Experienced Gaels Run Past Stanford

Stanford, California. Saturday Thursday February 2

For the second time in the past week, the Cardinal faced one of the top D1A rugby programs in the country, this time squaring off against the St. Mary’s College Gaels. The Gaels took the lead early and never looked back, running away with a 85-0 victory due to an impressive blend of speed, physicality, and experience. Like the previous weekends encounter with Cal, a young Stanford team comprising seven underclassmen, improved as the match went on, and showed moments and patches where they competed as equals with another of the nations finest. Stanford will have a week off next week, when they send a 7’s team down to the Las Vegas Invitational, and then will begin their D1AA Nor Cal Conference with a Friday night game against Santa Clara the following weekend.

Next Up:
Las Vegas Invitational: February 9-11 (Thursday-Saturday) in Las Vegas
@ Santa Clara: Friday February 17th at 6pm

Stanford 1st XV vs. Cal

1: Nat Oliver 2: Ryan Swaboda (Jeremy Kim) 3: Cameron Bailey (Uche Omegara) 4: Austin Carey (Stewart Youngblood) 5: Rush Moody (Alex Selowsky) 6: Paul Maler 7: Dan Agness 8: Alex Menke 9: Dan Ibarra 10: Chase Russell 11: Matt Duenas (Marcus Turner) 12: Liam McNally (Weston LaGrandeur) 13: Giani Maize 14: Alejandro Sanchez (Orfeo Tagiuri) 15: Marcus Henderson