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Women's Soccer

Road Trip Continues

No. 1 Stanford (2-0-0) | No. 8 Florida (2-0-0)
Fri. • 2 p.m. (PT) | Donald R. Dizney Stadium • Gainesville, Fla.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 1 Stanford's season-opening road trip continues on Friday when it faces No. 8 Florida at Dizney Stadium on SEC Network.
 
It will be a rematch of last season's nonconference showdown at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium – Jordan DiBiasi scored in the 96th minute to seal the overtime win. With the win, Stanford (2-0-0) improved to 4-0-1 all-time against the Gators (2-0-0).
 
Florida previously visited The Farm in the quarterfinals of the 2014 NCAA Tournament. After a 2-2 draw at the end of overtime, the Cardinal advanced to the college cup with a 4-3 win in penalty kicks.
 
Last week, Stanford started the season with a 4-0 win at Marquette on Friday (Aug. 18) and a 5-0 win against Wisconsin on Sunday (Aug. 20) in Milwaukee. Redshirt junior Kyra Carusa and Catarina Macario each netted three times in the opening two matches. Carusa scored two against Marquette, and Macario scored a double against Wisconsin.

Sam Hiatt, Mariah Lee and Civana Kuhlmann also scored goals. It was Hiatt's second of her career and first in a Cardinal uniform after transferring from Boston College prior to the season. Lee's goal was the second of her career, while Kuhlmann's strike marked her first collegiate goal.
 
The Cardinal shared the ball well in Milwaukee, totaling seven assists in two matches. Redshirt junior Jaye Boissiere and Jordan DiBiasi had two assists apiece, and Andi Sullivan, Tegan McGrady and Michelle Xiao each had one assist.
 
Friday's contest against Florida will broadcast live on SEC Network, and live statistics will be available at GoStanford.com.Cardinal NotesTop of the Polls
• Stanford tied West Virginia with 745 points to share the No. 1 ranking in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll (Aug. 22).
• Six of Stanford's 2017 opponents ranked in the poll – No. 5 USC, No. 7 UCLA, No. 8 Florida, No. 11 Georgetown, No. 18 Utah and No. 19 Cal. Santa Clara, Colorado, Arizona and Washington State also received votes.
• The Cardinal also held its place at No. 1 in the Soccer America poll and No. 2 in the TopDrawerSoccer rankings.

Historic Start
• Stanford's nine goals in its opening two games is tied for the highest total in the Paul Ratcliffe era – Stanford scored nine in its opening two games in 2011 and 2012.
• It was the first time in program history Stanford has started the season 2-0-0 with nine goals for and zero allowed – previously, Stanford had started 1-0-1 with an 11-0 aggregate total in 1988, winning 11-0 and drawing 0-0.
 
Splitting Time in the Cage
• Each of Stanford's two goalkeepers went 1-0 on opening weekend while earning shutouts.
• Alison Jahansouz earned her second career shutout against Marquette – the redshirt junior saved three shots, including a penalty kick to preserve a 0-0 score line in the opening half.
• Sophomore Lauren Rood made her first career start against Wisconsin. Although she faced no shots on goal, she was quick of her line on multiple occasions and strong in the air on set pieces.

MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List
• Central midfielders Sullivan and Davidson were named to the watch list for the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy, the highest honor in collegiate soccer.
• Sullivan, a three-time United Coaches' All-Pacific Region selection and the reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year, makes the list for the third consecutive season.
• Davidson, who was named to TopDrawerSoccer's Freshman Best XI, the All-Pac-12 second team and Pac-12 All-Freshman team, was one of five players to start all 21 matches in 2016.
• This is the third consecutive season in which Stanford has had multiple players selected to the watch list – goalkeeper Jane Campbell joined Sullivan in each of the past two seasons.