Familiar Foes Await

STANFORD, Calif. – Searching for its first road win against the Los Angeles schools since 2010, the 35th-ranked Cardinal travels to take on No. 12 USC and No. 15 UCLA this weekend. Matches are set for 3 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. PT Saturday in Los Angeles, Calif.

The Cardinal (6-1) is coming off a four match win streak, including two perfect 7-0 sweeps over UNLV and Saint Mary's.

Last season the Cardinal was swept by both UCLA and USC on the year, including a 4-1 loss to UCLA in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals and a 4-2 loss to UCLA in the NCAA Round of 16 in Tulsa, Okla. The Cardinal was dominant on the doubles point on the year – winning all six in its match-ups against UCLA and USC.

Last Week:
The Cardinal (6-1) only had one match last week as it hosted USF on Wednesday for a 6-1 win. The victory pulls the Cardinal to 10-0 all-time against USF since 1967.

All-Time Series History
USC – Dating back to 1967 the Cardinal has taken on the Trojans 127 times – with USC holding the edge in the series with 67 wins to Stanford's 60.
UCLA – Another 50 year history for the Cardinal is with the UCLA Bruins, who after 126 matches holds the series lead 68-58.
 
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.