Cardinal Wins MPLL Championship

Stanford crushes Golden Bears 16-7 for conference title.

	Freshman Julia Calzonetti led the Cardinal in scoring as Stanford took the MPLL Championship.

May 5, 2002

Berkeley, CA - Stanford earned the first-ever Mountain Pacific Lacrosse League Championship today by handing California a 16-7 loss at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. Stanford's freshmen took control of the offense this afternoon with Julia Calzonetti notching four goals and Nina Pantano and Kelsey Twist tabbing three goals apiece.

California opened up with a goal 25 seconds into the game, but Stanford rebounded with four goals to take a three-point lead. The Cardinal closed out the first half with six more goals for a 10-4 margin at halftime. Stanford then outscored the Bears 6-3 in the second half to earn the inaugural MPLL Championship.

Cardinal goalkeeper Virginia Solomon notched 11 saves on the day as the Cardinal took 33 shots.

Stanford ends its season with an 11-7 record, and a perfect conference record at 10-0.

	1	2	F
Stanford	10	6	16
California	4	3	7

Shots: Stanford - 33, California 14

Goals: (S) Julia Calzonetti 4, Nina Pantano 3, Kelsey Twist 3, Liz Britt 2, Jess Scott 2, Noor Dawood 1, Abbi Hills 1; (C) Kado 2, O'Mara 2, Edwards 1, Wheatley 1, Wu 1

Assists: (S) Jess Scott 1, Kelsey Twist 1; (C) Queisser 2, Monger 1

Saves: (S) Virginia Solomon 11; (C) Coelho 12

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36	Virginia Solomon	1	1	11	1	60:00	7	2	.611
�	Total	1	1	11	1	60:00	7	2	.611