STANFORD-RUTGERS MATCHUP CAPSULE

STANFORD vs. RUTGERS

The Series: These teams are meeting for the first time and did not face any common opponents during the 2008 season.


STANFORD CARDINAL  (gostanford.com; w-soccer page)

Roster     |     Results (20-1-1; includes game recaps/stats, etc.)

Key Regular-Season Games: beat Boston College 3-0, beat Auburn (3-0, @UGa), won at Georgia (2-0), tied North Carolina (1-1), beat UNC-Greensboro (2-0), won at Washington (5-1) and at Washington State (3-0), lost at UCLA (0-1), won at USC (3-1) and at California (3-0)


Weekly Press Release Package  (PDF)     |    (HTML version)

Cumulative Stats Pages  (HTML)     |      Statistical Report  (PDF)


Season Preview     |     Head Coach Bio  (Paul Ratcliff)

Media Guide  (PDF)     |     Preseason Quick Facts  (PDF)


Conference Site  (Pac-10; w-soccer page)    

Conference Release (PDF)   |   (HTML version)


Photo Galleries

Oct. 26 – vs. Arizona State

Oct. 24 – vs. Arizona

Oct. 3 – vs. Santa Clara

Sept. 14 – vs. UNC-Greensboro

Sept. 12 – vs. North Carolina

Aug. 24 – vs. Pacific

Archived Video  (click website "MULTIMEDIA" tab)


Recent gostanford.com Headlines (non-game related)

Nov. 18 – Falk/Maker Named Academic All-Americans

Nov. 13 – Pacific-10 Conference Regular-Season Awards

Nov. 13 – Top Drawer Soccer Year-End Awards


Feature Stories/Q&A's

Nov. 12 – Feature on Kristin Stannard (by Sam Svoboda; StanfordDaily.com)

Nov. 5 – Feature on Teresa Noyola (by Nate Adams; StanfordDaily.com)

Oct. 28 – Feature on Paul Ratcliffe (by Sam Svoboda; StanfordDaily.com)

Oct. 22 – Feature on Lindsay Taylor (by Nate Adams; StanfordDaily.com)

Oct. 22 – Feature on Cardinal newcomers (by Julie; goStanford.com)

Oct. 14 – Feature on Marisa Abegg/Allison Falk (by Sam Svoboda; StanfordDaily.com)

Sept. 3 – Q&A with Teresa Noyola (goStanford.com)


Postseason Game Recaps/Stats

Nov. 16 –Stanford 5, Kansas 0 (NCAA 2nd Round)    Recap   |   HTML stats   |   Quotes

Nov. 14 – Stanford 2, UC Santa Barbara 0 (NCAA 1st Round)    Recap   |   HTML stats   |   Quotes


NCAA Tournament History (17-15-4/.528; 18 total trips to the NCAAs)
College Cup/Semifinal Trips (1) – 1993
Quarterfinals/Final-8 Appearances (4) – 1991-93, 2002
Field-of-12/1st-Round Loss (1) – 1990 (5 times among final-12; also 1991-93, 2002)
Round-of-16 Appearances (7) – 1994, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006-2008 (11 times among final-16/12; also 1990-93)
Field-of-24/1st-Round Loss (1) – 1995 (12 times among final-24/16/12; also 1990-93, '99, '01, '02, '06-'08)
Round-of-32 Appearances (9) – 1996, 1999-2002, 2004, 2006-08 (15 times among final-32/24/16/12; also 1990-95)
Field-of-48/1st-Round Loss (1) – 1998 (16 times among final-48/32/24/16/12; also 1990-96, '99-'02, '04, '06-'08)
Field-of-64/1st-Round Loss (1) – 2003, 2005
1990 – UC Santa Barbara
1991 – Santa Clara (2-1/2 OT), Colorado College (0-1/3 OT)
1992 – Portland (5-2), Santa Clara (0-2)
1993 – California (2-0), Portland (1-0), George Mason (1-1/elim. in PKs)
1994 – bye, Washington (0-0/elim. in PKs)
1995 – Santa Clara (2-3/4 OT)
1996 – Santa Clara (2-3)
1998 – BYU (1-6)
1999 – (bye), Cal Poly (3-1), Notre Dame (0-1)
2000 – San Jose State (4-1), BYU (0-5)
2001 – Denver (2-0), St. Mary's (3-1), Texas A&M (0-1)
2002 – Cal Poly (4-0), California (1-0/OT), Notre Dame (1-0), Portland (0-0/2-4 PKs)
2003 – Santa Clara (0-1)
2004 – Cal Poly (2-0), Santa Clara (0-1/2 OT)
2005 – St. Louis (0-2)
2006 – Nevada (1-0), USC (2-0), Clemson (0-0/2-4 PKs)
2007 – Sacramento State (7-0), California (1-1/7-6 PKs), Connecticut (0-2)
2008 – UC Santa Barbara (2-0), Kansas (5-0)
note: tournament was a 12-team field from 1990-92, then 16 teams in 1993, 24 in 1994-95, 32 from 1996-97, 48 from 1998-2000, and 64 since 2001.

RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS  (scarletknights.com; w-soccer page)

Roster     |     Results (13-6-2; includes links to game recaps/stats, etc.)

Key Regular-Season Games: lost to Penn State (0-1), lost to Portland (0-1), beat West Virginia (1-0), lost at Notre Dame (1-3)


Cumulative Stats Page  (HTML)     |     Game-By-Game Stats Page  (HTML)


Media Guide (PDF)     |     Head Coach Bio  (Glenn Crooks)


Conference Site (BIG EAST; w-soccer page)     |     Conference Release (PDF; includes stat leaders)


Photo Galleries

Links to other RU photo galleries (for games vs. Portland/Sept. 26, Villanova/Sept. 22, Penn State/Sept. 5, George Washington/Aug. 23)

Archived Video  (click on website "Multimedia" tab)


Recent scarletknights.com Headlines (non-game related)

Nov. 7 – BIG EAST Regular-Season Awards

Nov. 6 – Montero Named Academic All-District

Nov. 6 – Three RU Players Named To Canadian U-20 Team


Feature Stories/Q&A's/Blogs
Sept. 4 – Kristie Lang Q&A (scarletknights.com)


Postseason Game Recaps/Stats

Nov. 16 – RU 0, Oklahoma State 0/4-2 PKs (NCAA 2nd Round)    Recap   |   Final stats

Nov. 14 – RU 2, Penn state 1, OT (NCAA 1st Round)    Recap   |   Final Stats

Nov. 2 – at Marquette 1, RU 0 (BIG EAST Quarterfinal)    Recap   |   Final Stats

NCAA Tournament History (4-3-3; 5 trips to the NCAAs)
First-Round Loss (1) – 1987 (12-team field)
Round-of-16 Appearances (2) – 2001, 2008
Round-of-32 Appearances (4) – 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008
1987 – at Connecticut (0-1)
2001 – vs. Boston University (4-1, @Princeton), at Princeton (1-0), at North Carolina (1-2)
2003 – vs. Maryland (1-1/adv. on PKs; @PSU), at Penn State (1-3)
2006 – Hartford (2-0), Boston College (0-0/2-4 PKs)
2008 – Penn State (2-1/OT), Oklahoma State (0-0/4-2 PKs)




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