Stanford 81, UCLA 10

On April 18-19, the Stanford Cardinal traveled to Sanford, Florida to play in the National Round of 16 collegiate tournament. After practicing in Sanford all week, the Women took on UCLA on Saturday. In the first half, Stanford started off with a great series of quick taps on early UCLA penalties. Ramine Cromartie broke the gainline and the forwards finished it off with great continuity and a try by Alyssa Tenant. Mel Smit scored next off of another UCLA penalty – running straight in after receiving a quick ball from scrumhalf, Diana Peng. In the 20th minute, Diana Peng and Alyssa Tenant teamed up to steal the ball from UCLA’s scrum and Teresa Molina ran a beautiful strike through
the opposition's backline for the third try of the day. In the second half, the combination of UCLA playing down due to a sin binned player and Coach Griffin putting in a few impact substitutions – namely Jess Watkins, the game was blown wide open. The forwards continued to dominate contact situations with the fresh legs of Susan Dekker and Frances Wehrwein while Watkins ran the ball in time after time. Ono Nseyo, Amelia Villines, and Ramine Cromartie were the other try scorers for the day. Lock, Kira Greco made a huge impact in lineouts and around the field, and scrumhalf, Diana Peng was another standout for the day. The final score was 82-10 in the blow out and Stanford prepared to face Army in the next round.