STANFORD, Calif. – The second-ranked Cardinal will look to continue its flawless season as it travels to Berkeley to face No. 6 Nebraska, No. 9 Cal and No. 14 Arizona State on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. PT at Haas Pavilion.
The Cardinal (5-0, 3-0 MPSF) has been dominant on the year – sweeping every team event title thus far this season while remaining undefeated as a team. The closest the Cardinal has allowed an opponent to come this season was in a 418.100 to 403.150 win over No. 8 Cal to open the season.
Akash Modi also continues to post a phenomenal season after being named CGA and MPSF Gymnast of the Week for his performance at No. 8 Air Force. The senior won the floor exercise (14.900), placed second on pommel horse (14.600), third on vault (14.350), and closed with a win on parallel bars (14.950) en route to the top all-around score (85.450).
Live…from Haas?
Fans of the Cardinal can tune in this Saturday as the Pac-12 Network goes live at 7:30 p.m. PT around the third rotation of the night. For more information please click here.
Third time hopefully isn't a charm:
For the third time this season the Cardinal will face the ninth-ranked Bears, with a flawless 3-0 record over Cal on the year. Stanford also swept the Bears last season as well, going 5-0 against Cal. The last win the Bears were able to pull off against the Cardinal came on January 25, 2014 at Burnham Pavilion in Stanford, Calif.
No. 7 Nebraska
The Huskers will also be facing off against the Cardinal Saturday for the first time since the 2015 season when Stanford topped Nebraska on January 24 in a quad meet with Oklahoma and Cal.
Forks Up:
Rounding out the ranked opponents for the weekend are the 14th-ranked Sun Devils from Arizona State. ASU is coming off a second-place finish at the SC United Open where they posted their highest score of the season (397.400).
In the Rankings
• After four weeks, the Cardinal has started ingraining itself in the national rankings in the top-25 in the following events:
Floor: 1st, 71.600
Vault: 2nd, 71.800
Parallel Bars: 2nd, 70.383
Still Rings: 3rd, 69.300
High Bar: 3rd, 69.783
Pommel Horse: 5th, 67.850
• Stanford gymnasts are ranked in the top 25 in the following events based on their season average:
All-Around
Akash Modi, 3rd, 86.917
Robert Neff, 6th, 83.775
Grant Breckenridge, 11th, 81.467
Floor
Akash Modi, 1st, 14.817
Robert Neff, 3rd, 14.475
Jacob Barrus, T-7th, 14.283
Jordan DeClerk, 11th, 14.133
Pommel Horse
Akash Modi, 2nd, 14.817
Joey Ringer, 21st, 13.567
Still Rings
Josiah Eng, 6th, 14.383
Vault
Taylor Seaton, 11th, 14.583
Akash Modi, 14th, 14.517
Robert Neff, 18th, 14.375
Parallel Bars
Akash Modi, 2nd, 15.100
Robert Neff, 12th, 14.150
David Jessen, 19th, 13.883
Jacob Barrus, 23rd, 13.783
High Bar
Robert Neff, 10th, 14.150
Akash Modi, 14th, 13.950
Taylor Seaton, 21st, 13.833
