This Week in Sports activities: Soccer engineers an epic comeback

Welcome to “This Week in Sports activities.” We’re Kenneth King and Charis Charitsis from The Each day’s sports activities part, and we can be strolling you thru the foremost video games, occasions and tales from the previous week.

Soccer

Stanford (2-4, 1-3 Pac-12) stormed again within the second half from a 29-point deficit to beat Colorado (4-3, 1-3 Pac-12) in double additional time 46-43. Sophomore quarterback Ashton Daniels threw for 396 yards and 4 TDs. Sophomore vast receiver Elic Ayomanor had 13 catches and three TDs, together with one to tie up the primary additional time and one other for 97 yards that modified your complete sport. The Canadian sophomore set an all-time single-game receiving report with 294 yards for the Cardinal, breaking the earlier report that had stood for twenty-four years.

As time was expiring within the fourth quarter, senior kicker Joshua Karty made a 46-yard area objective to ship the sport into additional time. Within the second additional session, senior security Alaka’i Gilman intercepted a Buffalo cross, establishing Karty’s game-winning 31-yard area objective.

Males’s water polo

No. 3 Stanford (11-5, 2-2 Pac-12) scored a 9-8 victory over No. 2 ranked California (13-3, 2-2 Pac-12) in Saturday’s Massive Splash at Avery Aquatic Middle. The Cardinal have been up by 4 objectives with simply six minutes left within the sport however nearly misplaced the lead because the Bears fought again, narrowing the margin to a single objective with a minute left.

Nonetheless, Stanford’s protection stayed strong thereafter and the crew secured the victory. Senior Jackson Painter scored 4 objectives, whereas seniors Ethan Parrish and Riley Pittman added two apiece. Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Griffen Worth made a big contribution with 10 saves.

Ladies’s volleyball

Ladies’s volleyball (15-2, 8-0 Pac-12) received its ninth consecutive match at Maples Pavilion. On Friday, the crew beat USC (11-7, 5-3 Pac-12) in convincing trend (25-22, 25-14, 25-14). Redshirt senior outdoors hitter Catie Baird posted a match-high 12 kills. Fifth yr reverse hitter Kendall Kipp tallied one other 12 kills, three aces and one block, whereas sophomore outdoors hitter Elia Rubin added 10 kills, three blocks and 13 digs, tallying her eighth double-double this season.

Two days later, the Cardinal confronted UCLA (10-8, 2-6 Pac-12). After dropping the opening set 25-27, they turned the sport round, successful the subsequent three units 25-23, 25-20 and 25-10. Baird turned in her first double-double of the season, posting 17 kills and 11 digs. She was additionally liable for 4 of the Cardinal’s eight aces. Kipp contributed 16 kills, 4 blocks and two aces and Rubin had one other 16 kills and three blocks.

Ladies’s soccer

On Saturday, No. 2 ladies’s soccer (12-0-2, 5-0-1 Pac-12) tied Washington (6-5-3, 1-4-1 Pac-12) 1-1 at Cagan Stadium. The Huskies took an early lead however the Cardinal fought again and leveled the rating within the forty eighth minute with a objective by sophomore ahead Allie Montoya. The match was one-sided with Stanford outshooting the Huskies 31-5 in complete photographs and 13-3 in photographs on objective, together with two that hit the crossbar and one which hit the publish. Washington’s goalkeeper had a career-high 12 saves because the Huskies put an finish to their 19-match dropping streak in opposition to Stanford, courting again to 2004.

Males’s soccer

No. 9 Stanford (6-2-3, 0-1-3 Pac-12) earned a 2-0 victory over native rival Santa Clara (4-6-2, 2-0 WCC) on Monday night time at Cagan Stadium. Redshirt sophomore midfielder Shane de Flores drew a penalty within the twenty fifth minute, however the Santa Clara goalkeeper made a diving save. The 2 groups ended the primary half scoreless.

Nonetheless, senior midfielder Layton Buy opened the Cardinal scoring early within the second half. Within the 57th minute, sophomore midfielder Fletcher Financial institution doubled Stanford’s lead because the crew maintained offensive strain by means of the remainder of the sport.

On Thursday, Stanford hosted San Francisco (6-2-4, 0-1-1 Pac-12). Sophomore ahead Liam Doyle was fouled contained in the field within the thirty fourth minute. Junior midfielder Will Reilly took the penalty and scored for the Cardinal, who stored their opponent scoreless till the eighty fifth minute. Nonetheless, the Dons have been capable of mount a whole comeback, scoring twice within the final 5 minutes, placing an finish to Stanford’s 18-game successful streak.

Cross nation

On Friday, Stanford competed on the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational. The ladies’s crew captured fourth place within the common season’s best race, which featured 19 of the highest 30 groups, solidifying its spot as one of many strongest groups within the nation after a primary place on the USF Invitational opener and a second at Virginia Invitational.

Freshman Amy Bunnage was within the high three pack within the first half of the race. She completed thirteenth in 20:12.1. For the lads’s crew, Senior Ky Robinson positioned fourth in 23:26.2, simply three seconds wanting a podium end.

Males’s tennis

Sophomore Nishesh Basavareddy reached the finals of the ATP Challenger Event in Fairfield, Calif., falling within the championship match 4-6, 1-6 to world No. 139 Zachary Svajda. Following the match, Basavareddy superior nearly 600 spots to No. 498. within the ATP world rating.

Ladies’s swimming & diving

The Cardinal kicked off their season with a formidable 190-105 dwelling victory over Pittsburgh. Stanford claimed all however one title on the day with 4 1-2-3 finishes, sweeping the 100 and 200 Again, 100 Free and 200 Fly. Junior Lauren Burch and sophomore Emilie Moore received the 1-meter and 3-meter dive occasions, respectively.

One other clear sweep within the 200Y Fly!

It’s rreshman Caroline Bricker who posts a 1:55.96 for the occasion win, whereas Charlotte Hook and Sophie Duncan full the 1-2-3 end!#GoStanford pic.twitter.com/RXsrYGUbbG

— Stanford Ladies’s Swim/Dive (@stanfordwswim) October 13, 2023

Males’s swimming & diving

On Friday, Stanford beat Pittsburgh 179-116 at Avery Aquatic Middle. Freshmen Rex Maurer and Jonathan Tan mixed for 4 particular person victories of their collegiate debuts. Maurer received the 100-yard backstroke in 47.09 and the five hundred freestyle in 4:19.45, whereas Tan received the 50 free in 19.65 and the 100 free in 43.35. Junior diver Jack Ryan received the 1-meter with 396.00 factors and the 3-meter with 437.25.

Ladies’s golf

Each the ladies’s and males’s groups traveled to Dallas, Texas to play within the Stephens Cup. The Cardinal ladies completed third in a 17-team area. Within the third place match, the crew bested South Carolina by a 4-1 rating, with junior Caroline Sturdza, sophomores Megha Ganne and Kelly Xu and freshman Paula Martin Sampedro successful their matches. Within the particular person competitors, Sampedro positioned fourth, after 5 front-nine birdies within the last spherical helped put her on the high of the leaderboard. Xu and senior Sadie Englemann completed sixth and tied for tenth respectively, and Ganne tied for twelfth.

Males’s golf

The boys’s crew positioned sixth on the Stephens Cup match. Within the particular person competitors, senior Jake Beber-Frankel shot a last spherical 5-under, with seven birdies, to steer the Stanford contingent with a tie for seventeenth place. Freshmen Ethan Gao and Kush Arora tied for nineteenth, their highest finishes up to now of their rising school careers. Each logged scores within the 60s in two of three rounds.