LA JOLLA, Calif.  ?The 16th-ranked UC San Diego women's water polo team held its own early on against No. 1 Stanford before falling to the Cardinal by an 11-5 score on Tuesday afternoon at Canyonview Pool.  The Tritons scored the first two goals of the game and were tied with the Cardinal with 5:38 remaining in the second quarter.  Tied at 3-3, Stanford would finish the game on an 8-2 run for the win.  The loss drops the Tritons to 6-12, while the Cardinal improve to 17-1.  UCSD was led by Sydney Gstettenbauer's two goals, while Rebecca Gearty, Hanalei Crowell and Stephanie Heinrich also scored.  UCSD is back in action on Friday afternoon when it hosts No. 2 USC at 3:00 p.m.

The Tritons got off to a quick start as Heinrich and Gstettenbauer scored, giving UCSD a 2-0 lead with 5:33 remaining in the first quarter.  Stanford got on the board at the 3:54 mark and would add two more scores in the period to lead 3-2 after the first.

In the second, Gstettenbauer scored with 5:38 remaining to retie the game at 3-3.  Stanford would score three unanswered before halftime to take a 6-3 lead at the break.

Stanford outscored the Tritons 5-2 in the final two periods to close out the win.

Stanford 11, UCSD 5.

Stanford 3-3-3-2=11

UCSD 2-1-1-1=5

Goals:

Stanford:  Eaton 2, Silver, 2, Koran, Hillman, Blyleven, Holshouser, Krueger, Menon, Seidemann.

UCSD:  Gstettenbauer 2, Gearty, Heinrich, Crowell.

1st

6:16  Heinrich (UCSD) 0-1

5:33  Gstettenbauer (UCSD) 0-2

3:54  Silver (Stan) 1-2

3:05  Blyleven (Stan) 2-2

:24  Hillman (Stan) 3-2

2nd

5:38  Gstettenbauer (UCSD) 3-3

5:09  Koran (Stan) 4-3

4:26  Kreuger (Stan) 5-3

1:37  Holshouser (Stan) 6-3

3rd

6:33  Eaton (Stan) 7-3

4:25  Seidemann (Stan) 8-3

3:20  Gearty (UCSD) 8-4

:19  Silver (Stan) 9-4

4th

6:19  Eaton (Stan) 10-4

1:31  Menon (Stan) 11-4

:07  Crowell (UCSD) 11-5