Stanford Drops Shut Contest to No. 3 Virginia, 2-0 – Stanford Cardinal

STANFORD, Calif. — Anya Jackson’s 5 saves highlighted a tightly-contested bout because the Stanford discipline hockey workforce battled laborious however couldn’t mount a comeback, falling 2-0 to No. 3 Virginia at Varsity Turf on Sunday afternoon. 

“I felt that at halftime we had a good conversation of what we needed to adjust but I think we fell short of that today,” stated Susan Ewing York Director of Women’s Field Hockey head coach Roz Ellis. “Defensively we played really well and we were defending hard but we need to be more technically sound offensively.”

Stanford, which used the elation from Friday’s win over No. 16 Louisville to start out out because the aggressor, mounted a number of assaults in opposition to the Cavaliers. However, Virginia did nicely to dispel the Cardinal offense as Stanford mounted one shot on body within the opening quarter. Defensively, Stanford held sturdy within the opening body, negating two Virginia penalty corners whereas Jackson earned one save on 5 pictures confronted within the body whereas Mia Clark’s defensive save within the last 5 minutes saved the scoreline knotted, 0-0. 

Looking to search out the breakthrough within the second quarter, each side continued to claw by way of the midfield and into the attacking 25-meter space to search out an opportunity to open the scoring. Though Stanford had its first main likelihood off of a penalty nook, the Cardinal couldn’t capitalize whereas Stanford’s protection held sturdy to maintain Virginia off the scoresheet and the sport tied into halftime, 0-0.

Looking to show the tide, Stanford had its moments within the midfield to funnel probabilities ahead however the Cavaliers had different intentions, hemming the Cardinal in its personal half for a majority of the quarter. Though Stanford had saved a majority of UVA’s assaults to the perimeter within the first half, the Cavaliers discovered the game-opening purpose with Suze Leemans firing residence a rebound previous Jackson after the Stanford goalkeeper had turned apart the preliminary shot to offer the guests a 1-0 lead simply three minutes into the quarter.

Stanford, although, held sturdy for the rest of the third, begating the opposite two penalty corners awarded to Virginia whereas turning apart 4 different pictures confronted to go into the fourth down, 1-0. 

With the ultimate quarter-hour of motion coming to a head, Stanford continued to battle, funneling a number of balls and mounts of stress within the Virginia half. However, the Cavaliers saved the Cardinal from the cage as Stanford couldn’t ship a shot towards the purpose. On the opposite aspect, Virginia – which had moments on the counter-attack – used a fast restart simply over six minutes into the body to increase its lead as a two-on-one play resulted in Riley Savage tipping a shot-pass from Leemans previous Jackson to offer Virginia a 2-0 lead that it noticed to the ultimate whistle. 

“We just pushed too late,” stated Ellis. “We have to take risks and be brave from the first quarter to the fourth and for UVA’s ability we needed to attack them from the start and we did not do that today.”

Stanford heads into the bye week with just below two weeks to arrange for 2 high-end Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opponents, internet hosting Syracuse and Boston College at Varsity Turf on Friday, October 10 and Sunday, October 12. First strike in opposition to the Orange is slated for five p.m. whereas Sunday’s match in opposition to the Eagles is scheduled for two p.m.