On Saturday, undefeated Stanford faced winless Santa Clara at home. But Santa Clara did not simply roll over and to the undefeated Stanford squad. Stanford and Santa Clara seemed evenly matched during the first half of play with Santa Clara holding a slight lead 12-10, with both squads scoring 2 tries each.

The second half of play was a completely different story. A new Stanford squad came out to play rolling over a stunned Santa Clara squad. Scoring six tries in the second half, Stanford lived up to its #9 ranking on RugbyMag.com. Coach Matt Sherman speaks for the team stating, "We were particularly disappointed with out effort and focus in the first half, the second half was better, but overall, I don’t think we see this as an improved performance. We will need to elevate our game next week to get things moving in the right direction again." Stanford looks to improve next week away against Sac State, hoping to lockdown first place in the league and pretty much assure a trip to the playoffs.

Stanford's 2nd XV lost 31-7 but there were some strong individual performances from Mike Guirguis, who scored the only try, and Cameron Bailey. Stanford was also impressed by performance of newcomers to the team Gavin McCourt, Marcus Turner and Oliver Friedberg. The 2nd XV is still looking for its first win, but has shown tremendous improvement throughout the season. Next week they will face a strong Sac State 2nd XV and are hoping to improve there performance from last time they met.

Scoring 1st XV:
9: Santa Clara Try
20: Stanford Try (Polk) Conversion (Liljenquist)
25: Santa Clara Try and Conversion
36: Stanford Try (Vernon)

Half: 10-12

43: Stanford Try (Henderson) Conversion (Liljenquist)
47: Stanford Try (Henderson) and Conversion (Liljenquist)
54: Stanford Try (Vernon) and Conversion (Liljenquist)
59: Stanford Try (Brooks)
66: Stanford Try (Riklin)
76: Stanford Try (Walker) Conversion (Ibarra)
80: Santa Clara Try

Final: 48-17

1st XV vs Santa Clara
1: Quigley
2: Riklin
3: Prestinario
4: Maler
5: Menke (Captain)
6: Agness
7: Vernon
8: Polk
9: Ibarra
10: Liljenquist
11: Walker
12: Mendozza
13: Duenas
14: Brooks
15: Henderson

Subs:
16: McColl
17: Swaboda
18: Oliver
19: Allanson
20: Guirguis
21: Dormiani
22: Gagiuri
23: McCourt

2nd XV vs. Santa Clara
1: Omegara
2: Swaboda
3: Bailey
4: Paglia
5: Moody
6: Oliver
7: Guirguis
8: Allanson (Captain)
9: Dormiani
10: Liljenquist
11: McCourt
12: Tagiuri
13: Turner
14: Bui
15: Maize
Subs: Prince, Zeller, Friedberg

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