STANFORD, Calif. – Top-seeded Stanford will play host to Ole Miss on Friday at 7 p.m. in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium.
The Cardinal (18-0-2) advanced past Seattle University in the opening round last Friday, 3-0, extending its program-record unbeaten streak to 42 games. Stanford is 5-0 with a 19-1 goals difference in postseason play at Laird Q. Cagan over the last two seasons.
Live streaming and statistics will be available at GoStanford.com.
Friday's Opponent, Ole Miss
• Friday will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
• The Rebels (13-7-1, 6-3-1 SEC) advanced to the second round via a 2-1 win at Clemson. Grace Johnson's goal in the 55th minute sealed the win and goalkeeper Morgan McAslan finished with three saves.
• CeCe Kizer leads the team in goals (13) and assists (9) while Channing Foster ranks second on the team with eight goals. McAslan (5-2-0) has started the team's last seven contests in net, owning a 1.30 goals-against average and a 0.727 save percentage.
Possible Opponent, Wisconsin
• The Cardinal carries a 4-2-0 all-time record against the Badgers (13-3-4, 6-2-3 Big 10), most recently earning a 5-0 win on Aug. 20, 2017, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Catarina Macario netted twice, and Sam Hiatt and Civana Kuhlmann also scored.
• Goals by Cameron Murtha, Dani Rhodes and Maia Cella propelled Wisconsin to a 3-0 win at Memphis in the opening round on Friday while Jordyn Bloomer made six saves to earn the shutout.
• Lauren Rice leads the team in goals (7) and points (16), while Rhodes ranks second with six goals. Bloomer has played every minute (1,898:13) of the season in net with eight shutouts, an 0.85 goals-against average and 0.780 save percentage.
Possible Opponent, Hofstra
• Sunday would be the first-ever meeting between the Cardinal and the Pride (16-5-1, 6-2-1 CAA).
• Hofstra earned an automatic bid into the postseason field by winning the Colonial Athletic Association conference championship. The Pride advances to the Stanford regional site after upsetting Boston College, 4-1, on Friday in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
• Sabrina Bryan leads the Pride in goals (13) and points (30). Lucy Porter ranks second in goals (11) and points (26), and Jenn Buoncore's 14 assists leads the team.
• Ashley Wilson and Jenna Borresen combine for a 0.92 goals-against average and a 0.802 save percentage with nine shutouts.
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Cruise Control
• Goals from Civana Kuhlmann and Carly Malatskey, an own goal and a shutout by Alison Jahansouz and Stanford's back line fueled a 3-0 opening-round triumph of Seattle University on Friday.
• Over five games in the last two seasons, Stanford owns a 19-1 goal difference in postseason play at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium.
• Stanford, UCLA, USC, Arizona and Washington State, the Pac-12's five representatives in the NCAA Tournament, went 5-0 with a 22-1 goal difference in the opening round.
Stanford Postseason History
• This is Stanford's 28th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, dating to 1990.
• The Cardinal claimed the No. 1 overall seed for the third straight season – Stanford has been slated to host the first four rounds of the postseason tournament in nine of the last 10 seasons.
• Stanford's streak of appearances in the competition is at 21 seasons – the Cardinal has not missed the postseason tournament since 1997.
• The Cardinal owns eight College Cup appearances, including seven since 2008 and most recently in 2017 when Stanford captured its second national championship. From 2008-12, Stanford appeared in five consecutive final fours, winning the 2011 College Cup in Kennesaw, Ga.
• The Knowles Family Director of Women's Soccer Paul Ratcliffe has guided Stanford to the NCAA Tournament in each of his 16 seasons at Stanford – Ratcliffe's record in the postseason stands at 44-11-4.
• Last season, Stanford outscored opponents 21-3 in the postseason and 16-1 at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium.
• Pac-12 schools have won three of the last five College Cups (UCLA – 2013, USC – 2016, Stanford – 2017).
Streaking Stanford
• Stanford's program-record unbeaten streak stands at 42 games, a run dating to Aug. 25, 2017. Since then, Stanford is outscoring opponents 134-15, including 24-3 in postseason play.
• The streak is the sixth-longest in NCAA Division I history and is the longest since UCLA went 44 games unbeaten from 2013-14.
• Stanford is unbeaten in 26 straight home games, a streak dating to Nov. 18, 2016. During that span, which includes the entire 2017-18 seasons, the Cardinal is outscoring teams 93-7 at Cagan Stadium.
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— Stanford Women's Soccer (@StanfordWSoccer) November 13, 2018
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Cardinal Cleaning Up
• Stanford dominated the Pac-12 postseason awards last week with a league-high 10 honorees to go with the Knowles Family Director of Women's Soccer Paul Ratcliffe's ninth Coach of the Year award. In conference history, no other coach has won the award more than twice.
