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Farm Report: April 14

A weekly recap of all things Stanford Athletics, featuring top stories and key highlights from the past week.

Pair of PCCSC Titles

Pair of PCCSC Titles

                      

No. 2 Stanford sailing tallied its first conference championships of the spring slate, winning PCCSC titles in the Women's Team Race and Women's Fleet Race in Hawai'i over the weekend. 

"We would like to thank the University of Hawai'i for hosting a beautiful event," said Augie Dale, the Malin Burnham Assistant Sailing Coach. "The team performed in very tricky conditions and we were able to come out on top in both divisions."

Men's Volleyball Huddle

Season Sweep of the Trojans

      

Game 1:

Led by Theo Snoey and Moses Wagner, No. 13 Stanford knocked off No. 3 USC, 25-27, 25-19, 20-25, 25-19, 15-13, Friday, in the Galen Center.

The Cardinal (10-12, 3-6 MPSF) picked up its first five-set win of the season and won its fourth straight over the Trojans (19-4, 7-2 MPSF).

Snoey and Wagner each registered a career-high 25 kills to lead the team. Wagner’s kills came on .465 hitting to go with eight digs and four blocks. Snoey hit .333 and tallied three digs, two blocks and two assists.

 

Game 2:

Powered by Theo Snoey and Moses Wagner, No. 13 Stanford upset No. 3 USC for a second straight night, defeating the Trojans 27-25, 25-21, 20-25, 31-19, Saturday, at the Galen Center.

A solo block by freshman Kaumana Carreira on match point sealed the fifth straight win for the Cardinal over the Trojans.

Stanford (11-12, 4-6 MPSF) out hit USC (19-5, 7-3 MPSF) .336 to .282 and held a 48-40 advantage in digs. The Cardinal held a 4-3 edge in aces and both teams recorded 10.5 blocks.

Snoey turned in a career-best 26 kills on .383 hitting and a season-high 11 digs for his first double-double of the season.

 

Logan Tusher/Chloe Hoffman at Cal Poly Web

Pairs Win Record Set in 2-0 Day at Center of Effort Volleyball Challenge

    

No. 5 Stanford brought home two wins on its first day of action at the Center of Effort Volleyball Challenge, topping both the host No. 3 Cal Poly and No. 7 Florida State 4-1. 

A historic milestone was reached as senior Taylor Wilson and sophomore Ruby Sorra notched their 38th career win as a duo, the most by a pair in Stanford beach volleyball program history. The record-setting victory came in straight sets against Cal Poly’s top pair.

 

Alyssa Houston pitching at Boise State

Stanford Sweeps Boise State

     

Game 1:

No. 15 Stanford slugged five home runs Friday to win 14-0 at Boise State in just five innings. The Cardinal exploded for an eight-run fourth inning to move to 27-8 on the season.

The Cardinal struck first with two runs in the first inning, scoring twice after a throwing error followed a Kyra Chan single.

Game 2:

The Cardinal picked up a series win in Idaho Saturday, topping Boise State 10-5 behind three home runs and eight hits. No. 15 Stanford moves to 28-8 on the season with the win, and Taryn Kern moved up in the program's all-time list with her 15th homer of the season.

Game 3:

The No. 15 Cardinal outslugged Boise State Sunday afternoon, winning 18-13 in a game that featured 31 combined runs on 27 hits. Stanford moves to 29-8 on the season, wrapping up a three-game sweep of the Broncos that saw the Cardinal score 42 runs on 13 homers. The outburst featured a program record 37 total bases, tying the program runs-scored record with 18.

Second Varsity Eight vs. Syracuse Web

Cadinal Defeats ACC Foes

       

No. 2 Stanford made a strong statement against its new conference opponents April 12–13, sweeping No. 10 Virginia and No. 11 Syracuse in every race over the two-day regatta at Redwood Shores.

The Cardinal dominated both days of competition, winning each race by at least five seconds.
On Saturday, Stanford faced Syracuse, opening the morning with an open-water win in the varsity four. The Cardinal secured double-digit margins in every remaining race, including a commanding 17-second victory by the second varsity eight.

Stanford continued its dominant form on Sunday against Virginia, notching victories of at least 16 seconds in all three races. The Cardinal’s eights boats each posted 18-second wins over the Cavaliers.

