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Rugby wins championship
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The Stanford women’s rugby team overcame a pair of tough opponents and slow starts to claim its fourth national championship, and third in four years.
Volleyball season comes to end in quarterfinals
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The No. 6 Stanford men’s volleyball team saw its season end on Saturday night in a three-game loss to No. 4 Cal State Northridge in the MPSF quarterfinals.
Playoff Spike
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When the Cardinal takes the floor at No. 4 Cal State-Northridge on Saturday, it will be the No. 6 Stanford men’s volleyball team’s first appearance in the MPSF quarterfinals in five years.
Stanford wins home farewell
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Playing at home for the last time, the seniors on the No. 11 Stanford men’s volleyball team led the Cardinal to a pair of wins this weekend and helped secure the sixth seed in next week’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Tournament.
Bruins, Anteaters descend on Farm
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The No. 11 Stanford men’s volleyball team will pay tribute to its seniors this weekend as the Cardinal wraps up conference play at home.
Stanford Volleyball Drops First Two Matches After Break
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After a three-week hiatus, the No. 8 Stanford men’s volleyball team was well-rested, but came out flat last weekend, losing a pair of three-game matches to No. 5 Pepperdine and No. 11 Southern California on the road.
No. 20 lacrosse upsets No. 6 Penn, 10-8
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The Stanford women’s lacrosse team is on a roll and shows no signs of slowing down.
Stanford loses to 49ers, then beats Tritons
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Stanford (14-7, 9-7 MPSF) enters a two-week break with five wins in its last six outings.
Stanford set to take on southern foes
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Riding a four-game winning streak, the No. 7 Stanford men’s volleyball team heads south this weekend for its last action before a break for final exams. Awaiting the Cardinal tonight is one of its toughest Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) opponents, No. 4 Long Beach State, with UC-San Diego on deck tomorrow.
Lacrosse upsets No. 10 Notre Dame
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In a nationally televised match-up, the Stanford women’s lacrosse team handed No. 10 Notre Dame its first loss of the season with a 13-9 win yesterday at Laird Q. Cagan Field.
Warriors walloped by No. 9 Cardinal, 3-0
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For the second week in a row, the No. 9 Stanford men’s volleyball team followed a close five-game match with a dominating sweep.
Familiar faces to visit Farm
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When the No. 9 Stanford men’s volleyball team takes the court tonight, it will be a reunion of sorts for several of the Cardinal players. Four of them will be facing off with their hometown team, the Honolulu-based Hawaii Warriors.
Cardinal holds off Pacific
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After jumping out to a two-game lead, the No. 9 Stanford men’s volleyball team almost saw it slip away before a run of points in the fifth game preserved the 3-2 win at Pacific on Friday.
Stanford looks to tame Tigers
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The last time that the No. 10 Stanford men’s volleyball team faced the University of the Pacific, the then-winless Tigers got their first win of the season. When the Cardinal travels to Stockton tonight, the team will be trying to deny Pacific its second.
Late rally lifts No. 7 Stanford
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Late in the third game on Saturday night, it looked like the No. 7 Stanford men’s volleyball team was facing another disappointing loss against the Ball State Cardinals. But a sudden turnaround in that game and a fourth-game comeback propelled Stanford into a tie-breaking fifth, where the Cardinal pulled out an exhilarating 28-30, 25-30, 30-22, 31-29, 15-11 win.
Card falls to Tigers
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Unfortunately for the Cardinal, Pacific put together its best match of the season, coming away with a sweep in Burnham Pavilion last night.
Men set to spike Tigers
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When the No. 7 Stanford men’s volleyball team takes the floor tonight in Burnham Pavilion, it will be going for just its second win over Pacific in its six previous attempts.
Revenge v. Northridge will have to wait
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It was not quite the rematch that Stanford had in mind at No. 7 Northridge last night.
Card meets Matadors
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A month into the season, the No.
Volleyball to face USC, Pepperdine
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Stanford’s weekend starts tonight with No. 11 USC (3-3, 2-1 MPSF) and then continues with No. 2 Pepperdine (2-0, 2-0) on Saturday.
Volleyball sweeps Santa Cruz
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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.
Volleyball home play starts
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Coming into its first home match of the season, the No. 6 Stanford men’s volleyball team is off to its best start in six years.
Card reaches championship at UCSB
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It’s only one week into the season and the No. 5 Stanford men’s volleyball team is already one victory away from matching its win total from a year ago.
Men set to face UCLA
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With Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) play set to begin this weekend, the No. 5 Stanford men’s volleyball team finds itself in an unfamiliar position — undefeated.
Volleyball finishes second
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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.
UPDATE: Volleyball goes down in title game
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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: Volleyball into title game
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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
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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.
Volleyball sweep to Sweet Sixteen
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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's sights set on Sacramento
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In December 2004, Franci Girard and Bryn Kehoe were celebrating a national championship win over Minnesota.
