STANFORD, Calif. - No. 21 Stanford opens its 2024-25 campaign on Friday, hosting Utah Valley and CSU Bakersfield starting at 5 p.m. in Burnham Pavilion.
The Cardinal boasts eight wrestlers ranked in the InterMat individual polls.
InterMat Individual Rankings
125: Nico Provo - #10
133: Tyler Knox - #23
141: Jason Miranda - #31
149: Jaden Abas - #12
165: Hunter Garvin - #3
174: Lorenzo Norman - #18
184: Tye Monteiro - #29
197: Nick Stemmet - #17
Last season, Stanford ushered in the Chris Ayres' era, producing a pair of All-Americans and tying for its third-highest finish at the NCAA Championships (16th).
The Cardinal qualified five wrestlers for the 2024 NCAA Championships in Kansas City. Sophomore Daniel Cardenas was the top-finisher for Stanford, placing fourth at 157 pounds to garner his first career All-America honors.
Redshirt freshman Hunter Garvin took sixth at 165 pounds after entering the tournament at the No. 20 seed. He became just the third Cardinal freshman to achieve NCAA All-America status. Stanford now has 26 individual All-Americans who have earned 37 honors overall.
Stanford is under the guidance of Chris Ayres, The Matt Gentry Head Wrestling Coach. He is in his second season on The Farm and 19th season as a collegiate head coach. A four-time Ivy League Coach of the Year, Ayres spent 17 seasons at the helm of the Princeton program.
Match Order and Probables Lineups » No. 21 Stanford vs. Utah Valley
| 285 | Jackson Mankowski (STAN) vs. Jack Forbes OR Eli Stafford (UVU) |
| 125 | #10 Nico Provo (STAN) vs. Bridger Ricks OR Talen Eck OR Yusief Lillie (UVU) |
| 133 | #23 Tyler Knox (STAN) vs. Kase Mauger OR Jacob Myers (UVU) |
| 141 | Jack Consiglio (STAN) vs. #32 Haiden Drury OR Patrick Mullen (UVU) |
| 149 | #12 Jaden Abas (STAN) vs. Tanner Frothinger OR Q'Veli Quintanilla (UVU) |
| 157 | Grigor Cholakyan (STAN) vs. Ryker Fullmer OR Alex Emmer (UVU) |
| 165 | #3 Hunter Garvin OR Zach Hanson (STAN) vs. #7 Terrell Barraclough (UVU) |
| 174 | #18 Lorenzo Norman (STAN) vs. Mark Takara OR Trevor Frank (UVU) |
| 184 | Luke Duthie OR Abraham Wojcikiewicz (STAN) vs. Caleb Uhlenhopp OR Mahonri Rushton OR Hudson Rogers (UVU) |
| 197 | #17 Nick Stemmet (STAN) vs. Kael Bennie (UVU) |
Match Order and Probables Lineups » No. 21 Stanford vs. CSU Bakersfield
| 285 | Jackson Mankowski (STAN) vs. Jake Andrews OR Eric Mittlestead (CSUB) |
| 125 | #10 Nico Provo (STAN) vs. Richard Castro-Sandoval (CSUB) |
| 133 | #23 Tyler Knox (STAN) vs. Santino Sanchez OR Romeo McNeal (CSUB) |
| 141 | Jack Consiglio (STAN) vs. Hayden Zinkin (CSUB) |
| 149 | #12 Jaden Abas (STAN) vs. Brock Rogers (CSUB) |
| 157 | Grigor Cholakyan (STAN) vs. Devyn Flores-Che (CSUB) |
| 165 | #3 Hunter Garvin OR Zach Hanson (STAN) vs. Guillermo Escobedo (CSUB) |
| 174 | #18 Lorenzo Norman (STAN) vs. Gerrit Nijenhuis OR Chris Neal (CSUB) |
| 184 | Luke Duthie OR Abraham Wojcikiewicz (STAN) vs. Braden Smelser (CSUB) |
| 197 | #17 Nick Stemmet (STAN) vs. #1 AJ Ferrari (CSUB) |