. 2 Stanford women’s lacrosse team downed Arizona State on Saturday, 14-8. With the win, Stanford moves to 10-0 for only the second time in program history.
Stanford (10-0, 6-0 ACC) started the afternoon on the back foot as Arizona State snagged the first goal of the day halfway through the first quarter. However, Stanford shook off the early rust with Lindsey Devir earning a brace with two goals in just over two minutes to put the Cardinal ahead, 2-1. However the Sun Devils (5-6, 0-0 Big 12) earned the final tally of the frame in the waning moments, leveling the match 2-2 with eight seconds left in the first quarter.
Seizing the momentum from the game-tying goal, ASU went on to snag back the lead three minutes into the second quarter. However, that would prove to be the final lead of the game for visitors as the Stanford offense came to life.
Stanford started a six-goal scoring spree in the quarter just moments after giving up the lead as Rylee Bouvier snagged her first of the day after slotting home a solo effort off the draw just 11 seconds after the visitors took the lead. Bouvier then pushed Stanford ahead with her final goal of the day past the midway mark of the frame after slotting home a feed from Ava Arceri to put the Cardinal in front, 4-3.
Inside the next two minutes, Stanford doubled the lead with Arceri rifling home a feed from Jordyn Case while the power-play offense struck for Stanford with Elise Murphy finding Peep WIlliams who slotted her lone goal of the day to give Stanford a 6-3 lead. The Cardinal onslaught continued with Annabel Frist slotting home her first goal of the day with a free-position tally while the Cardinal snuck a halftime blow to the Sun Devils with Arceri finishing a feed from Martha Oakey with one second left in the half while a player down to take an 8-3 lead into the break.
In the second half, Stanford’s sophomore goalkeeper stole the show. Morton, who came into Saturday having appeared in only three games this season in limited action, secured her first collegiate win with 10 decisive saves in the second half, ending the game with a career-high 14.
With Stanford having dealt an initial blow to the visitors with Elise Murphy’s tally to open the half, The Sun Devils came back swinging tabbing the next three goals to cut the Cardinal lead to three. Stanford, though, kept the visitors at bay for the remainder of the frame as Morton racked up four saves while the Cardinal offense tacked on three more in the final eight minutes of the period including Mallory Hasselbeck’s behind-the-back goal in transition as Stanford snatched back the six-goal lead.
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE!
— Stanford Lacrosse (@StanfordWLax) March 21, 2026
Hasselbeck with the BTB off the feed from Murphy!
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Looking to seal the win, Morton showed her poise in the final frame, allowing just two goals on nine shots faced while tacbbing six saves to her account to close out the visitors. With ASU having tallied twice inside the first five minutes of the quarter, Morton and the Stanford defense held firm, forcing three Sun Devil turnovers while Jordyn Case and Annabel Frist scored to put the finishing touches on an eventual 14-8 win.
No. 2 Stanford is back in action this weekend, traveling back to the East Coast for a pair of games against No. 16 Boston College and Villanova. Stanford’s Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) bout against the Eagles on Thursday, March 26 is slated for 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET.