BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Stanford reached the NCAA College Cup for the sixth time in seven seasons and will play Florida State in the semifinals on Friday at 4:30 p.m. PT (7:30 p.m. ET) in Boca Raton, Fla. This is Stanford’s third NCAA matchup against the Seminoles since 2010 and the Cardinal’s first trip to Florida since 2001. Stanford (20-1-3) advanced by beating Florida in penalty kicks on Friday after a 2-2 draw, extending its unbeaten streak to 11. The final, against either Virginia or Texas A&M, is Sunday at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET).
The following is a closer look at Friday’s match:
Who: No. 3 Stanford (20-1-3) vs. No. 2 Florida State (22-1-1)
When: Friday, 4:30 p.m. PT (7:30 p.m. (ET)
Where: FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Fla.
All-Time Series Record: Stanford leads, 2-0-0.
TV: Live on ESPNU, WatchESPN
Live Stats: Look for links at GoStanford.com.
Twitter: @StanfordWSoccer
Tickets: Look for links on GoStanford.com.
Sunday's final:
Who: Stanford-Florida State winner vs. Texas A&M-Virginia winner
When: Sunday, 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET)
Where: FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Fla.
TV: Live on ESPNU, WatchESPN
College Cup: This is Stanford’s seventh NCAA semifinal appearance overall and sixth in the past seven seasons. Stanford has advanced to three finals and won the 2011 national championship. Last year, Stanford was eliminated in the third round by eventual champion UCLA and missed the College Cup for the first time since 2007.
Stanford’s NCAA History: The Cardinal has qualified for 17 consecutive NCAA tournaments and 24 overall. Included are 11 quarterfinal appearances, seven semifinals, and three finals. With its penalty-kick victory over Florida in the quarterfinals, Stanford extended its home NCAA unbeaten streak to 25. Stanford’s all-time NCAA tournament record is 44-19-6 (.681), including 33-9-3 (.767) in 12 seasons under coach Paul Ratcliffe.
Tournament Recap: In four NCAA tournament matches -- all at home -- Stanford has combined to outshoot its opponents, 97-24. However, every match has been in doubt. In the first round, Stanford rallied from a 2-0 deficit by scoring five goals in the final 30 minutes for a 5-2 victory over Cal State Fullerton. In the second and third rounds, first-half goals stood in 1-0 victories over Arkansas and Washington. And, in the quarterfinal, Stanford finally ousted Florida on penalty kicks after tying, 2-2.
Friday’s Opponent, Florida State: The Seminoles (22-1-1) are playing their best soccer, carrying a 19-match unbeaten streak and eight-match winning streak. Florida State advanced to its fourth consecutive College Cup with a 5-0 victory over South Carolina and hasn’t allowed a goal in nearly a month -- that’s five consecutive shutouts and a 450:03 shutout streak. FSU tied North Carolina for the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title with a 9-0-1 record and captured the ACC tournament crown 1-0 over eventual College Cup qualifier Virginia. The Seminoles dominated the All-ACC awards, with Dagny Brynjarsdottir named the Offensive Player of the Year, Kristin Grubka was Defensive Player of the Year and Mark Krikorian was Coach of the Year. Both players are Hermann Trophy semifinalists.
The Stanford-Florida State Series: Stanford leads the all-time series, 2-0. The teams met two consecutive years in the NCAA tournament, with Stanford combining to outscore FSU, 8-0. In the 2011 semifinals in Kennesaw, Ga., Stanford freshman Chioma Ubogagu had a goal and an assist to lead the Cardinal to a 3-0 victory. In a 2010 quarterfinal at Stanford, the Cardinal scored four second-half goals to beat FSU, 5-0, with Hermann Trophy winner Christen Press among the team’s five goal-scorers.
The Stanford-Virginia Series: Virginia coach Steve Swanson led Stanford to two Pac-10 titles, three NCAA appearances, and a 49-28-4 record from 1996-99 as the Cardinal’s coach. He never has been on the winning side in a Stanford-Virginia matchup, losing as Stanford’s coach in 1999, and in two matches as Virginia’s coach, in 2000 and 2007. Stanford leads the all-time series, 3-2, but this would be their first matchup since Stanford won 2-1 in 2007 at Santa Clara in the only coaching matchup between Swanson and Stanford’s Paul Ratcliffe while at their current schools.
The Stanford-Texas A&M Series: Stanford leads the all-time series, 5-3. The teams haven’t played since 2005 -- Stanford’s only match in the series under Paul Ratcliffe -- when the Aggies won 1-0 in Knoxville, Tenn. The teams met once in the NCAA tournament, with Texas A&M winning, 1-0, in the 2001 third round. Stanford’s most recent victory was in 2002, 1-0 in overtime.
Quarterfinal Recap -- Stanford 2, Florida 2 (4-3 PK’s): Florida quickly answered goals by Taylor Uhl and Kendall Romine to force overtime. In penalty kicks, Florida’s first two attempts hit the post and was saved, while Romine and Lo’eau LaBonta converted Stanford’s initial attempts. Goalkeeper Jane Campbell finished off the match by scoring on Stanford’s fifth and final attempt.
Third-Round Recap -- Stanford 1, Washington 0: Lo’eau LaBonta scored on a first-half rebound of her own saved penalty kick. LaBonta scored her team-leading 13th goal of the season at 42:20 just after Ryan Walker-Hartshorn was fouled from behind as she awaited a high pass from Laura Liedle in the box. LaBonta’s penalty was blocked by Husky goalkeeper Megan Kufeld, but LaBonta charged the ball and punched in the rebound from point-blank range.
Second-Round Recap -- Stanford 1, Arkansas 0: Lo’eau LaBonta scored on a penalty kick at 23:13 after Taylor Uhl was fouled in the box, to account for the only goal in the match. Stanford outshot Arkansas, 24-6, but the Razorbacks (9-7-6) looked dangerous at times, with Jane Campbell saving three shots in picking up her 13th shutout of the season.
First-Round Recap -- Stanford 5, Cal State Fullerton 2: No. 1-seeded Stanford didn’t intimidate Big West Conference champion Cal State Fullerton, which bolted to a 2-0 lead in their first-round match on Friday at Cagan Stadium with a penalty kick and an interception and goal in the first 29 minutes. It was the first two-goal deficit Stanford faced all season and the first at home since 2009. Though Stanford settled down and outshot the Titans 20-0 in the second half, the Cardinal had nothing to show it over the first 60 minutes. But that changed with a Chioma Ubogagu free kick at 60:47. Ubogagu and Taylor Uhl combined to score five goals in 27 minutes for a 5-2 Stanford victory.
Stanford Season Highlights:
• Chioma Ubogagu and Taylor Uhl combined for five goals in the final 30 minutes to give Stanford a come-from-behind 5-2 victory over Cal State Fullerton in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
• Finished second to overall top seed UCLA in the Pac-12, trailing by only three points in the standings, 31-28.
• Earned its 17th consecutive NCAA tournament bid and 24th overall.
• Awarded a No. 1 seed into the tournament and home-field through the first four rounds.
• Finished the regular-season No. 1 in the RPI and No. 3 in the NSCAA rankings.
• Got four hat tricks this season -- two by Ryan Walker-Hartshorn and one each by Taylor Uhl and Chioma Ubogagu.
• Andi Sullivan was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year.
• Taylor Uhl was named to the Capital One Academic All-America second team.
• Opened season with a double-overtime winner from Chioma Ubogagu to beat North Carolina for the first time ever, spanning 13 meetings.
• Unscored upon during the nonconference season, during a nine-match schedule that included five ranked teams.
• Compiled a school-record shutout streak of 893 minutes, 58 seconds, dating back to the end of the 2013 season.
• Paul Ratcliffe earned his 200th coaching victory at Stanford, during an 8-0 rout of Dayton on Sept. 14.
• Set a school record with 48 shots in beating Oregon State, 7-0.
• Shut out 17 opponents in 24 matches.
• Reached the NCAA quarterfinals for the 11th time in program history.
• Extended NCAA home unbeaten streak to 25 with penalty kick victory over Florida after tying, 2-2.
