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The Farm Report: May 5

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

Men’s Tennis Beats Pepperdine, Advances to Super Regional

Men’s Tennis Beats Pepperdine, Advances to Super Regional

                      

Stanford men’s tennis continued its unblemished season at home at Arrillaga Tennis Center-Taube Pavilion, defeating No. 25 Pepperdine, 4-0. The win helps the fourth-seeded and No. 5 Cardinal to 24-5 on the season, including an 11-0 record at home.

The Cardinal is advancing to the NCAA Super Regionals for the fourth consecutive season.

Fourth-seeded Stanford will host 13th-seeded South Carolina in the NCAA Super Regionals on May 9 at Arrillaga Tennis Center-Taube Pavilion. The first serves are set for noon.

sailing

National Champions Again

           

 No. 2 Stanford sailing won its second consecutive ICSA Women's Team Race Championship on Monday afternoon, putting on a dominant display with a 16-1 record across two days of competition.

The Cardinal outpaced the 12-team field, edging out top-seeded Yale by one win, while Harvard (9-8) and Cornell (8-9) rounded out the top four. 

The win marks Stanford's fourth women's national title and sixth overall championship in program history. The Cardinal has been particularly dominant in recent years, winning five titles over the past three seasons (2024: Women's Fleet and Women's Team; 2023: Open Fleet and Women's Fleet).

Valerie Glozman

Super Saturday

      

Stanford put together its best performance of the season on Saturday, defeating 11th-seeded host Texas Tech 4-1 in the second round of the NCAA Championships in Lubbock.

The clincher came from the ACC Freshman of the Year in Valerie Glozman at No. 2. Down 4-0 to Kate Dmitrichenko, Glozman battled back to force a first-set tiebreak, taking that 7-2. Momentum in hand, Glozman breezed in the second to a 6-1 win to send Stanford on.

Coming in at No. 12 in the latest ITA poll, the Red Raiders are the highest-ranked team the Cardinal has beaten this year and its best true road victory since a 5-2 win at No. 9 California on April 19, 2024. Stanford awaits Oklahoma State in next weekend’s Super Regionals.

Lacrosse Celebration

Tournament Bound

               

The Cardinal is back in the NCAA Tournament for the second-consecutive year. Stanford will take on Denver in the opening round of the tournament in Gainesville, Fla. 

Stanford takes on Denver in the Florida region with hosts and No. 4 seed Florida who takes on Mercer in the opening round. The Cardinal takes on the Pioneers on Friday, May 9 at 7 p.m. ET. 

Stanford (14-5, 7-2 ACC) heads to The Sunshine State having advanced to the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Women’s Lacrosse Championships two weeks ago, defeating the No. 6 seed in #17 Syracuse, 15-10, before falling to the No. 2 seed Boston College Eagles two days later. 

WROW action photo during Big Row 5-3-25

Big Wins at Big Row

              

Top-ranked Stanford defeated No. 9 California on Saturday morning at the annual Big Row at Redwood Shores, sweeping all five boats in its final regular-season event.

Both varsity four boats cruised to victory to begin the morning, with Stanford’s second varsity four (7:51.8) posting a faster time than California’s first varsity four (7:53.5). The only time Stanford has posted a wider margin of victory in the varsity fours this year came against Virginia on April 13, also at Redwood Shores.

Things continued strong for the Cardinal in the first varsity eight, with a 15-second win over the Golden Bears. The second varsity eights held the largest margin of victory (18.4 seconds) for the varsity eights. Stanford’s third varsity eight closed out the morning with a 2.7-second win, securing the sweep of California.

Emmy Sharp/Daria Gusarova vs. Cal Poly Web

No. 2 Stanford's Season Ends in Quarterfinals

    

No. 2 Stanford’s season came to a close Saturday morning with a 3-1 loss to No. 6 Cal Poly in the quarterfinals of the 2025 NCAA Championships in Gulf Shores, Ala.

Stanford (32-9) finishes with 32 wins—tied for the most in a single season in program history.

The 2025 season marked a historic campaign for Stanford, highlighted by the program’s first-ever conference title and 11 wins over top-10 opponents. The Cardinal is set to return all but two members of its NCAA Championships lineup in 2026, with its youth-driven roster keeping the program in national title contention.

East Coast Sweep

East Coast Sweep

                 

Game 1:

The No. 16 Cardinal blitzed Boston College with five runs before recording an out in the game, going on to win 10-5 at Boston College. The 18-hit outing set a new season high, as Stanford moves to 37-10 (14-8) on the season. The Card posted a double-digit scoring output for the second straight game, and 17th time this season.

Game 2:

The No. 16 Cardinal set a new program record for runs scored today, topping Boston College 20-7 to move to 38-10 on the year and 15-8 in ACC play. Taryn Kern tied another program record in the win, hitting her 19th homer of the year to move into a three-way tie for the most homers in a single season.

Game 3:

No. 16 Stanford ended the regular season with a sweep, closing out a three-game series at Boston College with an 8-7 win in eight innings. The Card entered the seventh inning trailing by a run, but rallied to win in extras on an RBI single from Taryn Kern. The win pushes the Cardinal to 39-10 on the season and 16-8 in ACC play.

Temo Becerra

Series Win in Boston

     

Game 1:

Sophomore Joey Volchko twirled a gem on Friday night as he teamed with fellow sophomore Aidan Keenan to lead the Cardinal (23-19, 8-17 ACC) to a 2-0 shutout victory over Boston College (22-25, 9-16 ACC) in the opener of a three-game ACC series.

Game 3:

Stanford (24-20, 9-18 ACC) jumped out to an 11-0 lead through four innings and held off a late surge to defeat Boston College (23-26, 10-17 ACC) 11-7 and secure a three-game ACC road series victory on Sunday afternoon.

All but one Cardinal starter collected a hit in the game, as Stanford scored 11 runs on 16 hits.

Card Women Repeat at Big Meet

Card Women Repeat at Big Meet

       

As Cate Peters crossed the finish line with a 14-second advantage in the 4x400-meter relay, the final event of the day, the Stanford women closed out their second consecutive victory in the Big Meet.

On an ideal day at Edwards Stadium, both the Cardinal men and women ended the 130th renewal of the Stanford and California track and field rivalry on a high note.

Stanford beat Cal, 87-72, to increase the Cardinal’s series lead to 30-15 since the women’s meet began in 1980.

Stanford clinched the victory in the penultimate event – the 3,000. Kennedy earned her second victory of the day, in 9:18.27 and led a 1-2-3 scoring sweep. Audrey DaDamio (9:29.72) was second and Imogen Gardiner (9:37.35), in the first race she’s finished this year, used a strong kick to place third.

The TreeCast Episode 231: Meet Frank Reich

The TreeCast Episode 231: Meet Frank Reich

                    

 With Stanford Football's spring practices wrapped, we catch up with interim head coach Frank Reich for a one-on-one interview! Frank shares some of his impressions of the team following spring ball, takes us inside his approach to the season ahead, and covers his relationship with Stanford Football General Manager Andrew Luck and the coaching staff. Also, Stanford Beach Volleyball senior Taylor Wilson looks at how the Cardinal can bring home the big trophy from this weekend's NCAA Championships in Gulf Shores! Plus, 3 Things you need to know around The Farm.

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