Cardinal begins NCAAs
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The top-ranked Stanford women’s volleyball team will begin its pursuit of the program’s record seventh NCAA title tonight.
Sports Briefs
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Junior middle blocker Foluke Akinradewo claimed Pac-10 Player of the Year honors for a season in which she hit nearly .500.
Tourney time for Cardinal
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After 29 matches and 27 wins, the Stanford women’s volleyball team is ready to make a run for the national title it has been working toward all season.
Girard hopes to finish on top
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Girard is looking to keep her eyes on the prize — bringing home her second NCAA title for Stanford in the upcoming month.
Stanford back on top in Pac-10
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After winning an exciting battle against No. 4 Washington on Thursday night, the Cardinal had an easier time with Washington State the next night.
Volleyball gets the job done
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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.
Pac-10 title on the line
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The Cardinal head north this weekend with a chance at revenge for a five-game loss at home earlier this season and can make up the one-game gap in conference standings.
Cardinal dominates Beavers, 3-0
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The No. 5 Stanford women’s volleyball team finally broke its streak of second-game breakdowns on Friday night, overpowering Oregon State from start to finish to earn the sweep.
No. 19 Ducks demolished
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After two close games last night, the No. 5 Cardinal blew the No. 19 Oregon Ducks away, allowing them only 19 and 17 points in the third and fourth games.
Card aims at Ducks
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For only the second time in 2007, the No. 5 Stanford women’s volleyball team will try to bounce back from a loss this week.
Card splits in L.A.
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The No. 3 Stanford women’s volleyball team overpowered No. 7 UCLA for its 20th win of the season this weekend, before coming up short against No. 6 Southern California.
Heat gets turned up on Card
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No. 3 Stanford women’s volleyball will feel the heat in Southern California this weekend, playing a pair of matches in Los Angeles, just 100 miles north of the fires raging in San Diego.
Women's hoops, men's gymnastics top preseason polls
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With senior point guard Candice Wiggins back for one more year, the Stanford women’s basketball team has been picked by a poll of coaches to win the Pacific-10 Conference, announced yesterday.
Women rebound with successful sweep in Arizona
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The No. 3 Stanford women’s volleyball team bounced back from a lackluster performance to sweep Arizona State in dominating fashion on Friday. The Cardinal had its best offensive match of the season and held the Sun Devils to only 14 points in the final game of the match.
Cardinal Crush ‘Cats
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The No. 3 Stanford women’s volleyball team had a few scares last night but nonetheless finished the night with a 3-0 sweep of Arizona.
Card preps for desert swing
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After seeing its unbeaten streak end last Friday, the No. 3 Stanford women’s volleyball team will be on the road this week, looking to keep its number of losses at one.
Card can't outlast Washington
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In a battle of two of the nation’s top women’s volleyball programs, No. 2 Stanford came up just short on Friday, losing in five games to No. 8 Washington.
Stanford crushes Cougars
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The Cardinal may not have reached its full potential yet, but the No. 2 women’s volleyball team did more than enough to sweep Washington State at home last night.
Kehoe an all-time great for Card
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The first true freshman to win a national championship in a single-setter offense, senior Bryn Kehoe is primed to pass all the giants before her and break the school career record in assists.
Card preps for Washington schools
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Three weeks into the conference season, there are only two undefeated volleyball teams left in the Pacific-10 Conference.
BRIEFS: Honors abound after epic upset
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Cardinal named Team of the Week, Bradford and Egboh Pac-10 Players of the Week, Volleyball's Barboza Pac-10 and National Player of the Week
Volleyball sweeps through Oregon
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No. 19 Oregon made the second-ranked Stanford women’s volleyball team work for its victory last Friday, but the Cardinal had what it took to pull out the first two games and then run away with the third.
Cardinal Sweeps Beavers
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The No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team kept quite a few streaks going with last night’s sweep of Oregon State.
Cardinal prepares for Northwest trip
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The No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team has had to work hard for its wins lately, facing four top-10 programs in a row.
Women blitz Bruins
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The No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team hosted two highly-ranked conference rivals last week and protected its undefeated record, improving to 14-0, 3-0 Pac-10.
Fresh faces boost Cardinal
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For most Stanford freshmen, the first day of classes is the beginning of their college experience. But the four freshmen of the No. 2 Stanford volleyball team had lived on campus for more than a month, not to mention winning 13 straight matches on the court, before even starting IHUM.
Women trounce Trojans
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The Stanford women’s volleyball team proved last night that it deserves the No. 2 rating it has earned in the national poll, sweeping No. 4 USC, 30-21, 30-27, 30-21.
So Cal rivals await Card
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The Stanford women’s volleyball team opened Pac-10 play with a win against Cal last weekend after an undefeated preseason run that included wins over seven ranked opponents.
Undefeated Card keep rolling
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If the Stanford women’s volleyball team was nervous going into its first conference match of the season against cross-bay rival California in Berkeley, it didn’t show on the court Friday night.
