STANFORD, Calif. – The 20th-ranked Cardinal will look to host two dual matches this weekend after a two-week battle with rain. Stanford faces UNLV on Saturday at 1 p.m. and Saint Mary's on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. PT at the Taube Family Tennis Center. In addition, the Cardinal has added a match next week against San Francisco on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 3 p.m. PT.
Last Week:
The Cardinal (3-1) has been in a dual match holding pattern for the last two weeks with inclement weather postponing its match against No. 4 Cal twice now. Stanford will now face the Bears on March 7 at 3 p.m.
Prior to that, the Cardinal fell 4-1 to Georgia Tech at the ITA Kick-off Weekend before rallying back for a 4-3 win over Memphis.
Scouting the Competition
No runnin' from these Rebels:
The Cardinal enters into Saturday's match against UNLV with a 5-0 all-time record against the Rebels with its first meeting coming in 1993 and last in 2015 in Paul Goldstein's first season at the helm. The Cardinal dominated 6-1 with wins from Tom Fawcett, David Wilczynski and Yale Goldberg. The Rebels are currently 4-0 after sweeping a quartet of teams in their opening weekend. UNLV downed New Mexico State 4-0, Weber State 4-2, Youngstown State 4-0 and UC Riverside 4-0.
Gritty Gaels:
Stanford holds another perfect record against Saint Mary's as it enters Sunday's contest with a 6-0 record dating back to 2005 with its last meeting coming in 2014. The Cardinal locked up a 4-0 win in the match with only Yale Goldberg of the current roster competing in doubles.
Fall Recap
The Cardinal came off another successful fall campaign that saw Tom Fawcett help lead the U.S. team to victory for the second straight year at the 2016 Master'U BNP Paribus International Team competition in France in November.
Fawcett also reached the quarterfinals of the ITA All-American Championships and was the consolation runner-up in the National Individual Indoor Championships. He enters the season ranked No. 8 by the ITA.
In addition, Yale Goldberg and Sameer Kumar captured the ITA Northwest Regional doubles title. The duo fought off multiple match points in the championship en route to the title. The team enters the dual season ranked No. 15 by the ITA.
In the final tune-up of the season before dual play, the Cardinal traveled to the Sherwood Collegiate Cup in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Jack Barber, in his first match in 22 months after recovering from surgery, topped the 11th-ranked Gage Brymer of UCLA before finishing as a semifinalist in the singles main draw.