• Beat Florida on PK’s to advance to the College Cup.
• Reached the College Cup for the sixth time in seven years.
Stanford vs. the ACC: Against current Atlantic Coast Conference schools, Stanford is 28-22-9. However, if you take away North Carolina’s 9-1-3 advantage, those totals drop to 27-13-6. Here is Stanford’s record against the ACC:
Boston College, 5-0-2
Clemson, 1-1-1
Duke, 8-1-0
Florida State, 2-0-0
North Carolina 1-9-3
North Carolina State, 1-0-0
Notre Dame, 6-7-2
Virginia 3-2-0
Virginia Tech, 1-0-0
Wake Forest, 0-2-1
Stanford vs. the SEC: Against current Southeastern Conference schools, Stanford is 22-5-1. Here is the breakdown:
Alabama, 1-0-0
Arkansas, 3-0-0
Auburn, 1-0-0
Florida, 3-0-1
Georgia 2-1-0
Missouri, 2-0-0
South Carolina, 2-0-0
Tennessee, 2-1-0
Texas A&M, 5-3-0
Vanderbilt, 1-0-0
Hermann Trophy Semifinalist: Stanford senior midfielder Lo’eau LaBonta is among of 16 players named as semifinalists for the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy, emblematic of the nation’s best player. LaBonta is Stanford’s leader in goals (13) and points (31) and already has been named first-team All-Pac-12. Stanford has had three Hermann winners, all between 2009-11 (Kelley O’Hara, Christen Press, and Teresa Noyola).
LaBonta in the Clutch: Stanford senior Lo’eau LaBonta is fifth in the nation in game-winning goals with seven. In four matches, she scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory, with two of those (Oregon and Florida) in overtime. LaBonta scored the only goals in each of the second and third rounds -- 1-0 victories over Arkansas and Washington, respectively. LaBonta, Shea Groom of Texas A&M, and Sam Mewis of UCLA each have seven, which is the most for any player remaining in the NCAA tournament. LaBonta has scored a team-leading 13 goals.
Overtime: Stanford has played seven overtime matches, and has a 4-0-3 record this season. Here’s how they turned out:
• Aug. 22: Chioma Ubogagu scored at 99:00 to win at No. 4 North Carolina in the season opener, 1-0. It was Stanford’s first-ever victory over the Tar Heels, in 13 tries.
• Sept. 7: The Cardinal was held to a 0-0 draw against visiting No. 25 Notre Dame.
• Sept. 12: A brilliant save by Jane Campbell kept No. 6 Florida off the board and Lo’eau LaBonta won it at 92:47, 1-0.
• Sept. 26: Stanford was unable to hold a halftimem lead, allowing its first goal of the season after nine consecutive shutouts to open the year, tying host Utah, 1-1.
• Oct. 24: Taylor Uhl had two goals and an assist to give Stanford a 3-2 victory at Arizona. She tapped in a rebound at 98:47 for the winner.
• Oct. 30: Lo’eau LaBonta scored at 94:40 on a rebound of a saved shot to lift Stanford past visiting Oregon, 1-0.
• Nov. 28: In Stanford’s first shootout since 2007, Jane Campbell saved one shot, then scored the winner herself to eliminate Florida on PK’s 4-3, after the teams traded tied, 2-2 in their NCAA quarterinal.
Penalty Kicks: Stanford has made four of five penalty kicks this season, plus four of five in its NCAA quarterfinal shootout victory over Florida. Of those combined, Lo’eau LaBonta has made four of five and Kendall Romine has converted two of two. No one else has more than one eattempt.
As a team, Stanford is 4-2 in penalty-kick shootouts in the NCAA tournament. Here is a list of Cardinal penalty-kick results in the NCAA tournament:
• 1993 Semifinals: l. to George Mason 3-1 in PK’s (1-1 score).
