Slideshow Freshman Cody Smith scored six times in Stanford's 21-7 win over Loyola Marymount on Saturday. Photo by Bob Drebin/stanfordphoto.com Previous Next

Cody Smith scored a Stanford season-high six goals in the morning against LMU and a balanced effort in the afternoon against Pacific included BJ Churnside's 100th career goal, as the second-ranked Cardinal men's water polo team registered a pair of victories on the first day of the SoCal Tournament at Sunset Canyon in Los Angeles.

The wins, the Cardinal's seventh and eighth in a row, moves its overall record to 14-1, the program's best start since winning 19 of its first 20 games in 2009.

Stanford advances to Sunday's semifinals at Spieker Aquatics Center and will face No. 3 California (16-1) at 12:15 p.m.

The Cardinal and Golden Bears met earlier this year at the Kap7 NorCal Classic, an 11-8 Stanford win.

USC (14-2) and UCLA (18-0) meet in the other semifinal. The top-ranked Bruins gave Stanford its lone loss to date.