Volleyball sweeps Santa Cruz

No. 6 men trounce Banana Slugs, improve to 4-1 on season
By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| It turned into a battle at the end, but the No. 6 Stanford men’s volleyball team pulled out a sweep over UC-Santa Cruz last night to push its record to 4-1 on the season. Every healthy player saw the floor, and 11 hitters had at least two kills in the 30-18, 30-23, 34-32 win.

Card going for title

By Anthony Nguyen
SPORTS| Ten players. Four months. One national title to reclaim. With the individual season under its belt, the No. 2 Stanford women’s tennis team will soon begin dual match play, “the most exciting time of year for us,” according to junior Megan Doheny.

Stanford ready to start doubles play

By Danny Belch
SPORTS| In a collegiate tennis match, there are a total of seven points up for grabs.The doubles matches are played before the singles matches, and sometimes the point is the crucial and deciding point of the match. Many matches have been won and lost 4-3, and teams have often looked back to the doubles point as the point that made or broke them.

Is Rivers worse than the Pats?

By Denis Griffin
SPORTS| Last week’s column was, honestly, a bit of a cheap shot. Not that it’s unfair to pick on the Patriots — they have all the earmarks of the “easy to hate” franchise. The thoroughly despisable head coach, a cheating scandal, a star safety who was busted for his use of performance-enhancing drugs and a quarterback who seems to be just a bit too much of a media darling.