Volleyball survives preseason unscathed
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After 10 straight wins to open the 2007 preseason, the No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team faced its toughest test last weekend and just passed.
Card leads loaded Pac-10
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Just as in years past, the Pacific-10 Conference is once again the strongest in women’s volleyball in 2007, with six of the top 25 teams in the country.
Spikers down Long Beach
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They may be new to Stanford, but the freshmen on the No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team are veterans of the game. On Saturday, three rookies helped their team to a three-game sweep of No. 19 Long Beach State in the Cardinal’s season opener.
Futbol en Stanford
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Stanford Stadium was inundated by crazed football fans on Saturday. Nearly 50,000 followers flocked to the Farm for a soccer match between international powers: Chelsea FC and Club America.
Volleyball spiked by Huskers
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After trouncing No. 4 Washington to reach the title match, the No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team saw a late rally fall short as top-ranked Nebraska claimed the four-game win and the 2006 NCAA Championship in Omaha, Neb. on Dec. 16 [2006].
Men top UCSD after LB loss
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Kawika Shoji may have been recruited as a setter, but as an outside hitter, the freshman has provided the Stanford men’s volleyball team with a much-needed spark.
Softball captures Classic
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The Stanford softball team barely pulled together a 4-3 win over San Diego State on Saturday, but the rest of the weekend was smooth sailing for the No. 12 Cardinal in the Stanford Classic.
Spikers slam Hawks for weekend split
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The Stanford men’s volleyball team notched its second win of the season in commanding fashion on Monday night, sweeping Quincy in a nonconference tilt.
Sports Briefs: Nguyen, Penna garner weekly Pac-10 honors
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Fifth-game flop for men
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The online Gametracker stalled at 5-1 in the fifth game on Friday night, and the Stanford men’s volleyball team stalled about then as well.
Stanford still stumped by SoCal squads
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In a rematch of last week’s action, the members of the Stanford men’s volleyball team could not beat No.
Washington will be back
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Washington was granted a fifth year by the NCAA after a knee injury ended his junior campaign only six games into the season.
Raising the Bar
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Even with two stars on the sideline, the No. 3 Stanford women’s gymnastics team put on a show for a raucous home crowd this weekend, coming out on top in a four-way meet in Maples Pavilion on Friday night.
Not catching any breaks
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Sports Briefs
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On the strength of an individual sweep at Stanford’s dual meet against California last weekend, freshman Carly Janiga was named Pacific-10 Conference Gymnast of the Week, conference commissioner Tom Hansen announced Tuesday.
Change of fortune for volleyball
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For the third time this season, the Stanford men’s volleyball team needed a tie-breaking fifth game to end a match.
Sports Briefs: Softball picked eighth in national poll, women's volleyball 2007 schedule announced
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After having been picked fifth in the preseason poll for the Pacific-10 Conference, Stanford was ranked No.
Volleyball drops back-to-back games against Mastodons
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The Stanford men’s volleyball team traveled 2,000 miles in search of its first win of 2007, but came up empty against undefeated No.
Midwest trip a change of pace
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With a break from Mountain Pacific Sports Federation competition, the Stanford men’s volleyball team is leaving the mountains and Pacific behind this weekend and heading east.
Sports Briefs: Softball picked fifth, lacrosse 16th in preseason polls
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First win eludes struggling Card
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Hosting undefeated No. 2 Brigham Young this weekend, the men’s volleyball team saw a pair of late rallies fall just short, as the Cougars kept the Cardinal winless for another week.
First win for Card won’t come easy
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The Stanford men’s volleyball team will have an extra chance at its elusive first win of the season this weekend, as the Cardinal takes on No. 2 Brigham Young both Friday and Saturday night.
Sports Briefs: Women's gymnastics upsets Bruins, men's swimming wins two
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With team and individual victories in every event, the women’s gymnastics team knocked off No. 5 UCLA for the No. 8 Cardinal’s first win of 2007.
Men fail to climb Mountain Pacific
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Just when things were beginning to look up for the Stanford men’s volleyball team, an injury threw a wrench into the works.
Moore, Bradford confirm fifth year
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Assuming a petition to the Pac-10 is approved, the wide receiving duo of Mark Bradford and Evan Moore will be on the field for the Cardinal once again in 2007 as fifth-year seniors.
Card fall short in title game
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After trouncing No. 4 Washington to reach the title match, the No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team saw a late rally fall short as top-ranked Nebraska claimed the four-game win and the 2006 NCAA championship in Omaha, Neb on Dec. 16.
UPDATE: Volleyball Finishes Second in NCAA
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After trouncing No. 4 Washington to reach the title match, the No. 2 Stanford women's volleyball team saw a late rally fall short as top-ranked Nebraska claimed the four-game win and the 2006 NCAA Championship in Omaha, Neb., on Dec. 16.