• 1994 First Round: d. Washington 6-5 in PK’s (0-0)
• 2002 Quarterfinals: l. to Portland 4-2 in PK’s (0-0)
• 2006 Third Round: d. Clemson 4-2 in PK’s (0-0)
• 2007 Second Round: d. California 7-6 in PK’s (1-1)
• 2014 Third Round: d. Florida 4-3 in PK’s (2-2)
Penalty Kick Lineup: Here was Stanford’s penalty kick order vs. Florida and the results:
1) Kendall Romine (good)
2) Lo’eau LaBonta (good)
3) Chioma Ubogagu (miss)
4) Haley Rosen (good)
5) Jane Campbell (good)
From Behind: Stanford has trailed three times this season, for a total of 63 minutes, 39 seconds. Here are the three matches and the final results:
Oct. 9: Trailed UCLA for 5:11 in a 2-1 loss.
Nov. 6: Trailed Cal for 1:58 in a 3-2 win.
Nov. 14: Trailed Cal State Fullerton for 56:30 in a 5-2 win.
Stanford's record in matches it has trailed: 2-1.
Stanford’s Situational Records:
• When scoring first: 18-1-2
• When opponents score first: 2-0
• When leading at halftime: 11-0-1
• When tied at halftime: 8-1-2
• When trailing at halftime: 1-0
• When trailing at any time: 2-1
• At Home: 13-0-2
• At Opponent: 6-1-1
• At Neutral Field: 1-0
Academic All-American: Stanford senior forward Taylor Uhl was named to the Capital One Academic All-America second team. Uhl carries a Stanford grade-point average of 3.79 and is majoring in biomechanical engineering.
Majors: The following are declared majors for Stanford players. A note: Stanford students declare their majors as juniors, so this list includes only upperclassmen:
• Kate Bettinger: Science, technology, and society.
• Alex Doll: Economics.
• Katie Donahue: Engineering
• Hannah Farr: Science, technology, and society.
• Lo’eau LaBonta: Product design
• Laura Liedle: Human biology
• Kendall Romine: Master’s in international relations.
• Haley Rosen: Science, technology, and society.
• Lauren Schmidt: Human biology.
• Chioma Ubogagu: Film and media studies.
• Taylor Uhl: Biomechanical engineering.
Active Leading Scorer: Stanford’s Taylor Uhl is the nation’s top career goal-scorer still is alive in the NCAA tournament. Uhl has scored 58 career goals, 22 at Stanford over the past two seasons and 36 at Minnesota as a freshman and sophomore. Uhl led the nation in goals and points as a sophomore, scoring 21 goals and 51 assists. Last year, she led the Pac-12 with 12 goals. She has scored 10 goals in her past 10 matches.
All-Conference: Stanford has seven All-Pac-12 selections. Here is a list of Stanford’s conference awards:
Freshman of the Year: Andi Sullivan.
First team: Lo’eau LaBonta, Andi Sullivan, Chioma Ubogagu.
Second team: Maddie Bauer, Jane Campbell
Honorable mention: Stephanie Amack, Laura Liedle.
Home/Road Goal Differential: Stanford went 13-0-2 at home this season, outscoring opponents, 41-5, in those matches. Only one goal, by Washington, was scored against the Cardinal at home during the regular season. However, those numbers have not been so one-sided away from home. Here are some figures:
• 41-5 goal differential at home in 15 matches.
• 12 shutouts at home
• 15-7 goal differential away from home in nine matches.
• Five shutouts away from home.
Campbell and the Record Books: Sophomore Jane Campbell is climbing up the all-time lists for Stanford. Here is a glimpse:
• Her 14 shutouts this season are tied with Kira Maker (2008) for No. 2. Ahead of her is Nicole Barnhart (18 in 2002), Stanford’s volunteer assistant coach.
• Her 20 career shutouts are No. 6. Emily Oliver (2010-13) is No. 5 with 27. Nicole Barnhart (2000-04) holds the Stanford record with 35.
Team Captains: Stanford’s team captains this season are seniors Alex Doll, Lo’eau LaBonta, and Chioma Ubogagu.
