Big Week Begins with No. 1 Duke, Pink Match – Stanford Cardinal

MATCH NOTABLES

Duke will visit The Farm for just the fourth time in program history, but the second time in as many years, after previously playing at Stanford on 10/6/91 for the Cardinal Classic and 11/27/15 in the NCAA Quarterfinals … the Cardinal holds a 19-9 advantage in goals, but all but four matches between the two teams have been decided by one goal … the Cardinal defeated Duke by a score of 2-0 in the 2011 national championship match to capture its first NCAA women’s soccer crown

QUICK PASSES

• Stanford, ranked No. 2 in the nation to start the year, enters the week ranked No. 7 in the United Soccer Coaches poll and No. 5 according to TopDrawerSoccer … spent three consecutive weeks ranked No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches poll starting on September 2 after reaching the College Cup Final and closing the season ranked second in the nation a year ago … the top ranking was the first for Stanford since finishing the 2019 season as the national champion
• The Cardinal last defeated the No. 1 team in the nation on October 14, 2022 – a 1-0 victory over No. 1 UCLA from Cagan Stadium
• Stanford’s .385 goals against average is first in the ACC and sixth nationally
• The loss to Florida State in the 2023 national championship match snapped a string of 36 consecutive unbeaten matches (30-0-6), and Stanford is now unbeaten in 48 of its last 50 (41-2-7)
• The Cardinal owns a 117-5-10 record at Cagan Stadium since the start of the 2014 season and is unbeaten in its last 34 straight home matches (32-0-2)
• Stanford has posted a shutout in eight of its first 13 matches of the season and has managed a clean sheet in 28 of its last 46 contests overall … .615 shutout percentage ranks second in the ACC and 18th in the nation … is 7-1-0 in matches decided by one goal this season, including having posted five 1-0 shutouts
• The Cardinal went 4-0 in the month of August – outscoring opponents 8-1 – and 6-1-1 in September while holding a 10-3 advantage in scoring
• The Cardinal has won two of the last seven College Cups – most recently capturing the title in 2019
• Stanford made its 11th appearance in the College Cup, and its sixth appearance in the College Cup Final, last year … is 3-3 in national championship matches
• With a 1-0 victory at San Francisco to start the season, Stanford extended its unbeaten streak to 18 straight matches in season openers (17-0-1) and has posted 10 shutouts over the string … the victory marked the fourth consecutive campaign that Stanford…