STANFORD, Calif. - No. 14 Stanford opens ACC competition on The Farm, Friday, hosting Duke at 7 p.m. in Maples Pavilion.
For the first time, Stanford home duals will be ticketed. Individual dual and season tickets can be purchased here.
Stanford (2-4, 0-0 ACC) and Duke (6-6, 0-0 ACC) met for the first time as ACC opponents last season in Durham. The Cardinal won seven bouts by bonus points and was victorious, 37-12 - its most team points scored in a dual in 2024-25. The Blue Devils’ last visit to The Farm was Nov. 4, 2023 when Stanford shut out Duke, 41-0, in an outdoor dual at Taube Family Tennis Center to usher in the Chris Ayres’ era.
Stanford boasts eight wrestlers ranked in the InterMat individual polls. As a team, the Cardinal is No. 14 in the Tournament rankings and No. 19 in the Dual rankings by InterMat. Stanford is ranked No. 24 as a team in the NWCA Coaches Poll.
InterMat Individual Rankings
125: Nico Provo - #13
133: Tyler Knox - #7
141: Jack Consiglio - #17
149: Aden Valencia - #13
157: Daniel Cardenas - #9
165: Hunter Garvin - #6
174: Lorenzo Norman - #24
197: Angelo Posada - #19
Last time out, Stanford was edged by No. 4 Iowa State, 20-18, in its home opener. The Cardinal and Cyclones each won five bouts. Highlighting Stanford’s performance was redshirt freshman Aden Valencia, who upset No. 5 Jacob Frost, 4-3. It was also the first ticketed regular season dual meet on The Farm, bringing in a crowd of 2,189.
Stanford was third as a team at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 5-6). Five Cardinal reached the podium individually, including third-place outings from Nico Provo (125), Jack Consiglio (141) and Daniel Cardenas (157). Aden Valencia (149) and Angelo Posada (197) each took fifth.
Stanford finished 16th as a team at the 61st Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) in Evanston, Illinois. Three Cardinal turned in podium finishes - true freshman Brokton Borelli (4th - 197 pounds), redshirt sophomore Abraham Wojcikiewicz (5th - 184 pounds) and redshirt sophomore Zach Hanson (6th - 165 pounds).
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. Consiglio collected the conference honor following his performance at CKLV, where he knocked off three ranked foe and outscored his opponents, 52-21. It was the first weekly honors for both Valencia and Consiglio, and the fourth and fifth all-time for Stanford as a member of the ACC, respectively.
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 in 2023.
No. 14 Stanford vs. Duke Probable Matchups
125: Adam Mattin OR Edwin Sierra (STAN) vs. Spencer von Savoye (DUKE)
133: #7 Tyler Knox (STAN) vs. John King OR Riley Rowan (DUKE)
141: #17 Jack Consiglio (STAN) vs. Raymond Adams (DUKE)
149: #13 Aden Valencia OR Lain Yapoujian (STAN) vs. SP O'Donnell OR Dylan Ross (DUKE)
157: #9 Daniel Cardenas (STAN) vs. Mikey Boulanger OR Logan Fite (DUKE)
165: Zach Hanson OR EJ Parco (STAN) vs. Nick Tattini (DUKE)
174: Collin Guffey (STAN) vs. #20 Aidan Wallace (DUKE)
184: Tye Monteiro OR Abraham Wojcikiewicz (STAN) vs. David Hussey (DUKE)
197: #19 Angelo Posada (STAN) vs. Owen McGrory (DUKE)
285: Jackson Mankowski OR Luke Duthie (STAN) vs. #25 Connor Barket (DUKE)