On a cold Friday night at Cagan Stadium, the No. 1 women’s soccer team heated up quickly. Seven minutes into the game, sophomore midfielder Alex Doll opened the scoring and from that point on, the Cardinal (18-1-1) never looked back on its way to a 3-0 win over Idaho State in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
It didn’t take long for the No. 1 Stanford women’s soccer team to ruin Cal’s Senior Day. Less than four minutes into the game, the Cardinal (17-1-1, 11-0-0 Pac-12) took the lead and then held on the rest of the way to finish the regular season with a 1-0 victory over the Bears.
The Stanford women’s soccer team routed Oregon State 5-1 at home Thursday night to take the early lead in the Pac-12 conference and extend its unbeaten run at home to 60 games.
Stanford women’s soccer is headed to the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament after taking down Sacramento State and Santa Clara in two very different games over the weekend.
Freshman Sidney Payne knocked in the winning score for the top-seeded Cardinal, while goalkeeper Emily Oliver secured the 3-0 shutout as Stanford advanced past the first round of the NCAA Tournament.