April 25, 2006
Stanford is seeded third heading into the 2006 MPSF Championship Tournament held at UC Irvine this Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The Cardinal has a bye on Thursday and will play its first game on Friday, April 28, against the winner of the #6 UC Irvine vs. #11 UC Santa Barbara game on Thursday. Stanford's match is set to begin at 3:00PM on Friday.
If the Cardinal wins its match on Friday, the team will play in the Championship Semifinal on Saturday at 2:45PM. Stanford placed second at last year's MPSF Tournament to UCLA. The Cardinal will look to avenge its heartbreaking 9-8 overtime loss to the Bruins just two weeks ago. UCLA is entering the tournament seeded second with USC claiming the top-seed.
Stanford remains strong on the scoreboard with two girls tallying 40 goals so far this season. Both Lauren Silver and Katie Hansen lead the Cardinal in scoring with 40 goals and senior Scotti Shafer finishing up the regular season with 25 goals. Meridith McColl has claimed 186 saves as Stanford's leading goalie. She has allowed only 98 goals in her 23 games played.
Tournament Schedule
Thursday, April 27*
Game 1: 10:00 a.m. --- #4 California (15-8) vs. #13 Pacific (0-21)
Game 2: 11:15 a.m. --- #5 Hawaii (14-9) vs. #12 Cal State Northridge (11-18)
Game 3: 12:30 p.m. --- #6 UC Irvine (17-12) vs. #11 UC Santa Barbara (14-16)
Game 4: 1:45 p.m. --- #7 Arizona State (13-11) vs. #10 Long Beach State (12-12)
Game 5: 3:00 p.m. --- #8 an Jose State (11-13) vs. #9 San Diego State (20-10)
*Seeds #1 USC, #2 UCLA and #3 Stanford, all have first-round byes
Friday, April 28
Game 6: 10:00 a.m. --- Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 2
Game 7: 11:15 a.m. --- Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 4
Game 8: 12:30 p.m. --- #1 USC (24-0) vs. Winner Game 5
Game 9: 1:45 p.m. --- #2 UCLA (24-3) vs. Winner Game 4
Game 10: 3:00 p.m. --- #3 Stanford (19-4) vs. Winner Game 3
Game 11: 4:15 p.m. --- Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Saturday, April 29
Game 12: 11:00 a.m. --- Loser Game 11 vs. Loser Game 8
Game 13: 12:15 p.m. --- Loser Game 10 vs. Loser Game 9
Game 14: 1:30 p.m. --- Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 11 (Championship Semifinal)
Game 15: 2:45 p.m.--- Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10 (Championship Semifinal)
Sunday, April 30
Game 16: 11:00 a.m. --- Loser Game 13 vs. Loser Game 12 (7th-Place Game)
Game 17: 12:15 p.m. --- Winner Game 12 vs. Winner Game 13 (5th-Place Game)
Game 18: 1:30 p.m. --- Loser Game 15 vs. Loser Game 14 (3rd-Place Game)
Game 19: 2:45 p.m. --- Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 15 (Championship Game)