1989–90 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 1989–90 Stanford Cardinal Stanford plain block "S" logo.svg 100px Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 1 2 32–1 17–1 Tara VanDerveer (5th season) Amy Tucker Reneé Brown NCAA tournament national champions Pac–10 regular season champions Communiplex Classic Champions Cardinal Classic The 1989–90 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 1989–90 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal were coached by Tara VanDerveer who was in her fifth year with the team. The Cardinal were members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They won their first NCAA Championship.https://archives.stanforddaily.com/1990/03/14?page=1&section=MODSMD_ARTICLE1#article The Stanford Daily Archives archives.stanforddaily.com Roster Number Name Height Position Class 10 Jennifer Azzi 5'9" Guard Senior 11 Celeste Lavoie 6'1" Forward Junior 14 Stacy Parson 5'7" Guard Senior 15 Molly Goodenbour 5'6" Guard Freshman 23 Katy Steding 6'0" Forward Senior 24 Tammy Svoboda 6'3" Center/Forward Junior 30 Trisha Stevens 6'3" Center/Forward Junior 31 Chris MacMurdo 6'0" Forward Freshman 34 Sonja Henning 5'8" Guard Junior 41 Martha Richards 5'11" Guard/Forward Sophomore 44 Julie Zeilstra 6'3" Center/Forward Sophomore 52 Val Whiting 6'3" Center Freshmanhttps://gostanford.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/1989-90 1989-90 Women's Basketball Roster Stanford University Athletics Schedule https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-basketball Women's Basketball Stanford University Athletics yes 1989-90 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 1990 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;"| Regular season November 24, 1989 yes yes 3 Michigan State Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH Communiplex Classic 250 73–63 1–0 November 25, 1989 yes yes 3 Ohio Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH Communiplex Classic 750 73–63 2–0 December 10, 1989 yes 3 San Diego State Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 929 109–45 3–0 December 15, 1989 yes 3 Tennessee 2 Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA Rivalry 5,425 85–71 4–0 December 19, 1989 yes yes 2 Holy Cross Hart Center Worcester, MA 390 88–65 5–0 December 21, 1989 yes yes 2 Boston College Conte Forum Boston, MA 919 81–74 6–0 December 29, 1989 yes 2 Eastern Michigan Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA Cardinal Classic 2,405 105–58 7–0 December 30, 1989 yes 2 Providence 23 Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA Cardinal Classic 3,268 89–64 8–0 January 2, 1990 yes 2 San Francisco Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 1,533 90–46 9–0 January 5, 1990 yes 2 Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 1,213 84–62 10–0 1–0 January 7, 1990 yes 2 Oregon McArthur Court Eugene, OR 1,989 76–57 11–0 2–0 January 11, 1990 2 Washington 7 Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 3,512 102–62 12–0 3–0 January 13, 1990 2 Washington State Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 2,888 92–70 13–0 4–0 January 18, 1990 yes 2 UCLA Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 500 98–80 14–0 5–0 January 20, 1990 yes 2 USC Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA 1,000 98–64 15–0 6–0 January 23, 1990 yes 2 Long Beach State 6 Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 2,418 105–91 16–0 January 25, 1990 2 Arizona Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 1,902 92–69 17–0 7–0 January 27, 1990 2 Arizona State Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 2,726 90–63 18–0 8–0 February 2, 1990 2 California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 2,511 87–60 19–0 9–0 February 8, 1990 yes 2 Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA 1,215 90–64 20–0 10–0 February 10, 1990 yes 2 Washington 7 Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA 7,704 78–81 20–1 10–1 February 15, 1990 3 USC Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 2,410 86–60 21–1 11–1 February 17, 1990 3 UCLA Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 4,252 91–65 22–1 12–1 February 22, 1990 yes 3 Arizona State ASU Activity Center Tempe, AZ 358 106–64 23–1 13–1 February 24, 1990 yes 3 Arizona McKale Center Tucson, AZ 642 113–70 24–1 14–1 March 2, 1990 2 California Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 4,038 112–84 25–1 15–1 March 8, 1990 2 Oregon Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 2,506 75–45 26–1 16–1 March 10, 1990 2 Oregon State Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 3,716 94–48 27–1 17–1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515;"| NCAA women's tournament March 18, 1990 yes yes 2 1 W Hawaii 16 9 W Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA Second Round 4,815 106–76 28–1 March 22, 1990 yes yes 2 1 W Ole Miss 24 5 W Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA Sweet Sixteen 7,500 78–65 29–1 March 24, 1990 yes yes 2 1 W Arkansas 22 7 W Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA Elite Eight 7,500 114–87 30–1 March 30, 1990 yes yes 2 1 W Virginia 12 2 E Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN Final Four 19,467 75–66 31–1 April 1, 1990 yes yes 2 1 W Auburn 9 2 ME Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, TN Championship Game 20,023 88–81 32–1 AP Poll Pacific Time W Stanford, CA regional https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/WBB1/Women's%20Basketball_Women's_Division%20I_1990_674_Stanford%20University.pdf 1989-1990 Stanford Cardinal Women's Basketball Stats NCAA Career Statistics Rankings 1989–90 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Final AP 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 Coaches 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes References Category:Stanford Cardinal women's basketball seasons Category:NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament championship seasons Category:NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Stanford Stanford Cardinal women's basketball Stanford Cardinal women's basketball