Stanford lacrosse tightened its grasp of the conference lead last Sunday, cruising past Saint Mary’s in a 20-7 road win. Senior attacker Sarah Flynn matched the entire Gaels squad with a school-record seven goals in the victory, which continued an undefeated season for Stanford (11-1, 3-0 MPSF) in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

Flynn and the Cardinal jumped on Saint Mary’s (2-8, 1-3) right out of the gate, going up 6-1 barely 10 minutes into the game. Just eight minutes in, Flynn already had a hat trick. Stanford outshot the Gaels in the half, 28-10, and went into the break with a comfortable 12-4 lead.

Senior goalkeeper Annie Read stepped out for freshman Lyndsey Munoz after making three saves in the half. Read got the win for her contributions, her 11th of the season.

Flynn’s historic second goal was no doubt the highlight of the second half, but that accomplishment overshadowed another, smaller one in the game’s final minutes: freshman attacker Annie Anton, earning extra playing time with the sizeable Stanford lead, knocked in her first collegiate goal.

The Cardinal tallied 46 shots on the game and won 19 of 27 draw controls. Five of those came from senior midfielder Leslie Foard.

Stanford will return home this weekend to face conference rival Denver on Friday at 6 p.m. The Pioneers beat the Cardinal last year to cost Stanford the MPSF regular season title, but fell to Stanford in the MPSF Tournament.