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Nebraska will be the best team we have played so far, and again I expect no lack of intensity this game. We are better, but this could be a real street fight.

I agree with this statement but the teams had different strengths and weaknesses.  Per Massey the Offense/Defense rankings of the teams we've played so far are:

Pepperdine 20/37 (3-0 Stanford win, 8 shots allowed, 4 on goal)
South Carolina 29/11 (3-0 Stanford win, 3 shots allowed, 0 on goal)
Mississippi State 77/15 (1-0 Stanford win, 7 shots allowed 2 on goal)

And Nebraska's offense/defense rankings are 6/54.  They allowed 3 goals in their first two games and even though they held Irvine scoreless they allowed 11 shots, 8 on goal.

So yeah, Nebraska is a much better offense than the first 3 teams (that #9,, Eleanor Dale is #1 in the NCAA tournament so far in xG + xA).  But I like the fact that the defense is weaker (on paper at least).  We have the #2 defense and #12 offense.  We were going to face a good team in the Elite 8 no matter what.  Given the strength of our defense relative to our offense I'd rather face Nebraska than any other team that is still in the tournament. So I'm going to guess a 2-1 win for Stanford.

Also, I know pressing teams have caused us problems in the past, but I think we've got the right combination of players to deal with that this season.

[OCcardinal]

Nebraska will be the best team we have played so far, and again I expect no lack of intensity this game. We are better, but this could be a real street fight.

I agree with this statement but the teams had different strengths and weaknesses.  Per Massey the Offense/Defense rankings of the teams we've played so far are:

Pepperdine 20/37 (3-0 Stanford win, 8 shots allowed, 4 on goal)
South Carolina 29/11 (3-0 Stanford win, 3 shots allowed, 0 on goal)
Mississippi State 77/15 (1-0 Stanford win, 7 shots allowed 2 on goal)

And Nebraska's offense/defense rankings are 6/54.  They allowed 3 goals in their first two games and even though they held Irvine scoreless they allowed 11 shots, 8 on goal.

So yeah, Nebraska is a much better offense than the first 3 teams (that #9,, Eleanor Dale is #1 in the NCAA tournament so far in xG + xA).  But I like the fact that the defense is weaker (on paper at least).  We have the #2 defense and #12 offense.  We were going to face a good team in the Elite 8 no matter what.  Given the strength of our defense relative to our offense I'd rather face Nebraska than any other team that is still in the tournament. So I'm going to guess a 2-1 win for Stanford.

Also, I know pressing teams have caused us problems in the past, but I think we've got the right combination of players to deal with that this season.