UPDATE: Volleyball into Final Four
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After a one-year absence, the No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team is back in the Final Four.
Sac State up first for No. 2 Cardinal
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As the 2006 NCAA Tournament gets underway Saturday, the No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team is hosting a reunion of sorts.
SPORTS BRIEFS:Sailors beat Cal, Honors for runners, Kehoe
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Cal went up two to nothing after the Young Alumni race, when the Bears capitalized on Stanford's equipment troubles.
UW, WSU Sweeps Result in Pac-10 Title
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The No. 3 Stanford women’s volleyball team knew an average performance would not be enough to beat No. 2 Washington. With that in mind, the team played its best, sweeping the Huskies on Friday night to clinch the Pacific-10 Conference championship.
Heading up the Oregon trail
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While their classmates are recovering from Thanksgiving feasts, the No. 3 Stanford women’s volleyball team will battle No. 2 Washington with the Pacific-10 Conference title and perhaps a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament on the line.
Men’s novice team earns four medals at Head of the Lagoon
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The women and the rest of the men’s team got an unexpected week off when the Head of the Lake Regatta in which they were scheduled to compete was cancelled due to severe weather in the Seattle area.
SoCal Showdown
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Women’s volleyball in the Pacific-10 Conference is always a battle, but this weekend the stakes are higher than ever.
Sailing: Wager is national champ
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For the first time since 1963, a Stanford sailor is national champion.
Spikers rested, ready for Cal
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Two months into the season, the No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team is starting to feel the effects of all the intense training and competition.
No. 3 volleyball gains in the win column but takes a hit in the wallet
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The No. 3 Stanford women’s volleyball team came back from Arizona this weekend with a pair of wins, though they lost about $1,200.
Stanford travels to Arizona to play ‘Cats and Devils
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The Stanford women’s volleyball team has endured a long and strenuous journey through the first half of conference play and it doesn’t look to be getting any easier down the stretch.
Sports Briefs
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Men's Basketball, Crew
Seven straight for Cardinal volleyball
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After pulling off an upset across the Bay the night before, the Oregon women’s volleyball team came to Stanford with high hopes on Friday night.
Coed sailors tenth at Navy
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The Stanford coed sailors may have missed out on the Alumni Regatta this past weekend, but the Cardinal’s tenth-place finish at the Navy Fall Regatta made the trip worthwhile.
Volleyball:Cardinal upset Bruins in five
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As if beating one previously undefeated team wasn’t enough to make a good weekend, the Stanford women’s volleyball team performed the feat twice and on back to back nights.
Barboza is back
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When the final whistle blew in the Stanford women’s volleyball team’s sweep of California on Friday, it was a relief to see Cynthia Barboza celebrating the victory with her teammates.
There’s no place like home
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The Cardinal kept up their winning streak in Maples Pavilion, sweeping past Arizona and ASU to stay perfect at home.
Runners seek repeat at Invite
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At this weekend’s Stanford Invitational, the top-ranked women and No. 4 men look to repeat their impressive finishes at last year’s meet.
Best in the west
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Only a week into the Pac-10 Conference season, 2006 is already shaping up to be one of the most competitive.
Champs too much for Card to handle
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Uphill battle on the turf
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The record may not show it, but Stanford field hockey has held its own in the preseason.
Cross country defends title
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With every female runner returning and all but one male back on the Farm, the Cardinal is poised to defend its women’s national title and build from the men’s sixth-place finish in the 2005 season.
Solid preseason for women
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After their 2005 season ended with a disappointing loss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Stanford women’s soccer has something to prove this year.
Defense keeps Card in the game
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Goals have been hard to come by in the preseason for Stanford men’s soccer, but the Cardinal is picking up the pace at the right time.
Pac-10 Conference among the best in the nation
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With a successful preseason behind them, No. 6 Stanford women’s volleyball kicks off conference play in Washington this weekend.
Volleyball sweeps way to 9-1 preseason
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After seeing the 2005 season come to a disappointingly early end in the NCAA tournament, the No. 6 women’s volleyball team is back in action and looking as good as ever.
New stadium progressing as planned
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When Stanford kicks off its 2006 home football season on September 16, it will be in the brand-new $90 million Stanford Stadium.
Better Red than Dead: Get in the Zone
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When the new $90 million Stanford Stadium opens in September, the Cardinal hope to see a fan in every one of the 50,000 seats. In the past few years, the student cheering section has been small and quiet, but in 2006 all that should change.
Women fall in super regional
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A seven-run deficit in the first inning is not the right way to start off a softball game.
While No. 7 Stanford managed to fight back and tie the score in the second game of its series with No.
Erin Howe: 'Girly girl' with a game face
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She may have been a ballerina, but Erin Howe is tough as nails when she needs to be. Even though she gave up competitive dance — ballet, tap and jazz — to focus on softball, the sophomore catcher fondly remembers the time she has spent in the studio as well as on the field.