Alex Doll: A three-year starter and two-year captain, Doll is a player whose contributions are not always reflected by stats. She is the engine that makes the Stanford system work. She maintains a GPA of 3.51 as an economics major. Doll will graduate this spring with a degree in economics and plans to work in finance and live, in her words, “an adventurous life.” She is co-president of the Cardinal Council, which represents the 800 student-athletes on campus, and serves as a mentor for Partners for Academic Excellence, helping student-athletes use their time wisely and take advantage of resources.
Chioma Ubogagu: Ubogagu has scored 27 goals and has 35 assists at Stanford. Some scoring facts:
• With 35 assists, she is No. 4 on Stanford’s all-time career assists list. Teresa Noyola (2008-11) and Marcie Ward (2000-04) are next with 40.
• Her 89 career points are No. 10 all-time at Stanford. At No. 9 is Teresa Noyola (2008-11) with 102.
• She is tied for No. 4 at Stanford in career postseason goals, with six, matching Lindsay Taylor (2008-11). At No. 3 is Marcia Wallis (1999-02) with seven.
• Her 10 goals this season ties her career high, achieved as a freshman in a 10-goal, 10-assist season.
More Ubogagu: Ubogagu was a starter on the NCAA championship team and the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year in 2011, Ubogagu will graduate this spring with a degree in film and media studies while also taking classes on a pre-med track. She plans on playing pro soccer before a career in animated or live action film editing. She was born in London to Nigerian parents and moved with her mother, Tina, and brothers to Coppell, Texas, when she was 3. Ubogagu’s grandfather, Austin Eneuke, played for England’s Tottenham Hotspurs and the Nigeran national team.
Lo’eau LaBonta: A versatile playmaker with a deadly long-range shot, LaBonta is having a career year. Her 13 goals, five assists, and 31 points are each career highs. Her previous season highs were 5g, 2a, 12 pts -- each from her sophomore year. She has more than doubled her career output of 9g, 2a, 20 pts., coming into this season.
More LaBonta: LaBonta will graduate this spring with a degree in engineering with a focus in product design. She plans to pursue a professional soccer career before working in the product design field. LaBonta and her brother were raised by her father, Mark, an LAPD sergeant.
High School Teammates: LaBonta and Florida State’s Jamia Fields were teammates and classmates at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. During their senior year, the Grizzlies won the Baseline League title at 9-1 and finished 21-4-1 overall while advancing to the CIF-Southern Section Division II quarterfinals.
Two-Sport Star: Senior outside back Hannah Farr is a two-sport athlete. In lacrosse, Farr was the 2014 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Year and a second-team IWLCA All-America. She has scored 87 goals in her collegiate lacrosse career, including the winner against Notre Dame in 2013 that gave Stanford its first-ever NCAA tournament victory in lacrosse. This is her first season as a starter in soccer. She scored her first career goal on Oct. 12, giving the Cardinal a 1-0 victory at USC.
More Farr: A graduate of San Francisco’s St. Ignatius Prep, Farr is the first ever to double in soccer and lacrosse at Stanford. She also is the second Bay Area native to play Stanford lacrosse. Farr will graduate this spring with a degree in science, technology, and society and a minor in creative writing. She plans to work in business development or business strategy and one day start her own company.
NCAA Champions: Stanford has two players who were starters in the 2011 NCAA College Cup final (Dec. 4) when the Cardinal beat Duke, 1-0, in Kennesaw, Ga., for the program’s first national championship: Kendall Romine in central defense and Chioma Ubogagu at forward. Romine played all 90 minutes. The only other current Stanford player to see action in that match was Alex Doll, who played 11 minutes and cleared away the ball in the final seconds to run out the clock. Hannah Farr, Lo’eau LaBonta, and Lauren Schmidt also were on that team, and Haley Rosen redshirted (of the team’s eight seniors, she will return next season).
Kendall Romine: A graduate student in international relations, Romine is a fifth-year senior who started in the 2011 NCAA championship match as a redshirt freshman. Romine has been a part of three College Cup teams and is 104-10-8 in her five seasons. Romine has been a crucial part of the central defense, first alongside Alina Garciamendez and now Maddie Bauer. Romine earned an undergraduate degree in international relations with a minor in Spanish, and will earn her master’s this fall in international relations before heading to law school. Going into this season, she had one goal. This year, she has two, one on a penalty kick and another on a header in the NCAA quarterfinals against Florida. She also took the first PK against Florida and converted it, helping the Cardinal to a 4-3 shootout victory after the teams drew 2-2.
