Card splits Pac-10 openers

Stanford men rebound from UCLA loss to beat USC
By Patrick Fitzgerald
SPORTS| Stanford split its first two games of the Pac-10 season, falling 76-67 to No. 5 UCLA on Thursday before rebounding to defeat then-No. 22 USC in an ugly 52-46 slugfest on Saturday, both at Maples Pavilion.

Women upset twice

By Wyndam Makowsky
SPORTS| After dispatching then-No. 10 Baylor and then-No. 1 Tennessee in the same week in late December and getting past Washington and Washington State in its opening Pac-10 series, the No. 7 Cardinal now finds itself 2-2 in the conference after dropping two straight in Los Angeles to unranked UCLA and USC.

Volleyball finishes second

By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| The Stanford women's volleyball team put up a valiant effort against Penn State in the NCAA Championship match on Dec. 15, but the Cardinal could not close out the Nittany Lions, losing in five games to finish national runner-up for the second straight year.

Pac-10 tough from top to bottom

By Patrick Fitzgerald
SPORTS| “I knew the game was going to be tough for us,” Johnson said, always cordial and complimentary toward the opposition.

Three-point misses, turnovers hurt Card

By Scott Bland
SPORTS| A three-week winter break could not have been more up-and-down for the No.

Column: Overhaul for broken BCS

By Wyndam Makowsky
SPORTS| Who knew that the “Greatest Upset Ever” would have so many bowl implications?