A three-goal first half lead propelled visiting No. 25 Stanford to a 4-0 win over Pacific on Thursday night at Knoles Field. The loss drops the Tigers to 1-1, whereas the Cardinal pick up win number one on the season to improve to 1-1.
 
""Obviously a very tough game.  What makes Stanford elite is their ability to punish you off of your own mistakes and they did it in the first half whereas we didn't take our chances," said Pacific head coach Adam Reeves. "We had some great opportunities early in the match that need to be taken.  We will learn and rebound for Sunday.  This group competed for 90 minutes, we just need to clean a few mistakes up."
 

1^st Half
• Pacific recorded the first shot of the contest in the first minute as Mathias Saether had a shot that went left of the goal.
• Stanford got on the board in the 8^th minute when Zach Ryan headed in a pass from Ousseni Bouda for the early lead. 
• The Tigers nearly equalized when Erik Centeno placed a shot towards the bottom of the Cardinal goal that was saved by Matt Frank to preserve a 1-0 lead. 
• Stanford added to its lead when Bouda got one to the back of the net in the 28^th minute to put the visitors from Palo Alto ahead 2-0. 
• The Cardinal made it 3-0 when Andrew Aprahamian scored in the 37^th minute as Bouda picked up his second assist of the night.

2nd Half
• Stanford scored its fourth goal of the night in the 69^th minute on an effort by Will Richmond. 
• The Tiger offense managed two shots in the final 45 minutes. 

Post-Match Notes
• Pacific and Stanford were nearly even in possession with the Cardinal holding a slight 51% to 49% advantage. Stanford had a 17-6 advantage in shots.
• Mathias Saether had two of the six shots to lead Pacific, whereas Will Richmond for Stanford had a match-high five.
• Pacific goalkeeper Eric Cotton had five saves in 90 minutes of action. Stanford goalkeeper Matt Frank played 80:16 for the win and Kyle Orciuch came off the bench for the final 9:44.

Next Up
Next, the Tigers will take to the road to face CSU Bakersfield on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The Tigers won the last meeting in 2019 by a 1-0 margin in Stockton.