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Sophomorescored his first career goal late in the second overtime and No. 10 Stanford kept pace atop the Pac-12 table with a 3-2 victory at Washington on Sunday afternoon.Stanford (7-2-3, 4-1-0), which avoided back-to-back losses in the same season for the first time since 2012, is tied with UCLA (8-4-0, 4-1-0) for first at the halfway point of the conference schedule. The Cardinal has now won its last three meetings against the Huskies (7-6-0, 2-3-0) in Seattle, something it hadn't done since 2000-02."That was an immense performance by the team on the road after a tough result on Thursday," head coachsaid. "I thought both teams absolutely left it all out on the pitch today in what was a really tough, competitive game."Stanford was forced to come from behind after giving up an early goal, but equalized early in the second half and then went ahead on apenalty kick in the 78minute. It appeared as if the Cardinal would win in regulation until Corban Anderson converted from the spot for UW with under four minutes to go, which ultimately set up Bulut's overtime heroics.Bulut instigated the defining sequence himself when he drew a foul on Washington's Luke Hauswirth on the right side while battling for possession.sent the ensuing free kick into the box, which the Huskies headed away, but were unable to completely remove from danger.tracked down the loose ball and chipped it over the top to the left corner for. Liberty raced onto it at the endline to keep it in play and knocked it back to. Wehan sent in a cross in with his left,flicked his header at the top of the box, the ball took one bounce and Bulut smacked it with his left to the far post to send the Cardinal into a frenzy."I'm thrilled for Arda to score his first college goal," Gunn added. "He's been working tremendously hard and been fantastic in training, but obviously has been behind some great players. For both he and Jack to come into the game and make such valuable contributions was absolutely fantastic. That just allows the squad to go from strength to strength."The four-time defending Pac-12 champions are right in the thick of it with five game to go, tied with the Bruins on 12 points and three clear of third-place Oregon State. Despite its earlier loss at the Beavers on Thursday night, Stanford is 34-4-7 (.833) in conference since 2014. Stanford hosts OSU this coming Thursday night at 8 p.m.Stanford, pressuring for an early goal, had a shot fromgo wide in the first minute and a back-heel flick fromsaved off the line in the fourth. Washington took advantage of the missed chances and went up 1-0 in the 22when Dylan Teves finished a ball clipped in by Kasey French.The Huskies nearly had a second goal on two occasions in the first half, butsaved a 1v1 attempt from Blake Bodily in the 32minute anddove to block a shot from Teves inside the box with less than a minute until intermission.Waldeck was on the free kick that set up Stanford's equalizer in the 52after a longrun ended with a UW foul. From nearly the same spot as the eventual winner, Waldeck's ball this time bounced through to Liberty at the back post. Liberty headed it back to the face of goal wherewas waiting with a snap header past Bryce Logan."Both teams defended very well and made it difficult to build, which meant that the longer balls were the only option at times," Gunn said ."Our original plan A wasn't working, but when we switched to plan B it got us back into the game and certainly allowed us to start asking questions of the opposing back four."Cole Grimsby was shown a yellow in the 78minute for taking downin the box, which set up Beason's successful penalty. Liberty was whistled for nudging Quentin Pearson to the ground in the 87to set up Anderson's penalty.Stanford is now 66-0-6 (.958) when scoring two or more goals under