Cardinal Travels to No. 4 Clemson

SERIES NOTABLES

Stanford and Clemson have met only twice in program history, with both games coming at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. ... the Cardinal eliminated Clemson from the 1995 World Series by way of an 8-3 victory before defeating the Tigers 10-4 en route to a runner-up finish to LSU in 2000

LEADING OFF

• Stanford is unranked this week after spending time in the rankings for three straight weeks from March 10 to March 24 and reaching as high as No. 14 in the nation according to D1Baseball on March 17 ... has scored 204 runs in 30 games this season – an average of 6.80 runs per game ... is +15 in home runs this season, launching 39 compared to 24 allowed ... has dropped nine straight ACC games (swept by Cal, Virginia and #25 Georgia Tech) ... was picked to finish eighth in the ACC standings according to the league’s coaches ... has made 19 College World Series appearances, including having reached Omaha in three of the last four seasons ... 19 appearances are seventh-most in the nation ... returned 1,476 of 1,899 at bats (78%) and 469.2 of 481 innings (97.6%) from last year
• Charlie Bates is currently out of the lineup due to an injury sustained in the series against California ... hit .636 (7-for-11) with six runs scored, two doubles, two triples and one RBI in the four-game series vs. Washington ... has hit safely in 12 of his 18 games played this year
• Temo Becerra had a seven-game hit streak snapped on Monday vs. UC Davis, but has hit safely in 25 of the 30 games this season and has reached in 15 straight headed into the weekend ... is hitting .533 (8-for-15) with four runs scored, two doubles, a triple and four RBIs over the last five games ... has managed multiple hits in five of the last 10 games while batting .400 (14-for-35) over the span ... had a 14-game hitting streak dating back to 2024 snapped on February 21 ... has compiled 11 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI contests this year ... is batting .385 (20-for-52) with 10 runs scored, four doubles, two triples and seven RBIs in ACC play ... batted .375 (12-for-32) with six runs scored, a double and 11 RBIs in February
• Trevor Haskins homered in five consecutive games from February 21-28 - the first player to hit a homer in five consecutive games since Brock Jones managed the feat in six straight from May 15-25, 2022 ... had an 11-game hitting streak to start the year snapped on March 2 vs. Xavier, but has hit safely in all but four of his games played this season and has reached in 11 straight entering the weekend ... owns seven multi-hit games in his last 10 overall while batting .395 (17-for-43) over the span ... nine homers rank 13th in the conference ... leads the team in multi-hit games (15) and multi-RBI contests (8) ... was named ACC and NCBWA National Player of the Week on February 24 after batting .389 (7-for-18) with five runs scored, two doubles, three homers and 11 runs batted in while guiding Stanford to a 4-0 week that included a victory at Cal State Fullerton and three more vs. Washington ... hit .389 (7-for-18) with six runs scored, a double, four homers (one in each game) and 12 RBIs in a four-game series against Washington from February 21-24 ... finished the month of February hitting .366 (15-for-41) with a team-best 13 runs scored, three doubles, five homers and 17 RBIs to post an .805 slugging percentage ... launched three homers and scored 15 runs while driving in nine in March
• Ethan Hott has connected for two homers after being held homerless in his first 52 games (157 at bats) ... has a hit in 10 of his last 14 games played and has managed five multi-hit games this season ... batting .433 (13-for-30) with six runs scored, two doubles, two homers and 10 RBIs in ACC play ... hit .393 (11-for-28) with five runs scored, two doubles, two homers and nine RBIs in 10 games played in March
• Brandon Larson contributed a pinch-hit, walk-off single to hand Stanford a 6-5 victory in 10 innings over Santa Clara on April 1 ... has managed a pair of three-hit games this season ... homered in back-to-back games vs. Xavier (March 2) and at No. 4 North Carolina (March 7) - the latter being a grand slam as part of a six-RBI day against the Tar Heels
• Luke Lavin went 3-for-3 with the go-ahead RBI in the 10th inning of a come-from-behind victory at Cal State Fullerton on February 17 ... connected for his first career home run - a two-run shot - in a 4-0 victory over UC Davis on April 7
• Cort MacDonald missed 21 games from February 21 to March 29 due to injury ... is 0-for-16 since returning to the lineup on April 1
