(AP) — The half of the women’s Final Four is set with two familiar faces, Stanford and South Carolina, advancing to the national semifinals. They could be joined by the other two No. 1 seeds, Louisville and NC State, or the stalwart from the national semifinals. UConn and newcomer Michigan. The Cardinals take on the Wolverines and the Wolfpack play the Huskies on Monday night. READ MORE: Gopher Men headed to the Frozen Four after a 3-0 win over Western Michigan With all the upsets that happened during the women’s tournament of this year, a record number of double digits won: so far, the two best teams in the field reached the Final Four. Stanford is two wins away from repeating as champion and is playing in the Final Four for the 15th time in program history. “It’s crazy to say this, but you’re always happy to go to the Final Four, but sometimes you’re really happy. And I’m very happy,” said trainer Tara VanDerveer. This year’s journey was easier for Cardinal, who spent months away from home last year living in hotels due to the pandemic. Stanford awaits the winner of NC State and UConn on Friday night’s semifinal in Minneapolis. The main game is on Sunday night.READ MORE: ‘Our teams are artists’: Take a first look at the Women’s Final Four court in Minneapolis“We’re excited to have fans, because last year there were more fans from the we had all year, but it still wasn’t the same atmosphere as it is now,” VanDerveer said. “We’ve had this on our radar all year. We’ve never really talked about going to the Final Four. We’ve talked about it, but now we’re going for real. Does not get old”. Dawn Staley has the Gamecocks in the Final Four for the fourth time in seven seasons. They narrowly missed reaching the finals last season when Aliyah Boston’s last-minute shot bounced off the rim and were dropped by Stanford. , 66-65. Boston and her teammates have been driven to get another chance, but she hasn’t stopped at replaying those painful final seconds in her head. “I think part of growing up and maturing is being able to move on.” Boston said. “So that happened last season, but that’s not something I can keep thinking about or else there wouldn’t be any progress. So I left that from last season and we moved on.” not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)