STANFORD, Calif. - No. 23 Stanford (0-2) remains on the road this week, traveling to Riverside to take on California Baptist (0-0) on Saturday. Action begins at 3 p.m. PT on FloWrestling and CBU’s YouTube channel.
The teams last met on Jan. 12, 2023 at Stanford. The Cardinal defeated the Lancers, 36-7, in that contest.
Stanford is ranked No. 23 as a team in the NWCA Coaches Poll. The Cardinal boasts six wrestlers ranked in the InterMat individual polls. As a team, the Cardinal is No. 12 in the Tournament rankings and No. 20 in the Dual rankings by InterMat.
InterMat Individual Rankings
125: Nico Provo - #11
133: Tyler Knox - #6
149: Aden Valencia - #13
157: Daniel Cardenas - #6
165: Hunter Garvin - #7
174: Lorenzo Norman - #16
Redshirt freshman Aden Valencia was named the ACC Wrestler of the Week on Nov. 11. The 149-pounder knocked off then-No. 2 Casey Swiderski of Oklahoma State, 13-3, in Stillwater on Nov. 7 for the highest-ranked win of his young career. It is the first weekly honor for Valencia and the fourth all-time for Stanford as a member of the ACC.
Daniel Cardenas and Hunter Garvin competed at the NWCA All-Star Classic on Nov. 1 at Rutgers. Garvin defeated Lehigh’s Max Brignola, 4-1, at 165 pounds, while Cardenas fell in sudden victory, 7-2, to West Virginia’s Ty Watters at 157 pounds.
Last season, Stanford produced a pair of All-Americans and turned in another top 20 finish at the NCAA Championships. The Cardinal was 10-5 overall and 2-4 in ACC duals in 2024-25 despite not wrestling a 125-pounder all season. Stanford finished fifth at its first ACC Championships in Durham, North Carolina. Earning All-ACC honors for Stanford were Garvin (165) and Nick Stemmet (197). Garvin captured the 165-pound title becoming the first individual ACC champion for the Cardinal.
Stanford qualified eight wrestlers to the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia. The Cardinal was 18th as a team and had multiple All-Americans in back-to-back seasons. It was the fifth time in the past six years Stanford has produced multiple All-Americans in the same season, and the 11th time overall.
The No. 7 seed, Garvin reached the quarterfinals at the NCAA Championships, placing sixth at 165 pounds for a second consecutive season. He became the seventh multiple-time NCAA All-American in program history. Tyler Knox went from the No. 13 seed to an eighth-place finish at 133 pounds. He battled his way back through the consolation bracket to become just the fourth freshman NCAA All-American in school history, joining Joey McKenna (2016), Jaden Abas (2021) and Garvin (2024). The redshirt freshman became the 27th individual All-American for the Cardinal, which now boasts 39 All-America honors overall.
For the first time in program history, Stanford won the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships team title in 2024, claiming three individual crowns. Knox (133), Abas (149) and Lorenzo Norman (174) were the first Stanford individuals to win a Midlands title since Ryan Mango in 2012. Knox was voted the Dan Gable Most Outstanding Wrestler, while Norman took home the Jack Leese Champion of Champions award.
Stanford is under the guidance of Chris Ayres, The Matt Gentry Head Wrestling Coach. He is in his third season on The Farm and 20th overall 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 before taking over the reins at Stanford.
No. 23 Stanford at California Baptist Probable Matchups
125: Edwin Sierra OR Adam Mattin (STAN) vs. Cooper Shore (CBU)
133: #6 Tyler Knox (STAN) vs. Richard Murrillo (CBU)
141: Jack Consiglio (STAN) vs. Jesse Vasquez (CBU)
149: #13 Aden Valencia (STAN) vs. Paul Kelly (CBU)
157: #6 Daniel Cardenas (STAN) vs. Drayden Morton (CBU)
165: #7 Hunter Garvin (STAN) vs. Gabe Schumm (CBU)
174: Collin Guffey (STAN) vs. Mason Espinoza (CBU)
184: Abraham Wojcikiewicz (STAN) vs. Adonis Bonar (CBU)
197: Angelo Posada OR Brokton Borelli (STAN) vs. Eli Sheeran (CBU)
285: Jackson Mankowski (STAN) vs. Tristan Kemp (CBU)