Quick Sticks
- No. 7 Stanford will make its third NCAA regional final appearance in the last five seasons on Saturday, facing host No. 2 LSU, No. 10 Michigan and No. 15 Clemson for one of two spots at the NCAA Championship semifinals, set for April 16.
- The final competition of the Baton Rouge Regional between the Cardinal, Tigers, Wolverines and Tigers is set for 5 p.m. Central (3 p.m. Pacific) on ESPN+, with John Roethlisberger and Samantha Peszek on the call.
- In the regional finals meet, the Cardinal will start on bars; host LSU will kick off on vault, while Clemson and Michigan will begin on beam and floor, respectively.
- No. 7 Stanford captured the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Second Round Session I title by more than half a point Thursday afternoon, defeating No. 10 Michigan, No. 22 North Carolina, and No. 26 Utah State at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Stanford led the session with a team score of 197.175, followed by Michigan (196.600), North Carolina (196.250), and Utah State (195.750). The Cardinal’s win in Semifinal Session One is its first regional semifinal victory since the NCAA adopted the three-round regional format in 2019. Freshman Ana Bărbosu won the session’s all-around title with a career-best 39.575, highlighted by the top scores on both balance beam (9.925) and floor exercise (9.950). Senior Taralyn Nguyen claimed the session's vault title with a 9.950. Senior Anna Roberts won the session's uneven bars crown with a 9.900, and sophomore Alana Walker matched Bărbosu’s 9.950 on floor to share the session’s floor title.
- The last time Stanford started a quad meet on bars was at the 2025 ACC Championships. At that meet, the Cardinal posted the second-best bars rotation in program history and its top on the apparatus since 1999, with a 49.650 team total. Stanford went on to upset then-No. 6 California and win the university’s first team ACC title and the program's first conference championship since 2008.
- Yim, in her ninth season leading the Cardinal, has led Stanford to finish the regular season ranked seventh in the NCAA, the best regular-season final ranking in her time on The Farm and the program's best since 2011. The Cardinal has held a top-10 ranking since Week 3 of the 2026 campaign, marking the most weeks the program has spent in the top 10 in a single season since 2011. In 2026, Stanford captured its first-ever ACC regular-season title with a flawless 6-0 conference record.
- Seven Stanford women's gymnasts were named to the 2026 All-ACC teams. The Cardinal led the conference in both athletes honored (seven) and total awards (14), with no other program having more than three athletes awarded and four honors total. This also sets a new program record for all-conference individual awardees in a single season, previously set at five (2009, 2010, 2011, 2025).
- Honorees: Seniors: Anna Roberts- VT, UB, BB, FX, AA; Taralyn Nguyen- VT
- Juniors: Temple Landry- BB, Sienna Robinson- UB, BB
- Sophomore: Ui Soma- UB
- Redshirt Freshman/Freshman: Ana Bărbosu- BB, FX; Levi Jung-Ruivivar- UB, FX