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Women's Tennis

Spring Season Debuts With UC Davis

No. 3 Cardinal opens 2025 spring slate against the Aggies on Thursday, Jan. 16

  • Stanford opens its 2025 spring slate - its first ahead of an inaugural ACC campaign - against UC Davis on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 2 p.m. Due to ongoing construction, the match will be played at the West Campus Courts and there will be no live stream or live results.
  • The Cardinal begins the spring at No. 3 in the ITA coaches' poll released on January 6.
    • Stanford has three players on its roster in the final fall ITA singles rankings from Dec. 3 in Valerie Glozman (#6), Connie Ma (#12) and Valencia Xu (#107). Glozman is the highest-ranked underclassman in the country. In doubles, Glozman and Ma are ranked 31st.
  • Stanford's fall was highlighted by All-America performances from Glozman and Ma at the NCAA Individual Championships in Waco. This was the first year of a two-year pilot program in which the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Individual Championships are held in the fall instead of the spring.
    • Glozman, seeded fifth, made a run to the quarterfinals and finished the fall with a 13-2 record, including a 7-2 mark against ranked opponents.
    • The No. 6 seed, Ma advanced to the Round of 16, was 12-4 in the fall, and earned singles All-America status for the third time in her career.
    • With the switch in schedule for the individual championships, All-America honors are given to those advancing to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championship in November or finishing in the Top 20 of the final ITA Singles rankings in May.
  • Stanford has won 113 of its last 120 matches on The Farm, all at Taube Family Tennis Stadium, which was demolished at the conclusion of last season. Construction is ongoing on a re-imagined facility with 12 outdoor courts slated to open in 2026. At the end of February, the Cardinal will return to the athletic footprint to compete this season at the new Taube Pavilion, across the street from the Arrillaga Family Sports Center next to the Graduate School of Business.
  • On January 8, the Cardinal announced the rare (for Stanford) midseason transfer in Caroline Driscoll. The two-time All-Summit League performer at Denver has a career singles record of 53-18, including 30-10 in duals. 
  • While no stranger to The Farm, Stanford is in its first season with Frankie Brennan as the program’s Peter and Helen Bing Director of Women's Tennis. The third-generation coach was hired to replace the legendary Lele Forood on  Sept. 11. Forood announced she was stepping down following 24 seasons and 10 NCAA titles as head coach on Aug. 20.
    • Brennan has been on staff at Stanford for 29 seasons and a part of 12 of Stanford’s record 20 NCAA championships. The Cardinal has gone 700-71 during his tenure.
  • On Sept. 19, Brennan hired Stanford alumna Janice Shin as his assistant coach. A two-time NCAA team champion during her playing career from 2018-21, Shin was a key contributor on Stanford’s 2018 and 2019 NCAA title teams, going a perfect 8-0 in postseason matches and earning NCAA All-Tournament Team recognition at No. 5 singles both years.
  • Stanford put together a 25-3 overall campaign in 2023-24, including an 8-1 mark in Pac-12 competition and a 13-1 mark at Taube Family Tennis Center. The program reached the NCAA quarterfinals for the 39th time in 42 NCAA Tournaments and won its third consecutive Pac-12 Tournament title.