• Tatum Marsh had a nine-game hit streak snapped on Monday vs. UC Davis, but was hit by a pitch to extend his reached base streak to 26 straight entering the series at Clemson ... has hit safely in all but seven of his games played this season ... is 15-for-35 (.429) with six runs scored, three doubles and five RBIs over the last 10 games ... has amassed multiple hits in five of his last eight games ... is batting .395 (17-for-43) with nine runs scored, two doubles, a homer and 10 RBIs in ACC play ... fell a single short of the cycle on February 16 at Cal State Fullerton, including connecting for a go-ahead three-run home run in the sixth inning for his first collegiate round-tripper ... had a seven-game hit streak snapped in the finale vs. Duke on March 16 ... has been hit by 12 pitches this year to rank fourth in the ACC and 67th nationally while averaging .43 hit-by-pitches per game ... batted .370 (10-for-27) with a team-high 13 runs scored, two doubles, two triples, a homer and seven RBIs while managing a .528 on-base percentage (aided by five walks and four hit-by-pitches) in February ... hit .356 (16-for-45) with 10 runs scored, four doubles, a homer and eight RBIs in March
• Jimmy Nati had a 14-game hit streak snapped on April 6 vs. #25 Georgia Tech ... has hit safely in all but three games this season ... has contributed 14 extra-base hits (six doubles, eight home runs) … has homered three times, doubled twice and scored 12 runs while batting .400 (16-for-40) and driving in eight over the last 10 games ... has driven in a run in all but nine games this season, including 10 of his last 14 overall ... ranks second on the team in home runs (8) ... has homered six times and scored 15 runs while driving in 11 in ACC play ... had an 11-game hitting streak to start the year snapped on March 2 vs. Xavier, also ending a 15-game hitting streak dating back to 2024 ... batted .351 (13-for-37) with eight runs scored, three doubles and seven RBIs in the month of February ... connected for seven home runs and three doubles while scoring 18 runs and driving in 16 during the month of March
• Brady Reynolds had a six-game hit streak snapped at No. 4 North Carolina on March 8 ... owns 12 multi-hit games and has posted multiple hits in four of his last five entering the week ... has contributed 13 extra-base hits (six doubles, seven home runs) and ranks 12th in the ACC in slugging percentage (.633) ... is batting .383 (18-for-47) with 15 runs scored, four doubles, two homers and seven RBIs in ACC play ... homered in back-to-back games to close the series at Cal State Fullerton on February 16 and 17 and ranks second on the team in homers (7) ... has compiled five multi-RBI games this year and has contributed 23 RBIs in total ... drove in 13 runs while batting .364 (12-for-33) with eight runs scored, two doubles and three homers in February ... batted .375 (21-for-56) with 16 runs scored, four doubles, four home runs and 10 RBIs in March
• Rintaro Sasaki had a six-game hit streak end on Monday night ... posted a multi-homer game on March 15 vs Duke, including a walk-off three-run homer to hand Stanford an 11-1 run-rule victory ... batted .429 (6-for-14) with three runs scored, three homers and eight RBIs vs. Duke ... had a seven-game hit streak snapped at No. 4 North Carolina on March 8 ... has hit safely in 22 of his first 30 collegiate games and has reached in all but four contests after opening his career with a string of 14 straight games reaching safely ... drove in four runs in his collegiate debut at Cal State Fullerton on February 15 and owns six multi-RBI games ... has compiled multiple hits in nine games this season ... batted a team-best .378 (14-for-37) with six runs scored, two doubles and 11 RBIs while posting a .477 on-base percentage in the month of February ... connected for four home runs while scoring six runs and driving in 14 during the month of March ... named Preseason National Freshman of the Year according to Baseball America and is the favorite to win ACC Freshman of the Year according to Baseball America and D1Baseball
• Charlie Saum broke a scoreless game with a fifth-inning solo home run at No. 4 North Carolina in Stanford's series-clinching 7-0 shutout victory over the Tar Heels on March 9 ... owns nine extra-base hits (five doubles, four homers) this year ... has compiled seven multi-hit games this season ... connected for three home runs while scoring 11 runs and driving in 10 during the month of March
• Matt Scott was a preseason All-American according to Baseball America (second team) and Perfect Game (third team)
• Joey Volchko was a preseason All-American according to Baseball America (second team) and Perfect Game (third team)

