2018 STANFORD WOMEN’S SOCCER Athletics Communications • Arrillaga Family Sports Center • 641 Campus Drive • Stanford, CA • 94305 • GoStanford.com/WSoccer Women’s Soccer Contact • Nick Sako • 650.224.0979 • [email protected] Facebook.com/StanfordWSoccer • Twitter: @StanfordWSoccer • Instagram: @StanfordWSoc 2018 Schedule Cardinal Begins Title Defense Date Opponent Time (PT)/Result Stanford back in action after claiming second national championship AUGUST 17 (Fri.) at UC Davis 4 p.m. 24 (Fri.) San Francisco^ 8 p.m. 30 (Thu.) at Brigham Young 6 p.m. No. 1 Stanford (0-0-0, 0-0-0 Pac-12) SEPTEMBER at UC Davis (0-0-0, 0-0-0 Big West) | Friday • 4 p.m. (PT) 2 (Sun.) at Minnesota 11 a.m. Live Statistics • GoStanford.com 7 (Fri.) Notre Dame^ 6 p.m. 9 (Sun.) North Carolina^ 2:30 p.m. Twitter » @StanfordWSoccer | Instagram » StanfordWSoc 13 (Sun.) Cal Poly 7 p.m. Facebook • Facebook.com/StanfordWSoccer 16 (Sun) Santa Clara^ 4 p.m. 21 (Thur.) Arizona*^ 8 p.m. 27 (Thur.) UCLA*^ 8 p.m. 30 (Sun.) USC*^ 1 p.m. STANFORD, Calif. – Defending national champion Stanford opens its 2018 OCTOBER campaign Friday when it travels to play UC Davis at 4 p.m. PT in Davis, California. 4 (Thur.) at Oregon*^ 5 p.m. 7 (Sun.) at Oregon State*^ 3 p.m. 13 (Sat.) at Arizona State* 7 p.m. After nearly three weeks of preseason preparation, including a 4-0 exhibition win 18 (Thur.) Utah*^ 5 p.m. over Fresno State last week, the Cardinal enters this season riding a 22-game win 21 (Sun.) Colorado*^ Noon streak from 2017, culminating in Stanford’s second national championship. 25 (Thur.) at Washington*^ 5 p.m. 28 (Sun.) at Washington State*^ 1 p.m. NOVEMBER 2 (Fri.) at California*^ 3 p.m. All times are Pacific Home games in bold * Pacific-12 Conference game 2018 Stanford Roster ^ Televised by Pac-12 Networks No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Last School) 1 Alison Jahansouz 5-10 GK RS Sr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Edison) 2 Naomi Girma 5-6 D/M Fr. San Jose, Calif. (Pioneer) 3 Sophia Smith 5-6 F Fr. Windsor, Colo. (Fossil Ridge) 4 Belle Briede 5-5 F So. Alpharetta, Ga. (Milton) 5 Michelle Xiao 5-5 M Sr. Omaha, Neb. (Westside) 6 Carly Malatskey 5-4 F Jr. Newport Beach, Calif. (Tarbut V’ Torah) 7 Jaye Boissiere 5-2 M RS Jr. Los Altos Hills, Calif. (Menlo School) 8 Sophia Serafin 5-11 D So. Glendora, Calif. (Bishop Amat Memorial) 9 Tegan McGrady 5-6 D Sr. San Jose, Calif. (Santa Teresa) 10 Tierna Davidson 5-10 D/M Jr. Menlo Park, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep) 11 Jordan DiBiasi 5-6 M Sr. Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Chatfield Senior) 12 Sierra Enge 5-5 D/M Fr. Cardiff, Calif. (Pacific Ridge) 13 Ceci Gee 5-9 F Jr. Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte) 2018 Pac-12 Standings 14 Civana Kuhlmann 5-6 F So. Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield Senior) Team Pts. Conf. Overall 15 Alana Cook 5-9 D Sr. Far Hills, N.J. (The Pennington School) Stanford 33 11-0-0 22-1-0 16 Beattie Goad 5-7 M/F Jr. Melbourne, Australia (Lauriston Girls School) UCLA 25 8-2-1 19-2-2 17 Sam Hiatt 5-10 D Jr. Seattle, Wash. (Boston College) USC 25 8-2-1 15-3-2 18 Sam Tran 5-6 F Jr. Tracy, Calif. (John C. Kimball) 19 Katie Meyer 5-9 GK Fr. Newbury Park, Calif. (Newbury Park) Arizona 23 7-2-2 11-5-4 20 Catarina Macario 5-5 M/F So. San Diego, Calif. (Torrey Pines) California 19 6-4-1 13-6-1 21 Jojo Harber 5-5 D/M So. Bellevue, Wash. (Bellevue) Colorado 17 5-4-2 12-6-4 22 Averie Collins 5-11 F Sr. Bozeman, Mont. (Bozeman) Washington State 13 4-6-1 10-8-3 23 Kiki Pickett 5-0 D/M So. Santa Barbara, Calif. (Dos Pueblos) Oregon State 10 3-7-1 6-10-3 24 Abby Greubel 5-7 F Fr. Santa Cana, Calif. (Foothill) 25 Brooke Redington 5-7 M RS-Fr. Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Marymount) Washington 9 2-6-3 9-8-3 26 Madison Haley 5-7 F So. Dallas, Texas (Ursuline Academy) Arizona State 8 2-7-2 5-11-3 27 Bianca Caetano-Ferrara 5-7 M Fr. San Diego, Calif. (Cathedral Catholic) Oregon 6 2-9-0 8-11-0 28 Lauren Rood 5-9 GK Jr. Camas, Wash. (Camas) Utah 2 0-9-2 5-11-3 30 Maya Shetty 5-5 GK Fr. Morgantown, W.V. (University) GOSTANFORD.COM/WSOCCER • @STANFORDWSOCCER • #GOSTANFORD Quick Facts Welcome to Stanford General Information Location: Stanford, Calif. 2 • Naomi Girma • Defender/Midfielder • San Jose, Calif. (Pioneer) Enrollment: 15,877 (6,980 undergrad) 3 • Sophia Smith • Forward • Windsor, Colo. (Fossil Ridge) Nickname: Cardinal 12 • Sierra Enge • Defender/Midfielder • Cardiff, Calif. (Pacific Ridge) Colors: Cardinal and White Home Field (capacity): 19 • Katie Meyer • Goalkeeper • Newbury Park, Calif. (Newbury Park) Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (1,900) 24 • Abby Greubel • Forward • Santa Ana, Calif. (Foothill) Conference: Pac-12 27 • Bianca Caetano-Ferrara • Midfielder • San Diego, Calif. (Cathedral Catholic) President: Marc Tessier-Lavigne Athletics Director: Bernard Muir 30 • Maya Shetty • Goalkeeper • Morgantown, W.Va. (University) Sport Administrator: Brian Talbott Athletics Web site: gostanford.com Friday and Beyond Twitter: @StanfordWSoccer • Stanford enters Friday’s matchup with a 6-2-1 all-time record against the Aggies. Facebook: StanfordWSoccer Instagram: @StanfordWSoc Most recently, Stanford defeated UC Davis, 2-1, in an exhibition match in Davis, Snapchat: ‘StanfordWSoccer’ California, last season. Soccer Staff • Thirteen of Stanford’s 19 contests will air on Pac-12 Networks, with nine of Head Coach: Paul Ratcliffe (UCLA ‘94) Stanford’s opponents appeared in last year’s NCAA Tournament. Record at Stanford: 275-50-27 (16th season) • Six of Stanford’s opponents ranked in the United Soccer Coaches’ preseason top- Career Record: 352-84-34 (21st season) Assistant Coach: Hideki Nakada (5th) 25 – UCLA (2), North Carolina (6), USC (12), Notre Dame (14), Santa Clara (19) and Assistant Coach: Margueritte Aozasa (4th) Washington State (21). Volunteer Asst. Coach: Kayley Sullivan (1st) • Starting Sept. 7 against Notre Dame, Stanford hosts seven matches in a row, Athletic Trainer: Courtney Meyer (1st) Sports Performance: Brianna Kanz (1st) including the highly-anticipated nonconference matchup with North Carolina. In the month of September, Stanford hosts five teams which rank in the top-25. Team Information • Senior Day is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 21 when the Cardinal hosts Colorado 2017 Record: 24-1-0 2017 Pac-12 Record: 11-0-0 (1st) for the final regular-season match of 2018. Stanford finishes its regular season 2017 Postseason Finish: National Champions schedule with matches at Washington, Washington State and California. 