STANFORD, Calif. – No. 14 UC Irvine's slow second half led to a 17-7 defeat at No. 4 Stanford on a rainy, windy Sunday afternoon.

The Anteaters and Cardinal were tied, 1-1, after the first quarter and UCI only trailed by one, 5-4, at the half before Stanford outscored the 'Eaters 12-3 in the second half to earn the win.

UCI falls to 7-10 on the season while Stanford improves to 15-4 overall.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
> Tyler Padua led the Anteaters with two goals while Stewart Campbell, Grant Chiponis, Nikola Ilic, Zlatan Nikocevic and Dylan Patist each scored once
> Harrison Land played the first three quarters in goal making three saves while Zayd Mahmoud made one stop in the final eight minutes
> Stanford's Tyler Abramson led all scorers with four goals
> UCI held a 29-26 advantage in shots

Quarter One
> The Cardinal struck first with a goal at 4:31 before Padua scored at 4:07 to knot the game, 1-1

Quarter Two
> The teams exchanged back-and-forth goals as the game remained tied, 3-3, at 5:17. Padua and Campbell would score for the 'Eaters in that stretch.
> Stanford's Walker Seymour netted a goal at 3:29 before Patist answered at 3:08 to make it, 4-4
> Abramson scored on an extraman opportunity with 33 seconds remaining to give the Cardinal a 5-4 edge at the half

Quarter Three
> Stanford used a 4-0 scoring run to start the third quarter and go up, 10-4
> Chiponis fired in a goal on a powerplay before the Cardinal scored twice more to take a 12-5 lead into the final frame

Quarter Four
> Stanford opened the final quarter scoring three-consecutive goals to go up, 15-5
> UCI's Nikocevic and Ilic each fired in a goal in the final eight minutes for the Cardinal walked away with the 17-7 victory

Up Next
> UCI returns home and continues conference play with a game against UC Santa Barbara Saturday, Oct. 30 at 1 p.m.