The No. 5 Stanford women’s soccer team finished the regular season with a win and a tie in Oregon this weekend before securing a No. 1 seed. It was announced on Monday that the team earned home field for the NCAA Tournament.

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Freshman forward Christen Press scored both of Stanford’s goals in a 2-0 win over Oregon State this weekend. The Cardinal, which has not lost since Oct. 19, will host the first round of tournament play this weekend.

The Cardinal (14-2-3, 5-1-2 Pacific-10 Conference) fought to a scoreless draw on Friday evening against Oregon before defeating Oregon State 2-0 in the Sunday game. Freshman forward Christen Press scored both goals for Stanford, which finished third in the Pac-10 behind top-ranked UCLA and No. 9 USC.

Press notched her fifth and sixth goals of the season on either side of halftime against the Beavers (7-10-3, 0-7-2 Pac-10). First, in the 28th minute, the freshman made it a 1-0 game by knocking in her own rebound from inside the six-yard box after OSU goalkeeper Caitlin Seeley made the first save. Then, with just under 30 minutes left in the game, Press took a pass from sophomore forward Kelley O’Hara and fired home from 20 yards to make the final margin of victory.

Press has now scored three goals in the past three games, including two on long-range shots from outside the penalty area.

The Cardinal simply could not find the net two days earlier, though. Stanford took 24 shots and put 12 of them on goal, but Oregon (8-8-4, 1-4-4 Pac-10) goalie Jessie Chatfield saved everything that came her way over 110 minutes of play. Press had five shots, and O’Hara and redshirt senior midfielder Shari Summers each took three. Chatfield faced two shots in a row in the 57th minute and had to handle a deflection off one of her own players about 20 minutes later, but she stood her ground all game long to keep the Cardinal at bay.

Stanford’s senior goalkeeper Erica Holland recorded two shutouts on the weekend to bring her season total to six in 11 games. Holland made four saves against Oregon State on Sunday but did not have to make any against Oregon on Friday, as the Ducks were completely smothered by the Stanford defense.

The results were good enough to earn a No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA tourney for the Cardinal. The other regional No. 1 seeds are top-ranked UCLA, No. 4 North Carolina, and No. 6 Penn State.

Stanford will face Sacramento State at home in the first round on Friday at 7 p.m. The winner of that match will play either No. 16 Santa Clara or No. 19 California — neither is seeded in the tournament. Sacramento State and the Cardinal have only one opponent — Saint Mary’s — in common this season. Stanford beat the Gaels 4-1, while Sacramento State lost by the score of 2-0.

Stanford played both the Broncos and the Bears at home in October. The Cardinal tied Santa Clara 0-0 despite out-shooting them 26-5 and then defeated Cal 4-2 the week after.