Stanford Defeats University of San Diego in Season Opener

Stanford, California – Saturday January 12th

Stanford opened the 2013 season with a 15-8 victory in a hard fought and physical encounter with the University of San Diego. Stanford reclaimed the opening kickoff and shortly thereafter a USD penalty led to a Stanford lineout near the USD goal line. Stanford’s forwards won the ball and drove the maul over for a 2nd minute score by Junior 8-Man Dan Agness, and early 5-0 lead. USD fought back hard in the first half, owning the lions share of possession and territory, but could only muster a penalty to narrow the score line to 3-5 Stanford in the 19th minute. The Stanford forwards pushed over another maul from a lineout, scored again by Agness, with minutes remaining in the half to push the Cardinal lead to 10-3. The half finished with USD camping out near the Stanford goal line, only to be held out time and time again by tenacious defense, and the half ended 10-3 Stanford.

Then second half was very similar to the first, both physical and scrappy. Again USD was able to own most of the possession and territory in the game, but Stanford defended doggedly. Finally in the 57th minute USD breached the Stanford goal line to close the score to Stanford 10-USD 8. Stanford regrouped to mount an attack late in the half and freshmen Sam Falkenhagen went over in the corner to give the Cardinal a 15-8 lead, which Stanford would hold out until the final whistle.

In the 2nd XV’s match, Peninsula Green defeated Stanford 58-12.

Next Up: Stanford vs. San Jose State– Saturday January 19th @ 1pm at Steuber Rugby Stadium

Stanford 1st XV vs. University of San Diego

Stanford Team:
1: Patrick Quigley 2: Ryan Swoboda 3: Uche Omegara 4: Austin Carey 5: Stewart Youngblood 6: Graham Thompson (#19-Jacob Gowan-45th minute) 7: Jeremy Kim 8: Dan Agness 9: Masato Kuok 10: Dan Ibarra (Captain) 11: Sam Falkenhagen 12: Weston LeGrandeur 13: Zach Saraf 14: Wesley Greiner 15: Oscar Sandoval

Scoring: Final: Stanford 15- USD 8 (Half- Stanford 10 – USD 3)
Min 2: Stanford Try (Agness)
Min 19: USD Penalty Kick
Min 33: Stanford Try (Agness)
Min 57: USD Try and Conversion
Min 64: Stanford Try (Falkenhagen)