Dominique Yahyavi tore up defenses with his blazing runs down the right side when he played for Santa Barbara High four years ago.
He’s doing the same thing as a senior outside midfielder for Stanford.
A week ago, Yahyavi earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors after scoring three goals in the Bay Area Classic. He scored the game winner in a 1-0 win over USF and put two in the back of the net in a 4-1 victory over Santa Clara.
This past weekend, he assisted on a bicycle-kick goal by Bobby Warshaw and tallied his fourth goal in three matches during the second half of a 3-0 win over St. Mary’s.
Adoni Levine played a long ball up the gut and Yahyavi slipped behind the defense for a 1v1 with the keeper. His shot was perfectly placed to give Stanford a two-goal lead.
The four goals are a career best for Yahyavi, who entered the season with just three goals.
Yahyavi, a 2007 SBHS grad, is a computer science major
IRISH SETTER AND MORE: Freshman Sammie Brown from Dos Pueblos High, played a solid all-around match to help Notre Dame sweep Pittsburgh in a Big East volleyball match in South Bend on Saturday.
Brown dished out 31 assists, had two aces, two kills, two blocks and seven digs.
Former Santa Barbara High star Kristen Dealy, a Santa Barbara High alum, had eight kills and a match-high 15 digs.
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