THIS WEEK

• Stanford will make its third East Coast trip this week, traveling to play No. 4 Clemson in a three-game ACC series beginning Friday at 3 p.m. PT
• Saturday's game two is slated for a 3 p.m. PT first pitch before Sunday's noon PT finale
• All three games against the Tigers will be televised, with Friday's contest airing on ESPNU and the final two on ACC Network
• Mike Ferrin and Gabby Sanchez will have the broadcast calls throughout the weekend
• All three games will also be broadcast on KZSU 90.1 FM

UP NEXT

• After the series at Clemson, Stanford will return home to host Notre Dame in ACC play next week
• Friday's opener is slated for a 6:05 p.m. first pitch from Sunken Diamond, with the series concluding with 2:05 and 1:05 p.m. starts on Saturday and Sunday
• All three games against the Fighting Irish will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra

UPCOMING PROMOTIONS

• All Cardinal Kids Club members are invited out to the ballpark, and can pick up a Croc hat with three Stanford jibbits to wear on Friday, April 18 vs. Notre Dame ... we'll also have a Stanford baseball shoe jibbit giveaway for all fans while supplies last
• Join Stanford Athletics as we celebrate Cardinalpalooza on the Farm Saturday, April 19 vs. Notre Dame
• Fans are invited to bring their gloves and play catch down on the field following the game on Sunday, April 20 vs. Notre Dame

A LOOK BACK

• Stanford suffered a sweep vs. #25 Georgia Tech last weekend - running its ACC losing streak to nine games after being swept by Cal and Virginia previously
• Stanford hit .330 in the series against Georgia Tech, collecting four doubles and a triple, but did not homer while being outscored 36-11
• The Yellow Jackets hit .364 with nine doubles, a triple and six home runs
• Defensively, Georgia Tech turned six doubles plays in the series
• Stanford rebounded to post a 4-0 shutout over UC Davis on Monday to snap a three-game skid ... junior Nick Dugan got the start and tossed five shutout frames while allowing just two hits with four strikeouts ... Trevor Moore (2 IP), Toran O'Harran (1 IP) and Aidan Keenan (1 IP) closed out the shutout ... Jimmy Nati and Luke Lavin each homered in the victory, with Lavin's two-run blast in the second inning serving as his first career homer

BIG INNINGS KEYING VICTORIES, HURTING LATELY

• Stanford has managed 16 different innings scoring at least four runs this season, posting a 12-1 record in games in which is manages at least one big inning
• The Cardinal's high-water mark for a single inning is seven runs - managed twice this season on February 23 vs. Washington and February 28 vs. Xavier
• Big innings have also been the undoing of Stanford lately, as the Cardinal has allowed 10 such innings in the last 12 games, going 3-9 over the span
• The Cardinal led in all three games of a series at Virginia from March 27-29, but the Cavaliers used a big inning each contest to erase the deficit and eventually earn a series sweep over Stanford
• Stanford enters the weekend carrying a 4-8 record when allowing a big inning this season, having dropped eight of the last nine when allowing a big inning

CALIFORNIA KINGS

• Stanford is the winningest Division I program in California since the 2016 season, compiling 339 victories
• UC Santa Barbara has won 337 games since 2016, followed by UC Irvine (312), UCLA (308) and Sacramento State (287)