Senior Class: Stanford’s senior class of Alex Doll, Hannah Farr, Lo’eau LaBonta, Kendall Romine, Haley Rosen, Lauren Schmidt, Chioma Ubogagu, and Taylor Uhl have a four-year record of 81-9-6 (.875). Stanford’s class is second to Florida State in total victories (83) and second to UCLA in winning percentage (.878).
Unbeaten Streak: Stanford’s unbeaten streak stands at 11 (10-0-1), with its last loss coming at UCLA, 2-1, on Oct. 9.
Defensive Streak: Stanford has not allowed more than two goals in a match over its past 235 contests, not since a 4-0 loss to North Carolina on Sept. 11, 2005, in San Francisco. During that stretch, Stanford allowed two goals 23 times.
Stanford and the 2015 World Cup: Stanford alumnae could represent four of the 24 nations taking part in the 2015 World Cup (June 6-July 5 in Canada). Stanford has six former players on the latest rosters of qualifying teams – Kelley O’Hara ’10 and Christen Press ’11 of the United States, Alina Garciamendez ’12 and Teresa Noyola ’12 of Mexico, Rachel Quon ’13 of Canada, and Ali Riley ‘10 of New Zealand. All were teammates on Stanford’s 2009 team that went 25-1 and reached the school’s first NCAA final. In addition, Rachel (Buehler) Van Hollebeke ’07 and goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart ’04 have been active on the U.S. national team in the past year and could be in the mix for final roster spots.
U-20 World Cup: Three Stanford players -- sophomore goalkeeper Jane Campbell, sophomore defender Stephanie Amack, and freshman midfielder Andi Sullivan -- were on the U.S. team at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Canada in August. The U.S. reached the quarterfinals before losing to North Korea on penalty kicks. Amack and Sullivan started all four matches for the U.S., Amack at right outside back and Sullivan as a holding midfielder. They missed 12 days of training camp before joining the team the week of its opener and been regular starters ever since. Senior forward Chioma Ubogagu and Amack were on the winning U.S. team in 2012.
Probable Starters: Stanford has used this lineup the past five matches and six times overall. The team is 5-0-1 with this combination, first used against Arizona State in a 2-0 victory on Oct. 26:
GK: Jane Campbell, so.; Ninth in nation in GAA (0.53).
D: Laura Liedle, jr.; Three-year starter at outside back.
D: Hannah Farr, sr.; Two-sport standout, plays outside back.
D: Maddie Bauer, so.; Two-time All-Pac-12 second team.
D: Kendall Romine, 5th sr.; Starter on 2011 NCAA title team.
M: Alex Doll, sr.; Team captain and three-year starter.
M: Lo’eau LaBonta, sr.; Team leader with 13 goals.
M: Andi Sullivan, fr.; U.S. co-captain at U-20 World Cup.
F: Chioma Ubogagu, sr.; Captain and four-year starter.
F: Megan Turner, so.; Active player who can create goals.
F: Taylor Uhl, sr.; Has scored 10 goals in past 10 games.
Defense: With 17 shutouts, the 2014 team is tied for second for most shutouts in a season: Total shutouts:
19 -- 2002
17 -- 1993, 2008, 2011, 2014
Stanford’s Offense: Stanford’s offense has been notable for its versatility. Twelve different players have scored, accounting for their 56 goals. Four players have at least eight goals: Lo’eau LaBonta with 13, Chioma Ubogagu with 10 and Taylor Uhl with 10 and Ryan Walker-Hartshorn with eight.
Stanford’s Defense:
• Jane Campbell’s shutout streak of 803:18, which ended Sept. 26, is the 18th-longest by a goalkeeper in NCAA Division I history.
• Nine consecutive shutouts set school records for consecutive shutouts and consecutive shutouts to open a season.
Program History: Some facts about Stanford’s success.
