Stanford (4-4-1, 1-2-0) vs. Cal (2-6-1, 0-3-0)
Cardinal Wallop Golden Bears in First Installment of Big Classico
Will Richmond and Ousseni Bouda both recorded braces in Stanford’s 5-0 victory over Cal on Sunday evening.
Chaos in the box led to the Cardinal’s first goal in the 3rd minute. Bouda made a run to the touchline and backheeled the ball to Zach Ryan, whose shot was stopped by goalkeeper Collin Travasos. The rebound came out to Cam Cilley; his shot hit the post and the ball bounced back out to Mark Fisher, who buried his shot at the near post.
The Cardinal’s second goal came in the 17th minute off of a free kick by Bouda from 20 yards out. Richmond emerged from the crowd of players inside the box, timing his run perfectly to head the ball downward across the goal mouth and into the net.
Richmond completed the brace in the 38th minute. Gabe Segal dribbled the ball into the penalty area and laid it off for Bouda, who sent a slow cross along the ground to Richmond at the far post. Cal’s Christian Gomez came up to challenge him, but Richmond’s left-footed blast into the roof of the net was unstoppable.
Bouda earned his brace in less than 3 minutes of the second half. In the 64th minute, Keegan Tingey sent a short pass to Will Reilly, who one-timed it to Bouda just outside the penalty arc. Bouda zigged and zagged to make space and fired an off-balance shot that Travasos got a hand on, but was unable to parry away.
Bouda’s second began when he received a pass just outside the penalty area, did a 360 to make space, took a couple of dribbles, and blasted a shot that tucked inside the near post. Ryan and Tingey were credited with assists.
Goalkeepers Matt Frank and Elliot Jones combined for the clean sheet, making a total of 5 saves, including Frank’s stop on a penalty kick from Cal’s Nate Carrasco in the 73rd minute. Frank also came up big in the 37th minute, stopping shots by Carrasco and Juan Martinez.
Saint Mary’s Earns First Win Over Stanford in Program History
Philippe Van der Lof broke a scoreless deadlock with a golden goal in the 6th minute of the second overtime, leading Saint Mary’s to a 1-0 win over host Stanford last Monday night. The goal was set up on a corner kick from Riley Lynch that Jayden Smileski sent over to Van der Lof on the left side of the goal. Van der Lof scored from seven yards out, prompting his teammates to rush onto the field to celebrate the Gaels’ first-ever win over the Cardinal in the 20-year rivalry between the two schools.
The Cardinal got off to a quick start in the first 15 minutes of the match, including a header from Noah Adnan off of a corner kick in the 2nd minute that barely went wide. Zach Ryan had two shots in the first 10 minutes, including a 9th minute opportunity was stopped by Gaels’ goalkeeper Nicholas Lapinid, who made 8 saves in the match.
The Gaels offense began asserting itself later in the first half, including a shot by Lynch that forced a save from Cardinal goalkeeper Matt Frank.
Lapinid made three saves in the second half, including a diving save to his right on a 59th minute effort from Carlo Agostinelli, as well as a 63rd minute shot on goal by Keegan Tingey and an 80th minute header from Keegan Hughes.
The Gaels’ best second half chances included a shot from Smileski in the 67th minute that trickled across the goalmouth and went just wide of the net. Three minutes later, Frank made a diving save on Lynch’s left-footer.
Frank kept his team in the match with a great save on a breakaway from Caden Cowen in the 77th minute. Cowen intercepted a pass from a Cardinal defender and rushed into the penalty area, Frank came out to challenge him and was able to get in the way of a rocket from point-blank range.
Stanford’s Cam Cilley had two shots in the first overtime, forcing a save from Lapinid in the 96th minute. One minute later, the Gaels’ Bourdanne Ngongfor set up Lynch for a header that went just wide.
The Gaels had all three shots in the second overtime, culminating in Van der Lof’s game-winner.
Saint Mary’s (8-3, 1-0)
Gaels Outlast Portland in Physical Match
On Saturday afternoon, the Gaels’ Cade Cowan scored the only goal of the match in Saint Marys’ win over the University of Portland (5-4, 0-1).
The goal came in the 25th minute, with Sebastian Schacht controlling the ball near midfield. Schacht sent a pass between two Pilot defenders to Riley Lynch 20 yards from goal. Lynch made his run into the penalty area, faked left and went right, creating enough space to get off a right-footed shot. Portland goalkeeper George Tasouris got his right hand on the ball, but Cowan was perfectly positioned at the far post to tap in the rebound.
