Stanford Cardinal women's lacrosse

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.

Stanford Cardinal women's lacrosse
Founded	1995
University	Stanford University
Head coach	Danielle Spencer (1st season)
Stadium	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (capacity: 2952)
Location	Palo Alto, California
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Nickname	Cardinal
Colors	Cardinal and white^[1]
NCAA Tournament appearances
2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
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

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]

Record	Amount	Player	Years
Goals	229	Ali Baiocco	2018-22
Assists	122	Kelsey Murray	2014-18
Points	318	Ali Baiocco	2018-22
Ground balls	173	Laura Shane	2005-08
Draw controls	372	Genesis Lucero	2016-21
Caused turnovers	104	Katie Grube	2001-04

Individual single-season records

Reference:^[4]

Record	Amount	Player	Year
Goals	62	Ali Baiocco	2022
Assists	88	Ashley Humphery	2022
Points	124	Ashley Humphrey	2022
Ground balls	69	Hedy Born	1998
Draw controls	121	Genesis Lucero	2021
Caused turnovers	36	Katie Grube	2003

Seasons

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
NCAA Division I (Western Women's Lacrosse League) (1995–2001)
1995	Kay Cowperthwait	20–5	9-0	1st
1996	Kay Cowperthwait	10–12	4–7
1997	Kay Cowperthwait	12-11	7-2	1st
1998	Heidi Connor Igoe	11-5	8-0	1st
1999	Heidi Connor Igoe	14-4	7-1	1st
2000	Heidi Connor Igoe	7-10	3-3	1st
2001	Michele Uhlfelder	13-5	6-0	1st
NCAA Division I (Mountain Pacific Lacrosse League) (2002–2003)
2002	Michele Uhlfelder	11-7	8-0	1st
2003	Michele Uhlfelder	14-4	4-0	1st
NCAA Division I (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) (2004–2017)
2004	Michele Uhlfelder	9-9	4-0	1st
2005	Michele Uhlfelder	13-5	5-0	1st
2006	Michele Uhlfelder	12-6	4-1	T-1st	NCAA First Round
2007	Michele Uhlfelder	9-8	3-2	3rd
2008	Michele Uhlfelder Jennifer Norton/Adam Norton	12-8	3-2	3rd
2009	Amy Bokker	14-4	6-0	1st
2010	Amy Bokker	15-6	5-1	2nd	NCAA First Round
2011	Amy Bokker	16-3	6-0	1st	NCAA First Round
2012	Amy Bokker	8-10	5-2	3rd
2013	Amy Bokker	14-6	6-2	T-2nd	NCAA Second Round
2014	Amy Bokker	14-5	7-2	2nd	NCAA First Round
2015	Amy Bokker	15-3	9-0	1st	NCAA First Round
2016	Amy Bokker	15-5	8-1	2nd	NCAA First Round
2017	Amy Bokker	12-6	6-2	3rd
2018	Amy Bokker	15-5	8-2	2nd	NCAA First Round
2019	Amy Bokker	13-6	7-3	3rd	NCAA First Round
2020	Danielle Spencer	3-4	1-1	–
2021	Danielle Spencer	11-1	7-0	1st	NCAA First Round
2022	Danielle Spencer	12-7	8-2	1st	NCAA First Round
Total:		311–149 (.676)
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]

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Score
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
2018	--	First Round	Virginia	L, 3-12
2019	--	First Round	Notre Dame	L, 9-15
2021	--	First Round	Denver	L, 13-15
2022	--	First Round	Jacksonville	L, 8-20

References

1. "Stanford Identity Toolkit: Color". Retrieved May 7, 2017.
2. "Amy Bokker". Go Stanford. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
3. "Women's Lacrosse Career Records". Go Stanford. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
4. "Women's Lacrosse Single Season Records". Go Stanford. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
5. "Division I Women's Lacrosse Championships Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 18, 2018.