In a nationally televised match-up, the Stanford women’s lacrosse team handed No. 10 Notre Dame its first loss of the season with a 13-9 win yesterday at Laird Q. Cagan Field.

The Cardinal had lost in overtime to the Fighting Irish the last two years, but controlled Sunday’s game from the very beginning. Senior Megan McClain scored the first of her four goals just one minute into the game and trailed for only two and a half minutes in the hour-long game.

The win broke a two-game losing streak for Stanford (4-2, 2-1 MPSF) and halted Notre Dame’s undefeated opening to the season at three games.

McClain and junior midfielder Jamie Nesbitt both struck in the first two minutes of the game, but the Fighting Irish responded goal-for-goal to tie at two apiece. Freshman midfielder Karen Nesbitt scored the first of her two goals ten minutes later, before Notre Dame took its first lead with two goals in just 30 seconds.

Freshman attacker Sarah Flynn, who ended the game with a hat trick, made it 4-all, but the Irish again took the lead at 5-4. However, in the final 11 minutes of the first half, the Cardinal exploded with back-to-back goals by McClain, one by Flynn and another by sophomore Dana Lindsay to give Stanford a commanding lead. Notre Dame scored once more in the half, cutting Stanford’s lead to 8-6.

The Cardinal offense kept rolling after the halftime break, though, as sophomore Bess Siegfried, Lindsay, Karen Nesbitt and McClain all found the net. Notre Dame did not score until 15 minutes into the half, but the deficit was too big. After a Flynn goal put Stanford up 13-8, the Irish scored once more for their final score of the game.

Notre Dame took more shots than the Cardinal, but senior Laura Shane’s stellar performance in goal frustrated the Irish offense — she finished with 17 saves.

The Cardinal will be back in action Wednesday afternoon against Boston College and then host No. 8 Pennsylvania on Sunday to close out its schedule for the quarter.