Stanford Wins NCAA Play-In, Advances to First Round
May 10, 2010
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# 14 STANFORD (5-1 MPSF, 15-5 overall) registered a 15-12 NCAA Play-In victory this past Saturday on its home field over Atlantic-10 Champion Massachusetts. While this season marks just the second-ever NCAA appearance for the MPSF, the victory marked the first-ever post MPSF Tournament win for the conference. Sarah Flynn put away a game-high six points on five goals and one assist and Lauren Schmidt posted a hat trick with one assist. The Cardinal travels to No. 5 seed James Madison Saturday (May 15) for NCAA first round action.
# 17 DENVER (6-0 MPSF, 13-5 overall) hosted the MPSF Championship Tournament and finished second with a semifinal win over No. 5 seed UC Davis, 14-9. Ali Flury, Kara Secora, and Bonnie Wells all delivered hat tricks in the win, while Lexi Sanders dished three assists. Flury caused six turnovers in the win and scored another hat trick in the finals, en route to all-tournament honors with Sanders and goalkeeper Ashley Harman, who totaled 21 saves.
CALIFORNIA (3-3 MPSF, 8-10 overall) won its MPSF quarterfinal contest against No. 6 seed St. Mary's, 20-11. Vail Horn tied a 2010 season-high in the conference with seven goals, while Alyse Kennedy and Tara Arolla posted five points each. Arolla was joined by goalkeeper Allie Shropshire on the all-tournament team, who picked up the second-most single-game saves in the MPSF this year with 17 against Stanford in the semifinal.
UC DAVIS (3-3 MPSF, 11-6 overall) reached the MPSF Tournament semifinal with a quarterfinal win over No. 4 seed Oregon, 13-11, avenging the home conference loss to the Ducks. Christina Corsa recorded seven points on five goals and two assists in the win. Gina Hoffmire put away four goals. Molly Lapolla tallied a hat trick in the semifinal against Denver. Alyssa Cranska was named to the all-tournament team with 13 saves in that game.
OREGON (3-3 MPSF, 7-11 overall) dropped its MPSF quarterfinal game to No. 5 seed UC Davis, 13-11, as all-tournament Alex Breiner as well as Dom Christiansen each tallied hat tricks. Breiner added a pair of assists for five points. Jess Drummond and Lara Bennett caused three turnovers apiece.
ST. MARY'S (1-5 MPSF, 4-12 overall) ended the season with a 20-11 quarterfinal loss to California. Senior midfielder Abbie Coleman was named to the all-tournament team with three points on one goal and two assists. Mariah Walk recorded four goals and Caroline Mahony and Maggie Schwab scored two apiece.
FRESNO STATE (0-6 MPSF, 0-14 overall) ended its season following a 16-1 quarterfinal loss to No. 2 seed Stanford. Margaret Wolford was assisted by Sara Weber in the first half. All-tournament goalkeeper Diana Aguilar collected 16 saves.