• Alana Cook was named Defender of the Year, Jordan DiBiasi earned Midfielder of the Year honors and Catarina Macario picked up Forward of the Year recognition. It is the second straight season the Cardinal has claimed the three awards with Tierna Davidson (Defender of the Year), Andi Sullivan (Midfielder of the Year) and Macario (Forward of the Year) earning the honors in 2017.
• Tegan McGrady joined Cook, DiBiasi and Macario on the All-Pac-12 first team.
• Jaye Boissiere, Madison Haley, Alison Jahansouz, Kiki Pickett and Sophia Smith were named All-Pac-12 second team, and Naomi Girma was picked for the All-Pac-12 third team. Smith and Girma were also named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team.
• Cook (symbolic systems), DiBiasi (science, technology and society) and Macario (undeclared) were each named CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 first team. First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America team ballot, with the honorees announced in December. Last season, Michelle Xiao (biomechanical engineering) became Stanford's 12th academic All-American, garnering first-team honors as the 2017 Elite 90 Award winner with the highest grade-point average at the College Cup.
Leading the Pac
• Stanford's 54 goals ties with USC for the Pac-12 lead and ranks second, nationally, behind Central Arkansas (55). The Cardinal leads Division I teams in won-lost-tied percentage (0.950) and shots per game (23.05).
• Led by goalkeeper Alison Jahansouz (14-0-2) and defenders Alana Cook (20 starts), Naomi Girma (19 appearances, 18 starts), Tegan McGrady (17 starts) and Kiki Pickett (19 appearances, 18 starts), Stanford ranks third, nationally, in goals-against average (0.44) with 12 shutouts.
• Catarina Macario ranks fourth among Division I players with 2.00 points per game, leading the Pac-12 in goals per game (0.80) and ranking second in game-winning goals (5). Macario's seven career postseason assists ties a program record shared with Christen Press and Chioma Ubogagu. In Pac-12 play, Macario paced all players in points per game (2.50), goals per game (1.12), game-winning goals (3) and shots per game (6.38).
• Jordan DiBiasi ties for eighth in the Pac-12 in points (26) and ranks fifth in assists (8), while her 1.55 points per game in league play ranked fifth.
• Jahansouz ranks fifth, nationally, and leads the Pac-12 in goals-against average (0.44), save percentage (0.851) and shutouts per game (0.56). In league play, Jahansouz led the Pac-12 in goals-against average (0.34), save percentage (0.880) and shutouts per game (0.67).
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— Stanford Women's Soccer (@StanfordWSoccer) November 12, 2018
Four in a Row
• Stanford captured its fourth consecutive Pac-12 championship last week with a 2-0 win at California (Nov. 2) and a 4-1 win at Arizona State (Nov. 4). The championship is Stanford's 13th as a program and eighth under the Knowles Family Director of Women's Soccer Paul Ratcliffe, who is in his 16th season on The Farm.
• Stanford finished the regular season riding a 29-game unbeaten streak in Pac-12 play, a run that dates to Oct. 6, 2016. The streak ties for the 15th-longest such streak in NCAA Division I history.
• The Cardinal's three-time defending national champion men's soccer program recently captured its fifth consecutive Pac-12 championship – the two programs have combined to win nine of the past 10 Pac-12 soccer titles.
Top of the Polls
• Stanford entered the postseason atop the United Soccer Coaches top-25 poll, a spot it has held since Oct. 10, 2017.
• Eight of Stanford's 19 regular-season opponents ranked or received votes in the poll – North Carolina (3), UCLA (4), USC (6), Santa Clara (7), BYU (24), Arizona (RV), Colorado (RV) and Washington State (RV).
• During the month of September, Stanford hosted four teams currently ranked in the top seven – USC (Sept. 30), North Carolina (Sept. 9), Santa Clara (Sept. 16) and UCLA (Sept. 27) – with a 3-0-1 record.
Thank You, Seniors
• Stanford honored its five graduating seniors prior its final regular-season home match on Oct. 21 – Averie Collins (management science and engineering), Alana Cook (symbolic systems), Jordan DiBiasi (science, technology and society), Tegan McGrady (communication) and Michelle Xiao (biomechanical engineering).
• Entering Friday, the class owns a 79-5-5 record, including a 41-1-2 clip in regular-season Pac-12 play.
• The five have combined for 17 All-Pac-12 nods, 10 Pac-12 All-Academic selections and four Academic All-Region selections.
Team Academic Award
• Stanford was awarded the United Soccer Coaches' Team Academic Award for the 2017-18 season, as announced Oct. 5. A total of 773 collegiate programs (484 women, 289 men) posted a team grade-point average of 3.0 or higher to earn the award. Stanford was one of 191 schools to have both its women's and men's programs recognized.
