I think it's a solid non-conference schedule. Shouldn't be surprising that it's not quite as challenging last years.
Tara made reference to that at one point in the past and said we likely over-scheduled in last years non-conference. I think this is a happy medium. Although, I would have liked to see at least 1 true road game against a top 25 team, which we don't have. We'll get that in conference, however.
Would also note; based on our current roster (and the fact that we have a lot of California and Colorado kids on our roster), we aren't needing at this time to schedule road games in random places to ensure each student athlete has a chance to play a "home" game during their Stanford career in front of their family and friends. We will in the near future have MN and Arkansas kids on our roster.
Tara made reference to that at one point in the past and said we likely over-scheduled in last years non-conference. I think this is a happy medium. Although, I would have liked to see at least 1 true road game against a top 25 team, which we don't have. We'll get that in conference, however.
Would also note; based on our current roster (and the fact that we have a lot of California and Colorado kids on our roster), we aren't needing at this time to schedule road games in random places to ensure each student athlete has a chance to play a "home" game during their Stanford career in front of their family and friends. We will in the near future have MN and Arkansas kids on our roster.