2017 Final Ranking: 1 Starters Returning/Lost 2016: 9/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 21/3 Coaching Updates First Season of Soccer: 1984 • Stanford’s women’s and men’s soccer coaching positions were endowed through NCAA Tournament Appearances: 27 a gift from Louise ’57 and Ray Knowles ’56. Paul Ratcliffe assumes the role of Knowles Family Director of Women’s Soccer, while on the men’s side Jeremy United Coaches Rankings (Preseason - Aug. 7) Gunn transitions to the Knowles Family Director of Men’s Soccer. Both graduates Rank Team LW Record of Stanford, the Knowles have been important benefactors to the athletics 1. Stanford -- 0-0-0 department for many years. They had previously concentrated their philanthropy 2. UCLA -- 0-0-0 3. Duke -- 0-0-0 on scholarships for men’s and women’s golf programs – the positions are the 14th 4. Penn State -- 0-0-0 and 15th endowed head coach positions and 26th and 27th overall endowed 5. South Carolina -- 0-0-0 6. North Carolina -- 0-0-0 7. Florida -- 0-0-0 8. Virginia -- 0-0-0 Rankings by Week 9. West Virginia -- 0-0-0 Date United Coaches TopDrawerSoccer Soccer America 10. Florida State -- 0-0-0 Preseason (Aug. 7) 1 1 1 11. Texas A&M -- 0-0-0 12. USC -- 0-0-0 13. Princeton -- 0-0-0 14. Notre Dame -- 0-0-0 15. Baylor -- 0-0-0 16. Central Florida -- 0-0-0 17. Texas -- 0-0-0 18. Pepperdine -- 0-0-0 19. Santa Clara -- 0-0-0 20. North Carolina State -- 0-0-0 21. Washington State -- 0-0-0 22. Georgetown -- 0-0-0 23. Ohio State -- 0-0-0 24. Rutgers -- 0-0-0 25. Tennessee -- 0-0-0 GOSTANFORD.COM/WSOCCER • @STANFORDWSOCCER • #GOSTANFORD Knowles Family Director of Women’s Soccer Paul Ratcliffe positions in athletics. In 15 seasons as head coach, the • Hideki Nakada was promoted to associate head coach, as announced by Ratcliffe Stanford women have won two national on Feb. 23. Nakada was named Stanford’s top assistant in 2014, with the Cardinal championships, reached four NCAA finals, won seven Pac-12 titles, played in seven College going 81-7-6 in all competitions since his arrival. Cups, and reached the NCAA third round in • Kayley Sullivan was named volunteer assistant coach in July. Sullivan, a former 11 of the past 12 seasons. The Cardinal has Division I student-athlete at George Washington, is the older sister of former advanced to the College Cup seven of the past 10 standout and 2017 MAC Hermann Trophy winner Andi Sullivan. years. Plenty Coming Back Ratcliffe was named Knowles Family Director • The bulk of Stanford’s 2017 team returns for 2018, losing seniors Andi Sullivan, of Women’s Soccer in the Mariah Lee and Kyra Carusa – 76 percent of the Cardinal’s program-record 91 goals Spring of 2018, the first to and 85 percent of Stanford’s 89 assists return from last season.