The Gaels got off to a quick start in the first half and Tasouris was challenged by shots by Cowan and Boyd Curry in the first 10 minutes of the match. But as the half wore on, the match became extremely physical, with chances few and far between. Yellow cards were issued to 3 Portland players, as well as Saint Mary’s Louis Sterobo and Tyler Hardin.
The second half was more of the same, with the Gaels outshooting the Pilots 5-1 and only Schacht’s shot in the 71st minute requiring a save from Tasouris. Overall, the Gaels outshot the Pilots 11-4 and goalkeeper Nicholas Lapinid was not required to make any saves in earning the clean sheet for the Gaels.
#25 Santa Clara (7-1-1, 1-0) vs. USF (1-7, 0-1)
Broncos Take Conference Opener Over USF
The Broncos took the lead early and never looked back in their 3-1 win over the visiting Dons.
Penn State transfer Joshua Dabora opened the scoring for the Broncos in the 11th minute. The play began when Alejandro Barajas intercepted a defensive clearance near midfield and quickly delivered a two-hopper to Javier Ruiz Duran on the right side. Ruiz Duran one timed the ball into the box as Dabora made his run behind the USF defenders. Goalkeeper Brandon Keniston came out get the ball, but Dabora got there first and nodded the ball into the open net.
The Broncos added another in the 44th minute on the counterattack. Damani Osei won the ball in the Broncos’ half and quickly passed it to Jack Murphy, who found Ruiz Duran as he approached the midfield circle. Ruiz Duran took a couple of steps and sent a through ball into the penalty area as Oladayo Thomas started his run, pursued by three USF defenders. As Thomas entered the penalty area, Keniston came out to challenge him, but Thomas’s blast sailed over Keniston’s outstretched arms and into the otherwise unguarded net.
Tyrone Kirunda’s speed helped the Broncos net their third. Thomas was standing near midfield with his back to the goal when he chest trapped a pass, turned, and sent in a long ball to the edge of the penalty area. Kirunda beat a USF defender to the ball, nudged it forward with his chest, and chipped it with his left foot over Keniston’s head as it settled softly into the back of the net.
The Dons got one back with 12 seconds remaining in the match, when Kevyn Lo won the ball along the right touch line and sent a left-footed pass to Jack Boccuzzi in the corner. Boccuzzi’s cross found Nonso Adimabua at edge of the 6-yard box and Adimabua headed it just inside the far post.
Santa Clara goalkeeper Andreu Cases Mundet was credited with 5 saves in the match, while Keniston was credited with 4.
San José State (4-5-1, 2-0)
Spartans Dominate Dixie State in Castro’s Return
The Spartans kicked off their Western Athletic Conference home schedule with a 3-0 win over Dixie State (1-8, 0-2) on Friday evening.
Kameron Bolden opened the scoring in the 30th minute, after the Spartans earned a free kick from close range on the right side of the goal. Max Allen took the kick and curved it over the Trailblazers’ four-man wall, but his shot rebounded off the crossbar into the middle of the goalmouth. Bolden leaped and headed it downward into the goal.
The Spartans’ Rudi Castro added a second goal in the 59th minute on a right-footed strike from well beyond the penalty area that settled inside the far post, with assists from Beau Leroux and Finlay Wood. Castro was making his first appearance after leading the team in goals and assists last season.
Jamal Adam closed out the scoring in 79th minute, intercepting a goal kick that Trailblazers’ goalkeeper Levi Lord sent across the unguarded goalmouth and depositing the ball into the empty net as Lord scrambled back to try and get back into position.
The Spartans outshot the Trailblazers 25-5 and Lord made 9 saves overall. The Spartans’ David Sweeney earned his first clean sheet of the season by making 4 saves, all in the second half.
Miranda’s Solo Effort Helps Spartans Top UNLV
On Sunday afternoon, the Spartans closed out a perfect two-match homestand with a 2-0 win over UNLV (4-6, 0-3).
Willy Miranda opened the scoring in the 19th minute on a magnificent individual effort, 25 yards from goal. Miranda received a pass from Max Allen, faked to his left and went to his right to shake off UNLV’s Nick Williams, then kept dribbling to his right, squeezing past Skyler Goo and avoiding a tackle attempt by Bailey Letherman. Eventually he found enough space to fire a rocket that settled inside the left post.
Spartans’ goalkeeper David Sweeney made a career-high 11 saves in earning the clean sheet, including stopping a breakaway by Goo in the 32nd minute, diving to deflect a point blank shot to safety.
Jamal Adam closed out the scoring one second before the final whistle. Omar Lemus made a run along the right sideline and found Adam just outside the penalty area. Adam maneuvered around an UNLV defender, took a couple of dribbles. Adam waiting until goalkeeper Lukas Betz committed to the left and sent a soft right-footed shot into the space that he had vacated.
