STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford field hockey released its 2015 schedule Thursday, which features 17 games including five against 2014 NCAA Tournament teams.
The Cardinal has made a habit of playing one of the nation’s most challenging nonconference schedules and continues the trend in 2015.
The Cardinal will take on six teams that finished the 2014 season ranked in the top 20 in the country including matchups against two-time defending national champion Connecticut (Sept. 25), NCAA runner-up Syracuse (Aug. 28) and NCAA quarterfinalist Duke (Aug. 30). Stanford’s contest against Syracuse is the season and home opener.
The Cardinal’s matchups against Syracuse, Duke and California (Sept. 18) will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks.
The Cardinal will also see NCAA tournament teams Kent State (Sept. 13) and Northwestern (Oct. 9).
Stanford begins its tenure in the America East this season along with previous NorPac members California, Pacific and UC Davis. The quartet joins current members Albany, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and UMass-Lowell. The Cardinal will not see any of the new members of the league until the America East Tournament on Nov. 5-8.
Stanford registered the most successful season in school history and continued to establish itself as one of the nation’s elite programs during 2014.
The Cardinal claimed its first NCAA Tournament victory in program history, recorded a 19-3 record and achieved a program-high No. 3 national ranking for three consecutive weeks (Oct. 14-Nov. 2). Stanford went 4-1 against top-10 opponents and 6-2 against the top 20.
The Cardinal returns 15 letterwinners and added five freshmen for the 2015 campaign.
All dates and times subject to change.
| Date | Opponent | Time (PT) |
| Fri., Aug. 28 | Syracuse* | 4 p.m. |
| Sun., Aug 30 | Duke* | 2 p.m. |
| Fri., Sept. 4 | Indiana | 3 p.m. |
| Sun., Sept. 6 | Miami (OH) | 12 p.m. |
| Thur., Sept. 10 | at Iowa | 2 p.m. |
| Sat., Sept. 12 | St. Louis (at Iowa) | 12 p.m. |
| Sun., Sept. 13 | Kent State (at Iowa) | 10 a.m. |
| Fri., Sept. 18 | California* | 1:30 p.m. |
| Fri., Sept. 25 | at Connecticut | 3 p.m. |
| Sun., Sept. 27 | at UMass | 9 a.m. |
| Fri., Oct. 2 | at UC Davis | 4 a.m. |
| Fri., Oct. 9 | at Northwestern | 1 p.m. |
| Sun., Oct. 11 | Michigan (at Northwestern) | 10 a.m. |
| Fri., Oct. 16 | at Pacific | 3 p.m. |
| Sun., Oct. 18 | at California | 12 p.m. |
| Fri., Oct. 23 | UC Davis | 6 p.m. |
| Fri., Oct. 30 | Pacific | 6 p.m. |
| Thur.-Sun., Nov. 5-8 | America East Tournament | TBD |
| Sat.-Sun, Nov. 14-15 | NCAA Tournament Regional | TBD |
| Fri.-Sun., Nov. 20-22 | NCAA Championships | TBD |
All times Pacific.
Home games in bold.
*Denotes Pac-12 Networks broadcast