STANFORD, Calif. – The Golden Bears extended their winning streak over Stanford in rugby to 22 years Wednesday night in Steuber Rugby Stadium, where California scored 22 unanswered tries to defeat the Cardinal in the match for the Scrum Axe.
 
The Bears (8-0, 1-0 PAC) had 12 different try scorers in their PAC Rugby Conference opener over Stanford (0-4, 0-2 PAC). Thirteen of the Starting XV for Cal were freshmen or sophomores, including conversion kicker Desi Streater (6-for-15), a freshman flyhalf who scored two tries, and sophomore scrumhalf Ken Kurihara, who went 3-for-5.
 
The Bears now make a quick turnaround to welcome fans back to Witter Rugby Field Saturday, February 10, for Parents Weekend as the Blue and Gold host a doubleheader vs. Cal Maritime at 11 a.m. and Utah Valley University at 1 p.m.
 
The Scoring Timeline vs. Stanford
 
03:00 Taylor Damron 5
 
06:00 Justin Dunn 5
 
09:00 Justin Dunn 5
 
13:00 Owen Duvall 5, Desi Streater 2
 
16:00 Desi Streater 5
 
21:00 Ken Kurihara 5
 
31:00 Gavin Janis 5, Ken Kurihara 2
 
36:00 Justin Dunn 5, Ken Kurihara 2
 
38:00 Kevin Saunders 5
 
40:00 Matt Ternan 5, Ken Kurihara 2
 
Halftime Score: California 58, Stanford 0
 
42:00 Louis Le Merle 5
 
44:00 Matt Ternan 5
 
48:00 Desi Streater 5, 2
 
51:00 William Fuller 5, Desi Streater 2
 
53:00 Garrett Kay 5, Desi Streater 2

56:00 John Warnock 5, Desi Streater 2

60:00 Brian Joyce 5, Desi Streater 2
 
63:00 William Fuller 5
 
66:00 Michael Goodwin 5
 
70:00 Matt Ternan 5
 
75:00 William Fuller 5

77:00 Taylor Damron 5 

79:00 Brian Joyce 5, Michael Goodwin 2
 
Final Score: California 135, Stanford 0
 
The Team vs. Stanford
 
15. Shankland (Goodwin @ 44:00, 14. Dunn (Fuller @ 40:00), 13. Roeske (Janis @ 18:00), 12. Saunders (Ternan @ 38:00), 11. Damron, 10. Streater, 9. Kurihara (T. d'Auriol @ 40:00), 1. Taotua (Sekona @ 40:00), 2. Manzo (Joyce @ 35:00), 3. Duvall, 4. Golla, 5. Jh. Warnock, 6. Richards-Smith (Jn. Warnock @ 54:00), 7. Kay, 8. Le Merle