1994–95 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

The 1994–95 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 1994–95 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal were coached by Tara VanDerveer who was in her tenth year. The Cardinal were members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They won the Pac-10 Championship by four games and reached the Final Four for the fourth time in six seasons.

1994–95 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
Pac-10 champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 4
Record	30–3 (17–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Tara VanDerveer (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Amy Tucker Reneé Brown
Home arena	Maples Pavilion
Seasons ← 1993–94 1995–96 →

1994–95 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Stanford	17	–	1		.944			30	–	3		.909
No. 14 Washington	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
No. 21 Oregon State	12	–	6		.667			21	–	8		.724
Oregon	11	–	7		.611			18	–	10		.643
USC	10	–	8		.556			18	–	10		.643
Washington State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	11		.593
Arizona	6	–	12		.333			20	–	10		.667
California	5	–	13		.278			10	–	17		.370
UCLA	5	–	13		.278			10	–	17		.370
Arizona State	2	–	16		.111			4	–	23		.148
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1994–95 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Hometown F 0 Olympia Scott 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Los Angeles, California G 3 Kate Paye 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Woodside, California G 10 Jamila Wideman 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Amherst, Massachusetts F 13 Vanessa Nygaard 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Fr Carlsbad, California G 15 Regan Freuen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Spokane, Washington G 21 Charmin Smith 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So St. Louis, Missouri G/F 23 Bobbie Kelsey 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Decatur, Georgia F 24 Kristin Folkl 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr St. Louis, Missouri F 30 Kate Starbird 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Tacoma, Washington C 32 Chandra Benton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Fr Lake Oswego, Oregon F 33 Tara Harrington 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Klamath Falls, Oregon C 34 Naomi Mulitauaopele 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Seattle, Washington F/C 44 Heather Owen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Moscow, Idaho F 50 Rachel Hemmer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Austin, Texas C 55 Anita Kaplan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Delmar, New York	Head coach Tara VanDerveer Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 18, 1994*	No. 5	vs. No. 2 Purdue Hall of Fame Tip-Off	W 62–52	1–0	Jackson, TN
Nov 24, 1994*	No. 2	No. 6 Texas Tech	W 79–60	2–0	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, CA
Nov 30, 1994*	No. 2	at No. 1 Tennessee	L 69–105	2–1	Thompson–Boling Arena  Knoxville, TN
Dec 2, 1994*	No. 2	at NC State	W 78–63	3–1	Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
Dec 9, 1994*	No. 5	Cal State Fullerton	W 122–80	4–1	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, CA
Jan 4, 1995	No. 5	No. 14 Washington	W 68–54	10–1 (1–0)	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, CA
Jan 6, 1995	No. 5	Washington State	W 94–59	11–1 (2–0)	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, CA
Jan 11, 1995	No. 5	at Arizona State	W 83–59	12–1 (3–0)	ASU Activity Center  Tempe, AZ
Jan 13, 1995	No. 5	at Arizona	W 86–51	13–1 (4–0)	McKale Center  Tucson, AZ
Jan 19, 1995	No. 5	California	W 99–65	14–1 (5–0)	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, CA
Jan 25, 1995	No. 4	UCLA	W 88–49	15–1 (6–0)	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, CA
Jan 27, 1995	No. 4	No. 20 USC	W 109–53	16–1 (7–0)	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, CA
Feb 1, 1995	No. 3	at Oregon	W 86–51	17–1 (8–0)	Eugene, OR
Feb 3, 1995	No. 3	at Oregon State	L 73–78	17–2 (8–1)	Corvallis, OR
Mar 1, 1995	No. 5	Oregon State	W 76–66	23–2 (14–1)	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, CA
Mar 3, 1995	No. 5	Oregon	W 97–55	24–2 (15–1)	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, CA
Mar 8, 1995	No. 5	at Washington State	W 81–47	25–2 (16–1)	Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
Mar 10, 1995	No. 5	at No. 14 Washington	W 55–50	26–2 (17–1)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion  Seattle, WA
NCAA women's tournament
Mar 16, 1995*	(2 W) No. 4	(15 W) UC Irvine First round	W 88–55	27–2	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, CA
Mar 18, 1995*	(2 W) No. 4	(10 W) SMU Second round	W 95–73	28–2	Maples Pavilion  Palo Alto, CA
Mar 23, 1995*	(2 W) No. 4	vs. (3 W) No. 11 North Carolina Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 81–71	29–2	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
Mar 25, 1995*	(2 W) No. 4	vs. (4 W) No. 16 Purdue Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 69–58	30–2	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
Apr 1, 1995*	(2 W) No. 4	vs. (1 E) No. 1 UConn National Semifinal – Final Four	L 60–87	30–3	Target Center (18,038) Minneapolis, MN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=Stanford, CA regional. All times are in Pacific Time.

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Rankings

Main article: 1994–95 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
AP	5	2	2	5	6	7	7	5	5	5	4	3	6	5	5	5	5	4	Not released
Coaches	3	3	2	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.