For Immediate Release: Contact: Kendall Johnson April 18, 2006 [email protected] 2006 STANFORD SCHEDULE NO. 19 CARDINAL GEARS UP (7-5, 4-1 MPSF) Date Opponent Location Time/Result FOR LOYOLA 2/11 Oregon* Stanford, CA W, 18-9 Stanford squad heads to Baltimore seeking third straight win. 2/18 Cal* Berkeley, CA L, 6-9 2/24 Ohio State Stanford, CA W, 17-9 Stanford (7-5/4-1) vs. Loyola (6-6/3-1) - 1:00 PM (EST) 2/26 #17 Notre Dame Stanford, CA L, 11-12(2OT) April 22 - Geppi-Aikens Field - Baltimore, MD 3/3 UC Davis* Stanford, CA Postponed 3/5 #12 Vanderbilt Stanford, CA W, 15-9 THIS WEEK 3/11 Columbia Stanford, CA W, 13-4 The Stanford women’s lacrosse team travels to Maryland this weekend to take on 3/12 Saint Mary's* Stanford, CA W, 18-7 the Loyola Greyhounds for the fourth time in school history. The Cardinal looks to 3/25 #1 Northwestern Stanford, CA L, 8-19 build momentum for the MPSF Tournament in early May and make a run for the 3/30 #15 Dartmouth Hanover, NH L, 9-13 program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament bid. Opening draw is set for 1 p.m. (EST) 4/2 #5 North Carolina Washington, DC L, 5-12 Saturday at Geppi-Aikens Field in Baltimore. 4/10 UC Davis* Stanford, CA W, 20-6 4/15 Denver* Denver, CO W, 11-9 ON THE HORIZON 4/22 Loyola Baltimore, MD 10 a.m. After this weekend, Stanford makes one more regular-season road trip before head- 4/28 Connecticut Storrs, CT 4 p.m. ing to Eugene, Ore. for the MPSF Tournament early next month. On April 28, the 4/30 Cornell Cambridge, MA 9 a.m. Cardinal takes on the University of Connecticut Huskies for just the second time 5/5 MPSF Semifinals Eugene, OR TBA in program history. Two days later, Stanford battles No. 11 Cornell in a neutral site 5/7 MPSF Finals Eugene, OR TBA meeting at Harvard University. The match will mark the Cardinal’s sixth against a 5/13 NCAA Tournament TBA TBA top-20 opponent this season. 5/20 NCAA Tournament TBA TBA SO FAR THIS SEASON *MPSF conference game • All times PST The Cardinal has played twelve matches this year, carries a 7-5 overall record and • Home games in bold and played at Maloney Field finished the conference season last weekend with a 4-1 mark. In the MPSF, Stan- ford handled Oregon, Saint Mary’s and UC Davis by an average of 11.3 goals. Also in the MPSF, the Cardinal fell to Bay Area rival Cal, 9-6 on February 18 and IWLCA DIVISION I POLL (4/17) downed Denver in an 11-9 decision last weekend. In non-conference action, Stan- ford is 3-4. On February 24, Stanford bested Ohio State 17-9 behind the five-goal performances of Michelle DeChant and Megan Burker. Two days later, the Cardi- No. School nal fell in a double-overtime heartbreaker to then-No. 17 Notre Dame, despite 21 saves from goalkeeper Laura Shane. The next week, however, the Cardinal rallied 1 Duke to capture its biggest win so far this season, knocking out Vanderbilt, a program 2 Northwestern* then-ranked 12th in the IWLCA poll. The Cardinal earned another non-conference 3 Georgetown win on March 11, taking down Columbia for the first time in history. On March 4 Virginia 25, the squad was overwhelmed by the top-ranked Northwestern Wildcats, suffer- 5 North Carolina* ing a 19-8 defeat despite a six-goal first half. Three weeks ago, on the team’s first 6 Maryland road trip, Stanford fell to No. 15 Dartmouth, 13-9, and No. 5 North Carolina, 12-5, 7 Notre Dame* despite a combined 38 saves by Laura Shane. Overall in 2006, the Cardinal has 8 Johns Hopkins outscored opponents by 28 percent, 151-118. 9 Boston University 10 Princeton HOME SWEET HOME 11 Cornell* Ten Cardinal players will return to their home state of Maryland this weekend when 12 Richmond the team faces Loyola in Baltimore. The game will mark the last regular-season 13 Syracuse collegiate match in the nation’s lacrosse hotbed for four senior Baltimore-area na- 14 Dartmouth* tives: Sarah Bach, Megan Burker, Nyerr Parham and Kinsey Morrison. In addition, 15 William & Mary juniors Michelle DeChant and Carly Posner and sophomores Katharine Fox, Bri 16 James Madison Ned, Alicia Soto and Laura Shane all hail from the Old Line State. Head coach 17 Hofstra Michele Uhlfelder is also a Maryland native, as she graduated from Pikesville High 18 St. Bonaventure School in 1987 and played for the University of Maryland from 1988-1991. 