Cardinal Splits Day Two of MPSF Invitational – Stanford Cardinal

LOS ANGELES – The No. 4 Cardinal moved to 7-1 on the season immediately, topping No. 7 Long Beach State in time beyond regulation, however dropping the staff’s first recreation of the season to No. 1 UCLA.

The Card fell behind early, trailing 5-2 after the primary interval and 7-6 at halftime. A giant third interval put Stanford forward 11-8 heading into the fourth, however Long Beach was in a position to rally and ship the sport into time beyond regulation at 13-13.

Six targets in time beyond regulation gave Stanford the win, sending the staff to the afternoon’s semifinal in opposition to No. 1 UCLA. West Temkin made a season-high 12 saves within the win, whereas the Cardinal offense noticed huge performances from Ben Forer (six targets), Gianpiero Di Martire (4 targets) and Max Zelikov (4 targets).

Stanford fell simply brief within the second recreation of the day, falling 13-12 to the internet hosting Bruins. Balogh, Zelikov and Will Schneider led the way in which for Stanford, every recording a hat trick within the loss. Temkin made eight saves within the staff’s first lack of the season.

The Card will play within the match’s third-place recreation tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. PT, taking up No. 2 USC. The recreation will probably be streamed on Overnght and performed at UCLA’s Spieker Aquatics Center.

No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 7 Long Beach St.

LBSU    5 – 2 – 1 – 5 – 1 – 2 = 16

STAN     2 – 4 – 5 – 2 – 2 – 4 = 19

STAN Goals: B. Forer (6), G. Di Martire (4), M. Zelikov (4), B. Balogh (2), W. Schneider (2), R. Ohl

LBSU Goals: C. Francisco (6), T. Stanley (4), S. Pueyo (2), H. Stewart, O. Sudar, Zalan Nagy, G. Acosta

No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 1 UCLA

UCLA   4 – 3 – 1 – 5 = 13

STAN     5 – 2 – 3 – 2 = 12

STAN Goals: B. Balogh (3), M. Zelikov (3), W. Schneider (3), R. Ohl, C. McFarland, B. Forer

UCLA Goals: B. Liechty (4), R. Dodd (2), F. Juca, E. Liechty, M. Szecsi, B. Larsen, B. Brinkema, C. Dodd, T. Doten