AN EARLY SIGH OF RELIEF

• Stanford's relief corps impressed through 18 games this season, with 10 relievers combining for a 7-0 record with a 3.86 ERA and six saves over 81 2/3 innings of work
• The Cardinal bullpen did not allow a run over four games and 13 2/3 innings from March 9-16, surrendering just seven hits and two walks while striking out 19 batters
• The early success did not continue over the next seven games, with Stanford relievers sporting an 0-4 record and an 8.63 ERA over 32 1/3 innings from March 21-29
• Stanford’s bullpen was once again stellar on April 1 vs. Santa Clara, with seven relievers combining for 9 2/3 innings of one-run baseball – the only blemish being an unearned run charged in the seventh inning
• Most recently, Stanford's bullpen accounted for 9 2/3 innings in a three-game series against No. 25 Georgia Tech, allowing 22 runs (21 earned) on 22 hits, including six doubles, a triple and four home runs as it was tagged for a 19.55 ERA and one loss
• The Cardinal bullpen has been instrumental in helping Stanford to a 3-0 record in midweek games, combining for 18 2/3 innings while allowing two runs (one earned) on eight hits with 27 strikeouts to post a 0.48 ERA and limit opponents to a .127 average against
• Aidan Keenan has allowed 20 baserunners over 13 appearances and 17 2/3 innings while striking out 21 batters, limiting opponents to a .212 average against, and converting four saves to go along with one victory
• Keenan has inherited 11 runners this year, allowing just two to score
• Ty Uber has recorded a victory and converted a pair of saves over 14 appearances, surrendering eight runs on 16 hits with 21 strikeouts over 22 innings to manage a 3.27 ERA

TOUGH WITH TWO

• The Cardinal is hitting .307 with two outs this season and has compiled 82 two-out RBIs
• Brady Reynolds has totaled 15 two-out RBIs, while Rintaro Sasaki has delivered 12 and Jimmy Nati has plated 11
• Reynolds has been especially clutch, batting .395 (15-for-38), along with Brandon Larson (.400), Trevor Haskins (.357), Temo Becerra (.324) and Sasaki (.308)
• Included in the two-out totals are a 5-for-8 (.625) for Larson, an 11-for-19 (.579) for Reynolds and a 7-for-15 (.467) for Sasaki with runners in scoring position and two outs
• On the mound, starter Christian Lim has allowed six hits with two outs this season, limiting the opposition to a .154 average (6-for-39) ... Aidan Keenan has also excelled at closing the door, allowing a 2-for-21 clip (.095) with two outs ... other notable relievers include Ryan Speshyock (.111), Ben Reimers (.118) and Nick Dugan (.188)
• Looking only at hitting with runners in scoring position and two outs, Stanford is batting .333 as a team in the situation while allowing a .274 average to its opponents

COMEBACK CARDINAL

• The Cardinal has managed nine come-from-behind victories this season
• With that said, most of the comebacks have come in the first two-thirds of the game as the Cardinal is 1-9 when trailing after six innings and 1-6 when trailing after seven
• Stanford erased a pair of five-run deficits in the final two games of a four-game set at Cal State Fullerton on February 16 and 17
• The Cardinal trailed 8-4 after two innings and 11-6 after three on February 16, but scored four in the fifth, three in the sixth and one in the seventh to earn a 14-11 victory
• The Cardinal trailed 5-0 after two innings, 6-3 after six and 7-3 after eight on February 17, but scored four in the ninth and two in the 10th to win 9-7
• The comebacks continued in week two of the season, as Stanford erased two more late-inning deficits against Washington
• Stanford trailed 9-7 in the sixth inning on February 22 before scoring four in the bottom of the sixth to eventually earn an 11-9 victory
• The Cardinal trailed 3-0 headed to the sixth on February 23, but scored seven runs in the sixth en route to a 9-5 victory over the Huskies
• Stanford allowed the first two runs in a game vs. Xavier on February 28, trailing 2-0 in the third, before responding with 10 unanswered runs to earn the 10-2 victory
• Stanford allowed three runs in the first inning at No. 4 North Carolina on March 7 before outscoring the Tar Heels 7-3 over the final five frames to win 13-9
• The Cardinal allowed the first run on March 14 vs. Duke, but responded with five unanswered to defeat the Blue Devils 5-1
• Stanford trailed 4-0 headed to the third inning, but scored five in the third and four in the fourth to eventually defeat Duke 10-5 on March 16
• Most recently, Stanford allowed four runs in the top of the first inning vs. Santa Clara on April 1, and trailed 5-4 in the seventh, before walking off with a 6-5 victory in 10 innings
• The comeback in the finale at Cal State Fullerton on February 17 marked the first comeback in the ninth inning or later since defeating Washington State 5-3 in nine innings on April 5, 2024 despite trailing 3-1 headed into the final frame
• The Cardinal managed 10 come-from-behind victories a year ago, including two in the seventh inning or later

