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Tony Quinn
Men's Soccer

One Last Go

Stanford (18-2-2)
vs. Indiana (18-0-6) | Sun. • 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET
Talen Energy Stadium • Philadelphia, Pa.
Stream • ESPN2/WatchESPN
Live Statistics •NCAA.com
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WHAT'S AT STAKE »

  • Stanford, one of six programs to win back-to-back national championships, is attempting to become just the second program to win three straight NCAA titles (Virginia; 1991-94).
  • A win would also make Stanford the seventh program to win three men's soccer national championships along with Saint Louis (10), Indiana (8), Virginia (7), San Francisco (4), UCLA (4) and Maryland (3).
  • Jeremy Gunn, one of four coaches to win NCAA titles in both Division I and Division II and who has led a team to the College Cup final four times in the past seven seasons, is looking to join Bruce Arena as the only coaches to lead a team to three consecutive NCAA men's soccer championships (Virginia; 1991-94).
  • The Stanford women's soccer program won its second national championship on Dec. 3, beating UCLA in Orlando, 3-2. No school has ever won both men's and women's soccer national championships in the same season.
  • The women's championship was the 114th NCAA title in Stanford history and briefly pushed the school ahead of UCLA in the all-time title chase. It was the first time since 1964 Stanford had been atop the list of total NCAA championships, but it was short-lived. UCLA men's water polo beat USC later Sunday evening, 7-5, for the Bruins' 114th NCAA crown and put the two schools back into a tie for first.
  • Stanford owns an active 42-year stretch with at least one NCAA team championship dating back to 1976-77.

INDIANA CONNECTIONS »

  • The Cardinal is 1-4-3 all-time against the Hoosiers and most recently played Indiana to a scoreless draw in Bloomington on Sept. 4, 2016.
  • The Hoosiers' fourth national championship in 1998 came at the Cardinal's expense, 3-1, in Stanford's first College Cup Final appearance in Richmond, Va.
  • Ty Thompson, who co-captained the Cardinal to the 2015 national title, is from a family of Hoosiers. His younger brothers Tommy (2013) and Tanner (2013-16) played at IU as did their father Gregg, who is in the Indiana Athletics Hall of Fame and was a 1984 Olympian. Gregg was a co-captain of Indiana's first NCAA title team in 1982, which earned its second win of that season with a 4-2 triumph at Stanford on Sept. 19, 1982.
  • Stanford right back Logan Panchot's older brother, Austin, is a junior midfielder on Indiana's current squad.

COLLEGE CUP FINAL »

  • The Cardinal has previously appeared in five championship matches in its six College Cup trips.
  • Stanford beat Wake Forest in penalties of the 2016 College Cup final following a scoreless 110 minutes. The Demon Deacons had match point in the fifth round of penalty kicks, but Andrew Epstein's fifth-round save prolonged the shootout. Sam Werner next put Stanford ahead, 5-4, and Epstein followed with a block of Brad Dunwell's try to secure back-to-back NCAA crowns for the Cardinal.
  • Stanford's 2015 season was capped with the program's first national championship when it routed Clemson, 4-0, at Sporting Park in Kansas City on Dec. 13. The Cardinal scored the most goals in an NCAA final since 1996 and won by the largest margin since 1975, tying for the highest margin in College Cup history.
  • On Dec. 13, 1998, Indiana beat the Cardinal, 3-1, in Richmond, Va. for the Hoosiers' fourth national title.
  • On Dec. 15, 2002 in Dallas, Texas, UCLA scored with two minutes left and beat Stanford 1-0 to win the men's NCAA soccer championship.

THIS & THAT »

  • Stanford's last postseason defeat came in the second round on Nov. 23, 2014 to UC Irvine in overtime, 1-0.
  • It owns an active postseason shutout streak of an NCAA-record 11 straight games and 1,112:17 of match time.
  • Five teams have gone through a tournament (minimum three games) without allowing a goal - Stanford (2016), Akron (2009), SMU (1997), Wisconsin (1995) and San Francisco (1976). Of that group, the Cardinal, Badgers and Dons won championships.
  • Five goalkeepers have gone through a single tournament (minimum three games) without allowing a goal - Peter Arnautoff, San Francisco (vs. San Jose St., Clemson and Indiana), 1976; Jon Belskis, Wisconsin (vs. William & Mary, SMU, Portland and Duke), 1995; Aaron Sockwell, SMU (vs. Rider, Dartmouth and Saint Louis), 1997; David Meves, Akron (vs. South Fla., Stanford, Tulsa, North Carolina, Virginia), 2009; Andrew Epstein, Stanford (vs. Pacific, Virginia, Louisville, North Carolina, Wake Forest), 2016.
  • Stanford's Andrew Epstein owns the NCAA record with a career postseason goals against average of 0.34, allowing four goals in 11 career postseason matches (1,073 minutes).
  • Redshirt senior Nico Corti hasn't allowed a postseason goal in his four career tournament matches (380 minutes).
  • Corti (0.406) and Stanford's defense (0.401) are second in the nation to Indiana (0.233) and Trey Muse (0.233) in both team goals against average and individual goals against average this season.
  • Stanford, which scored a school-record 26 times in Pac-12 play, has put in three or more in a game nine times this season, the program's most since 2001 (13).
  • The Cardinal has scored 47 goals this season, its most since 2001 (56). That 2001 campaign was also the last time the Cardinal averaged more than 2.00 goals per game (2.55). Stanford is currently eighth in the nation in scoring offense (2.14).
  • Corey Baird's assist on Friday night was the 30th of his career, tying him with Roger Levesque for third in program history.