• Including this season, Stanford has a combined record of 151-13-9 since 2008.
• Stanford has reached the NCAA tournament in each of the past 17 seasons.
• Stanford won four consecutive Pac-10/Pac-12 titles, from 2009-12, with a perfect 40-0 record in conference.
• The Cardinal has reached six NCAA College Cups in the past seven years, including five consecutive from 2008-12, and three consecutive finals, from 2009-11.
• Stanford had a 73-match home unbeaten streak (70-0-3) from 2008-13 for the second-longest such streak in history.
• The Cardinal won 44 consecutive conference matches from 2008-13 for the third-longest conference winning streak ever.
• Stanford had a 162-match unbeaten streak when scoring a goal, a stretch that lasted from 2006-13.
• Stanford had a 64-match regular-season unbeaten streak from 2008-12.
• Stanford has a 25-match unbeaten streak at home in NCAA tournament matches since 2008.
• Three players have won the Hermann Trophy as college soccer's best player: Kelley O'Hara (2009), Christen Press (2010), and Teresa Noyola (2011).
College Cups: Here is how Stanford fared in each appearance, with NSCAA All-Americans from that season in parentheses:
1993 (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Tied George Mason, 1-1 (lost on PK’s, 3-1) in semis (Sarah Rafanelli, 1st).
2008 (Cary, N.C.): L. to Notre Dame, 1-0, in semis (Teresa Noyola, 1st; Lindsay Taylor, 1st; Marisa Abegg, 2nd; Kelley O’Hara, 2nd).
2009 (College Station, Texas): D. UCLA, 2-1 (OT), in semis; L. to North Carolina, 1-0, in final (Kelley O’Hara, 1st; Christen Press, 2nd; Ali Riley, 3rd; Mariah Nogueira, 3rd).
2010 (Cary, N.C.): D. Boston College, 2-0, in semis; L. to Notre Dame, 1-0, in final (Christen Press, 1st; Teresa Noyola, 1st; Courtney Verloo, 3rd).
2011 (Kennesaw, Ga.): D. Florida State, 3-0, in semis; D. Duke, 1-0, in final (Camille Levin, 1st; Teresa Noyola; 1st; Lindsay Taylor, 1st; Emily Oliver, 3rd).
2012 (San Diego, Calif.): L. to North Carolina, 1-0 (2OT), in semis (Alina Garciamendez, 1st; Rachel Quon, 1st; Mariah Nogueira, 2nd).
All-Academic Honors: The Stanford women’s soccer team completed the spring quarter of 2014 with a team mean cumulative GPA of 3.31. This season, Stanford placed 10 players on the Pac-12 All-Academic team:
First team: Taylor Uhl (3.79)
Second team: Hannah Farr (3.64)
Honorable mention: Stephanie Amack (3.42), Maddie Bauer (3.28), Siobhan Cox (3.02), Alex Doll (3.51), Laura Liedle (3.04), Kendall Romine (3.48), Haley Rosen (3.13), Megan Turner (3.48), Ryan Walker-Hartshorn (3.15).
Multiple Hat Tricks: Sophomore Ryan Walker-Hartshorn became the fourth Stanford player and the first since 2009 to earn two hat tricks in a single season. Here is the list:
1990: Sarah Rafanelli (Two-time first-team All-America)
1993: Erin Martin (No. 6 Stanford all-time goal scorer)
2009: Kelley O’Hara (2009 Hermann Trophy winner)
2014: Ryan Walker-Hartshorn
Tough Schedule: Some facts about Stanford’s 2014 schedule:
• Stanford played every past NCAA Division I women’s socer champion except George Mason this year (North Carolina, Florida, Notre Dame, Portland, Santa Clara, UCLA, USC).
• Stanford’s opponents combined for 30 of 31 non-Stanford NCAA titles.
• Of teams in the final regular-season NSCAA Top 25 rankings, Stanford was to play eight of them (including Florida State), including four of the Top 10.
• Stanford has gone 6-1-2 against teams in the current Top 25.
• Stanford played 14 NCAA tournament teams (16 matches) and has gone 13-1-2. Florida State will be the 15th team.