• Posting a cumulative team GPA of 3.48, Stanford earned the recognition for the sixth straight season and eighth time in nine seasons – the Cardinal finished with the second-highest GPA of any Pac-12 school.
• Last season, Michelle Xiao was awarded the NCAA Elite 90 Award, given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at the College Cup. Xiao's 4.032 GPA leads the team, also earning CoSIDA Academic All-America first-team honors in 2017.
Candidate Cook
• Senior captain Alana Cook is a finalist for the 2018 Senior CLASS Award with the winner announced during the College Cup in December. A senior from Far Hills, New Jersey, Cook has started all 84 games since her freshman season – last season, she, along with 2017 Senior CLASS Award winner Andi Sullivan, captained Stanford to its second national championship.
• A two-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree and 2017 academic all-region selection, Cook is very active in the community. She has participated in the Gardner Elementary's Walk-A-Thon, Bay Area clinics for Female Footballers and clinics with the Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative. Also active with local American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) teams, Cook also serves in a program in which student-athletes sit with local youth at Stanford's athletic events.
• Cook looks to join Sullivan, Nnemkadi Ogwumike (2012) and Candice Wiggins (2008) as Stanford's only Senior CLASS Award winners.
2018 Season Recap
• Civana Kuhlmann and Carly Malatskey scored in Stanford's 3-0 opening-round win against Seattle University (Nov. 9).
• Jordan DiBiasi scored both goals in a 2-0 win at California as Stanford clinched its fourth straight Pac-12 Championship (Nov. 2).
• Catarina Macario's extraordinary volley was Stanford's only tally in a 1-1 double-overtime tie at Washington State (Oct. 28).
• Catarina Macario scored both goals in a 2-0 win at Washington while Alison Jahansouz finished with four saves to earn the shutout (Oct. 25).
• Stanford erupted for a season-high seven goals in a shutout win over Colorado (Oct. 21). Catarina Macario scored twice off the bench, Abby Gruebel scored and assisted two others and Alison Jahansouz made three key saves to earn the shutout.
• Goals by Sophia Smith and Beattie Goad lifted Stanford to a 2-0 win over Utah to improve to 6-0-0 in Pac-12 play (Oct. 18).
• Three first-half goals powered Stanford to a 5-0-0 start in Pac-12 play with a 3-0 win at Oregon State (Oct. 7). Tegan McGrady opened the scoring with a marvelous free kick, and Belle Briede and Jordan DiBiasi also netted for the Cardinal.
• Catarina Macario's stunning free kick in the 100th minute lifted Stanford to a 1-0 overtime win at Oregon (Oct. 4). Lauren Rood made a career-high four saves to earn the shutout win.
• Sophia Smith's golden goal in the seventh minute of overtime lifted Stanford to a 1-0 win over No. 2 USC – Alison Jahansouz picked up her fourth shutout of the season with four saves (Sept. 30).
• Catarina Macario scored two spectacular goals and Sophia Smith added a third as No. 1 Stanford defeated No. 16 UCLA, 3-2, for its 20th straight Pac-12 win (Sept. 27).
• Catarina Macario scored and assisted Jordan DiBiasi's goal in a 2-0 win over Arizona to start Pac-12 play. Alison Jahansouz made two saves to earn the shutout (Sept. 21).
• Sophia Smith scored Stanford's only goal in a 1-1, double-overtime tie against No. 7 Santa Clara, snapping Stanford's 29-game win streak. Alison Jahansouz made four saves and the Cardinal outshot the Broncos, 28-10, in the draw (Sept. 16).
• Madison Haley scored twice and won a penalty kick as Stanford defeated Cal Poly, 3-0, to improve to 7-0-0 on the season. Abby Greubel also scored, and Lauren Rood earned the shutout (Sept. 13).
• Madison Haley scored in the 92nd minute to secure a 2-1 win over No. 2 North Carolina. Catarina Macario finished with two assists, Alison Jahansouz tied a career high with five saves and the Cardinal improved to 6-0-0 while extending its program-record win streak to 28 games (Sept. 9).
• Jordan DiBiasi, Abby Greubel and Sophia Smith scored in Stanford's 3-1 win over Notre Dame (Sept. 7).
• Stanford clinched its longest win streak in program history with a 2-1, overtime win at Minnesota on Sept. 2. Sam Hiatt's golden goal in the 94th minute sealed the win after Beattie Goad opened the scoring in the first half (Sept. 2).