19 Stanford 20 Pennsylvania PRESENCE IN THE CAGE Sophomore goalkeeper Laura Shane has carried the Cardinal squad on defense this *2006 Cardinal opponents season and has led the team to impressive showings against some of the nation’s -- 2006 Stanford University Women’s Lacrosse -- best. With 142 saves already this year, Shane is recognized as one of the top net-minders in 2006 STANFORD QUICK FACTS the NCAA. In the team’s five games against ranked programs, Shane has denied opponents 78 goals. She leads the team with 33 ground balls this year and ties for third on the team in caused Location: Stanford, Calif. turnovers. With 14 saves in the heated match with Denver, Shane continued her ascent on the President: John L. Hennessy Cardinal career chart. Twelve games into her sophomore year, Shane has 346 saves, third best Interim Athletic Director: Bill Walsh in a Stanford keeper’s career. Enrollment: 6,556 Undergrads Founded: 1885 TOPPING THE MPSF Colors: Cardinal and White With Stanford’s two conference wins last week, the squad has positioned itself in a tie for first Nickname: Cardinal place in the MPSF. The finish marks the sixth consecutive season that Michele Uhlfelder has Conference: Mountain Pacific Sports Federation led her team to the top of the conference. Stanford now awaits the results of California’s last Website: www.gostanford.com two MPSF matches, which affect the tiebreaker and determine whether the Cardinal will be Head Coach: Michele Uhlfelder (Maryland, ‘91) seeded first or second in next month’s conference tournament. Record at Stanford: 67-35 (6th year) Career Record: same CHART WATCH Assistant Coaches: Sarah Hughes (Dartmouth, ‘02) With just three regular-season matches to go, Cardinal seniors Sarah Bach and Megan Burker Kylee Reade (Ohio State ‘02) are making runs at program records in every statistical category in the books. Burker, who is 2005 Overall Record: 13-5 one of just three players in history to appear in the top-10 on every list, is currently second in MPSF Record: 5-0 career goals scored (123), just 20 shy of a new Stanford record. Bach, last season’s leading MPSF Conference Finish: 1st scorer, remains eighth on the list with 90 career goals. In the assists category, Burker’s 59 are Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 21/2 just 11 shy of a Cardinal best. Bach’s 34 assists put her sixth on the career chart. The duo also Newcomers: 8 stands second and seventh in shots with 292 (Burker) and 191 (Bach). Against Denver, Burker Lacrosse SID: Kendall Johnson topped the 100 mark in draw controls, just the second player in Cardinal history to do so. Her Email: [email protected] 48 caused turnovers rank ninth in Cardinal history. Both seniors also appear ranked in free Phone: (206) 214-5583 position shots on goal (third and sixth), ground balls (second and seventh) and games played (t-seventh). THE CARDINAL IN THE POLLS NATIONALLY SPEAKING IWLCA Inside Lacrosse This week, the Cardinal appears in the top-50 nationally in four statistical categories. Stanford averages 12.6 goals per game, the 15th highest scoring offense in the nation. The team’s 2.75 19 20 goal scoring margin is 21st in the NCAA, while its .583 winning percentage ranks 27th. With a combined 30 draw controls in the last two matches, the Cardinal also pulled back into the STANFORD 2006 SEASON FACTS top-50 in that category, appearing 43rd. Goalkeeper Laura Shane moved back into second Stanford’s Record when... with a .559 save percentage, close at the heels of North Carolina’s top-ranked Kristen Hordy. Shane’s 22 saves against North Carolina earlier this month ties for the top single-game mark in Playing at home: 6-2 the NCAA. She also carries the second-best single-game mark, with 21 saves on February 26 Playing on the road: 1-2 against Notre Dame. Senior Megan Burker appears in the individual national rankings in the Playing at a neutral site: 0-1 draw control category. Her 2.67 per game currently stands 27th. The team’s 20 goals last week Playing during the day: 5-5 versus UC Davis tied for the 18th best single-game mark in the NCAA. Playing at night: 2-0 Stanford scores first: 5-1 BY THE NUMBERS Leading at halftime: 7-1 Stanford averages 12.6 goals per game to Loyola’s 11.2. The Cardinal also shoots significantly Trailing at halftime: 0-3 better than the Greyhounds, at 43.8 percent compared to Loyola’s 39.3 percent. Stanford is Versus ranked opponents: 1-4 topping opponents by an average of 2.8 goals this season, while Loyola is trailing them by an In overtime games: 0-1 average of 1.2 goals. Just over half of the Cardinal goals are scored by the top three scorers on Versus MPSF opponents: 4-1 the squad.