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Women's Soccer

Five in a Row

Box Score

STANFORD, Calif. – No. 2 Stanford clinched at least a share of its fifth-consecutive Pac-12 conference championship on Thursday night with a 3-0 win against Arizona State at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium.

"I'm so proud of this team for coming out and achieving one of our goals of winning the Pac-12 championship," said the Knowles Family Director of Women's Soccer Paul Ratcliffe. "Now, we can turn our attention to finishing the regular season on a high note and looking toward the postseason. I would also like to thank our fans for making Cagan Stadium such an amazing place to play, night in and night out."

Catarina Macario scored and assisted another while Madison Haley and Jojo Harber also scored for the Cardinal (17-1-0, 9-0-0 Pac-12). Stanford outshot the Sun Devils (6-9-3, 0-7-2), 36-1, and did not allow a shot on target while extending its shutout streak to 797:38 minutes. Stanford is unbeaten in its last 36 home games and unbeaten in its last 39 Pac-12 contests.

With one point from its next two games, Stanford will clinch its unprecedented fifth consecutive outright Pac-12 championship.

Stanford cruised into halftime with a 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Haley and Harber. In the 10th minute, Haley capitalized on an Arizona State error to put home her 10th goal of the season. In the 39th minute, Harber headed home Macario's corner kick to double the advantage entering the break.

Stanford pushed the lead to 3-0 shortly after halftime through Macario. Sophia Smith won the ball in the attacking third and played Macario through with a subtle touch between the legs of a Sun Devil defender. Macario picked it up, juked a defender and buried it inside the left post for her 21st goal of the season.

No. 2 Stanford returns to action on Sunday when it plays host to Arizona at Noon on Pac-12 Networks. The Cardinal wraps up its regular season when it welcomes California to Laird Q. Cagan Stadium on Nov. 8.

Cardinal Notes

  • Stanford's senior class is the third class in program history to win the Pac-12 championship four times. The class enters Sunday with a 79-5-2 all-time record on The Farm.
  • It was Macario's ninth game of the season with at least one goal and one assist.
  • Macario's 21 goals tie Christen Press (2009) for the third-most in program history. Her 14 assists tie Teresa Noyola (2011) and Marcie Ward (2000) for the third-most.
  • Macario's 52 career goals tie Julie Foudy for the fifth-most in program history behind Press (71), Sarah Rafanelli (59), Kelley O'Hara (57) and Lindsay Taylor (53). Her 38 career assists rank fourth in program history behind Press (41), Ward (40) and Teresa Noyola (40) while her 142 career points rank fourth behind Press (183), Rafanelli (152) and O'Hara (146).
  • Stanford's 36-game home unbeaten is the 10th-longest such streak in NCAA history.
  • The Cardinal's 39-game unbeaten streak in Pac-12 play is the eighth-longest conference unbeaten streak in NCAA history.
  • Stanford has not allowed a goal since Sept. 28.
  • During its 11-game win streak, Stanford is outscoring opponents, 24-0.
  • Stanford has a goal difference of 27-2 in Pac-12 play.