For Immediate Release // Tuesday, December 15, 2015 Contact // Sean Collins ([email protected]) 2015 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 5-0-1 5-0-0 19 2 2 .870 12-1-2 7-1-0 0-0-0 USC ^ 27 9 2 0 .818 5-0-0 4-2-0 15 6 2 .696 6-0-2 7-4-0 2-2-0 L 1 Washigton State ^ 21 7 4 0 .636 1-4-0 6-0-0 14 6 0 .700 5-5-0 9-1-0 0-1-0 L 1 California ^ 19 6 4 1 .591 4-1-0 2-3-1 13 6 3 .659 8-2-0 5-3-2 0-1-1 L 1 Arizona ^ 19 6 4 1 .591 4-2-0 2-2-1 14 6 2 .682 7-3-1 4-3-1 3-0-0 L 1 Washington ^ 16 5 5 1 .500 3-2-0 2-2-1 12 7 2 .619 7-3-0 3-4-2 2-0-0 L 3 Arizona State 16 5 5 1 .500 2-3-0 3-2-1 9 8 1 .528 5-3-0 3-4-1 1-1-0 W 2 UCLA 13 4 6 1 .409 4-1-1 0-5-0 8 10 1 .447 6-3-1 2-7-0 0-0-0 L 3 Utah 12 4 7 0 .364 2-4-0 2-3-0 7 10 3 .425 3-6-1 4-4-2 0-0-0 W 1 Oregon 9 3 8 0 .273 2-3-0 1-5-0 6 13 0 .316 5-5-0 1-7-0 0-1-0 W 2 Oregon State 6 2 9 0 .182 2-4-0 0-5-0 6 10 3 .395 4-4-0 2-6-3 0-0-0 L 5 Colorado 5 1 8 2 .182 1-2-2 0-6-0 7 10 3 .425 6-3-2 1-7-1 0-0-0 L 2 * – Conference champion is determined by highest number of points (TP); Win = 3 pts, Tie = 1 pt, Loss = 0 pts. ^ – NCAA Tournament participant. THE YEAR IN PAC-12 WOMEN’S SOCCER • Six Pac12 women’s soccer teams earned berths to the 2015 NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship. STANFORD was a No. 1 seed second for the second- • OREGON finished the year with a 6-13 (3-8 Pac-12 record) but ended on straight year and it was joined in the field by No. 3-seeded CALIFORNIA, No. a high note, beating Washington and in-state rival Oregon State. Forward 4-seeded USC, ARIZONA, WASHINGTON and WASHINGTON STATE. Marissa Everett was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. • California junior forward Arielle Ship was named the Pac-12 Player of the • OREGON STATE posted a record of 6-10 (2-9 Pac-12) on the year. Junior Year, while USC junior Kayla Mills took home Defensive Player of the Year defender Greta Espinoza was a All-Pac-12 honorable mention honoree and nods. Stanford junior Jane Campbell was tabbed Goalkeeper of the Year and sophomore Bella Geist was once again a solid goalkeeper for the Beavers, her teammate Alana Cook was named Freshman/Newcomer of the Year. averaging 4.72 saves per game, the No. 2 mark in the league. Stanford head coach Paul Ratcliffe was voted the Coach of the Year for the sixth time in the last eight years. • STANFORD claimed its fifth Pac-12 title in the last seven years and 10th all-time as they posted a 19-2-2 (10-0-1 Pac-12) overall record. The Cardinal • The Pac-12 holds an all-time record of 174-118-25 (.588) in the NCAA was the last team standing in the NCAA Tournament, reaching the national Tournament with three national championships and five second-place quarterfinal but falling in penalty kicks to Duke. Sophomore midfielderAndi finishes. Sullivan was a semifinalist for the coveted MAC Hermann Trophy. • The Pac-12 had five NSCAA/Continental Tire Division I All-America honorees • UCLA posted a 8-10-1 (4-6-1 Pac-12) record on the year. The youthful for the second-straight year. STANFORD’s Andi Sullivan was named to the squad showed glimpses of dominance but could not sustain it over the year. first team, while CALIFORNIA’sArielle Ship was joined by USC’s Kayla Mills The Bruins beat three top-25 opponents on the season, No. 13 Wisconsin, and Morgan Andrews on the second team. Samantha Witteman of California No. 19 Pepperdine and No. 15 Arizona. Senior midfielderKodi Lavrusky was earned third-team honors. a second-team All-Pac12 honoree. • The final NSCAA rankings had four Pac-12 teams ranked in the top 25 with • USC finished 15-6-2 on the year and second in the Pac-12 with a record six teams receiving votes overall. Stanford led the league at No. 6. of 9-2. This was only the third Trojan squad all-time to advance to the NCAA Tournament round of 16. Junior Kayla Mills was the Pac-12 Defensive Player • ARIZONA advanced to the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament for just of the Year and earned second-team NSCAA All-America honors along with the second time in program history and first since 2005. The Wildcats totaled junior midfielderMorgan Andrews. 