I think the picture justifies it. There are so many things going on, and, obviously, everyone wants to celebrate. Yet there sits Nikki Izzo-Brown, the architect of this euphoria, balled up in her signature stance, and it looks as though she’s hiding a smile. What fun that must have been.

The Kicking Nikkis did something yesterday that hadn’t happened in 64 matches and almost four years. They beat Stanford in a regular-season match. The top-ranked and defending national champion Cardinal hadn’t lost one of those since October 2008. They were sufficiently frustrated by a WVU team that defended well against some of the country’s best skill. The Mountaineers allowed one shot on goal all game. Stanford had scored at least one goal in 25 straight matches. Nice moment for the team that started the season ranked No. 18, but had not played to that level before Sunday.

This was cause for a celebration on campus Sunday evening.