• Goals from Catarina Macario and Jojo Harber, as well as five saves by Alison Jahansouz, lifted Stanford to a 2-0 win at BYU. (Aug. 30)
• The Cardinal improved to 20-0-0, all-time, against San Francisco with a 5-1 win at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium. Making her collegiate debut, Sophia Smith scored once and assisted another. Catarina Macario added two goals, Jordan DiBiasi scored with two assists and Civana Kuhlmann upped her team-leading point total to five with one goal and one assist. (Aug. 24)
• Stanford began its 2018 campaign with a convincing 5-0 win at UC Davis. Michelle Xiao, Tierna Davidson, Alana Cook and Civana Kuhlmann scored and Alison Jahansouz handled the only shot she faced all day to earn the shutout. (Aug. 17)
Off The Farm
• Goalkeeper Alison Jahansouz serves as an analyst at Asset Management Ventures in Palo Alto – she has also interned with Grand Rounds in San Francisco as a data analyst.
• Jahansouz also serves as a research assistant in the Engleman Lab at the Stanford Blood Center, previously working as a research assistant for Matt Spitzer in 2015 at the Stanford Blood Center, studying immunology for breast cancer treatment. In the summer of 2018, Jahansouz served as a graduate researcher in the SURF program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.
• Midfielder Michelle Xiao currently conducts research under the guidance of Dr. Geoff Abrams, studying the effects of microRNAs on tendinopathy -- as a part of the Stanford Bio-X USRP program, worked in the Stanford Soft Tissue Biomechanics Lab (STBL) analyzing MRI of knee cartilage to detect early osteoarthritic changes.
• During the summer of 2016, Xiao spent time in the medicinal chemistry research lab at the University of Nebraska Medical Center working on synthesizing small molecules that could treat Alzheimer's Disease. She published a paper from this research in the Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters Journal titled "Design and Synthesis of New Piperidone Grafted Acetylcholinesterase".
• Defender Carly Malatskey currently manages Main Quad Rentals at Stanford, which primarily rents beds to Stanford students. Malatskey currently takes classes at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, studying innovation and organization as part of her science, technology and society major.
• In December of 2017, Malatskey participated in an Innovation and Entrepreneurship program in Israel, working with startups and larger companies such as Ebay and Intel.
• In 2017, midfielder Jaye Boissiere was a consulting intern with Z.S. Associates, a healthcare firm, after spending the summer of 2016 researching immigration policy at Stanford's political science department.
• Boissiere has also conducted research on Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia with the Maternal Fetal Medicine department at Stanford Hospital, where she was born.
• Senior Tegan McGrady interned at NBC Bay Area News in the summer of 2018.
• Defender Sierra Enge volunteers with the Challenged Athletes Foundation, a program that provides support for physically disabled athletes.
• Forward Ceci Gee has coordinated and hosted multiple fundraising events in order to buy and deliver soccer gear for underprivileged girls' soccer teams in Nairobi, Kenya.
• In the summer of 2018, defender Alana Cook interned at SyncThink Inc. under former Stanford head of athletic training Scott Anderson.
• In the summer of 2018, defender Beattie Goad interned in Susie Nilsson's lab at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), focusing on stem cell and cancer research -- presented research at Stanford's human biology symposium on Aug. 10
• Defender Sam Hiatt volunteers at the Northwest Harvest Food Bank and Special Olympics.
• Forward Catarina Macario organized a collective soccer donation of equipment and clothing for children in Brazil.
• Defender Jojo Harber is a six-year member of the National Charity League (2012-17), spending time volunteering with the Special Olympics, YWCA and Northwest Harvest Food Bank.
• Defender Kiki Pickett is a participant in the Food From the Heart program and at the Unity Shoppe.
• Forward Madison Haley is a service coordinator for the Boys & Girls Club in South Dallas, having served as the treasurer for the National Honors Society as well as a tutor at Lee A. McShan Elementary School.
Preseason Awards Wrap Up
• Stanford had an NCAA-high five student-athletes named to the watch list for the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy, the highest individual honor in college soccer – Tierna Davidson, Catarina Macario, Jaye Boissiere, Tegan McGrady and Alana Cook each made the list.
• Davidson and Macario were named to TopDrawerSoccer's Preseason Best XI first team with Cook and Jordan DiBiasi earning berths on the second XI. McGrady was picked for the third XI while freshman Sophia Smith was named to the freshman XI.
Champions Again
• Stanford captured its second national championship in 2017 after a 3-2 win over UCLA in the College Cup final on Dec. 3, 2017. Jaye Boissiere's goal in the 67th minute broke a 2-2 tie, and Stanford held on for its 22nd win in a row to claim the title.
• The Cardinal also won its 12th Pac-12 Conference Title and third in a row.
• Knowles Family Director of Women's Soccer Paul Ratcliffe was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the eighth time – no other coach has won the award more than twice.
• Andi Sullivan, the winner of the 2017 MAC Hermann Trophy, Tierna Davidson and Catarina Macario were named first-team All-America while a further eight returners eared All-Pac-12 recognition.