No. 2 Stanford (5-0)
No. 10 Minnesota (5-1) | Fri. • 6 p.m. (PT)
No. 20 Notre Dame (5-1) | Sun. • 11 a.m.
Laird Q. Cagan Stadium • Stanford, Calif.
Tickets • Friday | Sunday
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Television • Pac-12 Network
Live Statistics • Available via GoStanford.com
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STANFORD, Calif. – No. 2 Stanford plays host to a pair of top-20 opponents this weekend as it looks to extend its season-opening five-game winning-streak.
The Cardinal (5-0) is off to its best start since the 2009 season with five consecutive victories. The 2009 team won 23 straight games before dropping a 1-0 decision to North Carolina in the national championship match.
Stanford opens the weekend against No. 10 Minnesota on Friday at 6 p.m. (PT), then plays host to No. 20 Notre Dame on Sunday at 11 a.m. It will be the first meeting against the Golden Gophers (5-1) in program history and the 15th match all-time against the Fighting Irish (5-1).
Stanford earned a pair of victories this past weekend, defeating Wisconsin, 2-1, and Marquette, 3-0. Andi Sullivan and Megan Turner led the Cardinal offensively, registering three points apiece on a goal and an assist. Jordan DiBiasi, Michelle Xiao and Turner scored highlight-worthy goals against the Golden Eagles to punctuate the weekend.
Highlights from today's 3-0 victory against Marquette. #GoStanford https://t.co/TpZuk0hm90
— Stanford Soccer (@StanfordWSoccer) September 4, 2016
Stanford outshot Marquette 31-2 and scored three quality goals.
DiBiasi has scored in three-of-five games, while Xiao has two game-winning goals on four shots. Eight of Stanford's 11 goals this season have been scored by sophomores. Turner (2) and Sullivan (1) are the only non-sophomores to score.
Stanford central defenders Maddie Bauer and Alana Cook were active in the final third, combining for three assists against Marquette. The duo was instrumental defensively in both games during the weekend, limiting Wisconsin to five shots and Marquette to two. The pair are the only two Cardinal who have played every minute this season.
Stanford returned four of its top-five goal-scorers from a year ago, including DiBiasi, Kyra Carusa, Xiao and Sullivan. Each player is in the top-five for points this season.
Both games this weekend will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks. Live statistics will be available via GoStanford.com.
Rankings
• Stanford enters the fourth week of the 2016 season ranked No. 2 in the NSCAA Coaches Poll, No. 1 in the TopDrawerSoccer rankings and No. 1 in the Soccer America rankings. The Cardinal was selected to finish first in the Pac-12 for the second consecutive season in a vote by conference head coaches.
• Stanford finished the 2015 season ranked No. 6 in the NSCAA/Continental Tire coaches' poll and TopDrawerSoccer rankings.
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— Stanford Soccer (@StanfordWSoccer) September 6, 2016
Team Captains
• Stanford's team captains this season are seniors Maddie Bauer and Jane Campbell and junior Andi Sullivan.
Impressive Defensive Streaks
• Stanford has not allowed more than two goals in a match over its past 263 contests, not since a 4-0 loss to North Carolina on Sept. 11, 2005, in San Francisco. During that stretch, Stanford allowed two goals 26 times, which comes out to once every 10.12 matches.
• Stanford hasn't allowed more than two goals in a match at home since Oct. 5, 1998, in a 3-2 overtime loss to BYU. The streak is older than freshman, Sam Tran, who was born Oct. 24, 1998.
• Stanford hasn't allowed more than two at home in regulation since Oct. 10, 1997, in a 3-2 loss to USC. This streak is longer than five of the eight members of the freshman class.
Stanford Defensive Notes
• Senior Jane Campbell recorded her 31st career shutout in a 1-0 overtime victory against No. 6 Florida, tying her for third all-time in program history. She is four shy of the all-time record of 35 held by Nicole Barnhart ('04).
• Jane Campbell's shutout streak of 803:18 during the 2014 season (Aug. 22-Sept. 26) is the 18th-longest by a goalkeeper in NCAA Division I history.
• Stanford recorded nine consecutive shutouts in 2014 to set school records for consecutive shutouts and consecutive shutouts to open a season.
Jane Campbell (31) is four shutouts shy of Stanford's all-time record of 35, held by Nicole Barnhart. (Photo by Maciek Gudrymowicz/ISIPhotos.com)
Young Goal-Scorers
• Stanford's sophomore class has accounted for eight of Stanford's 11 goals this season. Megan Turner (senior) and Andi Sullivan (junior) are the only non-sophomores to register goals.
