PALO ALTO, Calif. - No. 7 Hawai`i lost 9-5 this afternoon at No. 3 Stanford in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match at the Avery Aquatic Center.

The Rainbow Wahine (1-1, 1-1 MPSF) began with a quick shot only 40 seconds into the game by Brittany Dames to give them a 1-0 lead. A little over a minute later, Stanford's managed an outside shot to tie the game 1-1, scoring again a minute later bringing the Cardinal to a lead of 2-1.

Beth Novick scored at the 2:54 mark to tie the game at two apiece before Stanford's Katie Hansen worked a physical Hawaii defender to score with only 50 seconds left in the first quarter, to bring the Cardinal ahead, 3-2.

Stanford would reel off four more unanswered goals to lead 7-3 after three quarters. UH managed two more scores in the fourth, but SU added two more to cap the scoring a 9-5 in favor of the Cardinal.

Saturday the Rainbow Wahine begins play in the Stanford Invitational with a game against USC at 11 AM and a match-up against Indiana at 7 PM. Hawai`i closes out the tournament on Sunday with a match against California at 9:30 AM before being matchup up with one more following pool play.

Stanford 9, Hawaii 5
February 11, Stanford, California

Stanford 3 3 1 2 = 9
Hawaii 2 0 1 2 = 5

Stanford scorers: Hansen (3), Shafer (2), Gregorka, Luber H., Luber K., El-Sakkary.

Hawaii scorers: Kruszona (2), Dames, Novick, Mulford