First of Two Opportunities to ClinchFirst of Two Opportunities to Clinch
Men's Tennis

First of Two Opportunities to Clinch

  • No. 24/15 Stanford is off to an 8-3 start (5-0 Pac-12) on the season, including a pair of 4-3 wins last weekend over UCLA and USC. The opening win over Santa Clara on March 12 came after 374 days between events.
  • The matchup with the Ducks is the first of two opportunities this weekend to clinch the Pac-12 Championship outright.
  • Starting April 7, the ITA began publishing two versions (computerized and coaches) of the national team rankings. The Cardinal jumped to No. 24 in this week's computerized rankings and rose 14 spots to No. 15 in the coaches poll. The ITA will be providing both sets of data to the NCAA Selection Committee.
  • Timothy Sah is the reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week after providing the clinching point in each of Stanford's victories over UCLA and USC. Sah, who came back from a 7-6, 5-0 deficit to win against USC, is 7-2 in singles play this season. He is the second-straight Stanford player to win the honor, as Arthur Fery was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week for March 29-April 4. Fery went 3-0 in singles, including a win over the nation's No. 15 singles player, and won both of his doubles matches on the week.
  • Fery leads the team with nine singles wins, while Timothy Sah ranks second with seven. 11 athletes have at least one victory. Six tandems have a pair of doubles wins, with the pair of Fery and Alexandre Rotsaert holding a team-leading five victories together.
  • Paul Goldstein has established himself among Stanford’s elite men’s tennis coaches in the program’s rich history. In six-plus seasons as the Cardinal mentor, Goldstein’s teams have posted a 109-46 record with a national ranking and a berth in the NCAA Championships in each of his first five seasons.
  • Stanford is 35-3 all-time against Oregon.