LOS ANGELES - No. 14 Stanford completed a sweep of its Southern California road trip on Saturday afternoon, cruising past No. 21 USC 4-0.
Opening a stretch in which it plays six of nine away from The Farm, the Cardinal (9-1, 2-0 Pac-12) looked extremely sharp against the Trojans (4-5, 0-2 Pac-12) in a match televised on Pac-12 Networks.
Stanford captured the doubles point for a 1-0 lead, securing the early edge on the strength of a 6-3 win on court two from Emily Arbuthnott and Taylor Davidson.
It was then all Cardinal in singles, starting with Emma Higuchi's 6-0, 6-0 victory over Sydney Van Alphen at the No. 6 spot. Higuchi notched her team-best 20th overall victory and is riding a nine-match win streak.
Caroline Lampl followed with a 6-2, 6-2 triumph at No. 4 to make it 3-0 before Davidson pumped home the clincher with a 6-1, 6-2 victory at the top line.
The match was called with action on three remaining courts suspended.
Stanford returns home next weekend, hosting Arizona State on Friday, March 17, at 1:30 p.m. in match that will be televised on Pac-12 Networks.
No. 14 Stanford 4, No. 21 USC 0
DOUBLES
1) No. 29 Doyle/Lord (STAN) led No. 75 Failla/Rianna Valdes (USC) 5-2, susp.
2) Arbuthnott/Davidson (STAN) d. Smith/Westby (USC) 6-3
3) Higuchi/Lampl (STAN) d. Katz/Kulikov (USC) 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 2
SINGLES
1) No. 69 Taylor Davidson (STAN) d. No. 24 Gabby Smith (USC) 6-1, 6-2
2) No. 38 Jessica Failla (USC) led No. 36 Caroline Doyle (STAN) 7-6 (3), susp.
3) No. 13 Melissa Lord (STAN) led No. 88 Zoe Katz (USC) 7-6 (4), 5-1, susp.
4) No. 73 Caroline Lampl (STAN) d. No. 113 Madison Westby (USC) 6-2, 6-2
5) No. 67 Emily Arbuthnott (STAN) led Angela Kulikov (USC) 6-3, 4-1, susp.
6) No. 46 Emma Higuchi (STAN) d. Sydney Van Alphen (USC) 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 1