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The Farm Report: October 22

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2024 Hall of Fame Class Enshrined

2024 Hall of Fame Class Enshrined

       

Megha Ganne during final round of Stanford Intercollegiate 10-20-24

Stanford Survives for Intercollegiate Win

       

The final round of the Stanford Intercollegiate, hosted by Dr. Condoleezza Rice, was full of drama. Third-ranked Stanford women’s golf entered the day with a four-stroke lead over USC but eventually trailed by four strokes on the back nine.

The Cardinal overcame that deficit, pulled ahead with one hole to go, and then settled for a tie with the Trojans atop the leaderboard. Due to the tiebreaker of the combined overall drop scores, Stanford emerged with the trophy and the tournament win.

Women's Volleyball Team

Cardinal Sweeps Mustangs

         

Led by outside hitters Elia Rubin and Ipar Kurt, No. 5 Stanford swept No. 12 SMU, 25-22, 25-23, 35-33, Wednesday, at Moody Coliseum.

Stanford (14-2, 6-1 ACC) hit .303 as a team in its fourth consecutive sweep. The third set was the longest of the season for the Cardinal.

Rubin led the team with 18 kills on .368 hitting, five digs, three blocks and an ace. She tallied her 1,000th career kill in the third set, becoming the 23rd player in program history to accomplish that feat.

Team Celebration

Kostmayer Delivers Buzzer-Beater

         

Junior Lumi Kostmayer’s rocket of a volley with two seconds remaining on the clock handed No. 6 Stanford (13-2-1, 5-2-1 ACC) a 1-0 buzzer-beating victory over Louisville (6-6-3, 1-5-1 ACC) on the road Thursday night in ACC play.

The goal was Kostmayer’s first of the season and the 12th of her career, and marked her fourth career game-winner. The native of Southbury, Conn. checked into the match in the 82nd minute before providing the heroics.

Janice Shin, Valerie Glozman, Connie Ma, Valencia Xu, Alexis Blokhina, Frankie Brennan

tanford Sweeps Titles at ITA Northwest Regionals

    

For the first time since 2021, Stanford swept both the singles and doubles titles at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships.

The Cardinal featured both sets of opponents in the singles and doubles championships, the first school to do that since they themselves did three years ago. Before that it hadn't happened since at least 2003.

Season Opening Success

Season Opening Success

      

Stanford women's swimming opened the 2024-25 campaign with a Triple Distance meet against California, earning race wins in 16 of the 20 events in the non-scoring meet. 

The uniquely formatted competition split swimmers into event groups (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, sprint freestyle, distance freestyle, and individual medley), requiring athletes to participate in three different distances within the event.

Card Leaps into Season

Card Leaps into Season

    

Ron Polonsky swept the individual medley events to highlight Stanford men’s swimming’s season-opening Triple Distance Meet against Cal at Avery Aquatic Center on Friday.

Polonsky, a 2024 Olympic semifinalist in the 200-meter individual medley and 100 breaststroke, was part of four victories in the non-scoring meet between the No. 9 Cardinal and No. 1 Bears.

Daisy Ford

Card Downs Indiana to Close Road Trip

       

Stanford field hockey ended its final road trip of the regular season in thrilling fashion, defeating Indiana, 2-1, on Sunday at Deborah Tobias Field. Stanford improves to 6-8 this season with the result, including a 6-2 mark in non-conference action.

Scout Butler and Star Horlock scored for the Cardinal, their second and fourth goals of the season, respectively, while assists were credited to Liv Martin, Bea Varley and Allison Kuzyk. Martin tied Alayna Burns for the team lead with five helpers this season, while Daisy Ford made four saves to earn the win in goal.

Men Third at Pre-Nats

Men Third at Pre-Nats

    

Cole Sprout paced the No. 9 Stanford men to a third-place finish at the ultra-competitive Wisconsin Pre-Nationals cross-country meet on Saturday.

Led by Sprout's ninth place, Stanford placed six among the top 53 and scored 142 points to finish behind only No. 3 Arkansas (89) and No. 4 Iowa State (128) in a race that featured 19 teams ranked among the USTFCCCA’s Top 30. Stanford beat four top-10 teams: No. 5 Notre Dame (seventh), No. 6 Northern Arizona (fifth), No. 8 New Mexico (fourth), and No. 10 Wisconsin (sixth). 

ACC Sweep

ACC Sweep

      

Stanford sailing claimed the title at the Open Atlantic Coast Championship in Boston, highlighting a two-regatta slate for the Cardinal this past weekend.

Warm conditions limited the event to just seven races over the two-day event, but Stanford was able to come out on top with 92 points, earning a narrow victory over Dartmouth (96), Tulane (99), Harvard (104), and Coast Guard (106).