LONG BEACH, Calif. – The No. 2 Cardinal bounced back after a loss last weekend, batting for an 18-15 overtime win at No. 9 Long Beach State this afternoon. Stanford moves to 14-2 on the season, now boasting eight top-10 wins this season. The overtime win also extends the Cardinal’s streak of wins against non-MPSF opponents to 52 games.
Ben Forer led the way with four goals to pace the Cardinal, while Gavin West logged six assists to finish with seven points. The six helpers are a season-best for any Stanford player in 2026.
The Cardinal jumped out to an early lead, scoring the first three goals of the game. Connor Ohl scored the first of the game just 14 seconds into play, before James Rozolis-Hill and Kai Kaneko added their own. Long Beach State added a score with 3:20 left in the period, but Botond Balogh scored to make it 4-1 19 seconds later.
The Beach was able to answer and make it 4-2, but Rozolis-Hill added his second of the day with just over a minute left to make it a 5-2 Cardinal lead after the first.
Long Beach State struck first to start the second, finding the back of the net to make it a 5-3 game. Ryan Ohl joined his brother on the scoresheet, answering with his own goal at the 5:53 mark to make it a 6-3 game. The hosts scored a pair of goals in the final minutes of the half to bring it within one at 6-5 heading into the break.
Dimitris Chatzis broke up the run with 6:24 to go in the third, scoring the first goal of the half to make it a 7-5 Card lead. The Beach answered however, scoring a pair of goals to tie the game at 7-7.
Forer broke up the deadlock, converting a penalty with 4:17 to go in the third to put Stanford back in front 8-7. Then with 2:03 left in the period, Long Beach State scored to tie it at 8-8, then 30 seconds later scored again to take a 9-8 lead.
The two sides continued trading goals through the fourth period, but the Beach scored twice in the final minute of the game to tie it at 15-15 and send the game into overtime.
In the first overtime period, Forer scored his third goal of the game to push the Cardinal ahead at 16-15. Then under a minute into the second overtime, Balogh scored his second of the day to make it a two-goal advantage.
Forer added his fourth goal of the game with just two seconds left to play, putting the exclamation point on the overtime win and making it an 18-15 final.
The four-goal outing was Forer’s second game this season with four or more scores, giving him the team lead in goals this season (29) as well as multi-goal games (9).
Bernardo Herzer finished with 11 saves, his eighth game of the year with 10 or more stops. The After surrendering 10 goals in the second half, the Cardinal defense locked down in overtime to hold the Beach scoreless in the extra six minutes.
Stanford’s southern California trip continues through the weekend, with the Card playing No. 11 UC San Diego on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. PT. The game is Stanford’s final road game of the 2026 regular season, and will be streamed on ESPN+.
Stanford Goals: Forer (4), J. Rozolis-Hill (3), D. Chatzis (2), B. Balogh (2), C. Ohl, K. Kaneko, R. Ohl, B. G. West, G. Leonardi (2), W. Schneider