THE BATS ARE HOT

• The Cardinal offense has been strong through the first eight weeks of the season, batting .307 with 204 runs scored, 312 hits, 47 doubles, seven triples, 39 home runs and 192 RBIs while slugging .482 and posting a .387 on-base percentage ... batting average is fifth-best in the ACC while the 312 hits, 39 homers and .482 slugging rank eighth
• Stanford is averaging 6.80 runs per game, 10.40 hits per game, 1.57 doubles per game and 1.30 home runs per game
• The Cardinal had a string of 16 straight games with a home run snapped on March 21 (29 home runs over the span) - the longest streak of games with a homer since belting 52 homers in an 18-game span from May 1 - June 3, 2022 ... Stanford has homered in all but nine games this season, but has been held without one in three of its last four and seven of its last 12 overall
• Trevor Haskins has been one of the most dangerous hitters this year, compiling 30 runs scored, six doubles, nine homers and 29 RBIs, while Brady Reynolds has scored 25 runs to go along with six doubles, seven homers and 23 RBIs while batting .357
• Reynolds has hit safely in 19 of his 27 games this season, compiling 12 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI contests
• Haskins leads the team in multi-hit games with 15 and also paces the squad in multi-RBI games with eight
• Jimmy Nati has hit safely in all but three of his games played this season, Haskins has hit safely in all but four, and Temo Becerra has hit safely in all but five
• Nati has driven in at least one run in all but nine games this season - including 10 of the last 14 entering the series at Clemson
• Freshman Tatum Marsh paces the squad in average, batting .371 with seven doubles, two triples and two homers while scoring 26 runs and driving in 17 ... Marsh has hit safely in all but seven of his games played this year while reaching in 26 straight entering the weekend
• Rintaro Sasaki reached in each of his first 14 collegiate games, and has reached in all but four while posting nine multi-hit games and six multi-RBI contests
• Sasaki has hit safely in all but eight contests to start his career, and posted his first three home runs in a series vs. Duke - including a two-homer game on March 15 - before adding one against Cal on March 22
• The Cardinal offense guided Stanford to a 9-0 start in the month of February, batting .340 with 81 runs scored, 19 doubles, five triples and 10 homers to post a .529 slugging percentage and a .434 on-base percentage
• Stanford's offense batted .291 with 102 runs scored, 22 doubles, a triple and 26 home runs in the month of March to boast a .478 slugging percentage
• Stanford hit .355 with 42 runs scored, 55 hits, 10 doubles, two triples and four home runs in four games to open the season at Cal State Fullerton
• The Cardinal hit .315 with 29 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples and five home runs to post a .524 slugging percentage in a four-game sweep of Washington in week two
• Stanford split a four-game series with Xavier in week three, batting .305 with 25 runs scored, seven doubles, a triple and six home runs
• The Cardinal managed 10 extra-base hits (five doubles, five home runs) and scored 21 runs over three games in a road series victory at No. 4 North Carolina to start ACC play
• Stanford swept an ACC home series against Duke, hitting .323 with two doubles, a triple and nine home runs to outscore the Blue Devils 26-7

READY TO PLAY RIGHT AWAY

• David Esquer wrote three freshmen into his Opening Day lineup, as Charlie Bates, Tatum Marsh and Rintaro Sasaki earned starts in their collegiate debuts
• The three freshmen are the most for the Cardinal in an Opening Day lineup since Adam Crampton, Kody Huff and Brock Jones started game one in 2020
• All three players have been key contributors this season, with Marsh batting a team-best .371 with 26 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples, two home runs and 17 RBIs ... Marsh fell a single short of the cycle on February 16 at Cal State Fullerton, including connecting for a go-ahead three-run home run in the sixth inning for his first collegiate round-tripper, and has made a handful of spectacular defensive plays in the outfield - including a diving catch at Virginia on March 29 that earned the No. 3 spot on SportsCenter's Top 10 plays
• Sasaki has driven in 25 runs while batting .280 with 13 runs scored, three doubles - including a three-RBI double to help spark a comeback victory over Cal State Fullerton on February 16 - and four home runs ... Sasaki homered three times in the series vs. Duke from March 14-16 while batting .429 with three runs scored and eight RBIs
• Bates hit .636 (7-for-11) with six runs scored, two doubles, two triples and one RBI in the four-game series vs. Washington from February 21-24 and has totaled a team-best three triples to go along with three doubles and 12 runs scored through his 18 games played

