SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Undefeated and unscored upon Stanford opens Pac-12 women’s soccer play with a Friday match at Utah at 2 p.m. PT. The No. 4 Cardinal (8-0-1) has the nation’s top defense, but the Utes (7-0-2) also are undefeated and have allowed only three goals this season.
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The following is a closer look at Friday’s match:
Who: No. 4 Stanford (8-0-1, 0-0) vs. Utah (7-0-2)
When: Friday, 2 p.m. PT
Where: Ute Field, Salt Lake City, Utah
All-Time Series Record: Stanford leads, 5-1
TV: Pac-12 Networks with JB Long and Krista Blunk
Live Stats: Look for links on GoStanford.com
Twitter: @StanfordWSoccer
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Season in Review: Stanford is the only team in the country that has not allowed a goal, and goalkeeper Jane Campbell leads the nation with a 0.00 goals-against average. Stanford is 4-0-1 against ranked teams, including 1-0 overtime victories over current No. 7 Florida and current No. 9 North Carolina. Chioma Ubogagu has scored two winners, including the one that beat UNC, then No. 4, in Chapel Hill to end Stanford’s 11-match winless streak against the Tar Heels. She also scored a first-half goal to win at Portland. Stanford, which received one first-place vote in this week’s NSCAA coaches’ poll (the only team other than No. 1 UCLA to receive a vote), returned nine starters from a team that went 15-6-1 and reached the Sweet 16 of last year’s tournament.
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The Shutout Streak: The following is a game-by-game rundown of Stanford’s shutout streak, which stands at 846 minutes, 52 seconds:
Date Opponent Minutes Result
Nov. 24, 2013 at No. 2 UCLA 5:05 L, 0-2 (NCAA third round)
Aug. 22, 2014 at No. 4 North Carolina 99:00 W, 1-0 (OT)
Aug. 24, 2014 vs. No. 18 Duke, at UNC 90:00 W, 2-0
Aug. 30, 2014 at No. 14 Portland 90:00 W, 1-0
Sept. 4, 2014 UC Santa Barbara 90:00 W, 2-0
Sept. 7, 2014 No. 25 Notre Dame 110:00 T, 0-0 (2OT)
Sept. 12, 2014 No. 6 Florida 92:47 W, 1-0 (OT)
Sept. 14, 2014 Dayton 90:00 W, 8-0
Sept. 19, 2014 Santa Clara 90:00 W, 3-0
Sept. 21, 2014 Cal Poly 90:00 W, 2-0
Totals 10 matches 846:52 20-0 goal differential since streak started
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Friday’s Opponent, Utah: The Utes were third in the Pac-12 in 2013, finishing at 6-3-2, ahead of fourth-place Stanford, at 6-5. The highlight was a 1-1 home draw against eventual national champion UCLA. Utah has a home unbeaten streak of 17, and hasn’t lost at home since an Oct. 7, 2012, loss to Cal, 3-1. In fact, Utah hasn’t lost any match in regulation since falling to Stanford, 1-0, on Oct. 18, 2013. The Utes are not ranked in the NSCAA Top 25, but are receiving votes. Stanford represents the first ranked opponent Utah has faced. Goalkeeper Lindsay Luke is the reigning Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week after making a total of 10 saves in shutout victories over Utah State and Utah Valley. Utah, off to the best start in program history, has five shutouts in six matches.
The Stanford-Utah Series: Stanford is the last team to have beaten Utah in regulation, winning 1-0 on Oct. 18, 2013, on a 25-yard free kick by Courtney Verloo in the 67th minute at Stanford. Stanford leads the all-time series, 5-1, and has a four-match winning streak over the Utes. They’ve met at Utah only once, a 1-0 Stanford victory in 2012 on a first-half goal by Nina Watkins.
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Conference Openers: Stanford has not lost a conference opener since 2000, when the Cardinal fell to Hope Solo and Washington, 1-0, in Seattle. Since then, Stanford has gone 11-0-2 in conference openers. Under Paul Ratcliffe, who took over as coach in 2003, Stanford is 9-0-2 in Pac-10/Pac-12 openers. Stanford enters Friday’s match with a seven-match conference-opening winning streak. Its most recent blemish was a 0-0 draw at USC to open the 2006 Pac-10 season.
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Best Starts: This is the ninth time that Stanford has gone undefeated through the first nine matches in program history -- and the seventh time in the past eight years. The Cardinal’s 8-0-1 start matches not only last year’s, but also the 2011 team, which finished 25-0-1 and captured the NCAA championship. Except for last year’s team, which finished 15-6-1, all the other Stanford teams finished the regular season with no more than one loss and advanced at least to the NCAA quarterfinals. The 2013 team was eliminated in the Sweet 16.
