- Stanford will be making its 43rd consecutive postseason appearance when first round competition gets underway at campus sites this weekend.
- In Lubbock, Texas, the Cardinal (15-8) will face the champions of CUSA, No. 56 FIU (15-4). The winner of that match will face the winner of No. 12 Texas Tech (22-2) and Boston U. (10-8) on Saturday, May 3. The host Red Raiders are the tournament’s No. 11 seed.
- The most decorated program in college history and the winningest program on The Farm, Stanford has won 20 of the possible 42 NCAA championships.
- Stanford owns a 169-23 all-time record in the postseason since the NCAA Tournament went to its present format in 1982.
- The Cardinal has won 21 national titles overall in school history, also claiming the 1978 AIAW crown.
- Stanford has reached the NCAA quarterfinals 39 times in 42 NCAA Tournaments.
- The Cardinal opens on the road for the first two rounds for just the second time since the NCAA adopted its present format in 1999.
- In 2021, Stanford opened with a 4-0 win over UC Santa Barbara before losing in the second round to host Pepperdine, 4-2.
- Stanford is 60-9 during the month of May since 2010, a stretch that has produced five NCAA championships.
- The Cardinal is No. 25 in the latest ITA coaches' poll released on May 1.
- Stanford has three featured in the latest ITA singles rankings in Valerie Glozman (#8), Connie Ma (#12) and Caroline Driscoll (#88). In doubles, Glozman and Ma are ranked 27th.
- Glozman is the highest-ranked underclassman in the country.
- Stanford and Texas A&M are the only schools in the country with two, top-15 singles players.
- Driscoll is featured in the singles rankings for the fourth consecutive week. She vaulted in for the first time this season following a straight-set victory over Duke's then-No. 20 Emma Jackson on April 5.
- Last Thursday, Valerie Glozman was voted ACC Freshman of the Year and landed on the six-person All-ACC Singles First Team along with Connie Ma. The pair also landed on the All-ACC Doubles second team.
- Glozman won a league-high three ACC Freshman of the Week awards in her debut year on The Farm, all in the last six weeks of the regular season. She heads into the NCAA Tournament with a 29-5 overall record, a 16-3 mark this spring, and an 12-1 record against ACC opponents. She’s 14-5 against nationally-ranked foes and as the No. 8 player in the country, is the nation’s highest-ranked underclassmen.
- Glozman has already earned All-America honors following a run to the quarterfinals at the NCAA Individual Championships in Waco in the fall. She is the eighth Stanford women’s tennis player to win conference freshman of the year honors all-time, joining Katherine Hui (2024), Ma (2022), Michaela Gordon (2018), Kristie Ahn (2011), Mallory Burdette (2010), Hilary Barte (2008) and Amber Liu (2003).
- Ma has been just as dominant this spring with a 14-1 record. She's 26-5 overall this year, including 12-4 against nationally-ranked opponents, and is the No. 11 player in the country. A senior, Ma earned first-time all-conference honors in each of her four seasons at Stanford. She’s put together a 128-28 career record, including 65-14 in duals, and is 60-18 all-time against ranked opponents.
- Ma also already secured All-America honors in the fall by advancing to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Individual Championships, earning singles All-America status for the third time in her career.
- Stanford is the only school with multiple student-athletes on the All-ACC first team. Glozman and Ma have split time on the top two courts all season.
- Two-time ACC Doubles Team of the Week winners, the duo also was named to the All-ACC Doubles second team after putting together a 21-9 record, including 14-8 in duals all at No. 1. They head into the NCAA postseason as the No. 27-ranked pair in the country.
- On January 8, the Cardinal announced the rare (for Stanford) midseason transfer in Caroline Driscoll. The two-time All-Summit League performer at Denver has a career singles record of 66-23, including 43-15 in duals, and is 13-5 this season.
- Moving up to court 3 singles, she picked up her first ranked win of the year on April 5 and another in the regular-season finale at NC State on April 13, dispatching then-No. 109 Gabriella Broadfoot 6-2, 6-4.
- A late-season entrant into Stanford's lineup is two-time All-American Alexandra Yepifanova. The senior played her first match for the Cardinal in nearly 11 months on April 11 at Wake Forest on court 5 after undergoing offseason surgery followed by a quarter abroad.
- On Feb. 4, Stanford announced its latest signing class of prep standouts Alyssa Ahn, Monika Ekstrand and Tianmei Wang.
- All three are blue-chip recruits according to the Tennis Recruiting Network and among the nation’s top five high school seniors that will enroll on college campuses this fall.
- Stanford recruiting class is ranked No. 1 nationally.
- While no stranger to The Farm, Stanford is in its first season with Frankie Brennan as the program’s Peter and Helen Bing Director of Women's Tennis. The third-generation coach was hired to replace the legendary Lele Forood on Sept. 11. Forood announced she was stepping down following 24 seasons and 10 NCAA titles as head coach on Aug. 20.
- Brennan has been on staff at Stanford for 29 seasons and a part of 12 of Stanford’s record 20 NCAA championships. The Cardinal has gone 715-79 during his tenure, including a 15-8 mark has head coach.
- On Sept. 19, Brennan hired Stanford alumna Janice Shin as his assistant coach. A two-time NCAA team champion during her playing career from 2018-21, Shin was a key contributor on Stanford’s 2018 and 2019 NCAA title teams, going a perfect 8-0 in postseason matches and earning NCAA All-Tournament Team recognition at No. 5 singles both years.
Cardinal Faces FIU in NCAA First Round
Stanford making its 43rd consecutive postseason appearance