PLAYOFF PITCH
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Talk about going out with a bang. Behind the efforts of seniors Catalina Morris and Lauren Lappin, No. 10 Stanford softball finished the Pac-10 season with a two-game sweep of No.
Card beat Washington, No. 1 UCLA to end regular season
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Stanford softball’s senior class wanted to make their last homestand a weekend to remember. And they did.
The No. 9 Cardinal (38-15, 10-11 Pac-10) finished the conference season on a high note, sweeping the weekend with a victory over No.
UPDATE: Softball takes two from No. 1 UCLA
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On Senior Day, the Stanford softball class of 2006 led the ninth-ranked Cardinal to a weekend sweep, including a pair of victories over No. 1 UCLA.
UPDATE: Softball holds off Huskies
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After giving up an early lead, the Cardinal fought back and held off No. 17 Washington to earn the 3-2 victory tonight.
Switch hits, and paints to boot
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When she steps up to bat, Anna Beardman is just as comfortable hitting from the left side of the batters’ box as she is the right.
Rough trip to the desert for No. 8 softball
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It was a weekend of firsts for Stanford softball, but not in a good way.
It was the first time the No. 8 Cardinal dropped all three games in a weekend, and the first Arizona sweep of Stanford.
Softball: 'Cats and Devils await Card in the desert
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The softball season is one of the longest in college sports. With 47 games under its belt, No. 8 Stanford has been playing as many as five games in a weekend since mid-February. Three months later, the end is in sight.
Softball: Pac-10 play picks up with six games to go
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In the decade since it became a varsity program, Stanford softball has established a presence on the national scene, perennially ranked in the top 10 and contending for dominance in the stacked Pac-10 Conference.
‘Zona schools take two of three from Cardinal in Pac-10 play
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Six of the top 10 teams in the nation; three of the top five, two of the top three.
That’s Pac-10 softball for you. With so many talented squads, No.
Women's Tennis: Card swat Hornets, Bears up next
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For the 95th time in a row, the top-ranked Stanford women’s tennis team notched a win at home yesterday, this time against a badly overmatched No. 62 Sacramento State.
Volleyball: Clayton's Missions Accomplished
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Six years after first setting foot on the Farm, Will Clayton is finally ready to take the next step. A Stanford student since 2000, Clayton is graduating this spring with a degree in English with Honors. The next stop? Yale Law School.
Softball: Mighty Maddy
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Maddy Coon is in her element on the softball diamond. The game is in her blood and the freshman shortstop’s talent shows every time she steps up to bat or flips the ball to second for the double play.
Softball Pac-10 preview
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No. 1 UCLA Bruins (33-3, 5-1 Pac-10)
vs. Stanford: 3/31 W 5-4, 5/12 and 5/13 @ Stanford
Projected Pac-10 finish: 1
Star: senior third baseman Andrea Duran (.
Volleyball: Men near season's end
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In Burnham Pavilion this weekend, members of the men’s volleyball team said their goodbyes. While one more week of regular season play remains, the home season is over.
Steroids out of the 'Shadows'
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With the Stanford game rained out, baseball fans got a special treat at the Bookstore last night, where Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams spoke and autographed copies of their new book “Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports.”
Softball splits with Oregon, beats No. 6 Oregon State
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It may be cliched, but it is nonetheless true — in Pac-10 softball, anything can happen. In the nation’s most competitive conference, No.
Card gymnasts into NCAA Team Final
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On the first day of the NCAA Championships in Norman, Okla., No. 2 Stanford men’s gymnastics finished atop the standings in their qualifying session with a cushion of more than two points over No. 6 Penn State.
Weekend forecast: Beavers, Ducks and rain
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Beavers and Ducks are aquatic animals, so the softball teams from Oregon and Oregon State should feel right at home in northern California.
Stanford still struggling
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In desperate need of time to regroup and refocus before the end of the conference season, Stanford men’s volleyball is ready for a break.
Cardinal cruise through Classic
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n their last action before spring break, the No. 5 softball team swept through the Stanford Classic, playing through rain, hail and long delays to come away with five victories.
Soggy Stanford looks to rebound at Invitational
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Despite a light rain that forced No. 5 Stanford softball to finish Wednesday’s batting practice in jackets, the squad seemed unfazed. It’s March in the Bay Area, and that means cloudy skies, cold weather and preseason softball.
Men don’t win a game at BYU in pair of losses
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Facing the prospect of two matches at the No. 1 team in nation, 4,500 feet above sea level no less, the members of the Stanford men’s volleyball team knew they were facing an uphill battle.
Shoney's Swan Song
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Coming soon to a theater near you — Shoney Hixson, the singing detective.
SoCal teams are too much
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There are only four weeks left in the season, but something is still missing for the men’s volleyball team. They played well in spurts this weekend but came up short, losing to No.