STACKED WINS TO START THE YEAR

• Stanford began the season 9-0 for the first time since opening the 2018 campaign at 10-0 - the first season under Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball David Esquer
• The nine-game win streak to start the season was the longest win streak for Stanford since winning 17 straight from May 3 – June 3, 2022

CARDINAL TABBED EIGHTH IN PRESEASON POLL

• Preparing for its first season in the ACC, Stanford was picked to finish eighth in the conference standings according to the league’s coaches
• The Cardinal, which has made a trip to the College World Series in three of the last four seasons, is looking for a bounce-back year after missing the NCAA Tournament in 2024
• Virginia, one of four ACC squads to reach the College World Series a year ago, was selected as the 2025 ACC preseason favorites after garnering 13 of the 16 possible first-place votes ... Florida State and North Carolina, both of which made the College World Series in 2024, were slotted in second and third places, respectively ... the Seminoles logged 230 total points and two first-place votes, while the Tar Heels earned 217 total points
• Clemson recorded the final first-place vote and totaled 214 points as they were projected as the fourth-place finisher ... reigning ACC Champion Duke was slotted as the fifth-place team, earning 182 total points
• Wake Forest was tabbed as the sixth-place finisher with 171 total points, while NC State was picked narrowly behind the Demon Deacons with 168 total points ... like Florida State, North Carolina and Virginia, NC State also made a trip to the 2024 Men’s College World Series
• Stanford (143 points), Louisville (128) and Georgia Tech (113) rounded out the top 10 of the ACC’s preseason poll
• Seven of the 16 ACC teams entered the 2025 season ranked in the D1Baseball and Baseball America Top 25 polls, including Virginia checking in at No. 2 according to D1Baseball and No. 5 by Baseball America ... Clemson, Duke, Florida State, NC State, North Carolina and Wake Forest also entered the year ranked by the publications

RINTARO HAS ARRIVED

• Rintaro Sasaki, the top-ranked high school baseball player in Japan, is in his first season on The Farm
• Sasaki has been tabbed the preseason National Freshman of the Year according to Baseball America and is the preseason Freshman of the Year pick in the ACC according to D1Baseball and Baseball America
• He entered the year ranked No. 1 among freshmen according to Baseball America and No. 3 according to Perfect Game
• Rintaro made his stateside debut last summer for the Trenton Thunder in the Draft League before finishing with an outstanding nine-game stint in the Appy League over which he slashed .391/.913/1.508 with three home runs and eight RBIs
• The power-hitting first baseman graduated from Hanamaki-Higashi High School in March of 2024, enrolled at Stanford for the spring quarter last year, and began practicing with the program upon his arrival in March
• While he practiced with the team during the 2024 campaign, Sasaki did not play in a game for the Cardinal
• "We are excited to welcome Rintaro into our Stanford family," David Esquer said following Sasaki's signing. "He may be the most high-profile international prospect to play college baseball in the United States in a long time. His power bat plays right into our style of play, and we look forward to him contributing immediately to help us achieve our goals of competing for and winning national titles."
• Sasaki hit a Japanese high school record 140 home runs, and was projected to be selected first overall in the Nippon Professional Baseball Draft, but forewent the Draft to attend Stanford
• According to scouts, in addition to boasting elite raw power, Sasaki has also shown an advanced approach at the plate - walking twice as many times as he struck out
• Training under his father, Hiroshi Sasaki, Sasaki posted an impressive slash line of .413/.514/.808 during his high school career
• Shohei Ohtani starred for Hanamaki-Higashi (while being coached by the elder Sasaki) before signing with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, while Yusei Kikuchi also prepped under Sasaki at Hanamaki-Higashi before playing for the Saitama Seibu Lions
• Helping to blaze a trail for Japanese high school players looking to play in the United States, Sasaki chose to attend Stanford for the quality of education and to take steps toward achieving his dream of playing in Major League Baseball

