STANFORD, Calif. — No. 10/9 Stanford is back in action this weekend for its penultimate home match, hosting Louisville for Senior Day on April 4. Opening draw against the Cardinals from Cagan Stadium is slated for 1 p.m.
Opening Draw
Stanford heads into the Saturday standalone matchup after dropping two close road matches last week to then-No. 17/15 Boston College and Villanova. Against the Eagles, Stanford bounced back from a 3-0 deficit with a 5-0 run in the second quarter to take the lead. However, the hosts bounced back to take the lead into the break before both sides traded blows in the second half with the Eagles taking a 13-11 win. Against the Wildcats, Stanford battled the elements in a grueling affair in Philadelphia, battling to a 4-4 tie through the first half. However, Villanova held serve after taking an 8-7 lead through the third quarter, limiting the Cardinal offense to one goal in the final frame while the power-play offense for the hosts struck through to eke out a 9-8 win.
Offensively, Stanford had nine different goal scorers against the Eagles, marking the eighth time this season that the Cardinal has had eight or more different goal-scorers in a game in 2026. The Cardinal saw seven different players record a goal in the affair against Villanova as well. Annabel Frist tallied nine draw controls through the two-game slate as the Cardinal negated some of the best draw control units in the county. Ella Morton accumulated 13 saves across the road trip, earning eight in the match against Boston College.
Aliya Polisky and Mallory Hasselbeck sit atop the scoring leaderboard for the Cardinal with 46 and 41 points a piece. Polisky owns the team lead in goals with 29 goals while accumulating 17 assists which is one behind tying her career-best in a single season. Hasselbeck’s 41 points have come via a 20-21-41 line as the duo pace the Cardinal as the lone players to have recorded 40+ points so far this season. Ava Arceri sits second in goals on the Cardinal with 24 goals this season while nine players have recorded double-digit goals this season.
Stanford ranks sixth in the conference in assists per game, averaging 7.00 through 12 games with Hasselbeck owning a team-best 21 helpers this season. Polisky sits second with 17 on the campaign while Martha Oakey owns 14 assists while posting 29 points.
On the draw circle, Jordyn Case leads the Cardinal in draw controls this season with 46 having earned three in both games last weekend. Case tallied a career-high eight draw controls in the win over Arizona State on March 21. Slotting second with 45 draw controls, Annabel Frist grabbed nine draw controls through the road trip last week and sits nine back from tying Genesis Lucero (2016-21) for the program record in draw controls with Frist grabbing 363 so far in her career. Rylee Bouvier and Amanda Lawson sit third and fourth, respectively, with 18 and 17 draw controls a piece through 12 games.
The Stanford defense is led by multiple stalwarts including Rylee Bouvier and Kate Bellissimo who have both earned conference honors this season. Bellissimo leads the Cardinal with 24 caused turnovers this season while Bouvier sits close behind with 22. Olivia Rose sits just behind those two with 18 on the campaign. Bellissimo also owns the team lead in ground balls with 32 and was named an Inside Lacrosse DI Women’s Media Midseason First Team All-American. Meanwhile, junior Kaleigh Sommers has posted career numbers in her first season on defense as she sits second on the team with 24 ground balls.
In cage, Stanford boasts two strong goalkeepers who have stymied opposing offenses this season. Lucy Pearson owns a 9-0 record this season having last appeared against Notre Dame. The senior owns the third-best goals-against average in the nation at 7.00 coupled with a .427 save percentage. Pearson ranks second all-time in goals-against average (8.95) and has appeared in 50 games for the Cardinal which is fifth-most all time. Ella Morton has started the last three games for Stanford and accumulated 29 saves this season, posting a 10.52 goals-against average coupled with a .439 save percentage. Morton owns a 1-2 record this season after posting her first collegiate win with a record-breaking 14 saves in her first collegiate start with a 14-8 win over Arizona State.