Update: Stanford destroys Harvard, 111-56

By Patrick Fitzgerald
SPORTS| The No. 23 Cardinal routed Harvard 111-56 Friday night in its first of three contests in this weekend’s Travelers Basketball Classic. Stanford’s point total was its highest since 1990, and the 55-point margin of victory was the third-highest in school history.

Cougar Hunting

By Christopher P. Anderson
SPORTS| From this point on, every game is an elimination game for Stanford.

Volleyball gets the job done

By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| To beat No. 4 Washington in Seattle, the No. 5 Stanford women’s volleyball team needed to give everything it had and then some. But after two and a half hours of play, that’s just what happened.

Card faces Crimson in opener

By Daniel Novinson
SPORTS| Harvard, Northwestern State and UC-Santa Barbara. Not exactly a murderer’s row, but after months of buildup leading to tonight’s opener, the Cardinal are happy to open up against anyone.

Linebacker continues family tradition

By Denis Griffin
SPORTS| For a lot of Cardinal football players, the game is in their blood. The roster is chock-full of players like sophomore quarterback Tavita Pritchard, whose uncle set NCAA passing records, or sophomore right tackle Chris Marinelli, whose father, uncle and cousin have all played in the trenches of NCAA football.

Tip-off for hoops

By Scott Bland
SPORTS| The No. 7 Stanford women’s basketball team begins the new season in earnest this weekend, flying east to battle Yale tomorrow before meeting No. 3 Rutgers in one of the year’s marquee matchups in women’s college basketball.

Men’s soccer in search of playoff berth

By Haley Murphy
SPORTS| This is a make-or-break weekend for Stanford men’s soccer. The team travels to the Northwest in its final regular season road trip to compete against Oregon State and Washington to compete in games that will decide its postseason fate.

Cardinal battles Tar Heels

By Jack Salisbury
SPORTS| Freshman Xanthe Travlos summed up the mindset of the Stanford field hockey team going into tomorrow’s NCAA Tournament against undefeated No. 1 North Carolina: “We have absolutely nothing to lose.”

Card looks to finish regular season strong

By Scott Bland
SPORTS| The No. 5 Stanford women’s soccer team wraps up its regular season and Pacific-10 Conference schedule with one last road trip this weekend, traveling north to take on Oregon this evening and Oregon State on Sunday.

Weekend warriors

By Danny Belch
SPORTS| It’s a truly amazing time of the year in the sports world. The NFL season is halfway through, basketball is just getting started and fall college sports are winding down to their championship seasons.