Stanford leads in Large Video games throughout all sports activities

As the most important rivalry inside Stanford athletics since 1892, the Large Sport brings anticipation, college spirit and a flurry of longstanding traditions each fall. However though the annual soccer sport sometimes attracts essentially the most consideration and pleasure, it isn’t the one showdown to observe between the Bears and the Cardinal.

The Large Sport extends past soccer, with nearly each sport having their very own matchup. Every year, in occasions such because the Large Splash (males’s water polo), the Large Match (males’s and ladies’s golf) and the Large Spike (girls’s volleyball), completely different athletics groups face Cal. Every match brings pleasure and anticipation to beat the Bears and, most significantly, set a victorious precedent for the Large Sport. 

Trying again on the completely different matchups between Berkeley and Stanford this previous season, the Cardinal’s successful document forecasts an thrilling soccer sport this Saturday. 

Ladies’s soccer

Ladies’s soccer (16-0-4, 8-0-3 Pac-12) received an simple victory throughout their Large Sport on Nov. 4. 

With sophomore Jasmine Aikey main the way in which with a hat trick, the Cardinal defeated Cal 4-0. Not solely was Aikey’s hat trick instrumental for a Large Sport win, nevertheless it additionally commemorated a Senior Night time to have fun. Fifth-year Maya Doms was in a position to safe the fourth and ultimate aim of each the sport and her ultimate common season matchup. 

Ladies’s volleyball

Ladies’s volleyball (22-3, 15-1 Pac-12) continued the custom of dominating the Bears with their sweep in September. 

Within the final six conferences with Cal, the Cardinal have received every time. Senior Sami Francis led the Cardinal with 9 kills to seize their sixth straight win. Sophomore standout Elia Rubin ended the sport with a profession excessive 19 digs, paving the way in which for an unimaginable match for the Cardinal. As soon as once more, the Cardinal girls defeat the Bears in spectacular style.

Males’s soccer

Males’s soccer (9-3-5, 3-2-5 Pac-12) confronted off towards Berkeley final Saturday and headed dwelling with an exciting 2-1 victory. Beginning off gradual within the first half and accumulating a aim deficit, the Cardinal headed into the final 45 minutes of play with drive. Sophomore Dylan Hooper delivered when scoring a half subject aim on only one contact. Not solely did Hooper amaze the group, however redshirt senior midfielder Mark Fisher additionally continued the development with a bicycle kick aim to safe the win. With two stunning objectives, Stanford males’s soccer pulled away to win the Large Match. 

Golf

Males’s and ladies’s golf be part of forces every fall for the Large Match towards Berkeley’s respective males’s and ladies’s groups. 

After successful the 2022 Large Match Trophy, the Cardinal regarded to repeat however fell simply quick, dropping in a decent 3-4 match. Junior Caroline Sturdza and graduate scholar Barclay Brown led the way in which earlier, clinching the primary level for the Cardinal. Sturdza had 5 birdies whereas Brown had seven.

Freshmen Paula Martin Sampedro and Kush Arora stored Stanford within the lead with a win in match two. After trailing the Bears for the primary six holes, the duo got here again in a formidable style, significantly with Martin Sampedro’s eagle on the seventeenth gap. The final successful pair of the day, senior Sadie Englemann and sophomore Sean-Karl Dobson, led the way in which all through your entire sixth match. 

Males’s water polo

Males’s water polo (14-7, 2-4 MPSF) confronted off towards the Bears three completely different occasions this season, ending up with a detailed document of 2-1. 

First falling to the Bears on the MPSF Invitational in September, the Cardinal confirmed unimaginable tenacity, taking Cal into double extra time. 

After a tough fought loss, the Cardinal got here again for his or her Oct. 14 matchup, the place they led an offensive cost to win in common time 9-8. Senior Jackson Painter scored a formidable 4 objectives all through the win, whereas senior standouts Ethan Parrish and Riley Pittman every had two. Stanford by no means trailed on account of sophomore Griffen Value’s stint in aim, tallying 10 saves — together with a panoramic one-on-nobody save within the third. 

Lastly, for the Large Splash trophy, the Card confronted off towards the Bears one final time, falling 8-12 on account of a powerful offensive presence by California. Combating by way of a three-part sequence, the Cardinal confirmed tenacity by way of extra time losses, common time wins and spectacular showings by the senior class. 

Ladies’s subject hockey

Ladies’s subject hockey (4-11, 1-7 American East) performed a pair of video games Sept. 29 and Oct. 1 towards the Bears. 

After falling to Cal Friday evening (1-5), Stanford subject hockey fought again to take a 4-3 win on Senior Day. Freshman Star Horlock scored her first multi-goal sport of her profession after falling behind 3-1 through the first half. Scoring two consecutive objectives within the second half, Horlock introduced the Cardinal again in sight of a win. One in every of solely two graduating seniors, Haley Mossmer shined, scoring the sport winner to carry dwelling the Large Match win.