• Underclassmen accounted for 29 of Stanford's 43 goals in 2015. Freshmen led the team with 18 goals, followed by the sophomores (11), juniors (8) and seniors (5).
Campbell Career Active Rankings
• Jane Campbell is in the top-five of multiple NCAA active career rankings categories, including shutouts (t-2nd, 31), minutes played (2nd, 6,208.98) and goals-against average (5th, 0.61).
Friday's Opponent, No. 10 Minnesota
• This will be the first career meeting between Stanford and Minnesota.
• The Golden Gophers (5-1) split a pair of games last weekend, defeating Villanova, 5-0, before dropping a 1-0 decision at Duke. Minnesota is led offensively by Simone Kolander who has posted 13 points on five goals and three assists. Tarah Hobbs has logged a majority of the minutes in goal, permitting two goals in 450:00 minutes.
Sunday's Opponent, No. 20 Notre Dame
• Stanford is 6-7-2 all-time against Notre Dame. The teams tied, 0-0, in their most recent meeting on Sept. 7, 2014, at Cagan Stadium. Stanford is 3-0-1 all-time against the Irish at home.
• Notre Dame won both of its matches this past weekend, earning 1-0 victories against Illinois State and Missouri. Jennifer Westendorf and Kaitlin Klawunder scored a goal apiece.
Notable Matches in Stanford-Notre Dame History
• Stanford and Notre Dame have met four times in the NCAA tournament and twice in the College Cup. Here are some highlights from their series history:
• Nov. 23, 2002: No. 1 Stanford 1, No. 19 Notre Dame 0; NCAA third round at Stanford: Marcia Wallis scored at 80:58 in front of a record home crowd of 2,629 in rainy conditions. Callie Withers won the ball in the midfield following a Notre Dame goal kick, sending the ball to Wallis, who beat two defenders and fired the ball into the far right corner from 20 yards. Nicole Barnhart saved two strong shots in the final minute to preserve the victory.
• Dec. 5, 2008: No. 1 Notre Dame 1, No. 5 Stanford 0; NCAA semifinal in Cary, N.C.: Stanford's run of five consecutive NCAA College Cup appearances began with a desultory loss in chilly North Carolina. Notre Dame's Courtney Berg scored at 14:07 when she received a low pass from Melissa Henderson on the right, took one touch towards the goal and finished low and to the far post.
• Dec. 5, 2010: No. 7 Notre Dame 1, No. 1 Stanford 0; NCAA College Cup final, Cary, N.C: Stanford featured the nation's leading scorer, eventual Hermann Trophy winner Christen Press (26 goals, 8 ast., 60 pts.), but Notre Dame's Melissa Henderson beat two defenders to the end line before slotting a pass across the goal to an onrushing Adriana Leon, whose 10-yard shot at 62:07 went in. Stanford goalkeeper Emily Oliver, played a phenomenal match, making six mostly spectacular saves.
• Sept. 9, 2011: No. 2 Stanford 2, No. 8 Notre Dame 1; at Stanford: In what could be described as more saga than soccer, Stanford scored twice in the final 10 minutes to rally past Notre Dame in a lightning-interrupted epic. Mariah Nogueira's 88th-minute header provided a measure of satisfaction in a rematch of the previous year's NCAA final. Melissa Henderson's header in the 67th minute gave Notre Dame the lead, but a flurry of Stanford substitutions provided renewed energy and Lindsay Taylor took advantage with a 25-yard shot that curved into the top right corner in the 81st minute to tie the score.
Mariah Nogueira scored the game-winner after a lightning delay in 2011. (Photo by Jim Shorin)
Senior Class
• Stanford's senior class of Jane Campbell, Maddie Bauer, Ryan Walker-Hartshorn, Siobhan Cox, Megan Turner and Stephanie Amack have a career record of 59-10-6 (.827).
Dominating at Both Ends of the Field
• Stanford holds advantages against opponents in 2016 in goals (11-2), shots (97-22), shots on goal (40-10) and corner kicks (42-10).
• Stanford outshot opponents 439-156 and held a 180-51 corner kick advantage in 2015.
• The Cardinal did not allow a corner kick in seven-of-23 games in 2015.
• Stanford did not permit a corner kick for a span of 348:34 minutes to start the 2015 season. The Cardinal registered 36 consecutive corner kicks and did not allow the opposition an opportunity until the fourth game of the season when No. 9 BYU earned a corner kick at 78:34.