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Women's Tennis

Stanford Hosts Wake Forest, NC State

Cardinal welcomes in a pair of ranked ACC opponents in the No. 73 Demon Deacons and No. 27 Wolfpack

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  • Stanford continues ACC play this weekend when it hosts No. 73 Wake Forest on Friday, Feb. 27 at 1:30 p.m. and No. 27 NC State on Saturday, Feb. 28 at noon.
    • The Cardinal is 5-0 all-time against Wake Forest, including a 4-0 sweep last season in Winston-Salem. This will be the first meeting between the two schools on The Farm.
    • Stanford is 1-2 all-time against NC State. Last season, the Wolfpack won the schools’ regular-season finale in Raleigh, 4-3. The Cardinal’s win was a 4-0 sweep in the Super Regionals two years ago at Stanford. NC State beat Stanford 4-0 in an NCAA semifinal in Orlando in 2023.
  • Stanford is No. 21 in the ITA rankings released on February 24 and has three players in the singles rankings in Valerie Glozman (#10), Alyssa Ahn (#29) and Monika Ekstrand (#62).
  • Stanford picked up a pair of honors when the conference announced its weekly award winners on Tuesday. Monika Ekstrand was named ACC Co-Freshman of the Week for the second time and Ekstrand and senior Caroline Driscoll were selected as the ACC Co-Doubles Team of the Week.
    • Ekstrand picked up her second straight award with another pair of outstanding performances. She again went undefeated across singles and doubles in a pair of ACC duals, collecting three ranked wins in four total matches.
    • In singles, Ekstrand beat Georgia Tech’s No. 50 Alejandra Cruz 6-1, 6-2 to clinch the Cardinal’s ACC-opening victory over the Yellow Jackets on Friday. It was her team-leading fourth clincher of the year and fifth victory over a ranked opponent (including fall). Ekstrand is an unbeaten 3-0 against ranked opponents in duals.
    • The freshman is now 8-1 during the dual season, all at the No. 1 spot.
    • Ekstrand and Driscoll also went 2-0 in doubles, the pair beating their first two ranked opponents of the year. They picked up a 7-5 win over Georgia Tech’s No. 52 Cruz and Nayuki on Friday and followed that up with a 6-3 win over Clemson’s No. 26 Groen and Okuwaki on Saturday. They’ve now won four in a row after losing four straight to close the month of January.
  • Stanford's fall was highlighted by Glozman capping an incredible start to her sophomore season by winning the ITA Women's All-American singles title in late September, beating Carmen Herea of Texas in the final, 6-2, 6-3.
    • She became the first champion from Stanford since Hilary Bartein 2010 and the fourth all-time, joining Patty Fendick (1987), Sandra Birch (1989, 1990) and Barte.
    • Her victory also edged the Cardinal in front of Florida for the most ITA All-American women's singles titles of all time with five.
  • Freshman Alyssa Ahn burst onto the scene in her second tournament for Stanford, winning the ITA Northwest Regional Championships singles title in mid-October with a 6-0, 6-1 throttling California's Naomi Xu.
  • Ahn became the second consecutive freshman winner of the tournament for the Cardinal, following Valerie Glozman in 2024. Stanford has now produced the tournament singles champion in 13 of the last 15 years.
  • Both Glozman and Ahn qualified for the NCAA Single Championship in Orlando in November with Glozman the event's No. 1 seed. Her win at All-Americans also secured the sophomore All-America status.
  • Ahn, along with Monika Ekstrand and Tianmei Wang comprise the nation's No. 1 recruiting class. All three are blue-chip recruits according to the Tennis Recruiting Network.
  • It was a strong summer for the Cardinal, highlighted by Stanford participation at the US Open.
    • Glozman and Ahn both earned main draw wild cards, Glozman by winning the women's singles title at the American Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs in June and Ahn by winning the singles title at the USTA Billie Jean King Girls' 18s National Championships.
    • Ekstrand received a women's qualifying draw wild card, while Wang received a wild card into the girls' singles main draw.
  • Stanford is in its second season under head coach Frankie Brennan. Last year, the Cardinal put together a 17-9 record, making its 43rd consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and its 42nd trip to the Round of 16.
  • Since joining the staff in 1996, Brennan has enhanced Stanford's reputation as the country's top program by helping guide the Cardinal to a 722-84 overall record, 12 NCAA championships, 21 conference regular-season titles and six conference tournament crowns. During his tenure, Brennan has mentored 39 All-Americans.