STANFORD ROUNDUP: Cardinal men set for Pac-10 soccer opener

by Rick Eymer

The Stanford men's soccer team heads into Pacific-10 Conference play on a high note after winning twice in its own Stanford/Nike Invitational at New Maloney Field over the weekend. The 13th-ranked Cardinal defeated Seton Hall, 5-0, on Friday and Cincinnati, 4-0, on Sunday. That extends the Cardinal home unbeaten streak to 19 matches.

Stanford (8-0-1 overall) hosts Washington on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the inaugural Pac-10 men's soccer season.

Senior Luke Rust and sophomore Johanes Maliza each scored twice in the win over Seton Hall in the first round of the Stanford/Nike Invitational at New Maloney Field.

Rust scored the game's first goal. Matt Moses made a move to beat a defender on the right sideline and sent a cross to Rust, who drilled a header into the back of the net.

Just over a minute into the second half, Stanford extended its lead to 2-0 when a long cross was headed in by a Seton Hall defender for an own goal.

Rust then added his second goal off a double assist from Ryan Nelsen and Scott Leber.

Maliza gave the offense an exclamation point, scoring twice within a 30-second span. His first goal came off a through ball from Corey Woolfolk. The second came when Roger Levesque fed Maliza for a one-touch goal.

Stanford outshot the Pirates 19-3, including an 11-1 margin in the second half.

Stanford scored two goals in each half to defeat Cincinnati.

Rust again started the scoring. After Moses sent a cross to the middle of the goal box, Chris Gores tipped the ball to Rust, who beat the Cincinnati keeper to the near post.

Senior Scott Leber took a long through ball from Derek Shanahan and scored his team-leading ninth goal of the season moments later.

In the second half, defender Todd Dunivant played a long ball down the left sideline to forward Mike Murphy, who beat a Bearcat defender one-on-one before drilling a shot from five yards out to give the Cardinal a 3-0 lead. Junior defender Taylor Graham finished the scoring with his first collegiate goal, which came following a corner kick from Maliza.

Zapala (two saves) and Andrew Terris combined on Stanford's eighth shutout in nine games. Offensively, Stanford now has 38 goals in 2000 - three more than it scored in the entire 1999 season.

Rust was named the Offensive MVP, while Cardinal defender Lee Morrison earned Defensive MVP honors. Maliza and Nelsen also were named all-tournament.

Cross country

The top-ranked Stanford women's team and No. 2-ranked Cardinal men's squad did nothing to hurt their national rankings as both squads ran off with titles at the 27th annual Stanford Invitational last Saturday at the Stanford Golf Course.

Both teams used different methods of defending their titles.

Jonathon Riley (24:44), Louis Luchini (24:56) and Daniel Parris (25:00) finished 1-2-3 over the 8,000-meter course on a sizzling day to pace the men, who scored 28 points to easily defeat UC Santa Barbara (118).

Elena Villarreal (17:33), Victoria Chang (17:33) and Erin Sullivan (17:43) finished 7-8-9 over 5,000 meters to lead the women, which wrapped up the title with 61 points as Jillian Mastrioanni took 12th and Mariel Ettinger 25th. Second-ranked Wisconsin was fourth and No. 3-ranked Kansas State third.

Stanford also won the men's Collegiate Open title and finished second in the women's race, despite a victory by Malindi Elmore.

Women's soccer

No. 13 Stanford battled No. 17 Wake Forest to a 2-2 tie in double overtime Friday night in the first round of the Santa Clara adidas Classic at Buck Shaw Stadium.

The Cardinal came back to beat Weber State, 5-0, on Sunday.

Christy LaPierre, named to the all-tournament team, gave the Cardinal a 1-0 lead with five minutes remaining in the first half against Wake Forest. Marcie Ward picked up her team-leading ninth assist of the year when she crossed the ball from the right side to the back post. LaPierre took two touches on the ball before firing a shot to the lower right hand corner.

Ward put Stanford up 2-1 when she tallied a goal in the 67th minute as her shot from just inside the box went over the head of the Demon Deacons' keeper. Celina DeLeon got the assist.

Wake Forest evened the score in the 82nd minute.

Stanford senior goalkeeper Carly Smolak had eight saves.

Against Weber State, junior defender Amy Sauer, the tournament's Defensive MVP, scored her first goal of the season. Ward's free kick from just outside the penalty box on the right side set up Sauer.

Ward tallied her sixth goal of the year after Kelsey Carlson passed her the ball outside the box. Ward dribbled through the Wildcat defense before finding the lower right corner of the net.

Senior captain Shauna Itri put the Cardinal up 3-0 with an unassisted goal. Robyn deHay scored her first collegiate goal with goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart recording the assist. Barnhart's free kick found deHay inside the penalty box, where she dribbled through a couple defenders and shot to the lower left corner.

Wallis added her team-leading 10th goal of the year, while Carlson picked up the assist.

Smolak picked up her sixth shutout of the year (third shared), and is one shutout away from tying her career best in a season of seven.

Brittany Oliveira was also named to the all-tournament team.

Stanford outshot Weber State 22-6 (10-2 in the first half), and the five goals scored was a season high for the Cardinal.

The Cardinal travels to No. 10 Washington on Friday for their Pac-10 Conference opener at 7 p.m.

Men's water polo

Stanford dropped a 4-2 decision to top-ranked USC, but then came back to beat No. 11 Pacific, 9-7.

The fifth-ranked Cardinal limited USC to a single goal in the first half, but were themselves shut out.

Junior Onno Koelman put Stanford on the board midway through the third quarter, but the Trojans responded with a go-ahead score.

Stanford rallied to tie the game on a goal by sophomore Brian Darrow with 6:07 left in the game.

USC scored twice in the final 5:33, and held Stanford scoreless.

Peter Hudnut and Pasi Dutton each scored two goals to lift Stanford past Pacific.

With the game tied at 4-4 in the second quarter, Palo Alto High grad Peter Osborn scored with 25 seconds left in the first half as the Cardinal took the lead for good.

Stanford outscored the Tigers, 3-0, in the third quarter, taking an 8-4 lead.

Women's volleyball

The Stanford program has been so good for so long, it's almost a shock to the system when the Cardinal even loses two matches in a row.

After dropping matches to Arizona State 15-8, 14-16, 15-4, 15-9, and Arizona 15-7, 15-11, 15-11, Stanford is now on a four-game losing streak, longest in school history.

The Cardinal (2-4, 7-6) will attempt to stop that streak on Friday when Washington State comes to town at 7 p.m. Washington visits Saturday at 7 p.m.

The Sun Devils recorded their first win over Stanford since 1993.

Stanford was led by Ashley Ivy and Tara Conrad, each with 13 kills. Sara Sandrik had 12 kills, while freshman middle blocker Sara McGee set a career high with eight blocks. Ivy also had 13 digs.

Arizona also got its first win over the Cardinal since 1993, and only the second in 40 meetings between the two teams.

For the Cardinal, Michelle Chambers led the team with 10 digs while Tara Conrad had eight kills.

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