On a sunny but windy day at Papé Field, No. 12 Stanford handed Oregon its first conference loss of the season, as the Ducks fell to the Cardinal 15-7.

Although the Ducks didn’t come up with a win today, they were lead by a strong performance from senior goalie Caroline Federighi.

“I think that she (Federighi) is playing fantastic,” head coach Jen Beck said. “I wish the play in front of her was a little bit sharper so she could get even more saves. I just think the world of her and think she is a fantastic goalie.”

Beck said she hates that Federighi had so many goals against her in a game like today’s because she doesn’t want the senior to get down on herself.

“I know she wishes she would have gotten a couple more (saves), but she had some really great saves,” Beck said.

Stanford came out strong against the Ducks with quick and efficient passing, causing Oregon to stay focused and fast on defense. Stanford was able to control much of the possession due to its success on the draw. The Cardinal won seven draws compared to Oregon’s two in the first half.

Stanford was first to score with a goal from Lucy Dikeou.

About six minutes later Oregon’s all-time leader in points and assists, senior Shannon Propst, got the Ducks on the board.

Stanford quickly responded with another goal, but Propst found Kiser cutting to the net for the Ducks’ second goal, tying up the score.

Stanford then scored four goals in a row to take a 6-2 lead at halftime.

The Cardinal was able to continue the momentum in the second half.

Dikeou again started the scoring for Stanford. She tacked on the first goal of the half just nine seconds after the second half opening draw.

Junior Casey Brogan then found the back of the net for Oregon just over the 23-minute mark.

Stanford then scored three straight, bringing the score to 10-3.

Oregon found some offensive momentum in the second half with goals from sophomore Carly O’Connell and freshman Rachel Steinberg, but it wasn’t enough to hold off Stanford.

“We definitely had a more potent offensive game plan that we were not able to execute,” Beck said. “I think we just got caught up in not taking care of the things that we could control and we just need to fix those, change the confidence level and make sure we are executing on a different level.”

Although it was windy today Beck said she thinks that the wind is never really a factor, but thought the sun was a factor.

Up next for Oregon is another conference match against UC Davis. The Ducks will face the Aggies Sunday at 1 p.m. at Papé Field.

“I think Davis is going to come in here super fired up. They are going to be ready to go. They have been preparing,” Beck said. “We need to quickly turn and focus off this game. We will start with film, get the preparation going. Again, take care of the things we an control. A lot of the stuff that happened today that happened against us was in our control, so we need to fix those things.”