Heading south, temporarily
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In a widely anticipated move, Stanford yesterday announced that the Cardinal’s Sept. 9 football game against San Jose State has been relocated from Stanford to Spartan Stadium, 20 miles south. The move provides the Card an additional week to complete construction on the new stadium.
Four recruits honored by McDonalds
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Yesterday, the McDonald’s High School All-American game named 24 men and 24 women to play in the nation’s premier high school all-star game. Stanford was one of just three schools to put four recruits on the list, joining basketball powerhouses Duke and North Carolina.
Card face three ranked teams this weekend
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After playing in the relative cold of Palo Alto last weekend, No. 6 Stanford softball will get the chance to soak up some sun at the Palm Springs Classic, which kicks off tomorrow evening in southern California.
Host takes Invite with six wins
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Despite rain delays and near-freezing temperatures, the Cardinal softball squad swept through the Stanford Invitational this weekend, outscoring their opponents a combined 44-5.
Weekend volleyball sees highs and lows
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It was an up-and-down weekend for the Stanford men’s volleyball team, who split a non-conference tournament in Springfield, Mass.
Freshmen play a role in four wins
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This weekend, the Cardinal’s youngest players wasted no time making their presence felt on the field.
In the first game of their collegiate careers, freshmen pitcher Missy Penna and shortstop Maddy Coon both hit home runs to propel No.
UPDATE: Softball Falls to Texas
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PHOENIX, Ariz. – These girls don’t waste any time.
In the first game of their collegiate careers, freshmen Missy Penna and Maddy Coon both hit home runs to propel No. 7 Stanford (4-1) to victory in its season opener Friday.
Short on Players, Big on Talent
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Blue skies. Fresh-cut grass. Perfectly raked dirt. The thwack of a metal bat. And ponytails. Lots of them. It's February, and that means softball season on the Farm.
Tigers dominate in Card’s error-filled match
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After three tough losses earlier in the season, Stanford men’s volleyball was looking for redemption against Pacific on Friday. They will have to keep looking.
Briefs: Trent Edwards' Status in Question
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Injuries strike Edwards, Moore
After introducing 18 incoming recruits on Wednesday, football head coach Walt Harris gave Stanford fans some less welcome news.
Volleyball wins last three, home for first four NCAA rounds
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After finishing the Pacific-10 Conference season with three tough wins over ranked opponents, the No. 5 Cardinal kickoff the NCAA Tournament this Friday, hosting Nevada.
Glass, Wildcats defeat Cardinal in heartbreaker
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I hate losing...And I hate losing in overtime. You have to win those matches.
— JOHN DUNNING, head coach
No. 4 Stanford takes care of Arizona State in three
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If nothing else, the No. 4 Stanford women’s volleyball team has proven itself adaptable in the face of adversity. Only a week after two starters were lost and forced to undergo surgery, the Cardinal looked none the worse for wear in a quick three-game victory over Arizona State last night.
No. 4 women show off power against Cougars
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In an offense depleted by injury, Stanford junior outside hitter Kristin Richards is thriving in the spotlight. For the first time in her career, Richards is the primary offensive threat for the No 4 women’s volleyball team, and she shouldered the responsibility admirably with a career performance in Washington State on Friday.
Cardinal fall to Huskies
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In front of a large and raucous crowd in Seattle last night, the undefeated Washington Huskies proved too much for the No.
Women score two wins
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With freshman outside hitter Cynthia Barboza sidelined for the rest of the season, the No. 5 Cardinal volleyball team (20-3, 9-2 Pacific-10 Conference) looks to the rest of the offense to step up and take control.
Card cope with star’s injury
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The diagnosis has been confirmed and the shock is beginning to wear off. After an intensely emotional week, the No. 5 Stanford women’s volleyball team plans to take the court this weekend without freshman Cynthia Barboza in the lineup for the first time this season.
Dynamic Duo
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Between the two of them, they boast four High School Player of the Year awards. Each one was the top recruit of her class, and with nearly a
Women experience rare defeat
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Faced with an opponent that had something to prove, the No. 3 Stanford women’s volleyball team (16-2, Pacific-10 Conference 5-1) fought valiantly but fell apart late Saturday night, losing for the first time since late August to still-undefeated No.
Senior anchors Cardinal defense
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“And in the contrasting libero jersey, a 6-foot-1 senior from Pacific Palisades, Calif., Courtney Schultz!
Volleyball scores 3-0 victory
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Balance is a key to success in any sport; in most cases, it means getting every player to contribute to the team’s success.
No. 3 Card extend win streak to 13
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Stanford 41, Oregon State 0. No, that’s not a football score.
That’s the number of wins in the head-to-head series between the No.
Women sweep both LA schools
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It would have made sense for the Stanford women’s volleyball team to be nervous when it kicked off conference play against two perennial powerhouses with three starting freshmen on the floor.
