STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford registered another incredibly successful season as Tara Danielson continues to build the Cardinal program into one of the nation's elite.
The Cardinal finished the season ranked 12th in the NCAA and punched its sixth ticket to the NCAA Tournament in Danielson's seven years at the helm, while recording a 14-6 record. Stanford also claimed its first America East Conference championship – in only its second year as a member of the conference.
The conference also recognized the prowess of the team with seven Cardinal being named to an all-conference team with Caroline Beaudoin claiming Defensive Player of the Year honors and Kelsey Bing taking the Rookie of the Year award. Both Beaudoin and Bing also collected Longstreth/NFHCA third-team All-America honors to push Stanford's All-Americans tally to 17.
Danielson also reached a Stanford milestone in the season, collecting her 100th win at Stanford, only a year removed from her 100th career coaching win.
In addition, the Cardinal also claimed two wins in overtime penalty strokes against Cal and No. 10 Northwestern with Bing leading the way in goal for Stanford in her freshman All-American campaign.
Stanford's senior class of Caroline Beaudoin, Casey Deeds, Fran Tew and Lucy Dikeou completed their collegiate careers with a 62-21 – including the best record in program history in 2014 with a 19-3 record and the program's first NCAA Tournament victory.
The defense was a lynchpin for the Cardinal, with both of its All-Americans registering defensive accolades throughout the year. Stanford finished the season ranked in the top-10 in the NCAA in three defensive categories: goals against average (2nd – 1.18), shutouts per game (3rd – 0.35) and save percentage (7th – 0.762).
Bing finished the season ranked in every statistical category in the NCAA for goalkeepers including: 2nd in goals against average (1.17) and 6th in save percentage (0.755).
The future remains extremely bright for the Cardinal, which returns 16 letterwinners while adding seven elite recruits. For more information on Stanford's recruit class please click here.
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Below is a list of team accomplishments from the 2016 season:
- Claimed its first America East Conference title in only its second year in the conference
- Earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive year and its sixth appearance in seven years under Danielson – 15th overall appearance
- Its 14 wins ties for fifth-best in program history
- Posted a seven-game win streak – ties for second longest streak in Danielson's tenure (nine-games in 2011)
- Limited opponents to one goal or less in 11 games
- Caroline Beaudoin and Kelsey Bing were named Longstreth/NFHCA Third Team All-Americans
- Four named Longstreth/NFHCA All-Region – Caroline Beaudoin, Kelsey Bing, Fran Tew first team – Sarah Helgeson – second team
- Two America East Conference honors including: Defensive Player of the Year (Beaudoin) and Rookie of the Year (Bing)
- Seven America East All-Conference selections including: Caroline Beaudoin, Kelsey Bing, Sarah Helgeson, Katie Keyser and Fran Tew – AE West Division Team and Bing, Phoebe Crosthwaite and Jessica Welch – AE All-Rookie Team
- Tara Danielson, Steve Danielson and Patrick Cota collected their 100th coaching win at Stanford with a 3-1 win over Yale on September 25
- The Cardinal had six named to the America East Honor Roll (GPA of 3.0 or higher) and 11 awarded the Commissioner's Honor Roll (GPA of 3.5 or higher)
- Stanford was named a National Academic Squad by the NFHCA, which recognizes those institutions that achieved a minimum team grade-point average of 3.0 during the first semester of the 2016-17 academic year.
- The Cardinal had 12 named to the Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad – the most since 2012
- Held advantages over opponents in shots (271-187), penalty corners (110-89), goals (40-25), assists (27-19) and points (107-69)
- Finished ranked in the top-25 in the NCAA in four categories: goals against average (2nd), shutouts per game (3rd), save percentage (7th) and winning percentage (12th)