For Immediate Release // Friday, December 7, 2018 Contact // Carly Fasciglione ([email protected]) 2018 PAC-12 FINAL WOMEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS Conference Overall TP W L T PCT HOME AWAY W L T PCT HOME AWAY NEUT STREAK Stanford*^$ 31 10 0 1 .955 5-0-0 5-0-1 21 1 2 .917 13-0-1 8-0-1 0-1-0 L 1 UCLA^ 27 9 2 0 .818 4-1-0 5-1-0 17 3 2 .818 9-1-0 7-2-2 1-0-0 L 1 USC^ 25 8 2 1 .773 5-1-0 3-1-1 17 2 3 .841 10-0-0 6-1-3 1-1-0 L 1 Utah 19 6 4 1 .591 3-1-1 3-3-0 9 8 2 .526 4-4-1 5-4-1 0-0-0 W 1 Colorado 17 5 4 2 .545 3-3-0 2-1-2 13 4 3 .725 8-3-1 5-1-2 0-0-0 L 4 Arizona^ 17 5 4 2 .545 3-0-2 2-4-0 13 6 2 .667 8-1-2 3-5-0 2-0-0 L 1 Washington State^ 16 5 5 1 .500 4-1-1 1-4-0 13 6 1 .675 10-1-1 3-5-0 0-0-0 L 1 Arizona State 16 5 5 1 .500 2-3-1 3-2-0 10 7 1 .583 5-4-1 5-2-0 0-1-0 L 2 Oregon 9 3 8 0 .273 3-3-0 0-5-0 9 9 1 .500 8-3-0 1-6-0 0-0-1 W 2 Washington 9 3 8 0 .273 3-2-0 0-6-0 8 10 1 .447 4-3-1 2-7-0 2-0-0 L 1 California 4 1 9 1 .136 0-6-0 1-3-1 5 12 2 .316 3-7-1 2-5-1 0-0-0 L 5 Oregon State 3 1 10 0 .091 1-4-0 0-6-0 2 17 0 .105 2-8-0 0-8-0 0-1-0 L 7 * Pac-12 Champion, ^ NCAA Participant, $ NCAA College Cup Participant * – Conference champion is determined by highest number of points (TP); Win = 3 pts, Tie = 1 pt, Loss = 0 pts. THIS YEAR IN PAC-12 WOMEN’S SOCCER • Five Pac-12 teams earned NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament berths, all five was voted the Pac-12 Midfielder of the Year andAlana Cook was tabbed Pac- advancing to the second round, the first time since 2007 that Pac-12 teams went 12 Defensive Player of the Year. USC’s Kaylie Collins won Pac-12 Goalkeeper undefeated in the first round. With USC, UCLA and Stanford in the third round, of the Year while fellow Trojan Penelope Hocking was voted Pac-12 Freshman three Conference teams were among the final 16 teams in the tournament for a of the Year. For the ninth time in the last 11 years and the fourth-consecutive third-straight year. Stanford earned a No. 1 seed, UCLA a No. 2 seed, and USC year, Stanford head coach Paul Ratcliffe was tabbed Pac-12 Coach of the Year. a No. 4 seed, while WASHINGTON STATE and ARIZONA clinched at-large bids. • Pac-12 Champion Stanford was the final league team in the Tournament, • ARIZONA (13-6-2, 5-4-2) lost a heartbreaker in the second round of the NCAA earning its ninth all-time and second-straight NCAA Women’s College Cup Tournament but head coach Tony Amato has raised this program to new heights. apperance. It was also the third-straight year at least one Pac-12 team was The Wildcats have reached the postseason in four of the last six seasons, a feat among the final four. Stanford was eliminated from the Tournament after a 2-0 no other Arizona coach has accomplished. Arizona advanced to the second loss in the semifinals to eventual 2018 NCAA Champion Florida State. round for a second-straight season. The senior class became the winningest • The MAC Hermann Trophy named two Pac-12 student-athletes as finalists, class in team history while Kennedy Kieneker became the winningest player in Stanford’s sophomore forward and two-time ESPNW Player of the Year Catarina program history. Third team All-Pac-12 honoree senior keeper Lainey Burdett Macario and senior midfielder and Pac-12 Midfielder of the YearJordan DiBiasi. made her mark in her final season as well, leading the Pac-12 in minutes played Both were named first-team All-America, first-team All-Region, first-team All- while having the third-most wins and shutouts. This squad has the potential to Pac-12 and first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District 8. This is the second- extend the team’s success with sophomores Jada Talley and Amanda Porter, straight season two Pac-12 players were named finalists. Last year, Stanford’s who earned All-Pac-12 third team honors, and Pac-12 All-Freshman team Andi Sullivan took home collegiate soccer’s top honor, marking the fourth Pac- recipient Emily Knous. 