Freshmen squad gives Card a new lease on life
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Anyone watching the Stanford women’s volleyball team over the first few weeks of the preseason would not have been able to miss freshman Foluke Akinradewo — “Luke” to her teammates.
Volleyball turns in strong showing in Omaha
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The first weekend of preseason volleyball was a mixed bag for the defending national champion Cardinal, who finished second at the AVCA/NACWAA Collegiate Volleyball Showcase in Omaha, Neb.
Card host Super Regional
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They flew through the first round, but this weekend the stakes are higher and the opponents stronger.
After three wins on the road in Regional competition, the No.
Stanford alumna Maurer to head women's swim program
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One month after announcing the retirement of 17-year veteran head coach Richard Quick, the Athletic Department has hired Lea Loveless Maurer to lead the women’s swimming and diving team, which finished fifth at this year’s NCAA Championships.
Stanford hosts Grand Prix Meet
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Avery Aquatic Center’s Belardi Pool has welcomed its share of Olympians through the years. But rarely so many as there were this weekend, as Stanford hosted the inaugural Stanford Invitational Grand Prix Swim Meet, a long-course meters tuneup for the upcoming international season.
Sickler aids evolution of program
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A lot has changed for the No. 4 Stanford softball team in the past four years. The roster ballooned from 13 to 20 players, the team reached the College World Series for the second time in 2004 and the Cardinal claimed their first Pacific-10 Conference title last week.
Women play two against No. 3 ’Cats
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It is the last weekend of softball in the nation’s toughest conference, and it is shaping up to be a good one: Four teams, all in the top six nationally, have a legitimate shot at the Pacific-10 Conference title.
No. 4 Cardinal take two
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With the Pacific-10 Conference season coming to a close, every game takes on added significance for the No. 4 Stanford softball team (39-12, 12-6).
Seniors Thiry, Hoffman overcome odds together
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Michelle Thiry and Katherine Hoffman have a lot in common. They are both fifth-year seniors; they are both play major roles on the Stanford softball team; and three years ago, neither thought she would ever be out on the field again.
Card make grueling road trip
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What do you get when you send 20 softball players 800 miles away for a game and then make them fly another 1,200 miles to play three more?
Softball tops No. 2 Bears
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When Stanford faces off with California, excitement ensues. This weekend’s three-game softball series was no exception as the No.
Shortstop Lappin leads Cardinal
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At the ready between second and third base, Lauren Lappin eyes the batter through her dark sunglasses. When the ball is hit, it looks like a line drive into leftfield, but Lappin is there, diving to her right and springing up to fling the ball to second base.
Quick retires after 28 years
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It is the end of an era for Stanford women’s swimming. After 28 years of coaching and winning 12 national championships, Richard Quick has decided that the time has come for him to retire as head coach, the athletic department announced Tuesday.
‘Just a little freshman’
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She is a 2004 Olympian, five-time Pacific-10 Conference champion, two-time NCAA champ, six-time All-American, and was recently named Pac-10 Swimmer and Newcomer of the Year.
Card travel to Oregon for shot at No. 10 Beavers
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What does it mean that No. 8 Stanford softball is currently fourth in the conference standings?
McCullough contains UW
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In the major leagues, you would almost never see a pitcher throw 12 innings in a row. Even a complete game is a rare occurrence.
Saving the best for last: Nelson leads team in final year
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Senior Leah Nelson, starting catcher for the No. 6 Stanford softball team, is the perfect picture of the talented, intelligent and dedicated student-athlete.
Softball overcomes slow start in 2-0 win
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It was clear from early on that the No. 9 Stanford softball team (26-7, 1-2 Pacific-10 Conference), which posted eight blowout wins in the preseason, would need to work a full seven innings to dispatch unranked San Jose State, 2-0, in a non-conference contest last night.
Powerhouse ’Zona awaits No. 7 Card
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In the nation’s strongest conference, the battle for the top spot is about to begin. The No. 7 Stanford softball team (24-5) kicks off the Pacific-10 Conference season against one of the best teams in the country.
Cardinal take fifth at NCAAs
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Question: How do you replace a 16-time All-American, 11-time national champion and Olympic medalist like Tara Kirk, who finished her college career by setting a world record at last year’s NCAA Championships?
Swimmers set for NCAAs
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After six months of intensive preparation, the moment of truth has finally arrived for the No. 5 Stanford women’s swimming and diving team.
Softball goes 2-1 at Invite
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Weather has not been kind to the Cardinal, but the No. 5 Stanford softball team (18-2) makes the most of the games it plays.
Stanford proves too much for Pac-10 foes
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They knew the competition would be weaker and that they were expected to do well, but no one on the No. 5 women’s swimming and diving team expected this.
Rookies step up for Card
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Head coach John Rittman and the entire Stanford softball coaching staff should be patting themselves on the back for a job well done.
