Stanford Cardinal women's lacrosse

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Stanford Cardinal women's lacrosse
Stanford Cardinal logo.svg
Founded1995
University Stanford University
Head coachDanielle Spencer (1st season)
Stadium Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (capacity: 2952)
Location Palo Alto, California
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Nickname Cardinal
ColorsCardinal and white [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Conference Tournament championships
1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018
Conference regular season championships
1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015

The Stanford Cardinal women's lacrosse team is an NCAA Division I college lacrosse team representing Stanford University as part of the Pac-12 Conference. They play their home games at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium in Stanford, California.

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Head coach

The Cardinal are led by head coach Amy Bokker. A graduate of College of William & Mary, Bokker was the head coach at American for one season before taking over at George Mason in 1998. In eleven seasons with the Patriots, Bokker compiled a record of 86-94, leading the team to a 12-5 record and a no. 16 national ranking in her final year in 2008, although the team never made the NCAA Tournament. Bokker came to Palo Alto in 2009, and in nine seasons, she has led the Cardinal to five conference tournament titles, two regular-season championships, and six NCAA Tournament bids. She has also coached seven All-Americans and has served as an assistant coach on the U.S. women's national team. [2]

Individual career records

Reference: [3]

RecordAmountPlayerYears
Goals145Sarah Flynn2008-11
Assists88Claire Hubbard2007-10
Points225Kelsey Murray2014-17
Ground balls173Laura Shane2005-08
Draw controls161Kelsey Twist2002-05
Caused turnovers104Katie Grube2001-04

Individual single-season records

Reference: [4]

RecordAmountPlayerYear
Goals57Kelsey Murray2017
Assists41Claire Hubbard2010
Points87Kelsey Murray2017
Ground balls69Hedy Born1998
Draw controls64Lucy Dikeou2015
Caused turnovers36Katie Grube2003

Seasons

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
NCAA Division I (Western Women's Lacrosse League)(1995–2001)
1995Kay Cowperthwait  ?9-01st
1996 ? ? ?
19979-77-2 ?
1998Heidi Connor Igoe 11-58-01st
199914-47-11st
20007-103-31st
2001Michele Uhlfelder 13-56-01st
NCAA Division I (Mountain Pacific Lacrosse League)(2002–2003)
200211-78-01st
200314-44-01st
NCAA Division I (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation)(2004–2017)
20049-94-01st
200513-55-01st
200612-64-1T-1st NCAA First Round
20079-83-23rd
2008Jennifer Norton
Adam Norton
12-83-23rd
2009Amy Bokker 14-46-01st
201015-65-12nd NCAA First Round
201116-36-01st NCAA First Round
20128-105-23rd
201314-66-2T-2nd NCAA Second Round
201414-57-22nd NCAA First Round
201515-39-01st NCAA First Round
201615-58-12nd NCAA First Round
201712-66-23rd
Total:257-124 (.675)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Postseason Results

The Cardinal have appeared in 7 NCAA tournaments. Their postseason record is 2-7. [5]

YearSeedRoundOpponentScore
2006 --First Round#4 Northwestern L, 9-17
2010 --First Round#5 James Madison L, 8-9
2011 --First Round#4 Florida L, 11-13
2013 --First Round
Second Round
Notre Dame
#2 Northwestern
W, 8-7
L, 8-15
2014 --First Round Duke L, 8-13
2015 --First Round Florida L, 10-15
2016 --First Round
Second Round
James Madison
#5 Southern Cal
W, 9-8
L, 8-14

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