 

Perfect At Avery

Perfect At Avery

       

Jenna Flynn’s career-high six goals led a dominant offensive attack as No. 2 Stanford cruised past No. 14 Indiana 19-5 on Saturday afternoon at Avery Aquatic Center.

Stanford (18-1, 4-1 MPSF), which at 5-0 finished undefeated at home for the second time in three seasons, also received a hat trick from Maggie Hawkins as eight different players scored overall.

The Cardinal also honored its five-member senior class of Eleanor Facey, Ryann Neushul, Alissa Pascual, Jewel Roemer and Sophia Sanders in a postgame ceremony. Members of the class have contributed to a 109-13 overall record, 24-4 MPSF record and 39-4 record at Avery spanning five seasons. Facey, Pascual, Roemer and Sanders are all two-time NCAA champions (2022-23) while Neushul is a three-time NCAA champion (2019, 2022-23).

Men’s Tennis Wins Big Slam Over Cal

Men’s Tennis Wins Big Slam Over Cal

       

Beating rival No. 9 California for the fifth consecutive meeting, and 12th time in the last 13 matchups, No. 8 Stanford men’s tennis closed the season with a 4-2 victory at Arrillaga Tennis Center-Taube Pavilion. The Cardinal improves to 19-5 this season and finishes 10-3 in the ACC.

Stanford trailed early after Cal won the doubles point. The duo of Samir Banerjee and Alex Razeghi led on court three, but the Golden Bears scored wins on courts one and two to earn the advantage in the match.

Banerjee tied the match, 1-1, with a win over the ITA’s 13th-ranked player on court one. His ninth ranked win of the season, and seventh against top-25 players, Banerjee won by a score of 6-0, 6-4. Nico Godsick briefly gave Stanford the lead with 6-2, 6-2 win on court five, his 14th of the year and 11th in dual play, but Cal tied the match, 2-2 with a win on court three.

Close Wins Define Strong Weekend

Close Wins Define Strong Weekend

          

Trailing by two seats mid-race, the Stanford second varsity eight rallied to a 1.9-second victory over Syracuse on Sunday to close out a strong weekend for Cardinal men’s rowing against three top-10 teams.

Minutes earlier, the Stanford 1V8+ boat beat Syracuse in another dramatic finish, by 1.4 seconds, while breaking a school record on its home course of Belmont Channel/Redwood Shores Lagoon. 

The pinnacle was a victory over No. 3 Brown in a 1V8+ matchup Saturday morning, winning in 6:03.4-6:08.0. 

Stanford's time of 5:34.6 in the 1V8+ race against Syracuse bettered the school record of 5:35.1 set in the 2025 season opener on February 28 against Drexel.

Overall, the Stanford 1V8+ is 7-2 this season and the Cardinal 2V8+ is 6-3.

FB Irvin from spring ball used 4-13-25

Spring Ball 2025 – Week 2

    

Spring practice for the Stanford Cardinal is already halfway through, with seven of the team’s 15 scheduled practices completed. With attention to detail serving as the primary focus on both sides of the ball, the growth of the team from week one to week two is evident.

The second week of spring ball means the second week with Nate Byham as the Andrew Luck Director of Offense, a change in title while retaining his position as tight ends coach. After leading the successful growth of tight ends on The Farm like Sam Roush, Byham takes on a larger role under interim coach Frank Reich, serving as the offensive play-caller.

This is not the first time in Byham’s career that he has been in this position. In 2022 at the University of Albany, Byham was the co-offensive coordinator and helped lead the growth of Great Dane quarterback Reese Poffenbarger to freshman All-America status. 

The TreeCast Episode 228: Spring Football Has Sprung

The TreeCast Episode 228: Spring Football Has Sprung

                    

Stanford's spring football season is underway! We kick off a super-sized episode of the show with Andrew Luck Director of Offense/Tight Ends coach Nate Byham, who reveals what's on the Stanford offense's plate this spring and how the coaching staff is working with interim head coach Frank Reich to get the Cardinal ready. Also, freshman Megumi Field to recap a national championship season for Stanford Artistic Swimming & her Olympic medal-winning experience in Paris, and redshirt junior Maddigan Miller previews a big home weekend for Stanford Women's Lacrosse.

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