No. 5 Cardinal set for Pac-10s
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It has been true for years, and it is true again this year — the Pacific-10 Conference is Stanford’s playground. Since Pac-10 women’s swimming and diving competition began in 1986, when this year’s team was still in diapers, the Cardinal have won the conference title 15 times, finishing out of the top two just once, in 2001.
Tampa-bound team a target
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There’s no doubt in anybody’s mind that when it comes to softball the Pacific-10 Conference is tops. With five teams in the nation’s top 10, including No.
Softball rides potent offense to three victories
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It's supposed to be hard to hit a home run. It's supposed to be something special to send the ball 220 feet and out of the park.
Bruce, swimmers earn perfect Pac-10 record
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She has already qualified for the NCAA Championships in three events, holds the third best time in Stanford history in two of them and recently recorded the fourth fastest time in the nation in her signature race, but Caroline Bruce just keeps getting faster.
Card aim for Pac-10 sweep at Cal
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Ever since November, the coaches and athletes of the women’s swim team have been working toward one thing and one thing only.
Seniors cap home career with victories over UCLA, Trojans
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There is always the urge to do something especially well the last time you do it. The seniors on the women's swimming and diving team, competing on the Stanford campus for the final time of their college careers, put on a show this weekend and went out with a bang.
Seniors await SoCal meets
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In the final home meet of their collegiate careers, the No. 8 Stanford senior swimmers will look to continue their pursuit of an elusive national championship.
Swimmers return from desert with sweep of Wildcats, ASU
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Heading to the desert this weekend, the No. 6 Stanford swimming and diving team knew that every athlete needed to give her best.
No. 6 Cardinal travel to desert for showdown with No. 5 ’Cats
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The preseason is officially over, and the No. 6 Stanford women’s swimming and diving team is ready to start Pacific-10 Conference competition with a bang.
Women post swift times, rack up 13 race victories against Pacific
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In its first outing of the new year, the No. 6 Stanford women’s swimming team looked poised and powerful, sweeping all but one race in a commanding non-conference victory over an unranked Pacific squad.
Swimmers kick off home campaign against Pacific
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After a month of preseason meets and another month of training, the No. 6 women's swimming and diving team is ready to begin their pursuit of the school's ninth national championship.
NCAA champs
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Helped by some of Nnamani’s best hitting of the season and several strong supporting performances, the Cardinal became national champions with a 30-23, 30-27, 30-21 sweep of Minnesota.
Card victorious in Long Beach
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After a disappointing loss to No. 6 Texas in Austin two weeks ago, the No. 4 Stanford women’s swim team went into training with renewed vigor.
Cardinal’s training put to the test in Long Beach
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After a two-week break from competition, the No. 4 Stanford women’s swim team is ready to dive back into the pool. It will have that chance at this weekend’s Speedo Cup in Long Beach, Calif.
Women’s diving “sub-par” at USC’s Trojan Invite
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Three meets in three weeks is tough on the body and the mind. And the Stanford women’s divers began to show the strain this weekend at Southern California’s Trojan Invite, a diving-only competition featuring athletes from USC, Stanford, and Hawaii, along with the University of Nevada-Reno and Claremont McKenna College.
Volleyball faces two make-or-break games
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The time has come for the No. 12 Stanford women’s volleyball team (15-6, 7-3 Pacific-10 Conference) to prove what it is made of.
Diving duo leads squad into L.A.
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Only two weeks into the season the No. 4 Cardinal women divers have a lot of competition experience under their belts. This weekend, Stanford will head to Los Angeles to the Southern California Trojan Invite for its third straight weekend of competition.
Longhorns top Stanford women despite stellar diving
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After a weekend of ups and downs, featuring strong individual performances but a team loss, women’s swimming coach Richard Quick wasted no time in putting the meet in the past.
“We were disappointed we didn’t come away with a win,” he said. “But that’s not our goal. It’s important to race to win in every meet, but that’s not the goal of the season. We want to build toward the Pac-10 and NCAA Championships. This was a good step toward that.”
Divers plunge into three-way
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Of all the teams Dr. Rick Schavone has coached in the last two and a half decades, he sees something special in this year’s squad of women’s divers.
Stanford women rule the pool in Hawaii
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Swimming and diving competition in the Pac-10 Conference won’t be starting for another two months. But nobody seems to have told the No. 4 Stanford women, who came out strong in their preseason dual meet at No. 22 Hawaii on Saturday.
Teams set to make splash
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If you asked most women’s swim teams whether they would be satisfied by a fifth-place finish in the 2004 NCAA Championships, the answer could be a resounding yes. This is not the case for Stanford, though.
Cardinal look to keep pace in Pac-10 at home
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Parity is a word that is thrown around a lot in sporting circles — women’s volleyball is no exception — but nowhere is it more apparent than in the top-loaded Pacific-10 Conference, featuring six teams ranked in the Top 25 nationally, with five in the top 15.
Volleyball downs Bears
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Milestones are meant to be reached, and that’s just what happened in Burnham Pavilion on Friday night.