UPDATE: No. 2 Stanford upset by Bruins

By Associated Press
SPORTS| Darxia Morris scored 20 points, Lindsay Pluimer added 12 and the Bruins upset the second-ranked Cardinal 69-56 Friday night for the first victory over a top two team in school history.

UPDATE: UCLA downs Card, 76-67

By Patrick Fitzgerald
SPORTS| A handful of critical mistakes down the stretch cost Stanford the game, a 76-67 final in front of a sellout crowd at Maples Pavilion.

UPDATE: Women shock No. 1 Tennessee

By Associated Press
SPORTS| Finally, it was Candice Wiggins' and Stanford's turn in the long rivalry with Tennessee.

UPDATE: VanDerveer gets 700th win in Stanford romp

By Associated Press
SPORTS| Wiggins had 14 points, five rebounds and three assists in limited time to help VanDerveer become the seventh Division I coach to reach the 700 mark and Stanford beat Washington State 105-47 in the Pac-10 opener for both teams Friday night.

UPDATE: Volleyball goes down in title game

By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| Two days after sneaking past USC in a five-game thriller to reach the national championship match, the Stanford women's volleyball team could not handle Penn State Saturday night, falling to the Nittany Lions in five games 30-25, 30-26, 23-30, 19-30, 15-8.

UPDATE: Card thumps Broncos

By Associated Press
SPORTS| Brook Lopez returned from being academically ineligible and had 20 points and six rebounds in his first game back, and the Cardinal avenged a home loss last season to Santa Clara with a 74-48 victory Wednesday night for their fifth straight win.

UPDATE: Wiggins leads Card past Lobos

By Associated Press
SPORTS| Candice Wiggins scored 18 of her 21 points in the first half, Jayne Appel added 18 points and Kayla Pederson had 13 as Stanford (No. 4 ESPN/USA Today, No. 5 AP) beat New Mexico 73-54 on Tuesday night.

UPDATE: Hoops trounces College of Idaho

By The Daily Sports Staff
SPORTS| Landry Fields led all scorers with 23 points, and three other Cardinal players scored in double figures as Stanford rolled to an easy 81-53 win over the College of Idaho in an exhibition match Sunday.

UPDATE: Women rout No. 10 Baylor

By Associated Press
SPORTS| Candice Wiggins scored 21 of her 35 points in the first half, had four steals and four rebounds, three assists and two blocks, and No. 4 Stanford dealt 10th-ranked Baylor its first defeat of the season with a physical 87-63 victory Sunday.

UPDATE: Volleyball into title game

By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| In front of 13,048 fans in Sacramento, the top-seeded Cardinal (32-2) came back from a first-game loss to gut out a thrilling 23-30, 30-20, 30-25, 20-30, 16-14 victory over the Trojans (29-5) to clinch a berth in Saturday's NCAA championship match against the Penn State Nittany Lions.

UPDATE: Volleyball headed to Final Four

By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| The top-ranked Stanford women’s volleyball team pulled out a hard-fought win over No. 8 UCLA Saturday night to advance to the NCAA Final Four in Sacramento.

The Axe is back

By Denis Griffin
SPORTS| Senior cornerback Nick Sanchez picked off Cal quarterback Nate Longshore’s pass at Stanford’s eight-yard line to help seal the Cardinal’s first Big Game victory in six years on Saturday night. With the 20-13 win, Stanford reclaimed the Axe for the first time since 2001.

Card bests Buffs 67-43

By Daniel Novinson
SPORTS| Junior forward Lawrence Hill recorded his second career double-double (15 points, 10 rebounds), and first since November 2006, while junior guard Anthony Goods added 15 points on five-of-six three-point shooting to help defeat Colorado last Sunday in Boulder.

Stanford slams Aggies 62-41

By Haley Murphy
SPORTS| The No. 5 Stanford women's basketball team (7-1) ran away with a 62-41 victory over the UC-Davis Aggies (5-1), winning its fourth straight game since a 66-54 loss to No. 2 Connecticut on Nov. 22.

Break is no holiday for hoops

By Patrick Fitzgerald
SPORTS| While most Stanford students can look forward to a nice break following their finals week, the men’s basketball team isn’t so lucky.

Stanford goes out on top

By Denis Griffin
SPORTS| After a jubilant postgame scene subsided following Stanford’s 20-13 Big Game victory over Cal — the program’s first such win since 2001 — the last players to leave the locker room were senior receivers Mark Bradford and Evan Moore and sophomore quarterback Tavita Pritchard.

Big Game win a true team effort

By Christopher P. Anderson
SPORTS| The best group of players didn’t win, but the best team — on Saturday, at least — definitely did.

Women's basketball by the numbers

By Scott Bland
SPORTS| The No. 6 Stanford women’s basketball team sports a 7-1 record heading into the end of its non-conference schedule. Here are some other numbers about the Cardinal to keep in mind when evaluating the first stage of its season.

Stanford's sights set on Sacramento

By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| In December 2004, Franci Girard and Bryn Kehoe were celebrating a national championship win over Minnesota.

Volleyball sweep to Sweet Sixteen

By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| On a night when six seeded teams were upset, the top-ranked Stanford women’s volleyball team did not falter after following a first-round win over Santa Clara with a victory over Sacramento State on Saturday night.

Stanford places second in Texas Invitational

By Katherine Bell
SPORTS| While the Stanford football team was taking back the Axe on Saturday evening, the No. 3 Stanford women’s swimming and diving squad was dominating the pool in the final day of the Texas Invitational in Austin, Texas.

Cardinal men finish fifth at University of Texas

By Kenan Jiang
SPORTS| The Stanford men’s swim and dive team took fifth place at the Texas Invitational last week in a competition held on the University of Texas campus in Austin.

Seniors lead in Vegas wrestling Invitational

By Denis Griffin
SPORTS| Stanford wrestling went on the road to Nevada last weekend to take part in the 26th annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Wrestling Invitational for a key tune-up as the early season competition winds down.