ACC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

• Beginning this spring with the 2025 ACC Baseball Championship in Durham, N.C., all 16 teams in the ACC will compete in a single-elimination championship
• The championship will remain six days as it has in previous years, running from Tuesday, May 20, through Sunday, May 25, 2025, from Durham Bulls Athletic Park
• Since 2006, the ACC Baseball Championship has been played in a pool play or round-robin style format ... the tournament last expanded its field size in 2017, moving from 10 to 12 teams
• Under the new format, the top four seeds in the championship will be based off the performance in the regular season and will receive a double-bye into the quarterfinal round, which is scheduled to be held on Thursday and Friday ... seeds five through eight will earn a bye into Wednesday’s second round ... seeds 9-16 will begin play with four first-round games on Tuesday
• The single-elimination championship format will feature four games per day on Tuesday (first round) and Wednesday (second round) ... two quarterfinal games will take place on both Thursday and Friday, while Saturday will host the two semifinal contests ... Sunday will host the championship game
• The ACC Baseball Championship returns to Durham for the 14th time overall and the ninth time since 2009

GOODBYE PAC-12, HELLO ACC

• The 2024 season was Stanford's final in the Pac-12 conference, as the Cardinal joined Bay Area rival California as new members of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2025
• Stanford was one of the oldest members of the Pac-12 Conference, joining the then Pacific Coast Conference, founded in 1915, for the 1918 season
• The Cardinal won 21 Pac-12 titles, with the first coming in 1924 and the last in 2023
• The ACC sent eight teams to the NCAA Tournament in 2024, including an NCAA-record tying four teams to the Men’s College World Series
• Five ACC baseball programs competed in the Super Regional round with four teams earning the right to host a year ago
• The ACC has placed at least one team in each of the last 18 College World Series and at least six teams in each of the last 20 NCAA Tournaments

HOME OF CHAMPIONS

• Stanford is the all-time leader with 136 NCAA team championships (71 men, 65 women), and 168 national championships overall (77 men, 89 women, 2 coed)
• So far this athletic year, Stanford has won a national title in artistic swimming
• The Cardinal owns the most recognizable streak in college athletics, having won at least one NCAA team title during each of the last 48 seasons, dating back to the 1976-77 campaign
• Entering the 2024-25 athletic year, the Cardinal has also produced 562 NCAA individual champions and 645 overall
• Stanford has won the Learfield Directors’ Cup in 26 of the possible 30 seasons, including a 25-year streak from 1995-2019

#OLYMPIANSMADEHERE

• Stanford concluded the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with a school-record 39 medals, shattering its previous best while cementing its reputation on the world’s biggest stage as the nation’s top collegiate program
• The 39 medals were 12 more than the previous record of 27 at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games
• Stanford’s haul of 39 medals (12 gold, 14 silver, 13 bronze) was the most by any school at one Olympics
• Cardinal student-athletes medaled in 13 of Stanford's 36 varsity sports: artistic swimming, women’s basketball, women’s fencing, men’s gymnastics, sailing, men’s rowing, women’s soccer, women’s swimming and diving, men’s track and field, men’s volleyball, women’s volleyball, men’s water polo, women’s water polo
• The Cardinal boasted 19 first-time medalists - a total that ranks second in school history behind the 21 at the 2008 Beijing Games
• If Stanford was a country in the 2024 Games, it would have finished tied with Canada for 11th place
• Boasting a school-record 59 Olympians with Cardinal ties, Stanford won at least 20 medals for the sixth time in school history (2020, 2016, 2008, 1996, 1924)
• The Cardinal’s 59 Olympians (20 male, 39 female) represented 14 countries across 20 varsity sports
• In addition to the 59 qualifiers, Stanford’s Olympic representation also included five alternates, one national team head coach and three national team assistant coaches
• For the third straight Olympics, Stanford totaled more Team USA selections (37) than any other school, reinforcing its status as the preeminent training ground for U.S. national team competition
• Stanford has won 128 medals combined over the last five Summer Games
• All told, Stanford’s affiliates have captured 335 overall medals (162 gold, 93 silver, 80 bronze) from 196 medalists, and the Cardinal has produced at least one medalist in every Olympics in which the U.S. has competed since 1912