Slideshow Stanford senior Bret Bonanni fires in his 333rd career goal to set a school and conference record, held by the legendary Tony Azevedo, during a six-goal effort against Long Beach State on Saturday. Photo by Bryan Williams. Previous Next

Bret Bonanni has secured his place in Stanford men's water polo history.

The Cardinal senior leader scored six goals to lead No. 5 Stanford to a 12-8 victory over No. 8 Long Beach State Saturday afternoon at the Campus Pool in Long Beach. In the process, Bonanni became the Stanford and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation all-time scoring leader. With his total on Saturday, he has 337 career goals, moving ahead of Cardinal legend Tony Azevedo (332 goals from 2001-04).

"I definitely couldn't have accomplished this honor without my teammates," Bonanni said. "This record is a tribute to all the great players I've played with at my time here at Stanford. Tony was my Idol when I started playing and still is today. With all of the things he has accomplished and everything he has done within our sport, it's an honor to be noted as even remotely close to his caliber of play."

Bonanni, who entered Saturday's contest one goal shy of Azevedo's career record, got started early with his first score just over two minutes into the contest to give Stanford a 2-0 lead.

Long Beach State (1-5, 9-12 MPSF) responded with three straight goals over the next three minutes to surge ahead of the Cardinal, 3-2 toward the end of the first quarter.