Nov. 5, 2000

LOS ANGELES - Senior Stever O'Rourke (Huntington Beach/Marina HS) recorded a career-high five goals Sunday to lead the No. 2 USC Trojans to an 11-6 non-conference win against the No. 5 Stanford at McDonald's Swim Stadium. USC is now 17-4 overall while Stanford is now 10-10 on the season.

The Trojans exploded for five goals in the second period to break open a 1-1 match after the first period. The key was a goal by freshman Tim Wollthan at 1:05 of the second period, which came after a big save by Trojans' goalie Bozidar Damjanovic, giving USC a 2-1 lead. The Trojans then scored two more goals and would be in control the remainder of the match.

"We are really playing at a different level," said USC Head Coach Jovan Vavic. "Our guys are excited. Stever and Bozidar had a very good game and it was a complete team effort today."

USC will play its final Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match of the season on Saturday (Nov. 11) against UC Santa Barbara at noon at McDonald's Swim Stadium.

Stanford 1 2 0 3 - 6 USC 1 5 2 3 - 11

Stan - Snider 2, Osborn, Derse, Hudnut, Guyman USC - O'Rourke 5, Damjanov 2, Csaszar 2, Wollthan, Babic

Saves - Stan - Nick Ellis 7 (1st half), Jaison Robinson 4 (2nd half), USC - Bozidar Damjanovic 7

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