The Stanford women’s lacrosse team topped off an undefeated MPSF season with a 21-9 victory over UC-Davis on Wednesday, improving its record to 6-0.

Even though the final margin of victory was impressive, the win didn’t come easily for the Cardinal. Stanford really struggled to gain control of the game—Davis jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead and led 6-5 at the 18:33 mark of the first half before Stanford’s attack began to wear on the Aggies.

Senior midfielder Karen Nesbit set the tone when she scored at the 17:18 mark off of a free position shot and started an eight-goal run for the Cardinal that included seven different goal scorers. Although the beginning of the first half was shaky, Stanford put its stamp on the match by halftime and held a 13-7 lead.

The Cardinal outshot Davis 19-16 in the first half and led in draw controls by 12—it would finish with a 19-13 advantage in draw controls and outshoot the Aggies by five.

At the start of the second half, Stanford went on another run to take away all hopes of a comeback by Davis. The Cardinal scored six straight goals and eight of the next 10 to build its lead to 21-9.

The Stanford attack was very balanced—10 different players scored for the Card. Junior Catherine Swanson moved up from defense in the second half to join senior Leslie Foard and sophomore Jacqueline Candelaria with hat tricks for the match. Senior Lauren Schmidt also had a nice game as she racked up a game-high four goals. Seniors Sarah Flynn and Maggie Sachs also had multiple goals.

The Cardinal had already clinched the No. 1 seed in the upcoming MPSF tournament, but with Wednesday’s win it secured an undefeated season as champion of the conference.

This weekend, Stanford heads back to Chicago for its final non-conference match against No. 5 Northwestern University. The Cardinal plays Northwestern on Easter Sunday at 11 a.m.