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The Farm Report: October 1

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Stanford claims third ACC Victory

        

No. 2 Stanford claimed a big win in ACC play on Friday night, taking down Virginia 1-0 on the road. It’s Stanford’s third ACC victory and its third on the road. 

The Cardinal improves to 8-1-1 and 3-0-1 on the season while Virginia drops to 2-3-3 and 0-2-2 in ACC play.

Eleanor Klinger Celebration

Card add another clean sheet to the season

      

No. 6 Stanford allowed just four total shots and freshman Lizzie Boamah scored in the 18th minute as the Cardinal (10-1-0, 2-1-0 ACC) blanked Miami (3-4-2, 0-2-1 ACC) 1-0 in Stanford’s ACC home opener from Cagan Stadium on Thursday.

Capping a flurry of shots from the Cardinal off a corner kick, Boamah punched in the game-winner following saved shots from Mia Bhuta and Andrea Kitahata. Boamah delivered her putback just inside the near post to run her career goals tally to two.

Freshman Eleanor Klinger seemingly made it 2-0 in the 28th minute as Elise Evans served a long ball into the box on a free kick that bounced and was chested down by Klinger as she spun toward the near post. The native of Cleveland, Ohio hammered her shot into the goal, but the offside flag went up to negate the tally.

Sophomore Mia Bhuta headed-home her third goal of the season in the 19th minute, but Pitt’s Keera Melenhorst equalized in the 39th as No. 6 Stanford (10-1-1, 2-1-1 ACC) was forced to settle for one point following a 1-1 draw with Pittsburgh (7-3-2, 1-2-1 ACC) on Sunday afternoon from Cagan Stadium.

Bhuta got on the end of a beautiful corner kick from Jasmine Aikey, heading her shot to the near post to beat Pitt’s goalkeeper Ellie Breech to make it 1-0 Cardinal.

Women's Soccer highlights vs. Pitt

First ACC Win

First ACC Win

   

No. 3 Stanford opened ACC play with a 25-17, 23-25, 25-18 25-20 win over Notre Dame, Friday, in Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center.

Stanford (9-1, 1-0 ACC) hit .291 as a team, while holding Notre Dame (7-3, 0-1 ACC) to a .098 clip. The Cardinal registered 13.0 blocks and 10 aces, including a career-high five by freshman Taylor Yu.

Outside hitter Elia Rubin led Stanford offensively with a match-high 17 kills on .325 hitting to go with seven digs, an ace and a season-best five blocks. Middle blocker Sami Francis added 10 kills on a .450 attack percentage and a match-high nine blocks. 

Women's Volleyball vs. Notre Dame highlights

Valerie Glozman

Glozman Qualifies for NCAA Singles Championship

    

 

Freshman Valerie Glozman's quarterfinal run highlighted Stanford's showing at the ITA All-American Championships, the Cardinal's first competition of the season.

Glozman, who received a wild card into the main draw, knocked off a trio of ranked opponents in No. 56 Alina Shcherbinina (Oklahoma), No. 53 Elizabeth Coleman (Duke) and No. 10 Sarah Hamner (South Carolina) to advance to the quarterfinals and qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship in November.

Banerjee Qualifies for NCAA Singles Championship

Banerjee Qualifies for NCAA Singles Championship

   

The opening tournament of the campaign is in the books for Stanford men’s tennis, with junior Samir Banerjee leading the way with a quarterfinal appearance in the main draw. With the result, Banerjee qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship in November.

Banerjee posted three singles wins in the tournament, including two over top-25 competition. After taking out Tulsa’s Reiya Komagata in the round of 64, Banerjee beat No. 4 Cooper Williams (Duke) in straight sets. The win matched his top-ranked win at Stanford. The Basking Ridge, New Jersey native continued with a win over Florida’s No. 24 Jeremy Jin in the round of 16, securing his place in the NCAA Tournament, but retired due to injury in the second set of his quarterfinal against No. 71 Aidan Kim (Ohio State).

Card claim two top 10 wins

Card claim two top 10 wins

  

The No. 3 Stanford Cardinal picked up another top-10 win today with a 15-10 victory over the No. 8 UC Irvine Anteaters. The Card ripped off a 6-1 lead in the first quarter, and never looked back.

Riley Pittman entered the day leading the team with 21 goals scored, and extended the advantage with a game-high four scores.

Pittman was one of five multi-goal scorers for the Cardinal, joined by Soren Jensen, Grant Watson, Dash McFarland and Will Schneider.

 

The No. 3 Cardinal moved to 11-1 on the season with a 14-11 win at No. 4 Pepperdine this afternoon. Riley Pittman led all scorers for the second-straight game, chipping in six goals to power the win.

Stanford jumped out to a multi-goal lead in the first quarter for the second-straight game, leading 4-2 at the first break. An even second quarter sent the Card into halftime with an 8-6 advantage, including a quick hat trick from Pittman.

Pittman was responsible for both of the Cardinal’s two goals in the third, keeping the two-score lead at 10-8 heading into the final period. Pittman added in another score in the fourth with six goals. The total ties an individual game high for the Card this season, matching Jack Merrill’s six scores against Concordia on Sept. 8.

Stanford Cardinal wins 2024 Big Match

Cardinal takes annual big match

   

 In the fifth installment of the Big Match between the golf programs of Stanford and California, the Cardinal emerged victorious at Menlo Country Club, winning 4-2. This is the second time that Stanford has won the event, with its other victory coming in 2022.

Sweep at the Creek

Sweep at the Creek

  

In its first competition of the season in full race mode, Stanford swept the men’s and women’s team victories in commanding fashion at the Gans Creek Classic on Friday.

Led by sophomore Leo Young, the Stanford men placed four in the top eight to win decisively. The Cardinal scored 31 points to 163 for runner-up Tennessee.

Graduate student Zofia Dudek captured second in the women’s race while Stanford placed four in the top 10. The No. 10 Cardinal scored 44, to 91 for runner-up Tennessee.

Overall, these were strong and encouraging performances for the squads under sixth-year head coach J.J. Clark, Stanford's Franklin P. Johnson Director of Track and Field and Cross Country. 

Two Regatta Wins

Two Regatta Wins

   

Stanford competed in four events over the weekend and took home two regatta wins. Chapman Petersen claimed the PCCSC title in the open singlehanded championship while the women took home a victory in the Women’s ACC qualifier.

“Chapman sailed a clean cut regatta demonstrating his skills in the ILCA,” said the Malin Burnham assistant sailing coach Augie Dale. “Starts, smarts, and speed gave him a nearly perfect scoreline.”

Petersen sailed an immaculate event, claiming first place in all but one race, where he finished second. He totalled 11 points across the 10-race event to top the field of nine.