STANFORD. Cal., February 9. THE most recent time the two teams met was for the NCAA Championship in May of last year at Los Angeles. <\/p>\n
Then Stanford came away with an 8-4 victory and the title. <\/p>\n
Today, only the championship of the Stanford Invitational was at stake, but the outcome was the same as it was nine months ago. The No. 1 Cardinal (5-0) scored a hard-fought 4-3 victory over No. 2 UCLA. Stanford defeated Indiana, 15-3, in the morning game and then topped the Bruins of Coach Adam Krikorian in the evening. <\/p>\n
In the finals, Stanford (4-0) faced UCLA (3-0) for the first rematch since the NCAA Championship game of 2002. This evening, the score was closer but the result was the same. <\/p>\n
UCLA took the first lead with a goal by senior Maureen Flanagan two minutes into the match. Stanford then tied the score at 1 with 2:43 left in the first quarter. <\/p>\n
Both teams were scoreless for the rest of the half, but after a steal by Cardinal sophomore Hannah Luber on the defensive end, captain Julie Gardner found Brenda Villa in front of the goal as she lobbed a pass over the UCLA keeper for a 2-1 lead. <\/p>\n
The Bruins responded with Flanagan's second goal of the night to tie the game at 2-2 heading into the final seven minutes. <\/p>\n
In the fourth period, goalie Jackie Frank blocked a shot by UCLA's Maureen Flanagan. Villa scooped up the ball in front of the goal. V then passed up-pool to Gardner who went one-on-one with the goalie and found the back of the net with five minutes left.<\/p>\n
The score gave the Cardinal a 3-2 lead and then junior Lauren Faust extended the Stanford advantage to 4-2 with just over 2 minutes to go. UCLA converted a 6-on-5 opportunity by former all-CIF star Ashley Stachowski, and that cut the lead to one with 55 seconds remaining. <\/p>\n
With barely 20 seconds remaining, UCLA reclaimed possession of the ball but Stanford sophomore Kelty Luber stole it, securing the 4-3 win. <\/p>\n
Gardner was the Cardinal's high-scorer with a pair of goals while Faust and Villa had one each. For the Bruins, froshwoman Kelly Rulon was the team's leading scorer in the tournament with five goals.<\/p>\n
Although she gave up four scores, Bruin goalie Jamie Hipp was still a force in the cage, thwarting 10 Cardinal shots. Frank saved 11.<\/p>\n
USC earned third place by defeating California in the bronze medal match, 9-3. The keepers combined for 21 saves during the game, but the Trojan offense was relentless. Despite an early 2-1 Golden Bear lead, USC scored seven straight goals to give the Women of Troy an 8-2 lead. Katrin Dierolf led USC's scoring drive with four goals, including a penalty shot. <\/p>\n
San Jose State captured fifth by defeating Hawai'i, 6-5. The Spartans tied the game at 5 with 1:23 left in the third quarter and then finished off the Rainbows on a man-up goal by Delores Johnson with 4:29 left. <\/p>\n
Indiana took seventh after losing to the Cardinal earlier in the day but finished ip with a 14-2 win over UC Santa Cruz. Kristin Stanford was the high-scorer for the Hoosiers this weekend, notching 11 goals in her four games. <\/p>\n
Stanford will be back in action on Sat., Feb. 22nd as the Cardinal host the U.S. Senior National Team at 5:30 p.m. Ellen Estes and Margie Dingeldein, standouts from last season's squad, return to face off against their former teammates. <\/p>\n
Stanford resumes collegiate play in a rematch of today's title game when UCLA returns to The Farm for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation opener Friday, Feb. 28th at 3 PM. UCLA travels to Irvine Wednesday, Feb. 12 for a match with the Anteaters; then goes
\n'cross-town to face SC at the Trojans' home pool on Friday, Feb. 21 at 3 PM, before facing Stanford a week later. <\/p>\n
The NCAA Final Four will be May 10-11 at U Cal San Diego in La Jolla.<\/p>\n
— Bill Bell<\/p>\n
CARDINAL INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
\nAVERY AQUATIC CENTER<\/p>\n
STANFORD, CA., FEBRUARY 9, 2003<\/p>\n
UCLA VS. STANFORD<\/p>\n
Teams 1–2–3–4–Final
\nUCLA 1–0–1–1–3
\nStanford 1–0–1–2–4 <\/p>\n
Goals:
\nUCLA
\n Maureen Flanagan 2, Ashley Stachowski 1
\nStanford
\n Lauren Faust 2, Julie Gardner 1, Brenda Villa 1. <\/p>\n
Saves:
\nUCLA – Jaime Hipp, 10
\nStanford – Jackie Frank, 11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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