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2014 Pac-12 Women’s Soccer Coaches Poll:
1. UCLA (11), 121; 2. Stanford (1), 110; 3. California, 91; 4. USC, 83; 5. Colorado, 78; 6. Washington State, 69; 7. Utah, 67; 8. Arizona State, 51; 8. Washington, 51; 10. Arizona, 33; 11. Oregon, 22; 12. Oregon State, 16
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National Statistical Rankings: Stanford leads NCAA Division I in three team categories and two individual, all related to defense. Here they are:
Team,
1. Shutout Percentage (1.000)
1. Goals Against Average (0.00)
1. Save Percentage (1.000)
Individual,
1. Goals Against Average, Jane Campbell (0.00)
1. Save Percentage, Jane Campbell (1.000)
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Stanford Record Book: With nine shutouts in nine matches, Stanford has achieved these active school records:
Consecutive shutouts: 9 (old record 7, achieved four previous times)
Consecutive shutouts to open the season: 9 (old record 5, 1989)
Consecutive shutout minutes: 846:52 (old record 774:22, 2002-03)
Stanford still has a ways to go to achieve school records in shutouts and goals allowed. With nine shutouts, the 2014 team stands in a tie for 20th for most shutouts in a season. Here are the top defenses in school history:
Total shutouts:
19 -- 2002
17 -- 1993, 2008, 2011
15 -- 2006, 2010
14 -- 1991, 2009
12 -- 1988, 2004, 2012
11 -- 1994, 2005
10 -- 1989, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2007, 2013
9 -- 1990, 1998, 2014
Best Team Goals-Against Average for a Season:
0.17, 2002 (Starting GK: Nicole Barnhart)
0.32, 2008 (Kira Maker)
0.34, 2011 (Emily Oliver)
0.43, 2004 (Nicole Barnhart)
0.45, 2010 (Emily Oliver)
Note: Stanford has a 0.00 GAA in 2014 (Jane Campbell)
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NCAA Record Book: Here is some perspective on where Stanford stands in relation to NCAA records:
Consecutive Shutout Minutes by a Goalkeeper:
Record: 1,669:25, Anne Sherow (North Carolina), 1987-88
Stanford: 756:52, Jane Campbell, 2013-14 (No. 23 on all-time list)
Consecutive Shutouts: 16, Santa Clara, 1998
Shutouts in a Season: 22, North Carolina, 1987, 1997
Team Season Goals-Against Average: 0.08, North Carolina, 1987
Fewest Goals Allowed, Season: 2, North Carolina, 1987
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Jane Campbell: Some facts about Stanford’s sophomore goalkeeper:
• “Jane Campbell is regarded as one of the top young goalkeepers in the world,” Stanford coach Paul Ratcliffe said. “She continues the tradition of Stanford’s incredible goalkeepers.”
• At age 17 on Jan. 22, 2013, became the youngest goalkeeper ever called into a full U.S. national team camp.
• Became the first high school-aged player to be called into the full national team since forward Amy Rodriguez in 2005.
• A member of the U.S. team that played in the 2014 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, though did not start.
• The daughter of Mike and Chrystal Campbell.
• Father was a Navy lieutenant and pilot for the precision air team, the Blue Angels, from 1986-88.
• Mother also was a Navy fighter pilot and later flew commercial airplanes.
• From Kennesaw, Ga., where Stanford won its only NCAA title, in 2011, over Duke, 1-0, at Kennesaw State.
• Her grandfather, great uncle, great aunt, and great-great grandfather all attended Stanford.
More Campbell: Besides being credited with seven shutouts this season, Stanford goalkeeper Jane Campbell has not allowed a goal in all 751 minutes, 47 seconds she has played this season. Campbell leads the nation with a 0.00 goals-against average, and moved into eighth on Stanford’s all-time list for career shutouts with 13, tying Erin Bryla (1995-96).
Campbell’s biggest highlight was her second-half save against No. 6 Florida on Sept. 14, in a match Stanford went on to win, 1-0, in overtime. Florida All-America Savannah Jordan took advantage of a rare Stanford defensive mistake to pounce on a loose ball and fire a long-distance shot bending toward the upper corner of the Cardinal goal. Campbell, backtracking from the top of the box, flung her body backward and tipped the ball over the bar with a full-extension dive.
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Player of the Week: Outside back Stephanie Amack helped Stanford to its eighth and ninth consecutive shutouts, with victories over Santa Clara (3-0) and Cal Poly (2-0). Amack also was a force offensively, with forays up the left flank and into the penalty area on set pieces. She headed in a goal and assisted on another against Santa Clara, helping the Cardinal to its 10th consecutive victory in the South Bay series.
