Season Resumes Saturday In Davis

STANFORD, Calif. - No. 1 Stanford resumes competition on Saturday, Feb. 7, with a road match against UC Davis in the team's second meeting of the season.

• Stanford stormed past No. 6 Long Beach State for a 23-11 victory on Jan. 24 at the Brigitte Donner Daws Memorial Invitational in Berkeley. After a tight first quarter, Stanford took control with a seven-goal outburst in the second period. Jenna Flynn matched a career high with six goals while Juliette Dhalluin added three goals and five assists for the Cardinal, which received at least one goal from 12 different players.

• The nation's only program to have participated at every NCAA Championship since the event's inception, Stanford put the finishing touches on a dominant campaign in 2025. In addition to producing one of only four 15-0 starts in school history, the Cardinal recorded three wins apiece against fellow contenders USC and UCLA while holding the nation’s No. 1 ranking for most of the season. Stanford also captured both the NCAA and MPSF crowns in the same season for the fourth time in school history (2025, 2023, 2022, 2014).

• Stanford, which is chasing its fourth national championship in five seasons and 11th NCAA title overall, outlasted USC 11-7 to capture the 2024 NCAA crown. The championship match followed a similar regular-season script of the Cardinal pairing a balanced offense with a suffocating defense. Stanford scored at least 10 goals in every game, averaged 15.9 overall and received 20 goals from nine different players. The Cardinal also excelled defensively, with its 168 goals allowed the fewest of any school in the nation.

• The challenge in 2026 will be overcoming the departure of four-time All-American Ryann Neushul, who last year was named Stanford’s eighth recipient of the Peter J. Cutino Award as the nation’s most outstanding player. Neushul, who closed out a unique seven-year career which began as a freshman in 2019, became Stanford’s first four-time NCAA champion in school history (2019, 2022-23, 2025) and departed The Farm with 228 career goals to rank fifth all-time in school history.

• Few teams would be equipped to survive that type of loss but the Cardinal’s strength remains its elite depth. The offense will be led by returning All-Americans Jenna Flynn (team-high 68 goals, 31 assists, 20 multi-goal games) and Juliette Dhalluin (41 goals, 36 assists), along with Serena Browne (32 goals), Maggie Hawkins (32 goals), Kamryn Barone (23 goals) and Ella Woodhead (23 goals). Stanford also boasts the nation’s top goalkeeper in All-American Christine Carpenter, who finished with 165 saves during her first full season. Named MVP of both the MPSF All-Tournament Team and NCAA All-Tournament Team, Carpenter was also a second-team All-MPSF selection.

• Three of those six players - Flynn (United States), Dhalluin (France) and Browne (Canada) - competed for their country at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics while the Cardinal added a fourth over the summer in Sienna Green (Australia), a 2024 Olympic silver medalist and All-American transfer from UCLA who totaled 50 goals in two seasons with the Bruins.

• The fall season provided a rare glimpse into how Stanford might fare in 2026, with the nation’s best programs competing at the Legacy Crown, a tournament honoring the 25th anniversary of the inclusion of Olympic women's water polo. Stanford won both its games against collegiate opponents before a runner-up finish to New York Athletic Club, an Olympian-themed roster featuring the sport’s top names.