NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 11/16/07 @ #1 STANFORD STANFORD, Calif. - The Sacramento State women's soccer team fell to top seeded Stanford, 7-0, on Friday, Nov. 16 at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium. With the loss, the Hornets finish the season with a record of 12-4-5, while the Cardinal improve to 15-2-4. Stanford will move on to the second round of the tournament, facing rival Cal, who defeated Santa Clara 2-0 in the day's earlier match, on Sunday afternoon. Stanford took control from the opening whistle, scoring less than a minute in, as Christen Press found the back of the net just 37 seconds into the contest to make the score 1-0. Stanford extended the lead in the 8th minute, as Kelley O'Hara found the back of the net to extend the margin to 2-0. The Hornets were then credited with an own goal in the 27th minute, putting Sacramento State down 3-0 at the half.
KATIE McCOY TOOK TWO SHOTS BUT THE HORNETS COULD NOT SLOW A POTENT STANFORD OFFENSE, LOSING 7-0.
The Cardinal continued to pour it on, scoring four goals in the second half of play, which two goals in the final 5:08 of gametime, to post the final margin of 7-0.
Stanford outshot the Hornets 31-8, with Hornet sophomore 'keeper Mandy Trojan collected a career best 12 saves, which is the fifth best single game save performance in school history. Senior Katie McCoy and sophomore Danielle Holloway led the Hornets with two shots apiece. The NCAA Tournament match, which marked the first NCAA appearance by a Hornet women's soccer team, was the final game action in the Green and Gold for seniors Katie Burton, Amanda Gray, and Katie McCoy. All three players were named first team all-Big Sky this season, with McCoy being named Offensive MVP and Conference Tournament MVP. All told, they played a combined 203 matches at Sacramento State, including 150 starts. McCoy ends her career tied with Erin Harrington (1994-97) for the most matches played in a career with 76, while becoming the second Hornet in history to average 1.0 points per game or above, tallying 76 for her career.
11/12/10 @ #1 STANFORD STANFORD, Calif. - The Sacramento State women’s soccer team hung tough with the No. 1 ranked team in the nation and it was scoreless at halftime, but the Hornets lost 3-0 to Stanford in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament on Friday night in front of 1,808 fans at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium. The Hornets finished the 2010 season with a 9-10-1 record while the Cardinal improved to 19-0-2 with the victory.
Payne would assist on the Cardinal’s next two goals, setting up Taylor McCann in the 82nd minute and Nina Watkins in the 87th minute.
The Cardinal blasted a whopping 19 shots in the first half compared to just two by the Hornets, but junior keeper Savannah Abercrombie kept Stanford off the board in the opening period with five saves. The Sacramento native grabbed six saves in the second half, but the Cardinal took another 23 shots in the second half and connected on three of them to propel the No. 1 overall seeded Cardinal into the second round against Santa Clara.
Sacramento State took three total shots in the game, with Victoria Ramirez, Jessica Castaño and Caitlin Pulver attempting to score against the Cardinal. Stanford took 15 corner kicks to just one by Sacramento State. Only 12 total fouls were whistled, with seven on Sacramento State. Megan Burg was issued the game’s only yellow card.
The Hornets held Stanford scoreless for nearly 65 minutes but in the 66th minute Sydney Payne took a crossing pass and flicked it backwards into the net.
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Stanford’s prolific scorer, senior Christen Press, who came into the game with 23 goals and seven assists on the season, did not register a point against the Hornets despite 15 shot attempts and five shots on goal.
The Hornets wrapped up the season with 34 goals on the season while limiting their opponents to just 24 and taking 139 shots compared to 109 by their opponents.
SAVANNAH ABERCROMBIE TIED A CAREER HIGH WITH 11 SAVES AGAINST STANFORD BUT THE HORNETS LOST, 3-0.
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