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Tough Schedule: Some facts about Stanford’s 2014 schedule:
• This season, Stanford plays every past NCAA Division I women’s socer champion except George Mason. That’s seven in all.
• Stanford’s opponents have combined for 30 of 31 non-Stanford NCAA titles.
• Of teams in the NSCAA preseason rankings, Stanford plays seven of the Top 25, five of the top 11, and two of the top four, including No. 1.
• Eleven opponents are coming off NCAA tournament appearances, and eight of those advanced past the first round.
• Sixteen opponents were .500 or better last season, including all nine nonconference foes.
• Six opponents won regular-season conference championships in 2013.
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U-20 World Cup: Three Stanford players -- sophomore goalkeeper Jane Campbell, sophomore defender Stephanie Amack, and freshman midfielder Andi Sullivan -- were on the U.S. team at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Canada. The U.S. reached the quarterfinals before losing to North Korea on penalty kicks. Amack and Sullivan started all four matches for the U.S., Amack at right outside back and Sullivan as a holding midfielder. They missed 12 days of training camp before joining the team the week of its opener and beem regular starters ever since. Senior forward Chioma Ubogagu and Amack were on the winning U.S. team in 2012.
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Two-sport star: Stanford senior Hannah Farr, who plays outside back and midfield this season, also plays lacrosse for Stanford and was named IWLCA second-team All-America in that sport in 2014. Farr was named Player of the Year in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and to the IWLCA All-West Region first team. Farr scored 31 goals and had 13 assists in 2014 for a Cardinal lacrosse team that advanced to the NCAA tournament. Farr is searching for her first collegiate soccer goal.
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Most Frequent Starting Lineup:
GK: Jane Campbell, so.; 0.00 GAA, 7 shutouts.
D: Stephanie Amack, so.; Pac-12 Defensive Player of Week.
D: Maddie Bauer, so.; 2013 NSCAA All-Pacific Region 1st team.
D: Laura Liedle, jr.; Three-year starter at outside back.
D: Kendall Romine, 5th sr.; Starter on 2011 NCAA title team.
M: Alex Doll, sr.; Team captain and three-year starter.
M: Lo’eau LaBonta, sr.; Kicked winning OT penalty vs. Florida.
M: Andi Sullivan, fr.; U.S. co-captain at U-20 World Cup.
F: Chioma Ubogagu, sr.; Captain and four-year starter.
F: Taylor Uhl, sr.; 48 career goals, No. 3 active scorer in NCAA.
F: Ryan Walker-Hartshorn, so.; Hat trick vs. Dayton.
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Senior CLASS Award Candidates: Alex Doll and Taylor Uhl are among 30 players named as candidates for the Senior CLASS Award, which honors those who excel in athletics, academics, and community service. Doll is co-president of the Cardinal Council, which represents the 800 student-athletes on campus. Doll serves as a mentor for Partners for Academic Excellence, helping student-athletes use their time wisely and take advantage of campus resources. She also was Community Service Chair of the Cardinal Council, and was the nomination committee class representative for her sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma.
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Majors: The following are declared majors for Stanford players. A note: Stanford students declare their majors as juniors, so this list includes only upperclassmen:
• Kate Bettinger: Science, technology, and society.
• Alex Doll: Economics.
• Katie Donahue: Engineering
• Hannah Farr: Science, technology, and society.
• Lo’eau LaBonta: Product design
• Laura Liedle: Human biology
• Kendall Romine: Master’s in international l relations.
• Haley Rosen: Science, technology, and society.
• Lauren Schmidt: Human biology.
• Chioma Ubogagu: Film and media studies.
• Taylor Uhl: Biomechanical engineering.
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Stanford’s Situational Records:
• When scoring first: 8-0
• When opponents score first: 0-0
• When leading at halftime: 4-0
• When tied at halftime: 4-0-1
• When trailing at halftime: 0-0
• When trailing at any time: 0-0
• At Home: 5-0-1
• At Opponent: 2-0
• At Neutral Field: 1-0
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Ahead for Stanford: Stanford returns home after playing Utah to play Washington and Washington State at home on Oct. 3 and Oct. 5. The home matches complete a stretch of eight of nine at home. After that, Stanford plays five of its final eight Pac-12 contests on the road, including at current No. 1 UCLA (Oct. 9) and No. 12 California (Nov. 6).
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Most Recent Match: Stanford got second-half goals by Lo’eau LaBonta and Megan Turner on the way to beating visiting Cal Poly, 2-0, on Sunday. The match concluded Stanford’s nonconference season undefeated (8-0-1) and unscored upon.
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Team Captains: Stanford’s team captains this season are seniors Alex Doll, Lo’eau LaBonta, and Chioma Ubogagu.