14 wins, the second-best total in school history. They also won six Pac-12 matches, tying the best mark in program history. • UTAH posted a 7-10-3 (4-7 Pac-12) record and finished 2015 on a high note, winning two of its last three matches. The Utes knocked off Arizona • ARIZONA STATE started the season 4-0 but ran into injury troubles in the State, who was riding a three-game winning streak, and rival Colorado. middle of the year. The Sun Devils finished the year going 5-1-1 in their Midfielder Paola van der Veen was a member of the Pac-12 All-Freshman last seven games, including a win over in-state rival Arizona. Senior Cali Team. Farquharson was an NSCAA All-Pacific Region honoree and is a Senior CLASS award finalist. • WASHINGTON went 12-7-2 (5-5-1 Pac-12) on the year and took sixth place overall. The Huskies earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the third time • CALIFORNIA earned its 12th-straight berth to the NCAA Tournament and in the last four years. Senior defender McKenzie Karas was a first-team All- were seeded third. It finished the season with a 13-6-3 (6-4-1 Pac-12) record Pac-12 honoree. Senior Goalkeeper Megan Kufeld broke Hope Solo’s school on the year. Junior Arielle Ship was the program’s first-ever Pac-12 Player of record for shutouts in a career with 21. the Year and she also earned second-team NSCAA All-America accolades. • WASHINGTON STATE ( was picked to finish ninth in the preseason coaches • COLORADO started the Pac-12 season with a bang, beating then-No. 14 poll but ended up finishing in third place overall. The Cougars earned an California, 2-1, in overtime. It finished the year with a 7-10-3 (1-8-2 Pac-12) NCAA Tournament berth for the seventh time in the last eight years and were record. Senior defender Madison Krauser earned second team All-Pac-12 led by their two forwards, senior Kourtney Guetlein (first-team All-Pac-12) accolades while midfielderSara Kinzner garnered All-Freshman honors. and junior Kaitlyn Johnson (second-team All-Pac-12). PAC-12 SOCCER IN 2015 NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS NCAA STATS Pac-12 Teams Only TEAM First Round – Nov. 13-15 Goals-Against Average - Rutgers, 0.375 Cal State Fullerton at #11 USC .......................................USC 3, CSF 3 (USC PKs) 10. Stanford, .545 Northern Colorado at ARIZONA ........................................................ARIZ 2, NC 0 14. California, .595 WASHINGTON at #21 Texas A&M .............................................TAMU 2, WASH 1 San Jose State at #3 STANFORD ................................................. STAN 2, SJSU 0 Loyola Marymount at #17 CALIFORNIA .......................................... LMU 1, CAL 0 Shutout Percentage - Rutgers, 0.731 Northwestern at #23 WASHINGTON STATE ........................... NU 1, WSU 0 (2OT) 25. California, 0.524 Second Round – Nov. 19-20 Won-Loss-Tied Percentage - Virginia, 0.891 ARIZONA vs. #12 Santa Clara .........................................................ARIZ 2, SCU 1 2. Stanford, 0.870 #13 BYU at #3 STANFORD ........................................................... STAN 2, BYU 1 #11 USC vs. Princeton .............................................................USC 3, Princeton 0 Total Points - West Virginia, 23.48 7. Stanford, 19.09 Third Round – Nov. 21-22 ARIZONA at #3 STANFORD ..........................................................STAN 3, ARIZ 0 #11 USC at #1 Virginia ....................................................................... VA 2, USC 0 INDIVIDUAL Points Per Game - Nykosi Simmons, Mississippi Valley, 2.59 Quarterfinals – Friday, Nov. 27 23. Cali Farquharson, ASU, 1.71 #20 Duke at #3 STANFORD ................................Tie, 1-1 (Duke advances on PKs) Goals Per Game - Nykosi Simmons, Mississippi Valley, 1.18 21. Cali Farquharson, ASU, 0.71 PAC-12 WOMEN’S SOCCER COACHES Coach .................................................... School Record/Year ..........................Career Record/Year* Goals-Against Average - Casey Murphy, Rutgers, 0.375 Tony Amato, ARIZ ....................................... 43-21-8 (.653)/3 ...................................... 70-25-7 (.721)/6 13. Emily Boyd, CAL, 0.554 Kevin Boyd, ASU ......................................... 84-74-21 (.528)/9 ............................ 208-136-41 (.594)/19 14. Jane Campbell, STAN, 0.580 Neil McGuire, CAL ...................................... 111-58-22 (.639)/9 .......................... 155-127-29 (.545)/15 Danny Sanchez, COLO ................................ 43-32-10 (.565)/4 .................................. 79-66-21 (.539)/8 Save Percentage - Jackie Kerestine, North Texas, 0.927 Kat Mertz, ORE ..........................................