12 player to win the award, all by Stanford student-athletes. If one of Stanford’s • ARIZONA STATE (10-7-1, 5-5-1) posted double-digit wins for the first time standouts wins the award, the Cardinal will have the second-most MAC since winning 12 matches in 2014. The Sun Devils finished eighth in the league Hermann winners of any program. The Pac-12 had the most representatives of notching five wins in Conference play, its most wins since 2015, including a any conference on the semifinalists list (5) as well as the watch list (12). This win over then-No. 22 Washington State. ASU found success between its two year’s winners will be announced on Jan. 4, 2019 in conjunction with the 2018 promising freshmen forwards Nicole Douglas and Marleen Schimmer, who MAC Hermann Trophy Banquet at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis. both landed a spot on the Pac-12 All-Freshman team. Douglas led the team • The Conference was at the top of the national poll all season, finishing the with nine goals and three game-winning goals, seventh-most in the Conference. season with three teams ranked in the top 10 in the United Soccer Coaches Schimmer contributed five goals, four of which came in the Sun Devils’ final poll. No. 3 Stanford, No. 5 UCLA and No. 6 USC gave the Pac-12 the most Conference wins. teams ranked in the top 10 of any other conference. Stanford held a stronghold over the No. 1 overall spot for 19-consecutive weeks before the final rankings. • CALIFORNIA (5-12-2, 1-9-1) started the season 4-3-1 and finished 11th in the The Conference also occupied the top two spots in the nation 10 of 12 weeks Conference, highlighted by back-to-back road wins over Oregon (RPI 57) and a this year. tie against Arizona (RPI 29). The Golden Bears ranked fourth in the Conference • Pac-12 teams were offensive powerhouses this season, as at least three teams with a .124 shot percentage and sixth in shot-on-goal percentage (.435). were ranked in the top 15 in six major offensive statistic categories. UCLA led Leading the way was forward and third team All-Pac-12 selection junior Abi the nation in assists per game (2.82), points per game (8.36), and tied with Kim who led the team with six goals, 13 points and 36 shots. In the classroom, Stanford for most goals (61). Along with UCLA, USC, Stanford and Colorado also three Bears were selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team, tied with ranked in the top 15 in apg, ppg, scoring offense, assists, and points. Stanford for most players. • The Pac-12 now holds an all-time record of 197-130-29 (.594) in the NCAA • COLORADO (13-4-2, 5-4-2) had one of its best seasons in program history Tournament with five national championships and five second-place finishes. behind a record-setting offense. After recording its first-ever unbeaten non- After USC won the title in 2016 and Stanford claimed the crown in 2017, the conference season, the Buffs continued to impress with a big win over then-No. Pac-12 has won the NCAA title in four of the last eight seasons and five of the 7 and undefeated Washington State on Oct. 4. An impressive offensive front set last 12 years (USC ’07, STAN ’11, UCLA ’13, USC ’16, STAN ’17). a single-season program record for goals with 47 and assists with 52, while they • STANFORD’s Catarina Macario was voted both Pac-12 Forward of the Year finished the season with the most assists in the country. CU also finished with for the second-straight season. Macario’s Cardinal teammates Jordan DiBiasi the 12th most total points (146) and ranked fifth in total assists nationally. In net, 2018–2019 third team All-Pac-12 selection Jalen Tompkins is now tied for the school’s lead • USC (17-2-3, 8-2-1) was also knocked out in PKs in the third round by Florida with 37 career wins, and is the all-time leader in save percentage (.862) and State, but the Trojans finished the year with the third-most wins in program goals against average (.79). history and second-most shutouts. In the opening round, USC defeated Long Beach State 6-0, its largest postseason margin of victory in team history.